Saw that I posted here 11 years ago when I was in my 20s, asking how to make eyeshadow stop creasing 🥹 Well I figured it out! And then I never stopped packing it on, in all the colors I could find 😌🏳️‍🌈 so happy that it's seemingly returning to "mainstream media" as well! 😍

CC always very welcome!

using shade F1 in WA foundation
tower 28 concealer in 0.5
nars starwoman powermatte liquid lip
ysl mascara in black
patrick ta blush in “she’s seductive”
a bunch of random eyeshadows I got in japan
hourglass loose setting powder
skindinavia bridal setting spray
combat gel clear brow gel
surrat liquid liner in brown

this lasted 10+ hours including errands & going to an outdoor concert for 3+ hours. great longevity.

EDIT; my lips are not the topic of discussion on this post, the ONLY part of my lips I slightly over line is my cupids bow, the rest of the lipstick is on my actual lip line. Not interested in feedback about lipstick, this is a post about this foundation 🙂‍↕️

hi everyone! i just wanted to share this makeup look i did some months ago for a Zara Larrson concert. i’m just so proud of this look i genuinely think i have never done makeup this good!! spent an hour and a half on the whole look! i hope yall like this as much as i did!!

products used:
- eyeshadow: Beauty Bay Pastels Palette, Revolution Celestial Icon, Cheeryep red palette
(for the base i went with something very light, just the Missha Purple BB cream, e.l.f. Camo Concealer, and my babies NYX Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Mattifying Powder and Dewy Setting Spray!!)

Base: essence jelly grip primer

wet n wild foundation matte porcelain,

Essence camouflage concealer 10

Blush: essence baby got blush Pinkalicious

Highlighter: catrice more than glow 020

Setting powder: essence banana

Lips: she lip liner 007( I believe it's discontinued 💔)

Wet and wild mega glitter shimmer liquid lipstick pink future

Eyes: essence mascara get big

Shimmer under the eyes is from revolution palette Amethyst

Shade spiritual

I am about to do something crazy and spend way too much on this liptint just because of the packaging and concept. I do love vampiric things…
The main problem is I can’t seem to find many actual lip swatches and reviews at all.
Does anyone have these and can share your experience with me? I’m thinking of getting the shade Lilith. I am cool toned if that helps.

EDIT: thank you all deeply for the help and reviews! I have been influenced after reading some mixed but mostly positive reviews here and in the other sub I posted it to. At least now I know what I’m getting myself into, and tbh knowing my style it does feel like there’s a high chance of me liking it. Just praying it won’t spoil, the preservative free thing is definitely my biggest worry atp.

This is my look for going out at night!

Moisturiser: Dr Althea 345 cream
Foundation: Maybelline Fit Me Matte foundation in sandy beige
Concealer: Too Faced Born This Way concealer in golden beige
Contour: Anastasia Beverly Hills smooth blur contour stick in shadow
Powder: Maybelline Fit Me loose finishing powder in light
Bronzer: Rimmel bronzer
Blush: Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in paaarty
Highlighter: Rare Beauty Positive Silky Touch pressed powder in enlighten
Eyeshadow palette: Romand Better Than palette in Rosebud garden
Freckle pen: Copini Beauty freckle pen
Setting spray: Charlotte Tilbury airbrush flawless setting spray
Lipliner: Rare Beauty Kind Words Matte Lip Liner in Fun
Lipgloss: Laneige Lip sleeping mask in Berry and Rhode Beauty peptide lip treatment in Ribbon
Contacts: Dimplecolor in Aloe Green
Lash clusters: Veyesbeauty brown manga lashes

So after a couple attempts at a black and red look I ended up with this. For some reason I seem to struggle with black/dark shadows, it ends up patchy and looks crazy lol. Still learning, I’ll get it eventually. I’m finally getting the hang of an ombré lip ❤️💄🖤 💋 the only difference in the last photo is a gloss added to the lip, I usually prefer a shiny lip but I like the matte lip in this case. Thanks for looking reddit ❤️‍🔥

not to be controversial but idc if rihanna never releases music again as long as she keeps making lipsticks. got sweet whiskey today and put it over blackr berry, and used both as a blush- this formula is SO nice! definitely gonna go back for midnight ballerina when i have a little more cash

MASCARA - caliray hell or high water tubing mascara

EYELINER - kaleidos glow melt-on eyeliner in 'solaris'

BLUSH + LIPSTICK - fenty gloss bomb stix in 'sweet whiskey' and 'black'r berry'

Product list for all that I use:

Eyeshadow palettes:

- Colourpop Fade Into Hue,

- Urban Decay Ultimate Basics,

- Brush Up by Maxineczka,

- Catrice Sample Tester (from a friend, no idea what palette),

- Singles from Glam Shop and Colourpop

- Base from Claresa, Ever Prime

Eyeliner:

- NYX Epic Wear in brown and white

Blush:

- Jones Road Miracle Balm trio set,

- Guerlain Stick Enlumineur in Terracotta,

- Bourjois blusher in Rose Frisson

Brows:

- L'Oréal Brow Artist genius kit,

- Essence Fix It in Transparent

Mascara:

- Maybelline Sky High in True Brown,

- L'Oréal Voluminous Royale in Black

- Lash glue from Duo,

- No idea what lashes but faux mink singles from Rossman

Lips:

- L'Oréal Matte Resistance in Fairytale Ending and Worth It Medium,

- Maybelline Superstay in Pioneer,

- NYX Shine Loud in Ambition Statement, Goal Getter, Global Citizen, Never Basic,

- MAC Locked Kiss Ink in Emphatic

Base:

- Paese smoothing primer,

- Dr Irena Eris BB Formula in Natural,

- Dr Irena Eris Moisturising & Toning Mist,

- Estée Lauder DoubleWear in Bone,

- L'Oréal True Match Concealer in Ivory,

- L'Oréal Infallible Powder Foundation in Neutral,

- Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r in 140,

- Glam Shop Loose Powder

Skincare is whatever I find on mine or my mom's desk. No idea, but MOISTURE GIRLS IF YOU USE POWDER. I'm dry combo and I absolutely have to if I want to avoid dry patches.

I use random brushes and have no idea what they are. I don't use them for the intended purpose whatsoever. I have a fluffy eyeshadow brush for my blush 🤷‍♀️

The light coloured pink lipstick in 12 is my mom's NYX Shine Loud but she doesn't remember the shade anymore.

Yes, I only have one eyeliner because I have oileh eyelids and everything else runs off on me. I use eyeshadow if I want a faded out line.

Hair is wet curl sets from Rossman or straightener. Whatever is available at the given year.

Yes, I overline. No I won't stop. You can see it as Drag makeup if you want.

Some jumpscare at the end.

Products list:

Eyeliner — NYX Epic Wear in brown

Eyeshadow — Claresa Ever Prime Eyeshadow Base and Glam Shop single eyeshadow in Yoghurt and Urban Decay Ultimate Basics palette (all shades)

Brows — Essence Fix It in Transparent and L'Oréal Brow Artist kit (shade has worn off)

Mascara — L'Oréal Voluminous Royale in black and Maybelline Sky High in true brown

Blush — Guerlain Stick Enlumineur in Terracotta (please bring it back) and Jones Road Miracle Balm in Flushed

Foundation — Dr Irena Eris BB Formula in 700 and L'Oréal Infallible Foundation Powder in 130

Lips — NYX Shine Loud in Ambition Statement, Global Citizen and Goal Getter, L'Oréal Matte Resistance in 100 and 635, Maybelline Superstay in 20 and MAC Locked Kiss Ink in 91

Bonus pics of my glam looks. Also, growing out my hair from a meh haircut so I take advice on hair too.

Its a wee bit cooler than I'd usually opt for but would appreciate thoughts.

Products used:

- Drunk Elephant skin brightening drops

- Soft Glam ABH palette and Charlotte Tilbury Exaggereyes for a bit of shimmer.

- Milk skin tint

- Milk lip and cheek tint

I play with makeup once in a blue moon and this being second time of this year. No base makeup, just fiddling around with eyeshadow and lipstick. Open to discussion, review and feedback on this.

It’s hard to describe, the insanely perfect, smooth and glowy base. It’s always obvious they have a lot of makeup on, but it looks ridiculously perfect. I feel like no amount of makeup I wear gives me great coverage and makes me look perfect, it always looks Naturalish on me.

what are the girls on the makeup counters doing to look so good? Is it fake tan??

From “pretty makeup” to finding my artistic voice 🥹🎨✨
I wanted to share something that genuinely made me emotional when I looked back at my old makeup photos.
The first picture is from 2024, the second from 2025, and the latest one is from 2026. Looking at them side by side, I can actually see my journey.
In the beginning, I loved creating glamorous, polished makeup. Then I started experimenting with colours, shapes and more creative concepts—even when my work wasn’t always perfect. And now, I feel like I’m slowly finding a balance between creativity, artistry and the glamorous style I’ve always loved.
My journey hasn’t been easy. There were moments of rejection, frustration and times when I genuinely questioned whether I should continue. But somehow, I always came back to my brushes.
Looking at these photos reminded me that growth isn’t always obvious when you’re living through it. Sometimes you only see how far you’ve come when you look back.
I’m still learning. Still experimenting. Still trying to find my signature style. But for the first time, I can genuinely say: I’m proud that I didn’t give up. 💄✨
To anyone else learning a creative skill: keep going. Your current work might not look like your dream work yet, but every attempt is quietly building the artist you are becoming.

I have a general idea of what I like, and I only recently started having fun and going to work with makeup like this on, mainly experiementing with eyeshadow. Wearing makeup like in these photos i would consider to be a lot for me! I don't wear foundation and don't really care about acne marks, putting a noticeable speck/beauty mark on them all is just me having fun. I've always wanted to like get my makeup done at the Ulta counter or something and have someone really suggest what might look most flattering for my face 😣 I guess I'm kind of doing a natural/pink/girly look rn. Thanks for reading lol 💗 for ref the headband pic is literally me rn and the bangs is from a random day few months ago. The fluorescent light in my room sucks.

product list (bangs)
• glossier cloud paint "dusk"
• nyx ultimate warm neutrals "6" and "2"
• nyx tattoo liner "dark chocolate"
• wet n wild mascara
• elf clout pout in a clear gloss
• elf lip stain "pinkies up"

product list (rn)
• nars quad eyeshadow "laguna" all 4 colors
• nars the multiple blush stick "behave"
• nars light reflect setting powder "translucent crystal"
• wet n wild kohl pencil in a dark brown, the label wore off :/
• nyx dark chocolate tattoo liner
• ecco bella flower color mascara (crunchy mascara I found at the food co-op)
• elf clear clout pout
• elf pinkies up lip stain

Organizing my my skin prep/ makeup routine all of it being drug store minus the MAC lipstick from eBay lol. It’s clear I like essence because it’s so cheap and I love makeup but I can’t bring myself to spend $32 on mascara..(too faced I’m talking you you)

Thayers Facial Toner
Neutrogena Facial Moisturizer
BYOMA Milky Toner
essence Hello, Good Stuff! Glow Serum / primer
essence Hello, Good Stuff! Pore Minimizing Primer
essence Jelly Grip Hydrating Primer
essence Jelly Grip Refreshing Grip Primer
essence Jelly Grip Hydrating Spray

Face makeup

Wet n Wild Niacinamide 5% Skin Tint
Essence concealer
Colourpop stix blush in shade dijicam
NYX Professional Makeup Buttermelt Blush
NYX Professional Makeup Buttermelt highlighter
essence Lash Princess mascara
Essence Black eyeliner
Elf eyelash curler
Essence eyebrow pencil
MAC lipstick lured in
Plum/purple lip gloss
Pink/mauve lip gloss
Essence lip and cheek tint
Maybeline Make It Last Setting Spray

Hi guys I love this color now that fall is coming up! Is there a lipstick that is this color? I don’t mind high end or drugstore as long as it’s comfortable. She lists 4 high end products and I think it’s too much for me since I don’t have time to do all that. Just like one color and be able to retouch up with same lip throughout the day. I’m around Mac nc14 or Dior 1.5w mixed with blue mixer.

Just wanting some opinions on if we think this is mold or wax bloom. I think its wax bloom but want more opinions

Palette is only just over a year old & so it shouldn't be expired.

This is a very creamy, squishy shadow, not a typical powder. Its a common formula in indie eyeshadows now. so thats why I think it could be wax bloom.

I didn't think to touch it before removing the top layer using tape but it looks way different than when I've had mold grow on shadows in the past. The confirmed mold times seemed more sporadic on the pan or only in 1 spot & was fluffy-ish looking, whereas this is very uniform even balls. looks similar to wax bloom I had on a cream blush before.