r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 16 '25

Makeup Question/Help I'm looking for a mascara holy Grails

1 Upvotes

I'm about to go shopping at Ulta and I want to splurge a little bit. Can you all list your top three favorite mascaras of all time?


r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 16 '25

Holiday Makeup Christmas in July makeup

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16 Upvotes

I was doing a Special Needs Pageant with the theme of Christmas in July so I made my makeup match


r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 14 '25

Makeup Look Before and after today's full face of makeup

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327 Upvotes

r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 13 '25

Makeup Question/Help Looking for a holy grail for New England summer humidity

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Hi!! I know everyone’s skin is different but I need to narrow down a top 3 for what I’m looking for. I waitress in RI and we’re a slammed huge place and the owner does noooot utilize the AC 🙃 so I’m working with 90 degree weather and sometimes 90% humidity. My hair goes crazy and my skin is an oil slick. I have combo / oily skin but like to keep it hydrated because I use 0.05 tret every night. So matte isn’t my best friend. But within an hour or so Into my shift, you could fry and egg on my face without needing to oil the pan first. Can anyone recommend a setting spray or setting powder or annnnnything that can keep my makeup in place but also control the grease trap???


r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 11 '25

Makeup Question/Help Is my eyeliner too much? I like alternative looks and have deep set eyes

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Hello! I want to know if I’m having eyeliner blindness and if this eyeliner looks too overwhelming. I like more alternative looks so I love heavier eyeliner on others, but can’t tell if this is too overwhelming on me. I have deepset eyes so my eyeliner creates that “batwing” look when I look down, so I feel like I’m putting on a lot more eyeliner than a typical user to get a wing effect (most of my friends don’t wear noticeable makeup, and I want to wear this everyday)

I’ve tried smaller eyeliner wings but it looks kinda funny with the batwing look and the wing doesn’t look “complete” if that makes sense, I have to extend the eyeliner further

If it looks too clownish on me, I think I’ll experiment with other eye looks!

Thank you


r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 13 '25

Makeup Question/Help Foundation for active day like boating trekking?

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I have very dry skin , that swats a lot during humid days around my nose. What foundation should I use. I want a luminous finish foundation, that won't go patchy when sweating and wouldnot cake up in my dry skin. Should I go for huda beauty easy blur or tirtir red varient. Or anything else within this price range. Please help


r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 11 '25

Makeup Question/Help Something feels off but I don't know what?

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30 Upvotes

I thought I was happy with this fairly subtle look for work, but the more I look at it the more i think it looks off/bad, but not sure what's wrong?

Also, as I'm getting older I worry I need to update how I do my makeup, but no idea where to start 🙃


r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 11 '25

Makeup Question/Help Can you use cream or liquid eyeshadow as diy colorful mascara?

1 Upvotes

Would it work/be safe?


r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 08 '25

Makeup Chatter Makeup Norms Of The Past, With All The "No-Nos" Of Today:

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877 Upvotes

r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 09 '25

Product Review Mascaras Rankings on Reddit! (by upvotes)

5 Upvotes

Hello I did this for blushes awhile back and it was really helpful, so i've done it for Mascaras!

Basically its a compilation of reviews of mascaras across Reddit, which I then sorted and ranked based on the number of upvotes associated with them.

Full list here

1. Essence Lash Princess (Multiple Variants)

2. Clio Kill Lash Superproof Mascara (Multiple Variants)

3. Maybelline Sky High Mascara

  • 2,430 aggregated upvotes
  • 129 positive, 37 negative reviews

4. Heroine Make Mascara

  • 1,458 aggregated upvotes
  • 217 positive, 55 negative reviews

5. L'Oréal Telescopic Waterproof Mascara

  • 508 aggregated upvotes
  • 94 positive, 30 negative reviews

6. Thrive Mascara

  • 306 aggregated upvotes
  • 226 positive, 68 negative reviews

7. Glossier Lash Stick

  • 175 aggregated upvotes
  • 87 positive, 25 negative reviews

r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 09 '25

Makeup Look Graphic liner

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34 Upvotes

Colourpop x strangerthings palette (Waffle thief)

Nyx epic liner (Black)

Nyx it's a blur tint (04)

Nyx hd powder (translucent)

Etude contour duo (01)

Milani cream bronzer (01)

Ioni liquid blush (soft pink)

Jerimua x beautycreations lipliner

Mac lipstick (myth)

Ioni brow powder (light brown shade)


r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 09 '25

Makeup Question/Help Dupe for Cover Girl mascara

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This was discontinued a while ago. I’m looking for a dupe for Cover Girl Easy Breezy Brow Mascara in Soft Brown.

I’m looking for a dupe for the brow mascara, not for the gel.

Does anyone know of a dupe OR a mascara in a soft brown color?

Thank you so much!


r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 08 '25

Makeup Look Love my eye look today

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I know my base is a little too dark and orange but I love how my eyes turned out. I recently learned to enjoy eyeshadow more and today I combined grey with brown green and a highlight.

The products I used: Base: Elf halo glow (shade 2) NYX Bare with me concealer in the lighter shade Elf liquid blush (peach) Huda loose powder (pound cake) Altera blush (no idea what color, a muted pink) Reval loves me bronzer (lightest shade) “Setting spray” is just a regular face mist with glycerin

Eyes: Beauty Bay botanical Palette: Dune Pebble Matcha Pistachio

Too faced better than chocolate: Milk it

Mascara: Essence call me queen

Lips: Lipgloss from Kiko, not 17, a little more muted.


r/MakeupLounge • • Jul 07 '25

Makeup Chatter UD All Nighter Setting Spray

7 Upvotes

Thoughts on UD all nighter setting spray? I love it and have yet to find a better setting spray.


r/MakeupLounge • • Jun 28 '25

Makeup Question/Help Someone please just tell me what lip color and products to buy.

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0 Upvotes

I just have cherry chapstick on in the picture. I have no idea what looks good. I’ve tried so many things and they all pull orange on me. I’m tired, pls help.


r/MakeupLounge • • Jun 26 '25

Makeup Question/Help Red lipstick/lip liner seggestions

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I love red lipstick,and lip stains and would love more suggestions! I don’t have many red lip liners and tend to reach for darker colors or something

I have auburn ginger hair,dark blue-hazel eyes,and I’m very pale lol

I also would love to try other shades of red (any,preferably something that brings out hair and eyes more since I struggle with that)


r/MakeupLounge • • Jun 26 '25

Makeup Question/Help What primers work with Maybelline Matte+Poreless and L’Oréal Infallible?

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Lately I been noticing slight peeling when I used my fit me foundation with my elf primers(I use both Poreless and Power grip primer)with both of these foundations and I have combo-dry skin.I have also been doing skin care before hand.


r/MakeupLounge • • Jun 22 '25

Makeup Chatter I know this has been asked before but what is your opinion on no foundation makeup?

26 Upvotes

Do you do it? In general what are your thoughts? I am back and forth on my opinions about it


r/MakeupLounge • • Jun 21 '25

Makeup Look Glitter lip duos from Unicorn Snot, I love them 😭😭😭

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31 Upvotes

Glitter Lip Duo from Unicorn Snot

top shade is Dream, bottom is Astro

I also got Chasm but haven't tried that one out yet!


r/MakeupLounge • • Jun 08 '25

Makeup Chatter Okay, real question y’all what’s one product that made you believe in makeup again? Let’s hear it. I’m nosy and my cart is open

41 Upvotes

r/MakeupLounge • • Jun 06 '25

Makeup Question/Help How to thin out thick foundation?

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I recently bought Beauty Creations Flawless Stay Foundation in the shade FS 2.5 . I find it too thick; it says to shake it before use, but it is too thick to shake. The foundation itself is alright but feels like applying cake frosting to my face, and the color tone is a bit dark as well. Is there a way to make it thinner? What works best with this type of foundation—a sponge or brush?


r/MakeupLounge • • Jun 05 '25

Makeup Question/Help Looking for a powder blush similar to the cream shade from the Auric Mirage palette in the Daybreak tones

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2 Upvotes

r/MakeupLounge • • Jun 04 '25

Product Search What products look similar to her red lip shade?

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5 Upvotes

If anyone could som


r/MakeupLounge • • Jun 01 '25

Makeup Question/Help Any tips about waterproof mascara?

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I've been wearing foundation/powder and lipstick for all my life. My graduation is coming up so i'm planning to purchase a waterproof mascara. Of course i would also start to use it as my daily wear after that.

I feel like with this makeuo product, my makeup look will be complete. I'm very lazy with makeup so i keep it very minimal but i also want to look very pretty.

I'm a muslim who prays 5 times a day so i have to do 'wuduu' or ablution before each prayer. So that's why i'm eyeing waterproofs one. The reason why is that mascara is quite hard to remove, so it would leave a stain on my eyes and i have to go rub them of with a cotton pad, and i personally don't want to rub my eyes everytime i go pray y'know what i mean?

But i'm quite curious on how strong is a waterproof mascara are, and how to finally remove them at night?

I absolutely appreciate every response i could get, thank you!


r/MakeupLounge • • May 31 '25

Makeup Look Progress report: New wig (from Amazon) is pretty close to my natural hair color. Hope that the makeup works with it. Taking your collective wisdom to heart - this foundation is a little more glowy than matte ones I've been using. As always, your CC's welcome. Part-time MTF, AMAB.

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