The Make-Up Thread

Here is your semi-regular make-up thread, to discuss all things make-up.

Do you have a make-up product you'd recommend? Are you looking for the perfect foundation which has remained frustratingly elusive? Need or want to offer make-up tips? Searching for hypoallergenic products? Want to grouse about how you hate make-up? Want to gush about how you love it?

Whatever you like—have at it!

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Hey, remember the '80s? Specifically, remember the half-pink and half-turquoise eye shadow look of the '80s? It was all the rage at my middle school!

So I decided to recreate that today, using ColourPop's (regrettably named) "Slave2Pink" and Urban Decay's "Shattered." Just a little mascara and some pink off-brand lipgloss I bought at Big Lots for $2 (lol) to complete my retro look!

As an aside, I have no idea what I'm doing with my hair. I can't decide if I'm growing it out, or if I'm gonna chop it super-short again. So, in the meantime, I'm sporting what I'm calling the "Tig Notaro."

What's up with you?

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Please note, as always, that advice should be not be offered to an individual person unless they solicit it. Further: This thread is open to everyone—women, men, genderqueer folks. People who are make-up experts, and people who are make-up newbies. Also, because there is a lot of racist language used in discussions of make-up, and in make-up names, please be aware to avoid turns of phrase that are alienating to women of color, like "nude" or "flesh tone" when referring to a peachy or beige color. I realize some recommended products may have names that use these words, so please be considerate about content noting for white supremacist (and/or Orientalist) product naming.