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Temptalia Asks You – If you had $500 to spend on makeup, what would you buy?

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

If you had $500 to spend on makeup, what would you buy? What would be on your list?

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Le Metier de Beaute glosses! Some Cle de Peau lipsticks and glosses. I think that would spend the $500 pretty fast. ;)

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I spend that on makeup every month - what do u mean??? But if I had to chose at the moment and without guilt- 1) Custom blend some Prescriptives lipsticks before they close 2) Le metier de beaute lip glosses and eyshadows 3) Korres eyeshadows (I already have 22 - so I would get for all my friends, coz they are on sale at Sephora for $7) 4) The new Chanel blush (can't remember the name) 5) Dior new lacy eye shadow compact with the purples 6) Chanel laque in dragon ok, I think I spent the money already

id go crazy at sephora and MAC id pickup foundation studiofx i think lots of eye shadows bronzer a couple brushes concealer everything basically im not big on mascara or eye liner..so hmmm:P

I would buy, some MAC brushes, a dazzleglass, stila convertibles, a mac blush, cargo matte bronzer, pigments, and anything i see!

I would complete my NARS and Makeup forever collection, if there's money left more MAC eyeshadows.

I would probably get quite a few MAC brushes and eyeshadows, lots of Urban Decay, and then I would order lots of Illamasqua! I want to try out their line so bad!

- SKII Air Touch foundation. ($150) - a lookbox from the upcoming MAC graphic garden collection ($50) - porcelain pink, smooth merge, and triple fusion MSFs from the upcoming Color Craft collection ($75) - nars deep throat blush, copacabana and st. barts multiples ($100) - crazy lashes from shu uemera ($50) hmm, thats about it for my wishlist. i still have $75 left over. i'll probably go crazy at ulta and buy $75 worth of nyx stuff and O.P.I. nail polishes.

2 or 3 QUALITY brushes... a BUNCH of mac eyeshadow.. and lipgloss/lip stick... maybe one thing of cover up.. i dont wear it that much.. mostly eyes and lips.. maybe my first blush! ahh i would go crazy

I'd probably get more Mac permanent products. And some Nars, Dior or Chanel that I rarely get because they're too expensive. I actually don't know precisely how I'd spend the money, but I'm sure if I had it, it would be spent quickly!

I would go for more expensive stuff. Chanel, Dior, YSL, Givenchy, Gurlian (sorry spelling). If I had anything left over I would get some UD palletes.

Good Lord, I wouldn't even know where to begin !! I would at least invest in a lot of good MAC and/or Bobbi Brown brushes. I would also get a good foundation, a few MAC/BB neutral e/s and glosses, a new tweezerman and sleek black make-up bag and probably some Benefit make-up. If I have any money left I would save it for future collections.

I would get all of the OCC lip tars, lots of pan eyeshadows and blushes, and a heap of PRO lipstick colours... ohhh and eye pencils. There are so many colours I still want!

I would start a mac eyeshadow collection. (right now I only own 3 plus a Christmas 2008 pallet) I'd get all the colours I love, Get some lipsticks, bronzer and highlighter while I'm at it. I'd spend some on the Urban decay 24/7 eye pencils and get a few primers. After that it'd probably all be gone but I would be one happy happy girl :D Don't you just love daydreaming about make-up?

I'd make my first stop at Sephora and pick up MUFE HD foundation, primer, powder, serum and their #92 eye shadow and NARS and Cargo blushes and bronzers. I'd blow the rest at MAC on eye shadow and blush palettes, spiked eye brow pencils, all the dazzleglasses I don't already have, packs of the makeup wipe removers, rushes and items from the upcoming collections.

Sadly $500 does not buy much these days, especially when it comes to the higher end brands! I do spend close to or up to that amount when I'm reallyy bad!!! If I could get $500 right now, I would buy all the OCC lip tars, and some HD make up (to try them out). I would buy a few fragrances out of my list of 50 I want! lol I also want the 2 YSL summer palettes. That would pretty much cover it.

I would buy MAC dazzleglass and one of each of Chanel's brushes that I don't already have. I would love to try a Cle de Peau gloss and also some of Chanel's single eyeshadows!

The new zuca case on the macpro site for freelance work. and if I had enough left over an airbrush machine

Oooh I would totally get some MUFE eyeshadows/eye stuff (I've been holding back because of the price) and some new makeup brushes

I live in Vancouver, B.C. and our first Sephora store ever is opening up on July 10th !!!!!!!!!!!! YAY !!!!!!!! I've saved $500.00 cash for the opening and I'm so looking forward to it, I'll have to let you know what I buy on the evening of the 10th !

I'm curious about the new MUFE HD Serum, so I'd definitely try that out. I'd also pick up MAC pigments (Mutiny, Rose, and others I can't think of now) and sample jars (to share them with my friend who is just getting into MU with me). I'd get a new case or organizational system, and probably look into the highly rated tinted moisturizers (like Laura Mercier). I'd also get every color of eyeliner pencil that I can find (MUFE AquaEyes, Sephora brand, UD 24/7, MAC) so that I have a complete selection :) And probably the UD Get Baked Palette, since I want that EVERY time I enter Sephora!

I'd spend it on brushes! Right now i'm working with the most motley set...some mac, some that can't be worth more than 5 bucks lol. I'd get way more eyeshadow brushes and then get the stippling brush for my face. I'd take my time at MAC and other stores making sure I had a good array of eyeshadows(only have around 20). I'd get more wild colored lipsticks(like Girl About Town). I'd buy way more dazzleglasses. I'd finally try Diorshow Blackout. I'd buy a few blushes. I own one from HIP collection that i rarely use and then Nars orgasm. I'd get a few more to give me options. Finally I'd buy some Makeup for Ever products. Their lashes are amazing.

It's funny you should ask... I just got a little extra money and I am going to the CCO store Wednesday. I plan on buying every eyeshadow and pigment the have. I also want some new eyeliners and lipglasses. Then my f&f list is about $400. I'm ordering two extra buckwheat because I LOVE it, some new brushes, a new studio fix compact, and some eyeshadows that are about to be discontinued like aquavert and newly minted, plus about 12 other e/s and 4 l/g.

$500! Let's see first some mac brushes, then I would buy some dior and the makeup that starts with a G, I just can't spell it.

I would buy some Cle de Peau, Chanel, and YSL. Not sure $500 would go that far with these 3 lines!

I would get some products for my oily skin, like Dior Matifying Toner, Caudalie Beauty Elixir, Mufe's Mat Velvet Plus foundation. And spend all the rest on Mac !! Lots of refill pans, brushes, pencils, glosses and naturally lipsticks !! Sweet dreams are made of this !!!

nars modern love palette + bridal palette! then, a few staple brushes bc mine are all generic. then a bobbi brown custom 6 pan palette and her eye brightener.

Chantecaille palettes...sigh...

$500.!!! I'd get the 4 MUFE HD products: the new serum, primer, foundation in #115 & powder. Then I'd spend the rest on MAC: Dazzleglasses, StudioFix in NC15, Fling automatic brow pencils, lipsticks, See Thru lip colors, and primers etc!! It would probably be hard to keep my list at only $500. :o)

If I had $500 to spend on makeup, i would offer it to you for your entire makeup collection! Okay, maybe half of it? Just the lipstick?!?! lol

Hmm....I know for sure that I would buy a Chanel Matlumeire foundation. I would get some MUFE All Mat, I would also purchase a MAC 116, 109, 138. I would get some UD liners, a Stila Brown sugar lipglaze, some kissable coutoure Lipglosses....ummm....I would also start my MUFE palette with some colors especially #92. Finally, I would get some lashes, duo glue, DiorShow mascara, and...maybe some blushes from NARS...and a few MAC things....lol

I have a pretty big list for all the summer and fall MAC collections, the Graphic Garden palettes, some Dazzleglasses from Euristocrats 2, some eyeshadows/lipsticks/lipglasses from Colour Craft, some Starflash eyeshadows, the new Suntints, then I would get a few old LE items that I missed, Comet Blue Dazzleglass, Mega Lipgelee, Sun Rush Lustre Drops, Peacocked Soft Sparkle liner, and whatever other awesome items I could get with what is left over.

everything from colour crft

id buy 6-7 of the lip tars..then id probably buy a bunch of lush!! anything left over would be saved for upcoming collections

A bunch of Sonia Kashuk brushes - it's just like MAC, but way cheaper - and few empty palettes from MAC and about 20 shadows, a couple lipsticks and Mineralize shadow duos, my fave Garnier moisturizer, that red Le Metier de Beaute gloss, a bunch of Paintpots and Powerpoint Pencils.. that should cover it, lol!

I would get some Chanel Glossimers, and the newer Aqualumiere ones too (their a new addiction of mine!), so there would be about a $135 there I would spend on that. I would also spend on MAC's Color Craft collection, I would get like 2-3 MSF's, and maybe a blush or 2. So that racks the total up to $300 even lol. The rest I would spend on Graphic Garden which would be a look box, possible both brush sets, both lippie sets, and both palettes. So that would pretty much get it up to $500 easy lol.

definitely would spend it on MAC & NARS! I would probably get some MAC brushes, eye & blush palettes, blushes & eyeshadows. I'd probably have to get some lip products as well. Then what I would probably get from NARS is a couple of blushes, Laguna bronzer and a multiple or a multiple duo! & if there is anything left, I'd probably check out some high end skincare! It would be pretty easy for me to spend that $500!

I'd get myself all the needed MAC brushes. Then I would get some OCC liptars. From MAC I would get all the eyeshadows and pigments that I wanted.Then i would get more makeup if I had anything left. If Only I had $500 to spend on just my wants.

If there's an option to save it, I want the brush and lip sets as well as an eye palette from graphic garden. That's about, what, half the money? I also want the coastal scents 88 palette (matte and shimmer) as well as the 26 (or is it 28?) neutral palette. They have such great reviews and are great ways to really round up a collection. MAC: Voile slimshine, Smile dazzleglass, Peaches blush, Angel lipstick, Deep Truth eyeshadow, Pro Shape powder, Pro sculpt powder [Just some things I've been wanting and haven't actually gotten yet...] And a set of Sigma brushes because you can never have too many brushes. Oh, now you've got me dreaming...

Go ahead and get the "Peaches" blush :) I just got it and absolutely love it. It looks really orange in the pot -- but applies in a pretty and sheer shade of peach. Looks awesome with Love Nectar lipglass!!

i'd probably spend half on the imats next week on makeup for ever and check out some off the occ. and the other half on mac for the upcoming f&f sale...maybe start my brush collection.

some Shu Uemura brushes and lashes from the lash bar ... and I'd also want to save a little for some MAC lip stuff :p but the shu uemura brushes would make it go quickly :p

vanilla pigment, violet pigment, melon pigment, mutiny pigment, mac 188 brush, clarisonic, barevitamins skin revver- upper, flamenco eyeshadow by BE, all of graphic garden.

In Canada: MAC eyeshadows, since that brand's cheaper here. In US: Urban Decay XL Primer Potion and shadows, Kleancolor shadow palettes, L.A. Colors shadow palettes, plus shadows and nail polish from Milani, Beauty Blender sponges, and Mario Badescu's drying lotion and buffering lotion.

I'd probably get a MAC 109, 134, and 191... and that's about $116. Then I'd get some NARS blushes and eyeshadows... which God knows how much that would run. Then, I'd snag some Stila goodies and maybe some skincare from whoever I'm into for skincare at the time. I'd have no problem spending $500. At all.

I would go to NARS & buy all the stuff I've been wanting - multiples, blushes, eyeshadow duos, glosses & lipsticks.

id by some some mac brushes and a few mac eyeshadows and lippies from mac to try so i own no mac! and then id probally buy some heavenly naturals or bitchslap cosmetics and def start my nail polish collection!

First, all the MAC brushes (including PRO)... all the MAC blushes (including PRO and cremeblushes)... the rest would probably be... all the mixing mediums, MAC gloss, MAC matte creme, etc.

I'd buy some items from the MAC Naked Honey and Style Warriors collection, grab some NARS blushes, and Chanel lip glosses.

If only I could just click my heels and make it happen. Shopping for makeup gives me a high that should be illegal. $500 might last me a whole two hours and that is including the drive time to the mall. I'd first work on getting the MAC brushes that are on my list. Next I would work on getting some of their blushes [creme and powder], and finish it off with some eye shadows I've been longing for. Now I really have the itch to go to my MAC counter. Paying rent is optional right?

MAC brushes, some NARS blushes, eyeshadows (MAC, NARS and Urban Decay.) New eyeliners! Benefit lipsticks and blush.

Couple of MAC brushes I've been eyeing, some Dior Rouge Volupte lipsticks, the few UD 24/7 liners I don't have yet, and I'd probably order a couple of the $50 lipglosses from Cle de Peau that I've been lemming ever since Christine reviewed it :)