When you get a new beauty product, what’s the first thing you do?
Posted in: Temptalia Asks YouDate: March 12th, 2010
When you get a new beauty product, what’s the first thing you do? Swatch, use it, drool over it?
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Figure out where it falls in my blogging timeline, put it in the right box, but after that point, I photograph everything first before swatching or using!
Thanks to Dolce Aria for this question!
Natalie T
Friday, March 12, 2010Well first I swatch it then put it on :) if it’s lipgloss after I purchase it, it usually never
makes it out the store before I put it on.
Danielle
Friday, March 12, 2010Most of the time, I bust out the other things I own that are similar and compare. I ask, did I just buy another one of this? Then I proceed to justify it. If I am certain it’s unique, than I drool.
Nic
Friday, March 12, 2010First I swatch it, then I drool over it. Then I figure out what other products I’ll use with it, and then if I don’t already have makeup on, I might try it out. Unless it’s a lip product – then I put it on as soon as I get it home. :)
Cherokee
Saturday, March 13, 2010Hey Nic, I do the same thing. If it is lipstick or lipgloss I wear it immediately. Then I stare in every mirror I pass to check it out in different lighting. Then my mind starts wondering if I have something very similar at home. I get home and swatch it next to similar color items to make sure it is not the same. If’s it’s a dupe (or close to it) I it use with different products to achieve different looks.
I usually try things out right.
Norma
Friday, March 12, 2010I usually stare at everything for quite a long time then i put it away,
&& mostly likely use it the next day.
=]
CeeBee
Friday, March 12, 2010I like to take my time and look at it for a bit before I try it out… which is either swatch it if it’s a powder or cream or put it on my lips if it’s a gloss or lipstick.
I like to get stuff, open the packaging, look at it and then put it back to look at again later. Especially if its a palette or something utterly gorgeous.
Aretha
Friday, March 12, 2010Drool over it first for a few days and then only swatch it haha :P
AlyxVeee
Saturday, March 13, 2010Me too! Im usually too afraid to use it, worrying it will run out haha. And its so pretty untouched.
Michelle
Friday, March 12, 2010I swatch it & then I go thru my stash to see if I have a similar color.
Casey
Friday, March 12, 2010When I first get a new product I have to use it almost right away! If its a lipstick or a gloss I’ll try it in the car before I pull out of the parking lot. If its eyeshadow, blush or any kind of powder I will use it the very next day in my makeup routine.
K / bihadadiaries
Friday, March 12, 2010Take pictures of it for my blog – unopened. LOL
I don’t open it until I’ve used something else up!
Rachel
Monday, March 15, 2010me too. LoL. I love store and take pics of them.
dolce aria
Friday, March 12, 2010I remove it from any cardboard packaging. its not “mine” until then. Almost always, I swatch it on my hand until I can get home to really brainstorm how to use it.
Bridgette
Friday, March 12, 2010I swatch it first when I get to my car!
Catherine
Friday, March 12, 2010I try to take product photographs in sunlight before I swatch/wear, but that doesn’t always happen. heehee.
Leenie
Friday, March 12, 2010In this order, I drool then swatch and then I put it on
I’m such a sucker for makeup I can’t help myself
Sass
Friday, March 12, 2010Take swatches and product pictures and post them to my blog. And then I play in them with my brushes.
Joanne
Saturday, March 13, 2010I swatch it then figure out how I’m going to create a look with it!
Alicia
Saturday, March 13, 2010find a place to store it!
nicci404
Saturday, March 13, 2010generally looking at the packaging…
amelia
Saturday, March 13, 2010definitely drool! haha i even put off using it sometimes just to look at it ;D
Lu
Saturday, March 13, 2010I take a picture of the product and than swatch it. :>
kali
Saturday, March 13, 2010I usually leave new things alone and in the bag for the first day or 2!! I either forget about it or am too preoccupied with other makeup. Then, I bust them out a day or 2 later and re-fall in love with it. But the first thing I really do.. is probably swatch and take pictures for my good ol’ blog.
Chiara
Saturday, March 13, 2010I smell and I swatch it! Only after swatching I feel something new as really mine %-)And the day after I put it on!
Miss Kitty
Saturday, March 13, 2010squeal over it, then take it for a test run to see if i should get another for my kit! and use it obsessively until i get something new, haha
Dusty
Saturday, March 13, 2010Use it! LOL!
Unless I don’t need to use it right away, then I swatch it and (hopefully) admire it’s pretty-ness… Then I put it away to wherever it’s supposed to go :)
Crissy
Saturday, March 13, 2010I stare at it in the package because it looks so perfect..then i slowly take it out and stare at it more..after about 20 minutes of this (well 20 minutes is an exaggeration. maybe 5!) I’ll open it up and swatch it on my hand and then apply it, no matter what makeup I’m wearing that day. Sometimes this helps because you never know what combinations work well unless you try them!
Cara
Saturday, March 13, 2010Put it on in my car :)…. and uh wear it haha!
Cara
Saturday, March 13, 2010I’m only giggling because this is what I did with Blooming Lovely!
mlou
Saturday, March 13, 2010I try to take several pictures of it brand new before I test it out!
Diana
Saturday, March 13, 2010If it’s a lip product and matches my look that day I put it right on. If not I quickly plan what I will wear with it the following day. Then my daughter will say “mom you bought another beauty product” then the guilt kicks in a little but I quickly justify my needed purchase. And the hubby will back me up cause you have to keep the wifey happy.
Hend
Saturday, March 13, 2010I swatch it .. then tell my friends what i think about it
Stef
Saturday, March 13, 2010I put my fingers in it! Then cuss, that I forgot to take a picture of it first…again.
yve
Saturday, March 13, 2010I’ll open the casing and smell it. I dunno, it’s just a habit of mine..
Vonvon
Saturday, March 13, 2010I will take pix of them all before swatching or playing with them! Then edit them….
JB
Saturday, March 13, 2010Well honestly I actually have buyer’s remorse for about an hour. LOL. After that I might play around with and figure out what kind of looks I can create with it.
Mia
Saturday, March 13, 2010admire it… lol :)
johnfiend
Saturday, March 13, 2010try it on and find a home for it!
though finding homes for new things is getting hard when the collection grows too big!
Chester
Saturday, March 13, 2010Admire it. I then swatch and compare to similar colors, sometimes I try to find colors that go well with it for a look. Then it goes into the database. And then I start using it for real.
Michelle
Saturday, March 13, 2010I usually take it out of the package and look at it and then immediately start planning on what look I will pair it with the next day!!
Liz
Saturday, March 13, 2010admired it for a while…..then carefully use them…..
Nicole
Saturday, March 13, 2010This is pretty embarrasing. I…fondle it. XD I hold it in my hands, open and close it repeatedly, and smile to myself.
imeldita
Saturday, March 13, 2010sounds just like me … my husband ends up staring at me like i’m a looney. lol
Casey
Sunday, March 14, 2010Oh good…I’m not the only one that does that too! hehe.
LNU
Saturday, March 13, 2010I can’t stand not using it! I go home, swatch it first on my arm, then put on right away! Its almost always eyeshadow or eyeliner, because I already have blush, powder, and lipstick I have been stuck on for years.
Kathie
Saturday, March 13, 2010I stare at it all day::LOL
Anitacska
Saturday, March 13, 2010I might sound really odd, but I hardly ever test or use a beauty product straight after buying it, partly because I always wear make up, so it wouldn’t work and partly because I don’t want to, lol. I just prefer to keep things untouched for a while. Like I said, weird, lol.
nicole
Saturday, March 13, 2010i make sure that i really want it then i use it. x)
Katie
Saturday, March 13, 2010I take it out of the box, look at it, put it back in the box, get home, then take it out of the box again, admire it, put it on, admire how it looks, and admire the product again.
I’m silly. :P
Kim L
Sunday, March 14, 2010oh, so I’m not the only one! yeah!
Eden Landers
Saturday, March 13, 2010omg i love new stuff, so i take forever to open it, read the entire box it came in, then whatever came inside of the box (instructions or w/e) and Then I open it and swatch it and smile because its so pretty :)
lol i’m a dork, but yeah its cool the anticipation of getting it home to open it!
Kalee
Saturday, March 13, 2010for some reason i cannot use it right away, (just a swatch, though). i dont know why, same thing goes with clothes, too. it takes a few days for me to realize that its got to be broken in eventually.
is that weird? lol.
aradhana
Saturday, March 13, 2010similar to others, lipsticks are usually tried out as soon as i get home…generally i try to use them in a look the next day. most of the time if they’re products from a new collection, i wear them pretty much every day till i get tired of them, or i find something new.
julie
Saturday, March 13, 2010I usually don’t use a new beauty product right away because I’m usually purchasing it before I’ve used up my own! It would probably have to be an unusual product, which for me would be say Urban Decay’s Stardust e/s. I had to try that right away!
Akia
Saturday, March 13, 2010I swatch immediately! Like, as soon as I get in the car I’m trying stuff on
Jess
Saturday, March 13, 2010When I’m looking to buy, I always go to the store with no makeup. By the time I leave, I’m wearing what I wind up buying. Then, I use all my new stuff later that night, when I make sure I’m going out :)
MakeupGalore--Abbie
Sunday, March 14, 2010Like others, I wait a few days, then I record it in my makeup file(weird I know) and put it away.
Kim L
Sunday, March 14, 2010label it with the date, admire it and put it in one of my boxes of makeup to keep it safe and loved until the appropriate occasion
Luisafer
Monday, March 15, 2010open it and try it on, try different looks with it and everything I can do with it.. so, play with it =)
SoVeryFabulous
Monday, March 15, 2010Since I’ve started blogging, I’ll generally take pictures of things before I use them. And then comes the swatches. It’s so time consuming, I don’t know how you do it! :)
Emm
Wednesday, March 17, 2010When I get home I swatch it or try it on myself, then try to find room to put it in my makeup area. I usually am excited so I remember what I buy so I try to use it when doing my next look.