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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All Koh Gen Do stuff. Moisture foundation, pressed powder, face powder aqua foundation and powder puff. And Shu Painting liner in Vivid Pink and gold. Sigh.. Now I want them all! 😀
$500 would cover my f&f shopping cart, plus i’d get refills for my chanel TI foundation, and also get glossimers and poudre douce. i’d also get some nars blushes.. or maybe just one.. it’s easy to spend $500 on makeup!
All the mac brushes 😀 and eyeshadow.
Last week I spend about 200 euros on make up, mostly MAC. For me it’s easy to spend 500$ lol.
Oh man,
If I had $500.00 to spend on makeup,
I’d go all out.
Although it is easy to spend that much fast.
I’d probly get the the three new MAC Lipglasses,
Three new eye shadows,
And both Highlighting powders.
Which would be about $150.00 plus tax.
Then I’d get the other Dazzle Lash [[ Black Dazzle. ]],
That I didn’t buy last night.
And GoldyRocks DazzleGlass.
After that I’d have about $300.00 left.
So I’d go to Sephora and buy some Nars stuff.
Since I don’t have any.
And the Smashbox Photofinish.
Which I’ve always wanted to try.
But never got around to it.
I could make $500.00 go a long way if I had to.
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Oh, I’d spend half on MAC style warriors, and the rest buying a new MAC foundation, concealer, cremewash, studio moisture fix, and go bananas shopping for false eyelashes!
Oh, $500 disappear o quickly.v I’d have to get a new MAC teal pigment as well! I over use it, hah, almost out of mine :S :O
I’d spend it on Nars eyeshadows, blushes and lipglosses…and maybe two or three MAC brushes
oh wow! I’d have a heart attack and have to pay for the hospital first! LOL.
$500… some MAC, Revlon, and of course burjois goodies! Mascara, lipgloss, lipsticks, Blush on, ohhh… all! 😀
$500.
Chanel Self Tanner for Face & Lancome Self Tanner for Body, enough for the whole summer.
All the new Chanel Scintillantes
Some brushes from Nars, and a couple Quints from Dior
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A lot of MAC stuff!
And Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder
Maybe soms Stila/Benefit
chanel rouge volupte and glossimers, philosophy, skyn and lush products.
wow…I’d raid the Stila counter. I’d also buy a bunch of creme de la mer porducts. I’d definitely have to stock up on ysl touche eclat and chanel nail polish. As well as nars blushes!
Man I would buy the complete MAC brush set and the belt to hold the brushes. All of the Urban Decay palletes. Some Chanel cosmetics. And the entire hello kitty collection from MAC.
I would probably get lots of products from the permanent MAC lineup since there are too many collections coming out atm so I can’t afford the perm stuff 😛
Wow! $500?
Well, I’d definitely pick up a few products from Benefit, which is one of my favorite brands of all time. A few must-haves for me personally include “That Gal” Face Primer, Erase Paste, Powderflage, Thrrrob Face Powder, and Get Bent mascara. I would spend the bulk at MAC and get a few more things from the Rose Romance and Style Warrior collections and the Duo Fibre brush, maybe a couple more of the Grand Duo blushes. Then I would buy a few random things from Dior and Chanel, probably Dior’s Lip Glow and Chanel’s Feu de Russie nail polish from their Russian Nights collection, maybe a few other things.
Start my mac e/s collection, Get that TM I’ve been lemming, and start a huge NARS blush collection.
wow. yeahh i wish i could have 500$ to spend on makeup , but if did i would mainly buy some MAC shadows and brushes, then BE lipglosses, and if something even left may be on urban decay products!!!
Ooo, if I were handed $500 and told I had to spend it on makeup, I’d get some new Makeup For Ever eyeshadows, stock up on my favorite Rescue beauty nail colors, try one of Guerlain’s new $45 lipsticks, stock up on some of my favorites from Urban Decay and Too Faced, and even stock up on some drugstore makeup- I’d buy a dozen of L’Oreal’s HiP Jelly Balms since I go through a couple a month.
If I had $500 to spend, I would most likely spend it on MAC. I would get some stuff that people are recommending and a must-haves.
$500 goes quickly in Canada, but let’s see… Since this is an imaginary haul I’d pick up the not yet released lighter shade of Chantecaille future skin, the Estee Lauder bronze goddess sunblush illuminator, a couple of glossimers, Chanel’s poudre douce in almond, and one of the new Serge Lutens perfumes. And if there were any change left over (doubtful), a bag of kettle corn!
Yes, I love kettle corn, always good to have a treat after some hardcore shopping.
I regularly spend $500 on make up. Not in one go, mind, but over a couple of weeks or so. 🙂 And judging by the size of the upcoming Color Craft collection, I’m pretty sure I’ll be spending best part of $500 on that.
Yep, me too!
Definitely MAC brushes and some perm MAC products. I would also get the UD Book of Shadows and some 24/7 liners, the Guerlain kohl, and maybe try out some other high end products because I would never try them out otherwise.
i would spend it on mac eyeshadows, nars eyeshadows, chanel glossimers, and mac lipsticks.
I will by some by terry stuff, like bronze expert and some of her lipglosses.
I will get some chantecaille palettes as they are gorgeous
I will buy some ysl lip stuff – glosses, rouge voluptes
few nars blushers
and also I need a brow product, as I only have clinique brow pencil and it’s not good at all
I would get the Armani Silk Foundation, Makeup For Ever shadows, LUSH products, UD 24/7 liners, NARS blushes, and some things from Benefit.
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 🙂
MAC brushes, some NARS blushes, eyeshadows (MAC, NARS and Urban Decay.) New eyeliners! Benefit lipsticks and blush.
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?
I’d buy some items from the MAC Naked Honey and Style Warriors collection, grab some NARS blushes, and Chanel lip glosses.
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.
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!
I would go to NARS & buy all the stuff I’ve been wanting – multiples, blushes, eyeshadow duos, glosses & lipsticks.
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.
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.
vanilla pigment, violet pigment, melon pigment, mutiny pigment, mac 188 brush, clarisonic, barevitamins skin revver- upper, flamenco eyeshadow by BE, all of graphic garden.
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
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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!
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
everything from colour crft
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.
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
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?!?!
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$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)
Chantecaille palettes…sigh…
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.
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 !!!
I would buy some Cle de Peau, Chanel, and YSL. Not sure $500 would go that far with these 3 lines!
$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.
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.
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.
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 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 !
Oooh I would totally get some MUFE eyeshadows/eye stuff (I’ve been holding back because of the price) and some new makeup brushes
The new zuca case on the macpro site for freelance work. and if I had enough left over an airbrush machine
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!
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’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.
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 😀
Don’t you just love daydreaming about make-up?
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!
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 go for more expensive stuff. Chanel, Dior, YSL, Givenchy, Gurlian (sorry spelling). If I had anything left over I would get some UD palletes.
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!
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
– 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.
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!
I would complete my NARS and Makeup forever collection, if there’s money left more MAC eyeshadows.
I would buy, some MAC brushes, a dazzleglass, stila convertibles, a mac blush, cargo matte bronzer, pigments, and anything i see!
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 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