Do you share your makeup with others? Why/why not?
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I only share certain pieces — some are personal items, so I don’t, but others are kept sanitary so they can be used on others.
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I sometimes share blush and eyeshadows, often nail polishes, occasionally lipsticks with my sister. She’s the only person I don’t mind sharing stuff with. She can pick mine, I can pick hers. It’s fun.
i only ever share nail varnish…..never lipsticks or other cosmetics, just in case!! besides, in my make up bag, are all my little treats which are to be envied rather than shared…sorry!! 🙂
I share with my sister, and best friend.
I share anything but lip products. I use them from the tube and it’s kind of gross to have someone else’s spit marinating in my lipstick/lipgloss applicator. Eww. I try not to share brushes, I’m a little germaphobic like that. Haha.
I am so glad that no-one shares eye products such as mascara or eye liner. It’s encouraging to see….it can be the quickest way to spread infection.
I’ve shared eyeshadow with my mother and sisters in the past. Recently I gave my mom a bunch of shades I hadn’t used in a while so they weren’t wasted. But I don’t like to share lip products.
I share NP, blush and eyeshadows with my sister 🙂
I’d rather not. My mom sometimes “steals” one of my brushes and then dips it into several e/s, only to casually drop it back into its place w/o cleaning it. I go ballistic over it!
She uses one of my mascaras too, and always ALWAYS plumps it — GRRR! (Other than that, she’s precious though :))
i only share nail polish… to my sis
I’ll share anything and everything with my best friend. She is me I am her. If my husband wanted to start wearing makeup, I’d share most things with him too, but only after making sure he understood the do’s and don’ts.
As for everybody else, I’ll share a few things if I’m *right there* so I can make sure boundaries aren’t crossed. The ick factor is circumvented with lots of clean brushes.
ya, my friends are my friends, we share clothes and if one us needs a touch up then of course!
I lend makeup to my best friend, no one else. I’m protective of my stash 🙂
With my mom, everything except mascara. But it’s just my mom, so I don’t care much at all (except when she negelects to put things back, or adds my stuff to her stash >.<) I share eye shadow, blush, and lipstick with friends because that can all be cleaned. Never liner, or gloss unless I’m doing their makeup at my house and can sanitize things.
I share blushes with my sister and nail polishes with my girlfriend. Everything else is off limits.
Nope..my friends are not really into makeup so they never ask anyway so it kinda works out…lol
I share with my friends only lip glosses,lipsticks and nail polishes, but not so often. They only ask me when they forgot theirs in home. I don’t like to share mascara, eye liners and eyeshadows with nobody. I had my part of sharing when a few years ago one girl that I worked with, had the bad habbit to use other girls cosmetic products at work all the time. Some girls start having conjunctivits and was enough for me to change all my cosmetic products that I used to brought to work. That was kind of expensive sharing.
yes, I’d share with my best friends or close relatives .
Only on my very close friends and boyfriend, I sanitize things as I go along, dipping/spraying in alcohol, etc.
I don’t really share cause my sister isn’t into makeup, nor is my best friend. Well, we do share nail polish, I really don’t mind. I would never ever share lip stuff though.
i think anything goes, besides mascara and eyeliner, if its your best friend/sister. i actually have let my sister use one of my pencil liners before, but you can sanitise that by sharpening it, so it didnt bother me. i mean i share drinks with my mates, share food with them and eat with the same spoon (if we have to), so what’s different about borrowing a lippie on a night out?
Since I freelance, I have to use my makeup on other people – but since I’m applying it, I get to control how it’s used, so I know to disinfect items after. I do not share mascara & eyeliners that are used on the waterline.
9 times outta 10 hell to the no. I did let my mom borrow the items to recreate a look I did on her, but it’s my mom and she knows how important my stuffies are to me. But I’ll admit, I purposefully didn’t use anything that couldn’t be replaced, JUST in case.
I’ve shared lipgloss, pigment, eyeshadow, blush and nail polishes with my sisters.
If I am sharing with just friends – nail polishes only. If it’s a really close friend – eyeshadow.
No way! i’m too sqeamish. But i used to share with my mother when she was with us… and i’d share with sisters, if i had any.
i don’t mind sharing nail polish… everything else is off limits.
only with my sister, I trust her (=
My friends or my sister are not into makeup like I am, so if they need to borrow anything it’s only for special occasions. Most of the time they just ask me to do their makeup, and because of that I can control what products I can share and what not. I can share anything(as long as they are kept sanitized), except mascaras, liners and lip glosses(and any other lipies). Lipstick is fine for me to share because I always dip them in alcohol and use disposable lip brush to apply the product to them.
I used to with a friend of mine. I’d share and try out nail polish, occasionally eye shadows and lipsticks. But recently when I walked into her bathroom (which I hadn’t done at her place in years) I noticed this distinct line of mold around the top of her tub and around the window. This gave me an unsanitary feeling and now an aversion to swatching her makeup. In my head, I’m thinking, if that’s how she cleans her bathroom, how does she treat her makeup?
i only lend out my blushes to people if they need them (for theatre / performances if they forget) because at one performance one of the girls borrowed an eyeshadow brush from another girl and then the eyeshadows were lent out as well and about five girls ended up with eye infections.
it’s pretty rare that i share makeup, but i’m not necessarily opposed to it (exception being mascara of course). i guess it would depend who’s asking…
i’ll share gloss(if it’s a squeeze tube, then i just put it on their finger or something), nail polish, and eyeshadow with like my mom or close friends.
i dont get it those of you saying i wouldnt share anything but nail polish? its the easiest way to spread fungal infections of the nail, that most people wont realise they have, especially if they paint their toes with it! lol
you’d be safer sharing eyeshadow or lipstick, something you can remove a layer of/sanitize with alcohol!
I try not to share makeup at all, but I am a professional dancer, and occasionally someone forgets something backstage and asks to share and I would, but nothing personal like eye products or anything. But I guess when there is a makeup artist doing makeup on me it’s all shared!
Because I do photography, sometimes I’m required to do some makeup forblients but if it’s friends who I trust then yeah but just a select few. I hate lending brushes especially knowing how much I spend on them =X. Lip products…uh. Not really. I’ll lend my cheaper makeup, n/p, few mac e/s, paintpots if they use brushes and blush. Once I lend my friend a lipstick once and i sanitized it before and after so I guess I’m good. Lol
NEVER EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember back in middle school when it was cool to borrow your BFF’s eyeliner. LOL. Nowadays, that’s just plain gross. To this day, I have only shared eyeshadows and NOTHING ELSE. 🙂
I hate it when my sister uses my makeup, thats why i’m glad now we have separate bathrooms. I get annoyed just thinking about it.
Not usually, though I have no one to really share with. I’ve let my boyfriend use my eyeliner and such. If I know the person well enough, it doesn’t bug me unless they use it up. I don’t like buying stuff to have someone else use it on me.
honestly, i would only share eyeshadows & blushes since these 2 powder products can be sanitized easily.. and i would NEVER share my makeup brushes with anyone else.. i’m a bit OCD about germs & etc..LoL
I just share powder products, if I share anything at all.
Not really! I really don’t have anyone to share with so I don’t worry about it. I have let my mom use some things since she has been in town. She tries out my stuff to see what she likes b4 she buys her own! I am turning her onto MAC and MUFE!!
I share with my best friend only because she’s like my sister and I know she’s clean. She has to use everything I use so that’s OK. I don’t share with anybody else.
I personally think buying used or “just swatched once” makeup is disgusting. How do you know if the person you’re buying or trading from didn’t put that gloss wand on their lipsm swirled it around and stuck it back in the bottle?? Double dippin’ is what I think off when I think about someone selling used e/s. Totally gross.
I really don’t mind sharing my makeup. EXCEPT mascara, there is no way. Gross.
I don’t mind sharing with my sister but friends maybe just blush and eyeshadow but the have to use there own brush
I don’t share my makeup with anyone else unless they ask me first. Mascara, lipstick and lipglass are my biggest no-no’s to not share.
No. I don’t think my younger brother wants to try anything of mine 🙂 But I do try to put moisturizer on my boyfriend’s face! I’m trying to get him to start using moisturizer w/SPF! I got him using hand lotion at least. 🙂
With my friends – hardly ever. Maybe a sample of something but nothing more. Plus, most of us don’t have the same skin type.
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