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strangely, I like to ‘plan’ makeup looks before I go to sleep. I think i find it therapeutic tho i can never remember them in the morning.
I wouldn’t say I plan my looks in advance, but if i’ve got a new product like a lipstick or a palette, i’ll often think of the time when i can finally break it in and how i’ll tailor my other makeup around it. Oh and if i’m going out that day because my makeup may need to be mask approved!
If I am having trouble sleeping and want to turn my thoughts to something pleasant, I plan out my makeup for the next day but fortunately that is not a daily occurrence.
Unless it to special occasion, I do the same look for the whole week to cut down on any chaos in the morning. I enjoy my morning routine (skincare, makeup) and getting ready for the day. I shop my stash on Sunday nights and set up my glam tray for the week.
I really like this idea. I don’t feel the need to vary my looks from day to day (my “look” tends to be the same 365 days a year) but I really like the idea of cutting down on chaos in the morning in this way and it would also be a good way for me to use some of the e/s palettes I have more than just sporadically! I’m going to be trying this, Pearl – thanks for the inspiration!
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I don’t plan out my looks, specifically, but I usually have an idea of what palettes I want to use in a week.
If I’ve purchased something new that I’m excited to use, I’ll make sure that it’s in a look I’m going to be doing in the next few days. And often, reading here or thinking back on products I have and don’t use often enough, I’ll make a point of getting out XYZ palette or blush and using it rather than letting it sit in a drawer.
Not really. For special occasions like holidays or sporting events I have an idea of what I want (ie: wearing team colors or wearing one of my extremely glittery formulas) a few days out, but I never pick the actual products until I’m ready to do my makeup. I may plan to wear a certain product, like a new lipstick, and base a look around that so I guess pre planned for one product… but still all on a whim with everything else makeup wise!
Quite often, I do! Pretty much get an idea of what family of shades I want to wear based on my clothing and my overall mood. Then I go about picking a palette or two that will get my eye makeup where I want it, picking out my cheek and lip color is relatively easier
Only of it’s a very specific event (remember when we had those? 😅), involving a specific look or costume. Otherwise, I just go with my mood while I’m doing the makeup.
I don’t really plan a look, but most nights I take out a palette and a blush for the next day and work from that.
When I am putting out my clothes in our ensuite bathroom ready for the next day, I do think about what eyeshadow palette I am going to use to complement the overall look. Ditto for hte lipstick.
Having it all in my mind helps to ensure that I am organized for the following day.
Sometimes! I might have an idea the night before of a particular look I have in mind, or a palette I want to pull out! It’s when I am facing my makeup as I brush my teeth, haha.
Sometimes, if it’s for an event. I’ll even do a rehearsal the day before.
I didn’t before, but now that the pandemic has led me to make my makeup a daily ritual, I take time to plan out my next week’s worth of looks, usually on Friday nights.
No, never.
Not specifically. I do pull out a few palettes and coordinating lipsticks, blushes etc. for the week but I don’t mentally sketch out particular looks beforehand. The most planned I’ll get is wondering what certain colors would look like together, if I could pull off doing a certain technique or deciding I want to work with a specific thing and let everything else fall in place around that.
Yes, more often than not I do plan what I want to do I also will change what I wear, to complement my eye look . Especially if it is a new item!