If you could only wear buy from one brand for a year, what brand would you pick?
Oooh, that is tough!! Probably Urban Decay (lots of releases of generally good quality) or Tom Ford.
Oooh, that is tough!! Probably Urban Decay (lots of releases of generally good quality) or Tom Ford.
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This is a hard one! I feel like I have my days where 80% of my products can be from one brand while primers and foundations are from a few other brands. If I had to choose one brand it’d be Kat Von D’s stuff. I have yet to have any issues with her products! Ive been religiously buying her stuff since I got into makeup 3 years ago and have yet to get let down from any products she has released.
I’d have to choose either CoverFX or IT Cos. since their CC creams give me the best match. I guess I’d have to go with IT since they have more color products too!
By the way Christine…don’t know why, but lately for some reason when you post these questions, your answer is not showing for me. I use Chrome. For example, this one and other recent ones like perfume for a year, lip color for a year, blush for a year…I can’t see your answer on any of them.
Oooooh that’s tough. Probably MAC though, just due to sheer types of products. That way I’ve got every step covered. Charlotte Tilbury is a close second, just because wearing her products makes me feel so luxurious, though the lip shade range and the overall product range isn’t quite broad enough yet.
If I could, it would definitly be makeup geek. Their blushes and eyeshadows are amazing ! But I wouldn’t know what I’d do for foundation..
Although I have my ups and downs with this company, I’d still choose MAC as the brand to wear/buy from all year long. A majority of the makeup I apply are from MAC, anyway.
First runner-up is Iman Cosmetics.
Dior
Probably MAC because I can find a foundation/powder in my skin color. Plus, they have a HUGE selection of products and colors , including under-rated goodies in their permanent collection. And as much as I complain about the quality of their collections, there are some hits in there, and there will always be new stuff to look at
Tom ford
This is getting brutal, LoL!!!
Ok, so as I sit here staring *adoringly* at my hand covered in MUFE Artist Shadows….maybe them?
But then I realized how I would need my big MAC attacks! Plus MAC has my foundation, great blushes that I strangely never noticed till lately, great lipsticks,etc. So I probably would just go with MAC.
I couldn’t even imagine! MUFE has my favorite foundation, so I’d have to pick them.
I’d go with Guerlain.
Tom Ford if you mean only makeup.
(Don’t know about their skin cares)
If you mean makeup & skin care, I would choose Dior. (I could choose Guerlain, if they add more colours in their Rouge Gs.)
Wow, tough one! I assume we’re talking make-up, not skincare, so let’s go wiiiiiiith… aaaah tough one… okay, let’s go with Smashbox.
These questions are fiendishly hard! I guess I’d have to go with Nars.
Urban Decay!
I’d be fine with any of my “usual” brands since they all make a large enough and good quality variety of the products I use. So any of MAC, Chanel, Guerlain, Nars, TooFaced, Bare Minerals, MUFE – I’d be okay with any of those.
I would pick Chanel. They seldom release duds and I have loved everything I’ve ever gotten from them. My second choice would have to be Burberry. Again, beautiful products that always perform well.
Armani, they have my 2 favourite foundations, my favourite mascara, excellent eyeshadows, wonderful lipsticks…everything I have bought from Armani is perfection! I have yet to be disappointed by their products.
I would honestly use Milani products for their bronzer, blush, lipsticks, highlight and foundation. Or Makeup forever because they have foundations, liners, mascara etc and I have always had good experiences with their makeup and my looks come out nice.
Ooh this is hard! I’d probably have to say Bobbi Brown because most of my favourite foundations are from Bobbi and I really like her longwear eyeliners and metallic eyeshadows.
I was gonna say MAC but I hate MAC foundations.
MUFE!
an easy question: Tom Ford
Hmmm… I’d probably go with Urban Decay or NARS although I haven’t tried either brand’s mascaras or brow products.
Nars probably – they are the only brand that has everything I use and most importantly – eye primer
If money wasn’t an issue, i would say NARS.
ARGH! This is hard because most brands like 99% don’t have white as a colour corrector in concealer or foundation.
My picks are NYX, MAC, MUFE. The all have products that I like in each category.
MAC or Tom Ford!
Nars!
Screams from the rooftop: MAKE UP FOR EVERRRRRRRR!!!
Color-wise, I suppose it would have to be Urban Decay. I have so many palettes and eyeliners, and they have a lot of great lip colors and enough blushes to keep me going. Perversion mascara is my favorite as well.
However, I’d be lost for foundation and concealer. That branch of the Naked line doesn’t cut it for me.
SUCH a good question!! Mine has to be Hourglass, because they make me feel flawless and fancy. 🙂
Too Faced!!
It’s a toss up between MAC and Lancome. MAC is pretty standard and they have everything, but I love Lancome for face products and would keep my base looking flawless!
Too Faced. And I would cheat with my Anastasia Brow wiz. But everything else, I can deal with having only Too Faced.
That’s a really difficult question. It would have to be a brand that makes makeup for face, eyes and lips, so nothing like colourpop, no matter how much I like them. I think either Kevyn Aucoin or Laura Mercier. Probably Kevyn Aucoin. I trust their quality and have loved everything I’ve ever bought from them, so I’d be pretty happy. Of course, I feel the same about Laura Mercier, so…
Burberry if I had the money haha and you?
I’d have to go with Chanel, just because they make my holy grail foundation. I’d really miss Nars and MAC though.
If it’s about cosmetics only, I’ll pick Giorgio Armani. For skincare, I would go with Algenist.
If I have to get everything from ONE brand, then Estee Lauder or Guerlain. They both have high performance cosmetics and potent skincare products.
I have to go with MAC! It’s one of the few brands that’s truly a one-stop shopping experience: base products, powders, eyes, lips, tools, nail lacquer, skincare, etc. I know there’s been this whole bandwagon of people hating on MAC, but I think it’s completely unwarranted. There are other brands that do certain products better, but overall MAC has a good quality product for whatever you need.
Pretty sure I’d have to go with Urban Decay. Gives me options for work nudes in the Pulp Fiction palette, fun colors in the Vices, and great liners. I usually skip a heavy foundation, so their BB cream (not my fav, but ok) could probably do it.
It would have to be Kat Von D. I have three of her most recent palettes and I love every single shadow. Her foundation does match me but I have to sheer out her coverage or I look like I’m wearing a mask. I could probably get away with using a few of her shadows as a blush and highlight too since they are so pigmented. I can’t wait to see her next wave of blushes and bronzers. She even has brow products now.
Questions like this give me anxiety lol! I’d have to say makeup forever though
Ok, I’ve thought waaaay too much about this one!! I would say possibly urban decay, although I’m not sold on their foundation….for drugstore, definitely l’oreal; their only weakness for me is their lipgloss.
I would definitely go with mufe. They would easily provide everything I need wroth great quality.
Probably Clinique. Not necessarily my favourite brand, but it has decent offerings in everything from skin care to mascara.
To my surprise, I would choose Chanel. I believe that I wear more of their products than any other brand.
Can I cheat and use NYX brow pencil?
NARS or YSL
I totally agree!
if cost wasn’t an issue, guerlain of course.
if cost was an issue, probably milani or nyx.
Definitely MAC, for the reasons others have given and because I’d be sure to have enough empties to get some free lipsticks under the Back-to-MAC program. Plus, their Full Coverage foundation is a Holy Grail for me.
Mac, it’s a easy go to brand for me. I know the color range like the back of my hand. And I’m a neutral girl so I don’t need to many eyeshadow a or blushes. I wear the same colors everyday anyway. Give me Face and body , pro long wear concealer and a msf natural and my base is done. LOL..!
Makeup forever. They have an extensive selection of products, as well as a variety of colors that suit every skin tone!
Oh definitely MAC. So many choices of lipsticks, glosses, eye shadows, primers, blushes, mascaras etc – they have it all.
Urban Decay
Urban Decay. Most of my products, foundation, eyeliner, eye shadow, primer, mascara, lipstick are already UD.
so hard! my tastes are changing towards more high end but it would be a toss up between KVD or Dior…i think!
Urban Decay or MAC
Tough question, but if I had to pick one, right now it would be It Cosmetics.
Overall, I would say Guerlain – because that is the only foundation that I wear – as well as blush. Their lipstick and LeCils mascara is great! Love their eyeshadows too. However, I cannot do without Dior’s “Diorshow” eyebrow styler. There is no better concealer than Cle de Peau.
Hard question…probably MAC
You didn’t specify if this included makeup & skin care so I am going to pretend it does. This makes the answer sooooo easy: Le Metier de Beaute. Awesome skincare and makeup!
I would have to choose Hourglass. I Love all of their products! My second choice would be Urban Decay.
It would be MAC in second place UD.
Yikes, Since I’m so fair that really narrows it down, I guess it’s a toss up between UD and NARS!
Urban Decay, for sure. Most products in my daily rotation are their’s so, it wouldn’t be a hard transition! It also helps that they are a mid-range brand, and my sister is allergic to them so she can’t steal my things haha. UD Naked Skin is my HG foundation, and I’m loving the brow products they recently came out with. I feel like UD has recently become a very ’rounded’ brand (meaning they have a product for nearly every category available) and there aren’t very many duds in their line.
Probably Armani because they make several foundations that work well for me. Or Cle de Peau for the same reason.
Wow, that’s a hard one. I’d need a brand with a wide enough range, good base products as well as good mascara, interesting seasonal color collections… I’d pick Lancôme because I love this brand and there’s still a lot for me to explore in their range. If I didn’t need to worry about base products and mascara (and I don’t, I have enough backup for a year), I’d probably go with ColourPop, because they have a lot of colors to choose from and you can’t beat the value.
Urban Decay 🙂
These questions keep getting meaner!
I’d actually go with e.l.f. I have enough lipsticks, eyeshadows, blushes, etc. from brands like UD, Tarte, Too Faced, etc. to last me many years, so I’d just need my basics replenished. E.l.f. has foundations, concealers, etc. that match me and don’t oxidize on me. I’m not allergic to any of their products. E.l.f. is cheap and most of their stuff is good quality, and they’ve been releasing new products like crazy, so I won’t be terribly bored. I can easily get e.l.f. online or at the Target down the street. Their mascaras aren’t my favorites, but I should have enough unopened ones from Tarte in my stash. If not, at least I’m not allergic to e.l.f. mascaras, and I can make them work OK.
Mac and Urban Decay combined haha. I would use UD Naked foundation, Mac concealer, Mac studio fix powder, UD or Mac eyeshadows, blushes, and lipsticks, and UD 24/7 liners. Those are my main go to’s anyhow…I just jazz things up with eyeshadow, blush, and lipstick.
With the budget I currently have to work with, I’d have to go with NYX. They have enough products in every category that work well enough for me, even if they aren’t all complete home runs, that I could keep myself looking pretty and feeling happy with ease.
If the budget were no object, then I’d say… oy, that’s tough! Probably Smashbox. Not the most exciting choice, but they’re the most familiar to me. I’m well versed with the brand, enough to know what does and doesn’t work for me.
Estee Lauder, I love ALL of their products!
As they have great shadows, foundation, mascara, primers: I’d have to say Too Faced.
Hands down URBAN DECAY!!!!
MUFE because foundation is a top priority and I really love both the stick and powder formulas.
Chanel – but I’d miss my favorite bulletproof foundation in the summertime from the balm.
That’s definitely tough! If I could afford from any, I’d say MAC, because they have products I use all the time and their lipstick color range is great.
To be more realistic for my personal budget, though, I’d have to choose Nyx because they have all kinds of products needed to do a full face, also a great lipstick color range, and they’re much more affordable.
Definitely Chanel but could also do Dior. Love their foundation, concealers, powders and mascara. Love chanel blushes, highlighter and eye shadows and Dior has been hit and miss on the shadows but love Dior lip products. Tough one! I mix up my makeup daily to keep it interesting for me and use a ton of different brands so I don’t just use my favorites lol so that was a hard one!
Tom Ford then MAC.
Charlotte Tilbury…love all her products!
MUFE for a great range of products that have always performed consistently great on me. Foundation, brow gel, lipsticks, blush, primer, you name it. The final straw was the release of the newly formulated eye shadows. I compare all my new e/s purchases with my Artist Shadows. Do you see the pan size for these shadows? The pigmentation, durability? Chanel who? Guerlain what? Chile please.
I’d have to go for MUFE as I don’t react to their foundation and they’ve enough products for me to try out for a whole year! 2nd choice would be Urban Decay for their eyeshadow but unfortunately I react to their skin products (setting spray, Naked concealer) so couldn’t use just UD for a whole year. 3rd would be the Balm or Too Faced altho I haven’t tried their foundations to see if I react to them.
Ooooh I would have to choose between Marc Jacobs or Make Up For Ever. Great Question!!
tough one. most likely mufe or nars since those two comprise most of my HGs and most used products. dunno what i’m gonna do about mascara though (usually max factor or armani or chanel) and i strictly uses burberry sheer concealer since discovering them
Charlotte Tilbury – All the benefits of Tom Ford for less money.
If money was not an issue – Guerlain
Eye shadows – Urban Decay
Lipsticks – Maybelline Colour Sensational Range or Milani
Skincare (money not an issue) Elizabeth Arden’s Prevage range
Skincare (money is an issue) Natio or QVC range from Ego Australia – both cruelty free brands
Definitely Lancome! They have the prettiest packaging and great products. I love that they do seasonal items as well.
nars all the way!!
I saw this question early this morning but had to think about it very hard before answering! I guess I’d still stick to my initial answer, which would be Mac. There’s always lots of formulations to choose from and it would be so easy to find the perfect foundation shade. But Tom Ford! I haven’t used any of his products, but who wouldn’t love their makeup collection in such luxe packaging? Ok so that was maybe 2 answers instead if one.
I would buy Make Up For Ever because they excel in all makeup product lines: foundation, powder, eye shadows, pencils, blush and lipstick.
Guerlain
I’d say NARS. Their foundations, eye primer, eyeliner pencils, lip products, and blushes have won me over.
… Shoot. I’d be torn between Too Faced and Make Up For Ever. Too Faced has my eyeshadows and some primers, but Make Up For Ever has my foundation, and no one else comes close to the shade and durability of that.
I am gonna say Clinique, Tarte, or Sephora, and a lot of that is based on their foundations. It’s interesting to see how much sway that particular product has.
Cle de Peau.
Their foundations, concealer, mascara, cream liner, blush, & primer are divine. I don’t wear much eyeshadow & I can make do with their not very long lasting but gorgeous lip luminzers.
Estee lauder
Hands down…Urban Decay.
Interesting question. If I were to assume that at some point I’d need the basics (foundation, powder, etc.) then I’d have to say Too Faced, as I will never give up their Born This Way foundation (unless they change the formula), and they have a lot of good standard and not-so-standard choices in eyes, lips, and face.
Urban Decay would be a close second. I love their powder, could probably find a foundation that works for me, and could find anything I needed in their eyes, cheeks and lips range. Not a fan of the price point, but it really is one-stop shopping.
Tough question! I think I would choose Bobbi Brown though. I love pretty much everything she does. Everything is timeless, plus she has every product I would need.
Ugh, probably Hourglass, UD or Benefit. I don’t know that I’d be okay without my Immaculate foundation (PERFECT COLOR MATCH) or Hello Flawless powder. And I don’t use eyeshadow often these days but Naked 3 is the best palette for my coloring that I’ve ever seen- I’m so pink-toned that they read as completely neutral on me. But probably Hourglass. I haven’t heard of a dud from them except their recent eyeshadow palettes and that’s not a big deal to me. Foundation, concealer, powder, lip color: those are what I really need and I’m happy with all those items in their product range. I haven’t tried their eye makeup but I’m sure I could make do. 😉
Urban Decayy but would miss my Laura Mercier for foundation and other face products.
Oh damn! There is no one brand that would cater to all my preferences at once. I would be willing to try and make do with Make Up Store though, although I dont know about their mascaras….
MAC. I use their Studio Tech foundation as my tried and true already. They make the BEST lipsticks, IMO. Love their shadows and liners. You can’t go wrong with MAC.
I would pick Revlon. No doubt, coz I’ve been using most of their products since college, that’s like 16 years ago, until now.
Too Faced! Without a doubt. They make my favorite mascara, have some of my most beloved palettes, and though it is my first foundation, I’ve been really loving the Born This Way foundation. I feel like it would be easy to cultivate any kind of look with their products.
Bare Minerals
MUFE