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Must-have brushes: [answer]
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Favorite Product of 2008: MAC Beauty Powder Blushes
Where do you keep your stash: in my bedroom
Must-have brushes: blush brushes
Oh, yeah, the beauty powder blushes were great!
Favorite Product of 2008: PLUSH LASH Mascara from MAC
Where do you keep your stash: All neatly placed in my grandmas 1940 vanity mirror/table
Must-have brushes: Crease brush, angled blush brush
Ooh, your vanity is probably gorgeous!!
Favourite Product of 2008 GA blushes, Maac Brushes
Stash – vanity in my bedroom
Brushes – MAC 187, 129, 239, 224, 219, 208 and pout brushes are good too!
What are your favorite GA blushes?
Fav product – MAC Fluidine in Blacktrack and Dipdown and using Monistat Chafing Relief Gel as a primer!
Stash – Make up train case in my bedroom
Brushes – MAC 209 and 266, plus some great Bare Escentuals Brushes I’ve collected.
I loveee Blacktrack, too, Inky!
Favorite Product of 2008: all of it! just became a makeup addict this year! but seriously probably my mac 187 brush, or blot powder, or white pro pigment!
Where do you keep your stash: in our spare bedroom, with the whole desk setup! it doubles as my makeup room, and our tattoo studio
Must-have brushes: 109 187 222 239
Aww, the beginnings of the makeup addiction 😉 So fun!
indeed! i started in march? and i already have a ton of stuff! ack i’m a mac head! lol
LOL, well you’re in good company. Lots of MAC fans on this blog 😉
Favorite Product of 2008: I think Rawminerals bronzer 🙂 Also I just started using MAC this year and I love it 🙂
Where do you keep your stash: In a traincase in my bathroom 🙂
Must-have brushes: I like raw minerals eye shadow brush
I see you’re a RAW minerals fan 😉
Favorite Product of 2008: MAC To Swoon For l/s (Adoring Carmine)
Where do you keep your stash: In the cabinet below the sink and plastic drawers next to it!
Must-have brushes: e.l.f. eyeshadow brush!
Nice! How do you find the ELF brushes to be?
They are sooooo incredibly soft! They hold up very well, no hairs have fallen off so far (okay, so I’ve only been using them for a week, but for brushes costing $1, that’s pretty dang good), and they pick up and hang on to a good amount of shadow. They’re on the short side, so they’re pretty easy to control.
I haven’t tried their other brushes yet.
Thanks for the mini review 😀
Favorite Product of 2008: Nars duo in Sin/Albatross
Where do you keep your stash: in a big case full of drawers in my bathroom (like the ones used for keeping DIY materials)
Must-have brushes: MAC 182 and 239
Ohh, duo!! I forgot about those.
Favorite Product of 2008: Paul & Joe pressed powder. (Looks very shimmery in the compact but makes you have the most gorgeous skin ever! I use shade No. 2 to match my skin and No. 3 as the bronzer. The best quality ever, almost creamy and soft when applied to the skin because the particles are sooo fine.)
Where do you keep your stash: In my chest of drawers (5 drawer style armoire that people usually use for their clothes! lol) I only use 2 of the drawers for that though, with baskets separating the hair and skin products; and a train case for my makeup.
Must-have brushes: Mac Pro 174 Brush (Large Angled Contour)
I’ve yet to try any Paul & Joe, but you’re making me want to!
Favorite Product(s) of 2008: MAC Feline eyeliner, YSL Faux Cils mascara with Chanel Inimitable layered over it (the closest I’ve gotten to mimic-ing false lashes with mascara), and MAC Springsheen blush (love!).
Where do you keep your stash: I live in NYC, but I’m fortunate to have a walk-in closet 🙂 So I keep everything there, in two Rubbermaid storage units with drawers.
Must-have brushes: MAC 239, Shu Uemura Natural Brush 8HR, Trish McEvoy #23 Angled Contour Brush
Those are some expensive faux false lashes, LOL!!
Favorite Product of 2008: MAC Plushlash Mascara
Where do you keep your stash: In shoe boxess.
Must-have brushes: MAC 150. and some other ones I don’t know the name to. An angle liner for filling in my brows and my fluffy shader I stole from my mom.
The 150 is sooo lovely.
Favorite Product of 2008: MAC Mineralized Blushes
Where do you keep your stash: in my bedroom, I have a vanity
Must-have brushes: 239, 217, 219 and 187
Oh yeah, the mineralize blushes were nice!
Favorite product of 2008: Toss up between MAC Mineralize Blushes and Petticoat MSF
Where do you keep your stash?: On the bathroom counter and in my Sephora train case
Must-have brushes: 239, 217, 187, 168, 266
Ohh, what’s your favorite thing about Petticoat?
The color, it’s a lovely versitle pink that goes with just about everything.
Favorite Product of 2008: [Makeup]MAC paint pots & Mineralized Skinfinish Loose [Hair]: CIBU Pho Finish (I can’t live w/o this hairspray!)
Where do you keep your stash: [answer] Bathroom counter
Must-have brushes: [answer] 109, 187, 266, Sonia crease brush
What makes the hair spray so fantastic, Jen?
Fav Product…MAC’s Volcanic Ash Exfoliator
My stash seems to be all over my house at the moment, I can’t keep it confined to one area
Must have brushes…MAC’s 239, 187 & 182
OMG!! I’m just about out of Volcanic Ash 🙁
I have 2 backups, I will cry when they are gone:(
Hopefully MAC will bring it back before that happens.
My favorite product of 2008 ? It’s tie, Dior Iconic Mascara and MAC Dazzleglass.
My stash is kept in an Ikea 6 drawer cream cabinet on casters.
My favorite brush is the Quo (SDM brand)retractable lip brush.
How do you like Iconic vs. DiorShow?
Favorite product 2008: Dior Iconic Mascara
Stash kept in: acrylic drawers from container store
Must habe brush: MAC 187
187 is great 🙂
Favorite Product of 2008: Shu Uemura’s Fleur de Source and Fleur de Rose eyeshadow palettes
Where do you keep your stash: On a shelf and inside a tiny chest of drawers. I so want to get a vanity, though!
Must-have brushes: MAC’s 187, a dupe of 239 fr Red Earth, and UD’s wonder brush. I just bought three MAC brushes: 217, 242 and 239 – wonder if they’ll become faves, too!
Shu fan, eh? 🙂 I haven’t tried much shu stuff!
Favorite Product of 2008: The She Space’s Summer Limited Edition e/s. I love them all, so vibrant and bright.
Where do you keep your stash: I just got a Mastercraft metal cabinet to keep all my makeup stuff in. It’s supposed to be for parts (men’s use) but I found the small drawers are convenient for shadow pots, jars and everything else.
Must-have brushes: Loew-Cornell Maxine’s Mop. It’s an artist brush but is perfect for applying shadow (got a tip from a beauty blogger).
Oohh, sounds like you have a huge storage unit, lucky 😉
Favorite Product of 2008: Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils!
Where do you keep your stash: Bedroom!
Must-have brushes: [Pout brushes?
YAY! I love the 24/7 pencils!
Favorite Product of 2008: Lipglass Cultured
Where do you keep your stash: Makeup case
Must-have brushes: mac 239
Ohh, Cultured, yes, great color.
Favorite Product of 2008: I am sorry there are two, Styli Style 24/7 Line + Seal eyeliner (only eyeliner which stays on my waterline ALL day), and Coralista Blush from Benefit
Where do you keep your stash: My room in containers. Need a train case will get one soon.
Must-have brushes: Mac 217, and Loew Cornell Maxine’s Mop(Thanks EnKore!)