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Temptalia Asks You - Do you share your beauty secrets/tips?
Do you share your beauty secrets/tips? Do you prefer to keep them secret? Only share with a select few?
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i share in hopes of maybe learning some new tips as well!! 😉
not really
All the time….if my friend has an issue and I know the solution why not.
I can only geek out with my sisters qbout makeup and beauty stuff. No one else I know really cares. Boo!
I feel your pain!!! ='(
I share mine with my best friend, and she does the same for me. We understand our mutual obsessions when it comes to makeup!
Absolutely! Not that I have a bunch of advanced skills, but I so share what I know.
i love to share all the tips i know…i feel immensly happy and satisfied when someone benefits from it. At tyms i have ended up giving some good makeup to my friends n family coz it looked very good on them n they were soo happy….they don’t live in USA…:)
Even you share soo much tips wth us…through this blog…u sure must be knowing the feeling…:)
I love to share my tips and secrets, esp. to my friend that are just starting out in makeup they always come to me with questions.
I love to share all my tips also, but I usually only do it when someone asks me. I love to wear very bright and lots of eyeshadow, so people will compliment me, then ask how I get it to stay on, how to blend, what do I use, etc. 🙂 It’s such a nice feeling! Plus I’m a teacher, so that’s what I love to do – teach others!!!
Hey, Heather! I was just wondering this morning how many teachers are makeup addicts like myself and here you are! I love to teach others and find it very easy to go into detail about what I do and even model for friends and family…lol. Hopefully we can keep in touch and share beauty tips! =D Also, thanks Christine that you share a wealth of knowledge with us! We appreciate it VERY much!! =D
Hi Chloe! Love your name btw – it’s what I want to name my future daughter (provided I ever have one) 🙂 I’m a middle school math teacher and I love it! It’s so cool to meet another teacher/makeup addict!! I got hired by MAC as a freelance artist because of my teaching skills – I’ll tell that girl in the chair every little detail about how to apply, which brush and why, what colors, contouring, what’s good and not, on and on and on! So I’m like you – love to share my beauty “knowledge” and teach friends and family.
I’m a beauty columnist, so I definitely share. LOL
Not really, but only because I don’t have any. I’m new to the make up community. I have however been sharing the different beauty gurus on youtube and bloggers to my friends. 🙂
Haha, no kidding?
Always share…even though I don’t wear makeup that often my friend consider me a make expert. haha
I share. I like people to think I’m an expert at something! Even though I’m no expert… lol
I do like sharing beauty tips and things. I don’t have friends that are really into makeup, etc. like I am, but my mom and my boyfriend’s mom both appreciate my insight =)
I would, if anyone cared to ask xDDD I don’t have friends or family members that share my obsession.
I share with people who just really want to know because I do things so differently and unique that people might find it useful.
I don’t mind sharing them with complete strangers online, so long as it’s nto with people i’m face to face with everyday. I’m very, very often copied, in very creepy, stalker ways (sorry about lack of modesty there, but it really annoys me – when i’m copied). I like to be helpful, I just don’t like how a few close people can get a little creepy.
I agree, same for me. If friends have questions or need help here and there, sure I don’t mind helping. But someone I know wanted to know my entire beauty routine from start to finish and wanted to buy my foundation color without first even seeing if it was the right color for her too, that’s when I draw the line! Be creative and unique!
I wish…nobody is obsessed with it like I am 🙁
i don’t often tell people my beauty tricks, they might think i was being rude! i’m not going to tell my friend with dark circles the wonders of touche eclat and lush eye cream, lol. if someone asks me i’m happy to share though.
You are right! You have to find the occasion to do so.
Oh, I share them. If I didn’t Makeup Files wouldn’t be much of a blog.
I love sharing them, only sometimes I wonder if I’m sounding preachy just because a lot of my friends don’t know that much about things so I’m always enthusiastic to pass on the tips I wish someone had told me when I started out.
I try to share what I know with others if they ask. I too like to go into detail when I share though lol. I always feel it’s better to spread the knowledge because when I first started wearing makeup and then getting a chance to work for a cosmetics line, I was really clueless. I had wished that someone was there to teach me.
I usually share. I have a friend who is just starting out and I’ve given her a simple neutral eyeshadow pallet to try out and tips. I really can’t wait to get her more…. Quite a few of my friends ask me and I seem to inspire them, even though I don’t wear a lot of make up most days. I also give lots of tips for nail polish, as I love nail polish!
I love dishing about beauty secrets and quirks. Sometimes you can come up with the best combination of colors or effects that way. Experimentation and diversity is what I feel beauty is about anyway!
Great topic, Christine!
I like to share but usually only happens with friends who are just as into makeup/beauty as I am. If someone asks, I am more than happy to help! Like everything else in life, what goes around comes around, so the more I share, the more I learn too!
Yes, I share – mostly with my BFF and maybe two or three other close friends. My boyfriend has 4 sisters so every time I do a clean out of stuff I don’t use, they get offered a bunch of product – none of them are really into makeup though :-(.
His mother loves the fact that every now and then I buy her stuff I think she’d like. I got her a fabulous green and gold eyeshadow quartet last month – and black nail polish last weekend which she was absolutely thrilled with – she’s a bit of a rebel on the inside I think 😉
I’ve bought my BFF 24 eyeshadows (2 palettes of 12 colours each), an awesome metallic blue nail polish and 3 blushers in the last week!
She regards me as the Ultimate Source of All Makeup! 🙂
You know what and you probably gonna think wrong of me but NO not anymore. Ive gave out countless beauty tips on Youtube ( sent Private messages and all) , trying to be nice but when they turn around and FAKE the funk like it was their idea it really turns me off. And I still need to check myself cause I STILL see me trying to help ppl who are not worth my time but hey it shows I really do care, I guess. I dont mind sharing with you Christine and THANK YOU for all the countless tips you have shared with me xoxox
I love to share secrets with people but not ALL of them because then I’d be out of one of my jobs! I’m a freelance makeup artist and if I gave up all my tips and tricks I’d constantly worry about less work.
I share!
I only share to a certain extent, but not all my secrets. The most I would be open to sharing are reviews and what I thought of a product. Otherwise, I usually keep a lot of things hush hush.
This is the thing, I only have a few IRL friends and family members who are into beauty/makeup. I’m actually a very low maintenance chick myself, but I remain in the loop regarding beauty. I LOVE sharing because I don’t normally get a chance to do so, plus I’m cheap, and I love to give people alternatives to really pricey things, or to suggest stuff that works better than their current choices.
I love to share beauty tips when I can. It’s fun to talk about and it’s great when I can share something that really helps someone else. I just gave my husband’s brother’s girlfriend *panting LOL* a whole bunch of make up that I had no room for and she’s excited for me to teach her how to use it and some good ole beauty tips and tricks as well.
I definately share lots of beauty tips! It’s a great feeling to know you’re helping someone out with something you either discovered on your own or read about ;D