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Temptalia Asks You - What are your absolute staples?
What are your absolute staples? What do you use all the time that you couldn’t give up?
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eyeliner and mascara. i couldn’t live without those.
ditto to danielle. and chapstick.
If I had to choose one thing it would be foundation.
My other absolutes are mascara, eyelash curler, blush, and chapstick.
Cherry Chapstick? 😉
Haha. Nope. I like vanilla!
Mascara, eyeliner and lipgloss and lipstick and foundation.
And won’t live without MAC LE’s! 😉
eyebrow pencil/shadow and maskara….unfortunately, they are so sparse, I have to use it everyday…and UDPP 🙂
Lip balm, moisturizer, concealer, powder. Those are what I pretty much have to have on to feel truly comfortable leaving the house.
Mascara & lipstick, I wear both every day – I could go without everything else but these two are definite needs rather than wants (that’s how i justify buying them when my funds are low anyway!)
My UDPP and my NYX round lipstick in Uranus. Life would not be the same without them.
Brow powder and mascara
The Balm concealer (freaking awesome at covering my dark dark dark circles)& powder to set it
Benetint (used on cheeks and lips)
Hypnose mascara (doesn’t un-curl my straight lashes)
I’m also addicted to burt’s bees chap stick, can’t sleep without putting a little bit on, ha!
Foundation and concealer, black eyeliner and mascara, and recently I’ve been wondering how I lived pre-FIX+!
Studio Fix, BadGal lash, Burt’s Bees chapstick or Heatherette lip gloss, No. 7 face primer.
Mascara. I would never leave the house without it.
Then lipstick/lipgloss.
MAC Liquidlast eyeliner! It’s the only thing other than foundation that I have to buy the instant it runs out.
Studio Fix
Select Moisture Cover
Feline
Raizin
Zoom Lash
I’ve got some very interesting staples, but staples nonetheless:
A bright pink lipstick, ie Girl About Town or Hollywood Nights
Northern Light skinfinish
A good frosty yellow eyeshadow
Helium pigment
Purple eyeshadows-Star Violet, Beautiful Iris, and Parfait Amour among them
Crystal Avalanche
A good red lipstick…I always am on the lookout for a new one, but the best ever for me would have to be Port Red.
Mascara (my new fav is Dazzlelash coming out on Nov 6th!!!), Russian Red Lipstick, Prep & Prime Face Protect SPF 50, Hyper Real Powder in Extra Light, Vanilla Pigment, Mocha Blush, Benetint.
I think if I had to spend the rest of my life with only these products I’d still be good although heaven forbid that ever happened.
Nars Orgasm blush & Albatross highlighter, + UDPP. And Maybelline Full ‘N Soft mascara – the only mascara I use anymore. It is the BEST $5 mascara. I was so frustrated with my super flakey $24 DiorShow; I am so glad I’ve found it.
Probably Loreal Lash Architect mascara in carbon black – love the way it makes my eyelashes look!
187 brush, liquid foundation, setting powder, eyebrow pencil. Then I am good to go. I can do without blusher and the rest of the stuff if I REALLLY REALLY have to.
In this order, eyelash curler, lipgloss, smolder eyeliner, my go to compact in a hurry is shroom, kid, espresso and concrete!