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Temptalia Asks You - What do you do when you get into a makeup rut?
What do you do when you get into a makeup rut? Skip makeup for awhile? Ask friends for new combos?
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look for inspiration.
Where do you look, Kensie?
I choose colours that I haven’t used in while at random and combine them on my hand to get inspired or I challenge myself to try a colour in a new way and put it over swatches of every base I have on the backs of my hands to see what “new” colours I can make out of it.
Thats clever! Must try that! 🙂
This is such a great technique! I’m definitely going to steal it from you!
Look at magazine pictures.
OR
I haul out some crappy product that it packed away cos i hated it, and try and make it work with my current collection.
This usually sparks alot of creativity in me, and although i may not LOOK so different, I know i changed a technique or a colour, and invariably i start using my current things differently, and then carry on using them from there. (not necessarily with the old product, its more of a catalyst)
*If that makes sense*
I’ve never hear this before! What a great idea, Calico!
I buy just one new product and try to find another look with it.
I see this working really well, Nicole!
I call it a day and hope tomorrow’s a good day for makeup, lol =)
LOL, good call!
read Temptalia 🙂
Aww, thanks Zsofi!
I look at magazine pictures and bauty blogs for inspiration.
Great thinking! Magazines work well.
I go to temptalia!
I look at pictures in your makeup forum.
That’s a great place to go! So many great looks!
look at magazines… try to make my own version of celebrity make up looks.. it’s fun
I love looking at magazines!
Watch tutorials on youtube or browse the tutorial/fotd threads on makeup up forums.
Good idea, Ariele!
I look online for new ideas 🙂
Where online, Lydia? I need more places!
Go online,like everyone here. 🙂
Zzainy..
Smart ladies!
I leave it alone until I come across a muse. It gives the ideas and creativity time to simmer. When I do pick up a brush it’s great because I have so many looks to try.
That’s not a bad way to go 🙂
I like to go online and get inspired by other people who like makeup. Your site is good for inspiration. 🙂 There are also some great website forums out there that have tutorials that inspire me as well. Or, I might look at one of my women’s magazines.
I go through my entire collection and remind myself of how much makeup I have and then go pick up stuff I didnt care for before.
lol, that’s not a bad idea, Pquanda!
pick up stuff meaning, that eyeshadow I havent used in months.
I hardley get stuck in a rut cuz my skin, hair, and life all change. Being a MAC addict helps too since there’s always new stuff!
Oh, very nice, Tania!
With all the new MAC lines coming out every month, it’s hard to be in a rut lol! But I usually go on YouTube and makeup blogging sites to look for different combos of colors I already own.
lol, that’s so true, Natalie!
I ask my son or friends what color I should wear the next day. They usually suggest a look I wore before that they liked. I often lay awake in the night thinking about what colors to wear the next day…it’s a problem! I have to wear black to work, but I can wear a color underneath so I usuallly match some part of my eyeshadow to my clothes or just do some crazy stuff. I love Drag Queen makeup (yes!), it is so interesting to me, but I obviously tone it down a bit! I will wear any color eyeshadow so I usually try not to repeat the same color a week. If I really want to change it up I do bold pink or red lips and a more subtle eye color.
Oh, sometimes I ask my boyfriend to give me a combo!
Go to Sephora. they have so much stuff I always snap out of it.
Haha, that’s so true, Claudia!
I play with my makeup and usually come up with combos that I would never have thought of before 🙂
Smart thinking, Pauline!
I try to find inspiration somewhere to try something new.. Or I go to the counters and get makeovers to see what other people would do. Its all about playing around. Sometimes good things happen! I recently was inspiried by a Prescriptives ad and went to re-create the look. I did it with NARS colors though! http://content.nordstrom.com/ImageGallery/store/product/Gigantic/19/_5620839.jpg
Oh, thanks for sharing the link, Kristie!
It sounds almost ridiculous but I look around the house for inspiration, even if it’s as something as silly as looking at the Pringles can hahaha. I actually had Cheddar Cheese Pringles in the house and have been wanting to play around with an orangey look now. So that’s where I get my inspiration…from my house I mean, not Pringles cans hehe =]
No, that’s a really great idea, Alice!!
alice, that’s so weird! i ate cheetos at lunch today and the orange powder on my fingers made me think of BRIGHT orange eyeshadow! now i gotta think of an orange-complementary outfit for work tomorrow 🙂
i also usually look online, or in magazines (i love INSTYLE and glamour) for inspiration as well.
When I get into a makeup rut, I go on a no-buy and have a “stash rediscovery” phase where I go through my drawers of goodies until I find something that I thought was long forgotten, fall in love with it all over again, and well…I’m out of the rut!
Hi Mandy,
Oh, stash rediscovery 😀 I think this idea is so great!