I think it’s a tie between eyeshadow and highlight–I find eyeshadow to be really fun, while a highlight is really satisfying to apply.
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Eyeshadow and traditional lipstick!
Definitely not enjoyable for me: Eyeliner and eyelashes. I’m fine with brows though, surprisingly. I’m afraid of liquid lipstick applications, because of how precise you have to be.
Definitely coming up with my color thematic! I’m very into the whole creative and artistic thought process involved. Another part I seriously enjoy is the satisfaction of the finished project 95% of the time, anyhow! The other 5% is a learning moment, so it still has its merit.
Lipstick!
Eyeshadow is definitely most fun for me! I also find putting on mascara really satisfying because a look never looks finished without it
It’s a tie between eyeshadow/eye makeup in general and swirling on finishing powder. I like the (sometimes slow and lengthy) process of building an eye look and using three or four colors two accentuate my eye color or eye shape.
As for the finishing powder, I love how it blends the whole look together. I’m ok with bronzer placement but blush and highlighter are little tricky for me. I always apply both a little heavy but it doesn’t matter because I just have to swirl on the finishing powder and it tones everything down and magically blends it all together. I use a MAC 187 brush or a Sigma F50 face brush and either Shiseido’s Future X Radiant Loose Powder or Guerlain Meteorites Perles. I love the finish it gives and how seamless everything looks.
Lipstick gives me the most pleasure. Tough question because I love most parts of applying makeup.So many beautiful colors to chose from, so little time,lol
I quite like applying a good foundation and watching my skin become even. Eyeshadow is fun because I can play with colors and feel like an artist.
Putting my face oil.
After cleansing and “care” – it just feels so good, it would have to be eyeshadow for me too – I just love applying and wearing eyeshadow. Primer is a distant second (I’m always delighted/surprised by how my skin looks after applying a good primer).
What is your favorite Primer, Marcella?
I’ll ask Marcella when I see her 😉 Seriously, though – the one I’m really loving at the moment is the Becca Backlighting Filter Primer (or whatever the heck that name is) – I often use it without bothering to put foundation over-top! Another favourite – an old fave – is the Lise Watier Base Miracle. It leaves my skin looking perfect and imperfections are blurred away to nothingness and it has the most wonderful velvety feel. It was the first face primer I ever used and even all these years later, it still remains a favourite.
The Becca Backlighting Filter Primer will be on sale for $19 during the Ulta 21 Days of Beauty Sale! March 26th I think. I’d like to try it!
Blush: hardly any effort, tremendous effect ☺️
Eyeshadow! So many combinations. Also the application of lipstick is gratifying!
Lipsticks/glosses are the most fun; however, since for me eyeshadows require the most thinking and craft, they’re the most satisfying.
Tough call between base and eyebrows. Probably eyebrows because they are like instant gratification; the face looks more pulled together.
Eyeshadow, I love playing with colors and techniques!
Lipstick and lip gloss because it adds the finishing touch that lights up my face.
For me eyeshadow is the most fun. I have the most options to choose from for that both in product and application.
All of it, but I enjoy mostly bronzer and blush ?
I’d call it a tie between foundation and eyeshadow — foundation because the difference in how I look from before to after is astounding and … what’s the opposite of “demoralizing?”
Eyeshadow because I get to play with colors, which is my favorite thing to do.
Setting powder, because it means I’m all done!
Blush is the satisfying finishing point of a morning routine.
Base or eyebrows (although more about the result than the actual application) because they give me the biggest confidence boost 🙂 I agree about highlight, it’s so satisfying to apply!
I really love the whole foundation process so that would be my first pick. I usually put my lipstick on last, (unless I think I need blush to determine which lipstick to wear), and I like the way it brings the whole look together.
Eyeshadow is the most fun for me, because I can get as creative as I want with colors, finishes, and placement.
Now that my bottom lip is numb/has no feeling from my surgery. Iv been really enjoying applying and blending eye shadow!! It feels so soothing doing little circles back and forth ahahah!
A good foundation, that will even out my skin tone and make me look awake and alive 😀
Eyeshadow is my fav!!!! But I do enjoy putting on lipstick and highlighters!
Lipstick! 🙂 Nothing like the feeling of filling in a bare mouth with color 😀 Followed with a tie with bottom eyeliner & eye shadow. Mascara is take-it-or-leave-it. Blush can be really fun but it’s not fun at the same time bc I always think I have on too much and it’s not evenly distributed on both cheeks. Concealer is a hassle so it’s my least favorite bc I wish I had perfect skin that I didn’t need to use any!
Has to be eyeshadow?❤???
Highlighting for sure. I brush everything else on and feel like I have an artists touch when using my finger(s) to highlight.
Eyeshadow is it for me!
Definitely lipstick! It was the first makeup I got to wear and it’s still my favorite makeup item.
Applying highlighter is fun and when I am all done.
I love putting on blush and lipstick and watch my face light up – I look pretty dull without those two products!
The part I enjoy the most is when I’m able to get ready without the husband annoying me and the children.
Eyeshadow can be so fun but always takes too long on a workday but I love highlighter and lipstick/lip gloss. Highlighting Cupid’s bow is my fav part.
Definitely eyes. I like the level of creativity that is achievable with eye makeup.
#1 foundation and concealer #2 highlighter and brows and mascara. Eyeshadow is for special occasions so I do enjoy that those times!:)
It’s eye shadow and highlighter for me too! They just transform the look of the day. Yesterday, I did grays on my eyes and a pale gold highlighter. Different, yet fun 🙂
For me, Foundation is my most enjoying time.
I suppose mascara. It’s the one thing that makes me look more awake and bright eyed. Especially when it’s a good mascara day and my lashes don’t need a comb through because they look too spidery.
Omg you nailed it, Christine! I feel the exact same way! With eyes you really get to be creative and dip into your artistic side, especially if it’s not part of your daily career life, but you are an artistic person. & with highlight, it’s just super satisfying to light your face up with a few brush strokes! ✨
Blush and lipgloss! I think adding a little color to my cheeks brings everything together. I have such dry lips that I live for a good gloss. Still can’t do the matte liquid lips trend often.
I love applying my base– seeing my skin even and perfected makes me feel like a supermodel!
Oh good question!!!! Eyeshadow, lip liner and lipstick. I get crazy with foundation and eye liner because it has to be perfect.
It’s been highlight for a long time, not only because I find it fun but because it’s generally the last step for me, where I get to see the look come together. But …i think lipstick is about to usurp the crown thanks to five rounds of dental surgery.
Eyeshadow, blush and highlighter, in that order. I love applying the color cosmetics because that is where I feel I get to be the most creative!
Definitely foundation, it gives me the confidence I need to face the world! And lipstick just completes the look, like a reward after almost an hour of putting on your face.
I like, after doing my skincare routine, applying my primer and then foundation (or tinted CC or whatever). Creating the canvas so to speak. That is of course when I find a HG foundation …I am really struggling to find one that doesn’t accentuate fine lines caused by dryness (ones that Botox don’t help with :/).
Lipstick and highlighting .
It’s easier for me to decide what’s least enjoyable (eyeliner!) but most enjoyable would probably be blush. I just love how that pop of colour wakes up my whole face 🙂
Blush, it just transforms my face….
For me it’s lipstick first. I can for go eye makeup, a little concealer, powder and blush and great red lip done right and a pair of designer sunglasses and I’am ready to go. I do love eyeshadow and the use of top quality brushes to achieve beautiful results. In truth I love all aspects of makeup application.
I go through phases, but I’ve been in a lip phase for a while now, branching out to new colors while still loving my faves. I will say putting on makeup in general is a happy experience for me, especially when I’m feeling low. Those days when it’s hard to drag myself out of bed, it makes a huge difference. I guess foundation is fun too, because although it’s less enojoyable, it makes a huge difference.
All of it but if I had to pick one, foundation. When it works (color, finish, coverage) it’s heaven.
Depending on my mood it can be a lot of things. Some times it’s eyeshadow, sometimes it’s putting on cheek products like blush, highlight or bronzer, or sometimes it’s doing my lips.
Lips and base products. Though mascara is often fun.
Definitely eye shadow and lipstick!
Eyeshadow and lipstick. Both are so much fun as one can go soft, natural, colourful, dark, smokey and so on and combining them makes for infinite “looks”.
I use makeup as a way to relax, putting it all on, combining colours, textures and so on is my way of dealing with stress, as well as giving me a bit of creative outlet, for me the foundation, blush and so on is prepping the canvas, doing eyes and lips are the painting itself. Hard to explain, but I think you all will understand.
Highlighter and taking it off.
Blush and highlight, hands down! I love making my matte, KVD Lock-It Foundation-ed face look alive again. And nowadays there are so many fun and unique colors for both products, it’s never boring 🙂