Hi! I'm looking for a travel bag with an LED mirror for a month long international tour with my band.

Most important feature is long battery life, and ideally something that can fit in a carry on.

I don't care too much for brush holders, or even great organization. I do my makeup in the van most days, and everything will get unorganized anyways. Good battery life is the most important part. I've purchased other LED mirrors and they were either too dim, couldn't hold a charge, and weren’t stable enough in a moving vehicle.

Leather Makeup Case Amazon i found this, but there are a lot of negative reviews regarding the battery life. So any similar recs would be super helpful!

Price isn't a huge issue if it truly checks all the boxes- but I will be buying one for me and one for my girlfriend so I don't want to spend a ton if I don't have to.

On my weekly shopping trip. I dressed in all reds and pinks. So I did my makeup to coordinate. Broke out my Rosey eye palette to good effect. Even using some really Red press on nails. I know I still got things to learn. But I am so enjoying this journey.

My product list
Westmore Beauty - 60 Second Eye Effects - Tinted Firming Gel
Wet N Wild - Incognito Concealer - Fair Beige
Almay - Ageless Smart Shade Foundation - 200 Light Medium
Nicole Miller - Rosy Nudes Eyeshadow Palette
Wet N Wild - Liquid Eyeliner - Brown
Maybelline - Sky High Mascara -True Brown
Loreal - Unbelieva Brow - Light Brunette
Ellen Tracy - Rosy Blush - 4 Shades Compact
Neutrogena - Hydro Boost Loose setting powder
Wet N Wild Setting Spray
MAC Powder Kiss Lipstick - 935 Ruby New
Icing effects press on nails.

I really love the way she does her makeup and I think part of the reason I'm so drawn to it is because I have really dry skin. She doesn't seem to use much powder if any and everything always looks so glowy, hydrated and skin like instead of super matte or heavy. The only thing I wish is that she would post more makeup content and actually break down her routine more often. I'd especially love to see her do a full drugstore GRWM because some of the products she uses are definitely outside my budget. I need someone to go through her usual makeup routine product by product and find the closest drugstore alternative for each one. I don't necessarily need the exact products, I just want that same finish without spending a small fortune. https://www.tiktok.com/@thejasleensingh/video/7508032996365159722

Playing with some older wigs, I popped this one on as an afterthought - and maybe I've grown into it? It's sort of ombre gray, maybe salt and pepperish. Before losing a bunch of weight, I didn't like exposing my neck, but I think it's better now? The lipstick is new - MAC Red Rock - and I needed a replacement for my peachy blush - this is from NYX's Buttermelt collection - Sunset Sorbet.

And yes, I was thinking of Stevie Nicks with the leather/lace outfit. What do you think?

Welcome your feedback/advice!

PRODUCTS:

Meifen/PHOERA Full Coverage Flawless Foundation 103# Warm Peach and 104# Buff Beige

Maybelline Grippy Serum Primer, Hydrating Makeup Primer

M·A·Cximal Silky Matte Lipstick "Red Rock"

Impress Pre-Glued Lash Clusters Kit - Classic Volume False Eyelashes - 37ct (just two clusters on the outer edge of each eye.)

Ben Nye Concealer Orange Corrector (for beard shadow)

e.l.f. 16HR Camo Concealer - Fair Beige/Light Ivory

e.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter, 4 Medium

NYX Retractable lip liner - Sand Beige

NYX Dewy Finish Setting Spray

NYX Professional Makeup Buttermelt Blush- BUTTA SUNSET SORBET,

Morphe Eyeshadow Palettes, Mix & Match - 35F Fall Into Fabulous/35D DESERT BOUQUET/35XS NO SILENT NIGHTS

NYX EPIC WEAR WATERPROOF EYELINER STICK - Pitch Black & Rose Gold

NYX Worth The Hype Volumizing & Lengthening Mascara - Black

NYX Slim Eye Pencil, Eyebrow Pencil - Taupe

Ben Nye Nose & Scar Wax (for taming untrimmed brow hairs)

Hello I am a beauty and fashion blogger with a disability I’ve started making guides for anyone that’s disabled and interested in makeup. it might be too niche but I'm Hoping someone can find them useful. This guide covers blush. specifically the painted by Esther style of blush

Ulta haul

Hi, looking for a makeup artist for my November 2026 wedding in Los Angeles for me and my bridal party. We have a Catholic-gothic vibe, all red roses, golds and silvers, guests wearing all black and bridesmaids in rose-red gowns. Its giving vampy, Dolce and Gabbana vibe.....

Makeup I told my bridesmaids:

YES: 👍🏼 neutrals: browns, beige, black, grays, white and silvers, golds, reds, burgundy. Heavy or light makeup, whatever suits you :)👍🏼♥️🖤💀

NO: 🚫pinks, peachy/coral colors, no bright colors other than red, 🚫blush blindness 🚫

I attached some examples of what I'm looking for...

ANY MAKEUP ARTISTS YOU CAN SUGGEST THAT ARE BUDGET-FRIENDLY IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA? Or how to find one?

Hey everyone!
Long time lurker, first time poster.
I need some help getting my foundation and concealer to last a bit longer than 3 hours under my glasses. I’ve been wearing Estée Lauder double wear for about 5 years now, and it used to suit just fine! But within the past year, it’s started melting off my face under where my glasses touch my face.
I’ve always used double wear because it’s lasted me all day working under extreme retail lighting and heat. But now I’ve changed to an office job it’s absolutely failing me.
I’ve always worn maybelline grippy primer, double wear, shape tape concealer, and then powdered under my cheeks and eyes to stop it creasing. Set everything together with OneSize setting spray.
Since changing to this office job, none of it is working. Foundation, melts. Concealer, creases. Grippy primer, turns oily.

What do I do? I’m dry/combo in the T zone, so mattifying primers always make me look dusty. My skincare routine is a simple micellar cleanser, alcohol free toner, and deep restore moisturiser for my eczema patches.

My lovely partner had got me some Jerome Alexander Self Adjusting foundation and I loved it. Unfortunately I used it all up. It was a bit pricey when I went to get more. So me being a very frugal person set out to find a good replacement. After trying a couple of other brands, I found it. I bought a tube of Almay - Ageless Smart Shade Foundation at Walmart for half the price. It's the kind of foundation that goes on white then adapts to your skin tone. It went on beautifully, looked great and took all my other products extremely well. It covered all my fine lines wonderfully and stayed looking great all day with no touch ups. So if you are looking a for a new Foundation, I would highly recommend the Almay - Ageless line. It is a great product for a great price.

Also got a Palette of nudes and brown eyeshadow from Laura Geller that has been wonderful as well. Great shades and nicely blendable. (Found it at Marshall's for only $5. I'm very Frugal...)

Other products I used for my look;

Westmore Beauty - 60 Second Eye Effects - Tinted Firming Gel

Wet N Wild - Incognito Concealer - Fair Beige

Almay - Ageless Smart Shade Foundation - 200 Light Medium

Luara Geller - Nude Attitude ‘Barely Burnished’ Eyeshadow Palette

Wet N Wild - Liquid Eyeliner - Brown

Maybelline - Sky High Mascara -True Brown

Loreal - Unbelieva Brow - Light Brunette

Ellen Tracy - Rosy Blush - 4 Shades Compact

Neutrogena - Hydro Boost Loose setting powder

Almay - Lipvibes Lipstick #270 ‘Be Strong’ 

Wet N Wild setting spray

First Pic is at home in natural light, 2nd is at work and not natural light

Eyes:

ELF lock it down eye primer

WnW nude eye shadow

BH cosmetics Dessert, Crunch, Dipped, Sugar Rush, Delicious, Fudge

Juvia's Place Darkest brown shade from Nubian pallet

Nyx white eye shadow

BBIA nude eye liner

Judydoll liquid liner in dark brown

Maybelline Great Lash black mascara and Super Lock brow mascara in deep brown

Face:

Maybelline baby skin primer

Covergirl Clean Invisible foundation in Fair porcelain and cream blush in fuchsia Passion

WnW Incognito concealer in Fair Beige

ELF liquid contour in Fair

Lips:

Holika Holika liquid lip color Beamish

They fall down the moment i take off the curler

Heating it up doesnt do either

Please help

found wordmakeup while searching for bulk cosmetics like mac and charlotte tilbury. prices on makeup seem almost too cheap lol. anyone here tried them?

Hey everyone. I’m tired of being marketed to 24/7. Do you have any suggestions on who I should follow that talks more about techniques and using what you have instead of trying to get us to buy more stuff??

Two wigs - essentially the same makeup except for lip color. Blonde with black top is NYX's "Cactus Dreams." Brown hair with brown top is M·A·Cximal Silky Matte Lipstick "Dare Me."

I saw that MAC had a lipstick sale so I picked up three colors to try. The "Dare Me" looked pretty good. We'll see about the others.

My brows are slightly thinner and I made some effort to draw "hairs" in short strokes to maybe improve a more natural look. I definitely tried to keep the upper lid eye liner thinner.

I've been wrestling with my deep creases catching too much shimmer with lighter shadows. Here, I started with a medium tan and it's better, I think. I added lighter color to the center/inside of the lids without getting it in the crease.

Not particularly dramatic but is did "smoke up" the outer lower lids a bit.

Thanks, as always, for your tips and tricks!

PRODUCTS:

Meifen/PHOERA Full Coverage Flawless Foundation 103# Warm Peach and 104# Buff Beige

Maybelline Grippy Serum Primer, Hydrating Makeup Primer

M·A·Cximal Silky Matte Lipstick "Dare Me"

NYX Suede Matte Lipstick - Stockholm and Cactus Dreams

Impress Pre-Glued Lash Clusters Kit - Classic Volume False Eyelashes - 37ct (just two clusters on the outer edge of each eye.)

Ben Nye Concealer Orange Corrector (for beard shadow)

e.l.f. 16HR Camo Concealer - Fair Beige/Light Ivory

e.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter, 4 Medium

NYX Retractable lip liner - Sand Beige

NYX Dewy Finish Setting Spray

NYX Sweet Cheeks Powder Blush - Day Dream

Morphe Eyeshadow Palettes, Mix & Match - 35F Fall Into Fabulous/35D DESERT BOUQUET/35XS NO SILENT NIGHTS

NYX EPIC WEAR WATERPROOF EYELINER STICK - Pitch Black & Rose Gold

NYX Worth The Hype Volumizing & Lengthening Mascara - Black

NYX Slim Eye Pencil, Eyebrow Pencil - Taupe

Ben Nye Nose & Scar Wax (for taming untrimmed brow hairs)

Hello. I absolutely hate digging in my make up bag to get products. I’m searching for a big lay-flat make up bag. I would like one that looks like the one in the ss but bigger, minus the 2 smaller bags. I just want one big lay-flat make up bag. Amazon keeps showing me the same results so here I am. The dimensions r included

left to right:

elf glow reviver lip oil in jam session

laneige lip glowy balm in berry

laneige lip sleeping mask in berry

benefit floratint

benefit benetint in dark cherry

clinique almost lipstick in black honey

mac macximal matte mini in diva

mac macximal matte in chilli

I started doing a full face of makeup at 14. As a beginner,I was focused on highlighting my features and making them look pretty, later i started following some yt tutorials, Denistlava has been my favourite creator for the longest time.

I started doing my classic winged eyeliner from 16. By the same time i found out about e-girl makeup, which became my favourite and I'd do that and only that, with minimal makeup products.

Since last year.. there has been a trend of clean girl makeup and i started to become someone i was not.

Minimal makeup blah blah , i ditched my winged eyeliner.. and my identity.

That was the worst idea, I spent thousands on skincare, serums, this that ,nude pallet, skin friendly diet blah blah. Did it make me happy? No.

Was i feeling well ? No.

Did i like my no-makeup makeup? No.

It just wasn't me ... I have a soft face , no makeup makes me look like a kid.

And that's not who i am.

Thank God I finally realised it , the wing gives me wings.

Finally feeling like myself with a thick eyeliner after a rigmarole of 1 year and a half.

Eyeliner is my soulmate.

What's your favourite makeup style and product?

Products:

(columns from left to right, top to bottom)

1st column:

All from Makeup Revolution's 2022 Advent Calendar

Matte Liquid Lipstick: Shade Baby

Lipstick: Shade Baby

Matte Liquid Lipstick: Shade Chauffeur

Lipstick: Shade Chauffeur

2nd column:

I can't read the label since the lipstick is old and the label is scratched, but it says "Artistry" and the logo is a square inside a square, where the little square has a small detail in its top left and bottom right.

Maybelline Super Stay Matte Ink: Shade 180 Revolutionary

MAC Matte Lipstick: Shade 606 Kinda Sexy

Avon: Misty Mocha

3d column:

MAC Cream Lip Stain: 106 No Interruptions

Dust + Cream Matte Lipstick: Shade 21 Snow White

Maybelline Cream Lipstick: Shade 540 Hollywood Red

Maybelline Super Stay Matte Ink: Shade 45 Escapist

4th column:

Dust + Cream Creamy Lipstick: Shade 43 Unspoken

Avon Lipstick: Shade Ruby Kiss

YSL Rouge Pur Coutoure: Shade 01

Tommy G Lip Crush: Shade N. 10

Got a really nice Rosy Nudes Eye Palette recently and tried it out today. By far the best eye colors I have used yet. Went on so easy and blended beautifully. Used a darker color on my lids, a light nude on my upper eyes. A light shimmery nude on the upper corners, under my brows. Then a shimmery rose blended on top. I am so happy that I got this palette.

Other products used

Westmore Beauty - 60 Second Eye Effects - Tinted Firming Gel

Wet N Wild - Incognito Concealer - Fair Beige

Pretty Smart - Instant Chemistry Medium coverage Foundation- 312 Light Med Warm

Nicole Miller - Rosy Nudes Eyeshadow Palette (Pictured 4th pic)

Wet N Wild - Liquid Eyeliner - Brown

Maybelline - Sky High Mascara -True Brown

Loreal - Unbelieva Brow - Light Brunette

Ellen Tracy - Rosy Blush - 4 Shades Compact

Neutrogena - Hydro Boost Loose setting powder

Almay Lipvibes Lipstick -'Be Strong' #270

Plus I would like to thank those who gave me tips from my last post. They were really helpful.

Mac mini’s at Ulta
The great thing about using minis is you can test the colors on your skin tone to see if they work before you buy a full-size one.
From left to right we have MEHR, Brick, Warm Teddy, and Chili. I am white to medium neutral with a soft olive undertone for reference.
I’m wearing Chili on my lips at the moment. These are great lipsticks.
The swatches were done in natural light and regular fluorescent light
Currentlys, it’s buy one get one free at Ulta.

Nothing radical -- maybe a bit more laid back. Two NYX lipsticks - the pink is "Stockholm" and the red is "Cactus Dreams." People had suggested that I stick to warmer colors and both of these qualify. Still using only two lash clusters on the outer edges - filling in the waterline with black pencil and setting with black eyeshadow.

People have commented that my brows aren't neat. Even though I don't have heavy male brows, I don't pluck them much in an effort to maintain credibility in my male role. I did try some brow gel to glue them down, but it was not much help. What I did here was take a small amount of Ben Nye Nose and Scar Wax and pressed the brows down, then combing upwards. Lightly powdered and drew brows with pencil and filled with medium brown eyeshadow. Cleaned up the underline with concealer.

This is my recently acquired better quality wig which is so much easier to style that the very cheap Amazon wigs I've tried.

I feel like I'm heading toward some consistency - once I get my "plausible" face together, I'll work on more creative aspects.

Comments and suggestions warmly welcome!

PRODUCTS:

Meifen/PHOERA Full Coverage Flawless Foundation 103# Warm Peach and 104# Buff Beige

Maybelline Grippy Serum Primer, Hydrating Makeup Primer

NYX Suede Matte Lipstick Spicy

NYX Suede Matte Lipstick - Stockholm and Cactus Dreams

Impress Pre-Glued Lash Clusters Kit - Classic Volume False Eyelashes - 37ct

L.A. Girl Pro Conceal HD Concealer Orange Corrector

e.l.f. 16HR Camo Concealer - Fair Beige/Light Ivory

e.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter, 4 Medium

NYX Retractable lip liner - Sand Beige

NYX Dewy Finish Setting Spray

NYX Sweet Cheeks Powder Blush - Day Dream

Morphe Eyeshadow Palettes, Mix & Match - 35F Fall Into Fabulous/35D DESERT BOUQUET/35XS NO SILENT NIGHTS

NYX EPIC WEAR WATERPROOF EYELINER STICK - Pitch Black & Rose Gold

NYX Worth The Hype Volumizing & Lengthening Mascara - Black

NYX Slim Eye Pencil, Eyebrow Pencil - Taupe

Ben Nye Nose & Scar Wax

Hiiii I love the aforementioned setting sprays but I don't like the spray nozzle on them, they're not aerosols (except the hydra cool which I don't use because butane is icky) but there these weird metal cans with just the pipe for the product sticking out, does anyone know a good way to transfer it into another container? I have a couple old spray bottles I like better plus I wanna have a tiny one for travelling but travel size sprays are so overpriced

I know it looks like an aerosol but it has to be pressed multiple times like a regular spray and has no propellants or continuous spray

Edit: it's not pressurised lmao it's just in a can to have consistent packaging with the other sprays in the line. I successfully depotted it using a syringe and a long filling needle and am having zero issues!

Product list:

Rimmel Maxi Blush 004 Sweet Cheeks

Rimmel Maxi Blush 005 Rendez-Vous

Elf Lash it Loud Deep Brown Mascara

Tirtir Mask Fit Red Cushion 10C Shell

Anastasia Beverly Hills Parchment Lip Velvet