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Now without further ado, we're on to this week's FBFF Questions. For more information about FBFF, head over to Modly Chic.
1. What's your favorite drugstore makeup product and your favorite higher end product?
AUH: High End: MAC Plushlash. Drugstore: Revlon Quad in Wil Orchids
LHdM: My favorite drugstore product is Mabeline Mineral Power Blush. I don't really do high end make up. I guess the highest you could say I go is I wear Aveda and Body Shop lipsticks. Aveda's are my favorite.
SFE: Boots No7 (at Target in the U.S.) powder and black eyeliner. Over the past few years I've stopped using a lot of drugstore makeup because I find it difficult to work with or find colors I like and that was wasting money. I think I throw out 2/3 of every lipstick/gloss I buy at CVS. For a couple more dollars I can buy Clinique and use it until it runs out. It's actually worked out to be cheaper. And my favorite higher-end product is Stila eyeshadow, especialy the combination of Kitten and Holly Golightly. I use it at least 3 times a week, but it looks awesome for low-light, bar-light or theatre-going as well.
2. Is there one type of product that is your go-to, can’t live without?
AUH: Eyeshadow. I can look pale with pinched lips and not care as long as I've got some paint on my lids.
LHdM: Moisturizer with an SPF. I use of Oil of Olay. Honestly, I don't always wear make up, especially in the hot and humid months of summer, but I always wear my moisturizer.
SFE: Blush (I use Origins). If I'm running late and I only have time for one thing, I will go with blush because it makes the most difference for me. If you can add lipstick/gloss while in the car, on the train/bus even better.
3. What’s the best hair product you’ve ever used?
AUH: Aveda Be Curly shampoo and conditioner. Sausage curls ftw.
LHdM: Aveda anything really. I use the Be Curly when my hair is longer. Right now I use their Color Conserve shampoo and conditioner, and Confixor, Smooth Infusion, and Volumizing Tonic.
SFE: Bumble and Bumble Brillantine. So worth it.
4. Fess up, what’s the worst beauty look you’ve tried to rock and look back at now with a little shame or apprehension that you actually did that?
AUH: Blue eyeshadow and red lips. I was 12 but looked 16 or 17, so it's even more embarrassing to see in photos.
LHdM: I used to go to the tanning bed a couple times a week and was pretty tan. It's less the look that I feel apprehensive about than the fact that I might have given myself skin cancer. I've been trying to embrace paler skin the past few years.
SFE: Bangs. I have a really uneven hairline and it just doesn't work. Also, I regret the smoky eyeshadow I wore for my engagement photos--even though it probably looks the best on me the photos were taken during the day in natural light, not at night.
5. When it comes to beauty products, we all use the same basic products. What do you use that helps show off your personal flare and personality?
AUH: Er....my mother's love? I have been blending purple and teal eyeshadow recently for a Mardis Gras look, if that counts.
LHdM: I'm pretty minimalist in my beauty routine, so I don't have a good answer to this question. I love to wear lipstick, though, and I go through cycles when I paint my nails a lot. And even though I don't wear much make up, I do notice that I'm still wearing more than many of my female colleagues. Some of whom have told me they were socialized not to wear make up during grad school.
SFE: Stila eyeshadow. It's a little sparkly, which shows off my sparkling personality.
So what about you? Do you use many beauty products? What are some of your favorites? Do you feel pressured to not wear make up?
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