I wish I had to motivation to make my face everyday, but theres not enough time in the morning

but I agree that moisturizer is definitely a must

I neeeeed makeup!!! This is me without...don't barf!!! I have awful veins under my eyes that need serious attention.

And this is when my friend Brandon did my makeup for me He's PHENOMENAL!!

CarrieLee said:

You have great skin and I don't think you need any makeup at all. But if you're like me, you feel like you look tired if you don't have at least mascara on.

I still think you great without it.

JustErin said:

Thanks but ew! Look at those veins! When I was in elementary school I'd get made fun of, people thought I had a black eye or smudged makeup! Concealer, mascara, lip gloss and a little blush are a must at all times.

CarrieLee said:

Girl please, I don't see one vein You look great without it, & phenomenal with it

CarrieLee said:

I don't see viens myself, just some shadows.

CarrieLee said:

oh please.

You're hot.

JustErin said:

Neither do I and I was looking. You really different Carrie! Attractive all the same.

Under my left eye. They are blatant to me

CarrieLee said:

I don't see a thing, & I'd tell you

& after that Justine Bateman thread, can I just say I appreciate your fantastic brows?

I made a vid once with no makeup...I'm gonna see if I still have it on photobucket.

CalhounSq said:

They are there, trust me! I can cover them pretty well though.

I used to have TERRIBLE brows!!! I finally stopped my obsession of plucking and let them grow in. I have stencils that I use for when they start to get all frilly looking.

JustErin said:

I remember. That's when you first caught my eye...

I'm 90% naturale, I like lipstick.

CarrieLee said:

You're nuts, you look great.

Hey Fauxie, I went au naturale for you, remember this, jerk?



I have a wee bit of a sun burn.

CarrieLee said:

I should get a stencil I'm so used to getting them right but every now & again I'll go a little thinner than I'm used to & I just gotta wait it out

Rhondab said:

WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT ABOUT....BLACK PEOPLE WEARING BLUSH!!! IT JUST DOESN'T FIT!!!

CalhounSq said:

I agree with both of those statements.

Yeah, on some of those women, it's just overkill IMO. Like Robert Palmer girl make-up or something.

I love my make-up though, and God help anyone who tries to take it away from me.

What a lot of people (men mostly) dont realize though, is that when they say they like how women look "au naturale" they don't realize that a lot of those women ARE wearing make-up anyway. It's just done in that "nude-look" way so that it appeears as if that's the way they look when they wake up or something.*

Seriously, I think most women look better with some make-up on. Myself included of course. Otherwise it's Haggard City over here for me!


* I just noticed that CarrieMpls said something similar to this

DexMSR said:

I sorta agree...but that pic of Gabrielle is cute

Rhondab said:

U know black people and makeup is a hard fit as it was not created for us....you ever see our people on television with bad makeup? Face and Neck TWO DIFFERENT COLORS.....horrible!!!

And a brown skinned woman in blush is abhorrently disgusting to me....where the fuck and how the fuck do your cheeks turn fucking red?? And then...and then.....why would you apply faux redness to your beautiful brown skin that DOES NOT TURN FUCKING RED!?

DexMSR said:

Because sometimes make up isn't about looking "natural" at all. No one has green eyelids or ruby red, shiny lips naturally either.
It's adornment. People have done it from our earliest tribal beginnings.

DexMSR said:

First of all, you gonna stop yellin' at me

I SAID I don't wear it damn it!!!

and agree....for real.

DexMSR said:

Blush is not supposed to make your cheeks look red (no matter what race you are), it's supposed to mimic the way people blush or get flushed when they are sexually arroused (just like lipstick).

Black people do not blush or get flushed?

DexMSR said:

OH HELL NO I believe in this pic, Naomi is saying "BITCH PLEASE..."

JustErin said:

Lighter skinned black folks do.....


personally...I don't.



and Cal...hush......i still don't think it looks natural MOST of the time on darker skinned black women

DexMSR said:

Dex, you're truly on some other shit I think you've too seen too many women w/ bad makeup jobs or something Black women wear makeup just fine, maybe not back in the day but things are different now (thank God!)

JustErin said:

Don't listen to Dex, he's buggin out right now I gotta dig up some pics to prove my point I guess

Rhondab said:

Well shit, I don't blush either but @ what point do we not take it so literally & accept it as another enhancement? I mean, who's eyelashes grow 2 inches away from their lids? Who's lips naturally shine from a block away? Come on y'all, we're gonna limit darker skinned Black women from blush based on WHAT exactly? Makeup is art/expression/adornment, which kinda sends arbitrary "rules" out the window

CarrieLee said:

I think you are more beautiful here.