r/Makeup

I really don’t have the confidence to go out wearing makeup. I don’t want this to sound pick-me or anything, but I genuinely want to feel pretty and expressive instead of feeling plain or “boring.” Even my friends agree that I’m actually good at makeup whenever I post looks online, but I can never gather the courage to wear it outside. A huge part of it is my conservative parents. They constantly taunt me for being “too girly” or feminine and act like I should look as plain and boyish as possible. After hearing that over and over, it’s hard not to feel self-conscious.

I just want advice on how to stop caring so much about other people’s opinions and finally feel confident enough to go out wearing makeup without feeling ashamed or judged.

Why does my conceler turns grey on my skin everytim ei apply . The conceler is from loreal
I do apply moistuzier but i dont have powder and primer so suggets something itger then these to do

I'm a WF 58, I have small wrinkles under my eyes but good skin for my age. I want to cover the dark circles, but concealer makes my wrinkles look 10x worse. Help?

Edit: I 100% understand to moisturize my eyes before applying concealer. I'm not applying concealer to dry undereyes.

i’ve tried the milani tubing, the tartelette (normal and xl), the maybelline sky high, and the thrive mascara in brown all of which i found too be too goopy/wet and not fluttery enough.

i also tried the essence princess lash in brown and too faced betters the s*x chocolate, which i like better but found both to be a little clumpy and not quite lengthening enough.

i feel like maybe the mascara im looking for doesn’t exists yet but if you have any brown mascara recommendations for a natural, fluttery, and lengthened look please let me know!!

EDIT: i should also note that i live in Canada and have also tried the ilia mascara and caliray mascara!! also i do care about my products being cruelty free

Can someone recommend a brand and color of a barely noticeable bronzer for someone who is terrible with makeup? Everything I buy is too dark or too orange. I just wanna slight hint of color. I have medium neutral skin and green eyes..

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I have dry skin and my makeup looks dry all the time, I don’t know what to do? I moisturise before I put on this foundation and I use the NYX setting spray. But I don’t think this is working enough!

Pls help!

Using Maybelline falsies lash lift WP...don't look good and even worse when not looking up!!!I have prosa light gray and magenta cover mascara and they're good but my lashes fell down after like 2 hours...idk how long this lasts since I just opened this so...idk please recommend something for my stubborn lashes...ask anything else you may need to rec one!

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I want to up my game on my lips as they’re always dry but I want to make them look juicy asf, does anyone have any suggestions? Maybe even lip liners etc? I haven’t really experimented or tried anything so maybe good combos? Seeking advice.

Similarly wanting to experiment with good eye liners and looking for good eyeliners that I can play with and get a good alt/gothic tight liner I think the sharp points on inner corners and the wings are dope and want to play with some ideas but I don’t want to spend a lot of money to experiment with brands, I don’t have that much money to do that lol:/

Thx

Like why is everyone evil or has had some type of horrible controversy, and when I search for recommendations their all just sh*ty unknown brands that are somehow only online. (It's hard to shade match irl even worse online) and it's hard to find foundation for my type of skin (extremely like extremely oilly skin) . Does anyone have any recommendations?

Hi! I'm still currently a teenager but I wanna share a comment from someone talking about my makeup style and how I do my makeup. He basically said that my make up style is not on par with my age and I was gagged. For context I was just wearing my usual natural makeup with some brown eyeliner and pink eyeshadow that I don't usually do. So I don't get him saying I should wear less make up or wear age appropriate makeup. Wearing makeup makes me feel who I am it genuinely makes me happy and I only wear it when going out, so it's not like I'm wearing it every day. He's been making these kinds of comments for a long time now- I tried to shrug it off but it still bothers me.

Hello, I am open to all recommendations! This is a genuine issue for me because some wands carry too much of the mascara and it leaves marks everywhere. Also my eyes are prone to watering!

I’ve tried an Ilia mascara and tons of others but they all end up making my eyes feel itchy and I am prone to styes.

Any mascara recs or should I stick to strip lashes?

I don’t wear makeup daily, I only really wear it when I go to concerts now. I have smaller eyes, and shaky hands so I’ve never been good at eyeliner, or applying lashes. The times I’ve worn lashes, I feel like they just look odd? Like my eyes are almost too small, idk they look weird on me even when I’ve had other people apply them.

When I wear eyeshadow, it has to be brought up basically all the way to under my brows. There is a small space between the shadow and my eyebrows, but I think it looks odd!! I feel like whenever I wear makeup, I’ll try and add more blush, or do smudged waterline liner, but it all ends up looking like a natural look. I was successful one time with smudged wing liner, and it never happened again.

I have thinner lips and I feel like lip liner looks too fake on me but maybe I haven’t tried the right shade. My favorite lipstick is Velvet Teddy by MAC. I do love a good clear gloss over lipstick too. I have a lot of trouble finding the right shade of lip products for my skin tone.

I’m also not sure if my face makeup is too light? I use the Matte Fit Me Poreless foundation, an elf concealer, liquid blush and setting powder. I stopped using bronzer because I didn’t really like the look of it anymore, especially because I found out I absolutely love blush. I don’t like wearing a lot of product on my skin because I hate the heaviness feeling of having stuff on my face. I also have really sensitive skin / eyes like my nose runs and my eyes water when doing my makeup. I have a few concerts coming up and I just really would like to be able to nail a makeup look that I feel confident in and happy with. Thank you guys 🥹

Had eye bags my whole life, I think it’s due to thin skin. Looking for product recommendations I can get from England stores and are decently priced. I currently use revolution concealer which I chose 5 years ago and haven’t changed since (in need of a switch)
I’m wanting something I can use with no foundation as I like only having makeup around my eyes
My bags are a mix of pink and sometimes blue tinted

Can someone recommend a brand and color of a barely noticeable bronzer for someone who is terrible with makeup? Everything I buy is too dark or too orange. I just wanna slight hint of color. I have medium nuetral skin, green eyes.

So I recently bought the L'Oreal infallible setting spray bc I saw so many great things about it and so many people that think it's such a good setting spray, so I bought it even though it was a little too expensive for me and I liked the look of it and made the possible mistake of buying a second bottle, but now that I'm going out and using it while running errands I'm noticing that it just does not hold my make up, I have a problem with sweating quite a bit from anxiety and it's all in my face especially around my nose and forehead (I do wear glasses as well so it probably doesn't help) and my make up literally melts off with sweat around my nose the sweat is the color of my concealer and when I wipe it, it gets flaky and I get a missing spot of make up right there, this never happened with other setting sprays tho, I've tried using less moisturizer, less powder I stopped using some dew drops that I started using at the same time as the setting spray but nothing helps, and I still don't know if maybe I need to apply a lot more setting spray or less.

So if anyone can please give any tips on how to make it work bc I really didn't want it to go to waste and I do love how it looks.

What order of application do you find to be the best for makeup? I know lots of “brows before base” girls as well as those who do eyeshadow first or concealer after blush etc! Curious!