Makeup! Clothes! "Girly stuff" thread

[Broken Pussy]

Facemasks can be hit or miss, depends on the brand.

I've been having fantastic luck with the masqueology gold and collagen masks that Walmart sells in their mask bar. Really soft skin, reduced puffy area under eyes, visible fine line reduction - it's a win.

I'm not a fan of the bubble clay masks everyone else seems to love. They make me feel like bugs are crawling on my skin.

I am totally going to try that gold one now. I have been eyeballing it for a minute. There are smaller gold patches for your eyes now, too, I think. The skincare section at Walmart just got reset like a month or so ago, and that is one of the new things.

 

[Dysnomia]

Hell yeah.

Well look at the 70s and 80s. Glam as far as the eye could see.

Spoiler

The guy on the bottom right, Rikki Rockett, was a beautician. He would do the band's hair and makeup in the early days. Honestly some guys need it more than women. CC (bottom left) is not an attractive guy. I love CC but damn is he weird looking.

Like someone else said, look at makeup tutorials. If you aren't trying to do drag then you need ones for men. But I think you might find more male focused tutorials for glam and goth. I'm sure there are plenty of every day looks though.

face masks are the coolest shit ever

idk if they even do anything but they're fun to peel off at the end

I use the tea tree mask you can get at Walmart. Freeman I think? It's the only one that's often sold out a lot where I live. I have lifetime sentence acne it seems. And my face gets red from lupus. The dermatologist thought that some of the eruptions may have been lesions since they are highly localised and looked pretty bad a few years back. But I wasn't about to get a biopsy on my face.

Anyway, it was very helpful in soothing my skin and reducing some of the redness. It felt nice on. Tingly like Sea Breeze. However, I've read that tea tree oil can irritate some people's skin rather badly. So you should test a patch of skin first. And not on your face. Put it on your arm.

 

[A Skeleton]

I use the tea tree mask you can get at Walmart. Freeman I think? It's the only one that's often sold out a lot where I live. I have lifetime sentence acne it seems. And my face gets red from lupus. The dermatologist thought that some of the eruptions may have been lesions since they are highly localised and looked pretty bad a few years back. But I wasn't about to get a biopsy on my face.

Anyway, it was very helpful in soothing my skin and reducing some of the redness. It felt nice on. Tingly like Sea Breeze. However, I've read that tea tree oil can irritate some people's skin rather badly. So you should test a patch of skin first. And not on your face. Put it on your arm.

I get the same kind of acne! Always keeps popping up in the same damn place.

I've been using this mask (super cheap!!! and has surprisingly good reviews) and now that I've used it a few times I actually do see a difference, my skin has calmed down a lot and it's a lot less blotchy than before. It's super gentle too (at least compared to masks I've literally had to claw off of my face) and the cooling feels nice. I'll have to look into tea tree masks, that sounds nice!

 

[bloodcoffee]

Sheet masks do nothing except make me feel like Hannibal Lector.

I've never noticed much difference from using masks to be honest. Seems like snake oil to me, most of the time.

 

[HickoryDickory]

I don't know how people use tea tree, it smells like something that's mouldy and rotten...

Maybe it's just me, idk.

 

[Sketch]

The Sally Hansen Crayloa nail polish looks really cute. I might have to get some.

A few months back clinque made chubby lip crayons that looked like crayola crayons. They were so cute, I had to buy some.

 

[There_is_no_Dana]

I am totally going to try that gold one now. I have been eyeballing it for a minute. There are smaller gold patches for your eyes now, too, I think. The skincare section at Walmart just got reset like a month or so ago, and that is one of the new things.

The scent of it is very relaxing, it's best if you put on some music and lay down for a bit (set a timer in case you pass out.) I love using them for "me time".

 

[bloodcoffee]

I don't know how people use tea tree, it smells like something that's mouldy and rotten...

Maybe it's just me, idk.

I think it smells clean, but I work in a health store that sells a lot of it, so maybe I'm just conditioned to like it. I think aloe vera smells way worse. I had to get some for my sunburn and found it foul (but it definitely helped).

 

[A Skeleton]

I think it smells clean, but I work in a health store that sells a lot of it, so maybe I'm just conditioned to like it. I think aloe vera smells way worse. I had to get some for my sunburn and found it foul (but it definitely helped).

I bought an aloe plant a while back thinking the leaves would smell like aloe vera gel and broke one off and it smelled like ass. It's still nice to have around as a decoration though

 

[Ariel]

I bought an aloe plant a while back thinking the leaves would smell like aloe vera gel and broke one off and it smelled like ass. It's still nice to have around as a decoration though

The leaves seem to not really smell or smell like a dead animal.

 

[Sports Casual]

Can anyone recommend a brow product to tame my eyebrows without making them look full on Instagram MUA? My eyebrows aren't quite Cara Delevingne level, but they're dark and full and prone to go rogue (the individual hairs are pretty long so they can look a bit messy). Would the mascara style products work best? I've done some research online and everything seems to be designed to make your eyebrows look bigger and darker, which I really don't need.

 

[Polexia Aphrodisia]

Have any Caucasian ladies here had experience using black castor oil for hair or skin? It really improved the texture of my henna mix (i color my hair that way) but I've been hearing how it works wonders for hair and acne. Most of the testimonials are coming from black women though which doesn't help me much personally.

 

[wifflypuff]

Can anyone recommend a brow product to tame my eyebrows without making them look full on Instagram MUA? My eyebrows aren't quite Cara Delevingne level, but they're dark and full and prone to go rogue (the individual hairs are pretty long so they can look a bit messy). Would the mascara style products work best? I've done some research online and everything seems to be designed to make your eyebrows look bigger and darker, which I really don't need.

I've always used plain old clear mascara. It sounds like you don't want any kind of tinting or filling so there's no need to pay extra for specialized brow product IMO.

 

[Lackadaisy]

Have any Caucasian ladies here had experience using black castor oil for hair or skin? It really improved the texture of my henna mix (i color my hair that way) but I've been hearing how it works wonders for hair and acne. Most of the testimonials are coming from black women though which doesn't help me much personally.

I've heard mixed things about it from white girls but that it tends to work better with skin than hair for them.

 

[bloodcoffee]

Have any Caucasian ladies here had experience using black castor oil for hair or skin? It really improved the texture of my henna mix (i color my hair that way) but I've been hearing how it works wonders for hair and acne. Most of the testimonials are coming from black women though which doesn't help me much personally.

A lot of customers (mostly white) where I work say it's good for their hair and can supposedly help your eyebrows grow back in. Based on that, it seems good for hair. Dunno about skin, nobody so far has bought it for that while I've been on shift. (They buy the Pukka cold pressed castor oil.)

 

[Nehelenia]

Apologies if someone's already covered this in the thread, but:

I'm finally caving and going into semi-dangerhair territory. Nothing crazy (I'm a grown woman who works where clients can see me), but I'm looking to get a streak in or near my bangs bleached (I naturally have almost black hair) and colored... probably something like a pink or a lavender?

I haven't done anything like this since I was a teenager (and I treated my poor hair like shit then), so any maintenance tips so I don't fry my hair? The bleaching and coloring will dry it out some, I know that's unavoidable, but any tips on minimizing the damage/keeping the color looking nice/general maintenance for someone who's forgotten how hair dye works?

 

[Dr.Research]

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Have any Caucasian ladies here had experience using black castor oil for hair or skin? It really improved the texture of my henna mix (i color my hair that way) but I've been hearing how it works wonders for hair and acne. Most of the testimonials are coming from black women though which doesn't help me much personally.

Is there a difference between black castor and regular castor oil? As an oil is good base for cosmetics since it doesn't clog pores. I'm toying with the is of making my own oil cleanser with it. But I have used it (as in, regular castor oil) as a base for my homemade acne spot treatments. I can't say if it will work for you but used with an acne fighting essential oil (tea tree, sea buckthorn, yarrow, etc) it's at least a safe bet.
Can't speak for hair, though.

 

[bloodcoffee]

Is there a difference between black castor and regular castor oil? As an oil is good base for cosmetics since it doesn't clog pores. I'm toying with the is of making my own oil cleanser with it. But I have used it (as in, regular castor oil) as a base for my homemade acne spot treatments. I can't say if it will work for you but used with an acne fighting essential oil (tea tree, sea buckthorn, yarrow, etc) it's at least a safe bet.
Can't speak for hair, though.

Yeah, apparently there is a difference, but not much of one. It looks like castor bean ashes are added to black castor oil and that's it. Sauces: here and here. (Sorry, I got curious.) Still seems that castor oil of some sort is good for the hair, at least!

 

[UselessRubberKeyboard]

Apologies if someone's already covered this in the thread, but:

I'm finally caving and going into semi-dangerhair territory. Nothing crazy (I'm a grown woman who works where clients can see me), but I'm looking to get a streak in or near my bangs bleached (I naturally have almost black hair) and colored... probably something like a pink or a lavender?

I haven't done anything like this since I was a teenager (and I treated my poor hair like shit then), so any maintenance tips so I don't fry my hair? The bleaching and coloring will dry it out some, I know that's unavoidable, but any tips on minimizing the damage/keeping the color looking nice/general maintenance for someone who's forgotten how hair dye works?

Conditioner is essential - make sure it's a thick, deep conditioning type, not something light or that '2-in-one' shampoo/conditioner stuff.

A lot of bright colours are semi-permanent, but even permanent ones fade. Blues fade fastest, apparently. Mild shampoos work to keep the colour from being stripped, but you're gonna have to re-dye often if you want the colour to stay bright I'm afraid. Manic Panic brand colour is about the longest lasting stuff there is. It's a bit more expensive than other semi-permanent bright colours but it's worth paying the extra (their colours are amazing too). On the other hand, if you have a colour disaster and don't like what you're left with, using something like Head n Shoulders or Vosene brand shampoo should strip the colour out quickly. I never found those colour protect hair products made any difference.

Try to keep away from straightening or heated hair tools like curling tongs if you can, it'll only damage your hair more.

That's about the best advice I can offer. I've been dying my hair stupid colours for many years and it hasn't flounced off my head in disgust yet. My hair is pretty thick and wiry, though.

 

[swingbatta]

Can anyone recommend a brow product to tame my eyebrows without making them look full on Instagram MUA? My eyebrows aren't quite Cara Delevingne level, but they're dark and full and prone to go rogue (the individual hairs are pretty long so they can look a bit messy). Would the mascara style products work best? I've done some research online and everything seems to be designed to make your eyebrows look bigger and darker, which I really don't need.

A lot of times, you can get a two-in-one gel and pencil duo that has clear gel to keep things in place. Clear mascara works well, too. I haven't tried this yet, but I've heard that brow wax is a good way to go.

If you're looking for a little more in-depth maintenance, I can say--as someone with thick Irish brows--that a little trimming goes a long way. I'll usually do a little trim-job between plucking sessions to keep everything decent, and it's made my life so much easier.