Who wants to hear about my new minimalist makeup collection?

[eekamoose]

It consists of:

Chanel matt lumiere foundation
Touche eclat
Clinique gentle light powder
That Origins blusher that comes in the tiny silver tube
Two eyeliner pencils: 1 dark grey, 1 dark navy
3 eyeshadows: 1 dark matt sagey green, 1 pearly mid brown taupe, 1 very dark grey
1 mascara
2 lipglosses (1 pinkish, 1 brownish)

and that's it. I've thrown everything else out, the whole farking lot and it feels good oh fellow mothers, it feels reeeeeeeelllllly reeeeeellllllly good.

Oh c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. Take a good hard look at every item of your makeup and ask yourself honestly if you really like it. And if you don't - chuck it in the bin! Feels so good.

Post here what you've chucked
(and, if you dare, what new makeup you want to buy)

xxeekxx

I'm not binning anything. tsk

NO!

What if you need a mid electric blue mascara? Or a 6 year old pot of "Cherry Kisses" lip glass? Or 4 different blunt black kohl pencils? Or 2 entire palettes of eyeshadow in shades that don't suit you but might suit your son if he grows up to be a transvestite?

I still have not entirely adjusted to being the only girl in my house. I painted the kids' faces last night and was entirely too fussy about how need and blended it was and how the black tiger stripes changed the whole shape of their faces. Poor lads.

I do have periodic clear outs (am probably overdue one), and it really does feel good. I'm a bit liable to buy something and then not use it very much. Then some things I'll use to death. Ditto shower gels/shampoos/conditioners.

I don't buy a lot tbh and it's all pretty carefully considered - as well as being bloody expensive, so I daren't chuck anything in case I never get to buy make up again.

Glad you had fun though!

Body lotion - I'm always getting rid of body lotion. I hate it and then I forget that I hate it, and buy it again.

Jackie???

Oh no no no no no!

Can always use up an unloved shower gel or shampoo or somesuch because no-one is ever going to actually SEE me in that iykwim?

Whereas Colditz's blue mascara can go straight in the bin cos I'm never going to wear that again, well maybe in an ironic oldsters disco kind of way perhaps the kind of thing you have for your 40th or 50th or at the PTA mums and dads night but then again ...

would still chuck it out cos by now its full of worms and bacteria, isn't it?

Please tell me more about the Origins blusher. Is it the one called Pinch Your Cheeks? Is it good? What colour? How do you use it? Does it make you doll-faced like Benetint, or is it easier to use than that?

Bet you weren't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

But NOBODY expects that!!

eekamoose, but don't you buy something in a fit of enthusiasm, then decide you don't like the smell/it doesn't do what it said on the tin/whatever? I'm a bit fickle like that - I'm an adman's dream. Always hoping they hype will be true.

That's not minimalist surely? 2 eye pencils?
3 eyeshadows?

I've got Clinique foundation
Laura Mercier Illuminating powder
or
Prescriptives blusher
Bobbi Brown concealer
L'Oreal trio eye shadow ( browny shades)
Ruby&Mille eye shadow- one matte beige one silvery beige
One Clinique eye pencil/shadow liner
Clinique Lipstick- ButterSurge
Lancome Hypnose mascara

2 old Bobbi Brown lipsticks rarely used,almost empty.

That's not minimalist surely? 2 eye pencils?
3 eyeshadows?

I've got Clinique foundation
Laura Mercier Illuminating powder
or
Prescriptives blusher
Bobbi Brown concealer
L'Oreal trio eye shadow ( browny shades)
Ruby&Mille eye shadow- one matte beige one silvery beige
One Clinique eye pencil/shadow liner
Clinique Lipstick- ButterSurge
Lancome Hypnose mascara

2 old Bobbi Brown lipsticks rarely used,almost empty.

That's not minimalist surely? 2 eye pencils?
3 eyeshadows?

I've got Clinique foundation
Laura Mercier Illuminating powder
or
Prescriptives blusher
Bobbi Brown concealer
L'Oreal trio eye shadow ( browny shades)
Ruby&Mille eye shadow- one matte beige one silvery beige
One Clinique eye pencil/shadow liner
Clinique Lipstick- ButterSurge
Lancome Hypnose mascara

2 old Bobbi Brown lipsticks rarely used,almost empty.

so sorry- damned pc- said MUMsnet was taking too long to respond....

mine clearly beyond minimalist then.....
One brown mascara
One brown eyeliner
Bourjois blusher
Vaseline for lips.

That IS minimalist!

Oooh so a trip to buy make up looks justified?
any tips on a really good mascara? Need volume and curl that still looks like you are wearing it an hour after application!!

Lol peony!

You must be blessed with wonderful skin, ie skin that does not need flaws covered up and a little bit of extra colour on the cheeks.
(therefore no foundation, concealer, blusher or powder).

Am v of you.

Janeite: the Origins blusher. Well, I don't often wear blusher cos I'm a bit of a ruddy cheeked wench naturally. But when I do get dolled up and a little bit of foundation and poweder has gone on, then a little dab of Origins "pinch your cheeks" stuff or whatever its called is very natural looking. It blends in easily. I'd say its more of a crimsony shade (ie. reddish blue) rather than scarlet (reddish orange), so probably suits blue eyed dark haired types better than those with more orange/brown/ ginger type colouring. HTH.

I do rely on my blusher and feel a bit bare without it tbh.
Feel I should be wearing more now though?
Do you all wear powder?

My make up bag holds:
No7 Intelligent colour foundation
Max Factor brown volumising mascara
Make Up (Tesco) cream blusher
Rimmel brown eye pencil
No7 goldy/brown eye shadow
vaseline for lips

Thanks Eekamouse. May go and have a play instore; I love Origins but haven't tried their makeup at all.

mascara- love Lancome Hypnose- doesn't curl but you get great volume with no clumping and it does seem t o last.

god

chanticaille foundation
laura mercier secret concealer
laura mercier eye shadow pallette
mac eyeliner in grey black navy and darkest green
ysl false eyelash mascara
estee lauder mascara all day mascara
laura mercier blusher pallette
laura mercier blond eyebrow pencil
mac lip glass
queen of lips gloss

that's the bare minimum

plus shameful other makeup bags packed full of old stuff

arggghhhhhh

I tried to have a clear out a while ago ad failed miserably.

I have an ancient christian dior eyeliner pencil that is so old it clearly is past it's sell by dat but sp fab I can't part with it.

I have about 4-5 differnt foundations/tinted moisturisers to suit all occassions and moods