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Dear Makeup Forever:

I'm so mad at MAKEUP FOREVER! I feel like I've had a bad breakup...I haven't shut up about it, I ~~bitched~~ whined all week, and still no joy!
Back story:
I have been using Makeup Forever prior to the YouTube hype. Back in early 2001, it was before the World Trade bombings though as I didn't have the same issues flying. Anyway, I belonged to a plethora of makeup communities such as: livejournal, specktra, MUT, MM, myspace, MUA and more. I heard about MUFE from them, but it was underground. To be honest, I thought it to be a unicorn. Remember when only a few people had Illamasqua. Other artists were boycotting MAC, and this would be another alternative. Like MAC, this was a line for artists in film, theatre and the like. I couldn't get to MAC Pro often, Ben Nye took awhile to ship and the etailers came and went. Soo...fast forward to working a gig and using the products. *Rachel Zoe voice* I die! Since many of my clients had darker skin tones, it was difficult to find products as equal to MAC. This product was amazing and I would have given my kit to start over and only use this line. Imagine a candy store, but with makeup. I researched the owner, and knew she was something when I found her to be from France. That's when I fell for this brand and have courted her ever since.
As years moved forward and I moved this was harder to get, but at that time, it was beginning to catch on and I'd find artists willing to CP for me. Then came the YouTube community. Trade shows were no longer limited to artists, so loading up each year became a chore.
Fast forward to now. Last year's IMATS was a mess! It was inundated with a different genre. People were getting into makeup due to videos and wanting to see, meet, ~~idolize~~ gurus. As a result, I wasn't able to get my products but felt somewhat okay with what I had. I accepted a gig about a month ago and was getting more clients. I needed product, and had to have MUFE as I wasn't as confident with my Bobbi Brown as it can tend to get oily really fast. I'm confident with MUFE because I've used it more. Two weeks on I found where there was a method for Pros to get products. I wasn't sold after reading their reviews on Yelp but hey, business is business so I place an order. It took forever, as it sounded like the girl was distracted and the music was load. Hmmm... I should have known when she hung up something was off. I can't remember the last time I placed an order and never got any confirmation. No e-mail, no invoice, no nothing! I didn't even have the associates name. I wait a week & call back it's ten to nine and no answer. I call back the next day (yesterday) and find out my order had gone out the day before! Are you ~~fucking~~ kidding me? How does that happen? Seriously!

Next week is my dry run! I always plan larger gigs down to
the second especially when I'm dealing with primadonnas. I have no choice at this point but to go to MAC Pro. Why didn't I follow my gut? I could have ordered from Illamasqua, they have great service, but I wanted my first love. We've been working together for a long time. I had the cheek to call and see if it could be cancelled, but realized it was en route and would be up to 10 working days for $7.95 shipping! It gets ~~worse~~ better, the seemingly less daft sales assistant says I can order it again but pay for expedited shipping. Behold:

my thoughts too!

So, that's my pathetic story of how things ended between MUFE and I. We had great times, I learned allot, but we have grown apart. I'm no longer choosing to remain loyal to one. Variety is good in this industry, but in order to build trust and start and foster another lover, I must spend more time and get to know the product better. I guess we both learned from this. Morale of the story: Sometimes you have to have a backup plan no matter how in ♥ you are.

Stay Gorgeous,
xoxo

Rant: Makeup Forever

by The Beauty Thesis on 6:35 AM

Dear Makeup Forever: I'm so mad at MAKEUP FOREVER! I feel like I've had a bad breakup...I haven't shut up about it, I bi...

I give up! I seriously cannot go to the chemist to get cough drops without checking out makeup. I dunno what to do. I try every challenge. Project 10 pan, Use it Up, No Buys, Low Buys, I'm done. I'm going to do step one. Admit that I am an addict. Enough Said!
So NYC had this pretty display to the left of the line I was in. I didn't want to buy from this line, as it doesn't appeal to me, but that bloomin purple. It's a matte finish, and I am never satisfied with purples. I always want to find the "next best thing." Much like people with neutrals, they know there within a few shades of each other, but...

So, for packaging, it's simple, flip top, no mirror and a foam applicator. A tiny one at that, but we use brushes anyway. What's odd about these are, they have the light colour (pink) as "highlight" and the dark (purple) as contour. Well, those of use who are familiar realize that there has to be a lid colour. Maybe they don't know that highlight is different from lid placement, but if one were to follow the directions, they would look awkward walking around with a highlight and contour which means crease and nothing on the lid. In addition, the combinations are odd. For example, I like the pink and purple because I have other colours that can be incorporated. The other palette was blue and green. I think if one is going to combine two colors, they may want to think "balance." Much like the quads with all shimmer shadows. *shrug*

One can NEVER do a post about matte purples without doing the obligatory comparison to Make Up For Ever #92. They apply the same, I didn't use any base, no flash for the above photo and I don't Photoshop, too hard to learn, so what you see is exactly how it swatched. They are both similar in texture, it's not smooth as butter, most mattes aren't but the NYC pulls more red and MUFE is more blue.

Here we are with the same swatches but this is with flash. The colors are quite true to life, and if I had used a base, I think this is a really good alternative for some of the high end brands out there. The only downside is the packaging. You cannot really depot these into most round palettes, and they aren't visually aesthetic, but they work. If you are good with creating dupes, I'd pair this with blue base and create my own #92.

NYC Review: Purple vs. MUFE #92

by The Beauty Thesis on 3:02 PM

I give up! I seriously cannot go to the chemist to get cough drops without checking out makeup. I dunno what to do. I try every challenge...

So, in my move to hurry and post pics and swatches of SugarPill, I failed to post the details on how the two purples compared. Well, as I stated before, the purple has a gritty texture, but is a matte finish. In addition, they aren't similar in that the MUFE #92 has more blue and SugarPill has more red. What you can do is apply the SugarPill over a black base or try a dark blue base and that should give a similar result. To be honest, the colors aren't so different that you would need both. I will reiterate that for us darker skin tones, we need to build (i.e. pack) on the color a bit more than fairer complexions, but this is a good product, and I don't regret my purchase, and I'm looking forward to playing with these colors a bit more. I'd also like to give both eyeshadows a go against Ben Nye. I have many of their matte shades, but have put them to the side in order to try and use up the eyeshadows I have. I really like posting my cosmetics because it reminds me that there isn't anything I cannot dupe with the items I already have. Time to save that money for other "habits." Especially, those things which make a great investment and return.