STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

twinkle · Coach

Makeup recs?

hotcocoa · Kate Spade

just wanted to say that i'm jealous! i'm not much of a makeup person, but i certainly love my laura mercier tinted moisturizer and undereye concealer.

funnyluci · Nine West

NARS. Their stuff is amazing. And I like their colors--subtle but fashionable. Plus the people that work their counters are usually really nice.

vampy1 · Nine West

If you like the color palette at MAC you would also like NARS and Smashbox. I use mostly MAC, but I also like NARS for eyeshadow and the multiple sticks are great, everything at Smashbox, Laura Mercier for foundation primer, Lancome for bronzer in the big round disc. If you don't already have a great set of make-up brushes I would invest. They get expensive if you buy them all at once and with $250 you could get a great set.

dot · Marc Jacobs

i dont' know what your personal makeup style is like, but trish mcevoy is really fun. maybe if you don't have good makeup brushes you could get the little kit she has. seasonally she puts out these little makeup cards that fit perfect with this portable brush set. it's a good way of trying lots of new makeup colors without shelling out tons of money for full size products. i have a little card that i love when i travel. also the cards aren't that expensive (like $20-25 each I think?)

daiz519 · Dooney & Bourke

Trish McEvoy definitely. My mom recently bought me a bunch of Laura Mercier's make-up (foundation, powder, under-eye concealer, bronzer) and it's ok but I'm not too impressed. Actually I do like the concealer, bronzer, and lip treatment. The trish foundation is just amazing to me and I love her colors also. I also like Stila's eye-shadows.

rocky · Coach

I also really like stila and urban decay for eyeshadow, and shiseido for powders

lsubatgirl · Gucci

I love stila! Its wonderful. I also like urban decay if its sold there. you can have some fun with that makeup.

kealoha · Kate Spade

Trish McEvoy brushes & Stila. If they carry Fresh, check out their eyeshadow & lipstick.

Metric · Gucci

I second Nars. Their foundation is to die for! All of the stuff I have tried has been really good quality. I have sensitive skin and nothing has ever made me break out or gone off.

Stila is quite good too. A little cuter/girly-er colors and packaging. But I find that their lipsticks go off quite quickly. A few of mine started to smell weird after only a few months. I have had Mac lipsticks that last for years. (Oops...is that gross?) But I really love their lipglosses in a pen-like thing with the brush tip. "Blackberry" lipgloss rocks and looks good on so many different people.