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Makeup Post: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in 1993

by margotsmokes

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Kind of obsessed with Urban Decay’s Vice line of lipsticks. There are so many of them. I never thought “more” would be a selling point, but walking up to their display feels like walking into a candy store, with the added benefit that you can find a color you like, then be like, ‘I want that, but more sheer’ or ‘in matte finish.’ Plus they’re cheap for a Sephora brand, and they’ve got their version of a lot of the hipster colors, the lilacs, the grieges, the weird 90s Kylie Jenner mauves like this one “1993” (gotta love the honesty.)

Eyes
Be A Balmshell Cosmetics Eye Primer in Submissive
Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
The Balm Mary Lou-Manizer
Brows
NYX brow pencil in Taupe
Cheeks
Benefit Cosmetics Rockateur
Lips
Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in 1993
Face
Hard Candy Glamoflage concealer

Rose gold makeup look

by margotsmokes

rose gold makeup

I posted this to Tumblr forever ago, but I thought I would repost here in light of my recent quest to find my pale brothers & sisters and help them find their way out of the shadows and into the shadier part of the light.

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Makeup for pale bitches

by margotsmokes
Makeup for pale bitches

“Well, there’s no money, Jack. If I can get some cash out of this place, then I can start a new life. Buy a condo in Marina Bay. Open a store for red headed girls to buy cosmetics from someone who understands.” – Nancy Donovan, 30 Rock

So I’m not redheaded, but this quote always stayed with me because I am pale as fuck, and buying foundation has always been a nightmare. I also had truly terrible skin for years and years before going on Accutane, so makeup was not so much a luxury item as a necessity, and the one thing spackling my self-esteem together.

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