What do you say? Will you share your makeup?
I won’t. Not out of selfish reasons but for hygiene reasons. There are exceptions of course.
I will share powder products e.g. powder eyeshadows, powders and blushes. I will also share anything that can be pumped out or squeezed out e.g. primers, liquid foundations etc.
I will not share any products that I apply directly to my skin, or which I cannot easily clean and sanitize e.g. lipsticks, mascara, lipgloss, concealers with brush applicators etc.
Bacteria multiplies faster in a wet medium as opposed to a dry medium, hence my concern. Also, sharing lipsticks, lipglosses and mascara can spread germs and bacteria. If you wonder why you get a cold sore or eye infections from testing lipsticks at makeup counters, this could very well be a reason.
Oh and I don’t use makeup testers directly on my face for this reason too, which is also why I don’t go for makeovers. Where possible, I try not to use the lipstick and lipglosses and mascara (unless they use a disposable spoolie) and even eyeliners. Basically, anything that goes too near my lips or eyes doesn’t get shared.
So err… yeah. Next time you want to borrow my makeup, it’ll just be the powder products you’ll get 🙂
Your say: Will you share your makeup?
Paris B
LeGeeque says
March 15, 2011 at 9:04 amNo way. I wouldn’t even share powder stuff unless it’s someone I’m very close to or someone I know very well. Stuff like cold sores, once you get it, you’re stuck with the virus 😛
Sandra says
March 15, 2011 at 9:11 amSame here. I won’t mind sharing with my sister knowing our (un)hygiene habits. 🙂
ParisB says
March 15, 2011 at 10:19 amHehe… Yeah I do share with my sis too 🙂
ParisB says
March 15, 2011 at 9:13 amGood call. I really wouldn’t let anyone other than siblings or close friends touch my makeup 😛
domncroxd says
March 15, 2011 at 9:35 ami wouldn’t share makeup at all. just being very paranoid because i don’t want bacteria to grow and contaminate my things, and also i don’t think it’s fair for others to get my yucky stuff!
ParisB says
March 15, 2011 at 10:21 amUsually for powder products, if I’m giving them away, I brush or scrape off the top layer. But I rarely if ever give away cream products unless they come in a pump jar or squeeze tube
domncroxd says
March 15, 2011 at 4:21 pmyeah that’s a good call. im a bit of a bug-o-phobe, unfortunately 🙁
ParisB says
March 16, 2011 at 9:41 amOops! So no sharing then? 😉
Cynthia says
March 15, 2011 at 9:37 amI only share my makeup with my close friends with condition that most makeups applications are used by brushes such as blushers, powders and eyeshadows. Even with lipstick I’ll use lip liner so I can wash them off for hygenie purposes.
Sometimes I see people Watson using the lipstick tester on their lips…eww…
I feel very unhygenic and I don’t dare to swatch them on my hand too…
ParisB says
March 15, 2011 at 10:22 amOoh I’ve seen it at the pharmacies too! People use lipsticks, glosses and mascara straight on their lips or eyes. Makes me shudder every time and nope. I don’t go near those products then. I usually reject mascara and lip products at make overs too, unless I really want to try the lipstick. And even then, I watch how they apply. If they pick colour straight from the tube, I pass. If they scrape off onto a spatula and apply from there, its not as bad.
Hanny says
March 15, 2011 at 9:53 amActually, I had my friend come over to play with my makeup a few weeks ago. I made sure she used her own brushes for anything she used and yeah… Even washed some of my own for her use. And after that, I washed every brush we used. ^.^
ParisB says
March 15, 2011 at 10:22 amHehe… better be safe than sorry!
Charlene says
March 15, 2011 at 10:03 amI don’t share other ppl’s make up.. so i guess it’s only fair to expect they don’t share mine. Hehe..
ParisB says
March 15, 2011 at 10:23 amGood one! 🙂
stellarvixen says
March 15, 2011 at 10:27 ami would only share all my makeup products with my lovely sisters..
no restrictions for them 😀
as for buddies – just the eyeshadow and blusher….
gotta wash the blusher brush later on
clean the lipstick on a napkins before & after they applied
yeah i hardly tried the makeups over the counter …on my face
perhaps only swatches on my hands
ParisB says
March 15, 2011 at 2:05 pmIts quite interesting reading through everyone’s replies. I guess I’m a little more relaxed in that I don’t wash my brushes etc after everyone’s done playing, but I do wipe down the surfaces of the makeup. That said, it rarely happens and I never share lipsticks 🙂
Reese says
March 15, 2011 at 10:59 amOnly with my sisters, and how to you tell people nicely that you really don’t want to lend them your makeup? Got caught in a few situation where I was really really reluctant and did not know what to do but to lend.
ParisB says
March 15, 2011 at 2:07 pmJust say no, you don’t share lipstick… and smile. That’s what I do anyway 🙂 People should understand that you don’t want to share your lipstick with them because its just not hygienic.
Jenn says
March 15, 2011 at 1:05 pmI won’t! I’m horribly anal about keeping my makeup clean and germ free! 😛
I had a stupid friend who swiped her finger across the surface my beloved NARS Deep Throat blush one! How so very annoying! Ick!! >.<
ParisB says
March 15, 2011 at 2:08 pmEeps! Thats not nice of your friend but some people who aren’t quite as anal about their makeup as many of us are, don’t care. Still, its rude to swipe without permission.
Isabel says
March 15, 2011 at 1:08 pmOnly with people I would share food with =) My sis has access to everything. Close friends don’t wear makeup so.. I don’t share with them. I wouldn’t mind though.
ParisB says
March 15, 2011 at 2:08 pmThat’s a good rule of thumb 🙂 If you’d share food, you’d be able to share makeup 🙂
GlamPink says
March 15, 2011 at 1:50 pmI don’t like sharing my makeup…..I’m very annoying hygienic person… my officemate once swatched with their fingers on my blusher!! which i’m still on mesmerizing moment mode…. -slap head- I have to dust the upper layer with my brush and double clean the brush…which is kinda a waste. However I do makeup my sisters occasionally using my private collection… but in the end of the day i still was my brushes…. =p
ParisB says
March 15, 2011 at 2:09 pmAiks! People who swatch without first checking if its ok with me, or if they can really get my goat. I mean if you ask, and I say go ahead, then that’s alright by me, but not asking is a taboo in my book!
Ginger says
March 15, 2011 at 2:03 pmFortunately, the people who are most likely to filch my makeup have different colour tones than I, so they find my collection of browns & neutral boring. I hide my smoky greys & blacks though just in case. But I do tend to bring an extra lip balm, coz’ I end up giving one away anyway. Don’t you just hate it when someone borrows your stuff & say that she likes it so much that she’ll get the same one herself, but she doesn’t? This happens everytime I go out with this particular person, I know I won’t be using that lip balm after she’s used it, so I let her keep it. Luckily this is only twice a year excursion. The funny thing I can only buy this particular balm where she’s from!
ParisB says
March 15, 2011 at 2:10 pmIts never happened to me yet, but I feel your pain. Perhaps for her, she sees it as a twice a year gift LOL!
Ginger says
March 15, 2011 at 5:47 pmIf only, still expect something for birthday & Sinterklaas (5 December)! But I give away the old stock, (I usually buy 6 or more to bring back here) then I can buy the new stock (sometimes they change the packaging) when I’m back there 🙂
ParisB says
March 16, 2011 at 9:41 amGosh. But it sounds like you’ve got your system down to a science! 😉 Still, its not very nice of your friend to sap off you for something she can get where she lives.
gio says
March 15, 2011 at 5:50 pmIt depends on the product. I would never share mascara and liquid eyeliners with anyone for hygienic reasons. As for other products, I sometimes let my friends or my mum play with them but only if I’m present so that I can sanitize them and keep them germ free.
ParisB says
March 16, 2011 at 9:42 amOh yeah! I’d never let anyone mess with my things unsupervised. Sometimes, they gouge holes in palettes and that pains me 😛
Elainey says
March 15, 2011 at 8:23 pmI do the same, Paris – only powdered products.
But it kinda depends who I share with as well – depending on their skin condition?
I sound really bad but how do I share makeup with one who say has acne and I don’t? Won’t there be bacteria and such? I dunno. 🙁
I do share other stuff like lipsticks/gloss with my mother.
I wipe it clean first tho’. 🙂
ParisB says
March 16, 2011 at 9:43 amI don’t think acne is catching, but other skin conditions might be. If they want to share, you can tell them to use their own brushes or sponges or disposable ones so the product isn’t too contaminated. Or just share liquid foundations etc that can be pumped out 🙂
germaine says
March 15, 2011 at 11:39 pmI would share makeup but only to my sister and I would use a brush:)
ParisB says
March 16, 2011 at 9:44 amMe too! 😀 But I give my sister more leeway 🙂
ksuan says
March 16, 2011 at 2:56 pmOnly ever with Mum and sister 🙂 Apart from that, I’m with dom – not nice to spread the bacterial love!
ParisB says
March 16, 2011 at 3:33 pmHaha… yes not everyone appreciates the gift of bacteria 😉
Amanda says
March 17, 2011 at 10:09 pmOnly with my sisters but we don’t share lipsticks, lipglosses and mascaras 🙂
AnT says
March 18, 2011 at 11:53 amEww.. no for me too! I clean my makeup powder puffs every week with the Fancl puff cleaner, see how paranoid I can be 😛