Last week, I showed you what happens when you use that simply adorable RMK Fairy palette from their 15th Anniversary collection. Essentially, you lose all the detail in her pretty little head (although RMK has a very innovative way of getting around it! 😉 ) I spotted an interesting comment from MisSmall that I thought would make interesting discussion amongst us makeup mavens 😀
Fairy!!!! Oh I can never bring myself to use it! Or I’ll most likely do what I do with most of my purchases (eg. colour pencils), one to keep and one to use. Am I the weirdo here or do most girls do that with their pretty things?
She wasn’t alone, because there were quite a few comments along the same vein of not being able to use something that looks as pretty as that.
What say you, Ladies? I’m sure we are all loathe to dig into a pretty makeup palette and lose the design over time which sometimes, turns it very blah. Would love to hear your thoughts and naturally, here’s mine! 😉
I’m sentimental about a lot of things, but pretty makeup palettes aren’t one of them. So as you might guess, I’m a “user” not a “collector” of pretty makeup palettes 🙂
I will look at them in all their pristine glory and go “Aww…” and I will die a little inside when I take my brush to the product, but ultimately, my personal belief is that makeup is only beautiful once you use it because its purpose is to make US look beautiful, not just to sit around looking pretty hehe…
So that’s me. I use my makeup palettes, pretty design or not. I don’t buy to collect although I may buy because its pretty. But I will ultimately use them.
How about all of you? Are you swayed to purchase the pretty makeup palettes that all the various brands have been coming out with? Do you use them or do you keep them in their pristine glory as a collector’s item? Or maybe you adopt the buy one to use, one to collect theory? Incidentally, I met a couple of people who do this, so I am really curious about what you do/think 🙂
Paris B
Pretty palettes L-R: Dior Minaudiere, Clarins Nude Inspiration collection, Maison Lancome blush, RMK 15th Anniversary Cheek Palette and Guerlain Cruel Gardenia Meteorites
Sylvia says
You have so many beautiful collections of make up and I thought you are a collector. That’s because if I own as many as you (I am guessing I probably have a fraction of what you have), I will only have little or no chance to make good use of them. I do have few palettes and special edition of eyeshadows that’s sitting in the drawer and I take them out to stare at them lovingly when I feel like it.
Paris B says
Haha yes Sylvia I do use them and products I like I use more often than those I don’t. Sometimes I pass them onto friends or family because I can’t finish them all! Anyway its not about quantity but how you use it 🙂
Alison says
I feel the same way breaking in a new pretty piece of makeup as I do digging into a new tub of sorbet. I admire its pristine beauty and the smooth, finished texture and stare at it in the light from ever angle for a while, gathering up courage before I use it! Then I take a brush to it and mourn, but after a while I get used to it.
I only buy makeup with the intention of using it (Though I do admire elegant packaging and take its functionality and quality into account) so I don’t think I’d buy something simply because it was pretty or avoid using it to preserve the way it looks – I’d consider that a waste!
Paris B says
Ah it’s the first time I’ve ever seen pretty makeup likened to sorbet (which I love!) and they are both just as ephemeral 🙂
Becca says
I think I’m a bit of a mix. It definitely makes me cringe to mess up such a pristine, pretty palette, but in the end I always do (for the sake of the blog, if nothing else). Though I like to swatch and play with makeup, I think that I definitely tend to collect makeup. I have more than I can use and I keep buying more. I like it because it’s pretty and i like to swatch it, play with it, own it…but if we’re being honest, my daily face is pretty bare. I only wear a full-face for special occasions/outings
Sam says
I adore palettes, but I like to dig into them. Losing the pattern/overspray proves that I really am using it up (and therefore need more).