MetaFilter posts tagged with makeup

Makeup and mutinies

divabat — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:55:23 -0800

The Mineral Makeup Mutiny was founded to encourage consumers to buy indie self-made mineral cosmetics, instead of overpriced makeup that were repackaging wholesale micas from companies such as TKB Trading, or publishing contradicting ingredients lists and sending Cease-and-Desist Letters to unfavourable reviews. Miss K of Aromaleigh, founder of the Mutiny (and former seller of repackaged wholesale hues, which she's discontinuing in favour of original colours), demonstrates how mineral eyeshadows are made. Bonus link: How to make vegan lipsticks.

Fashion Survivors

kathrineg — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:03:45 -0800

Ah, Fashion. The shows. The designers.
The styling.
The photography.
The models.
The news (including the colors).
The street.

"Leave those smudges there so people will understand your pain."

MaryDellamorte — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:19:12 -0800

Glowpinkstah gives lessons on how to do your makeup in a wide variety of styles: Emo, ganguro, chola and others.

Try on a Hollywood Makeover

ColdChef — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:16:18 -0800

Hollywood Makeover Try on the hottest celebrity hair and makeup looks. Upload your own picture. Or picture of someone you hate.

Painting with your food.

CunningLinguist — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:21:16 -0800

Painting with Ketchup and Fries. Sketching Elvis with Cheetos. Artist Jason Baalman specializes in painting in unusual mediums and then posting the results to YouTube. Painting with ribs. Or just the BBQ sauce. Or chocolate syrup. Branching out from food, he also paints with mascara, lipstick and vegemite. He says he can teach you to draw too. His Mona Lisa in MS Paint has previously been posted here.

Redefining the term "makeup artist"

orange swan — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:13:14 -0800

You’re a former diva who’s decided to eschew cosmetics and let your natural beauty speak for itself, or you just find yourself with drawers full of makeup that you’ll never use. What will you do with all these products? Well, you can consolidate your lipsticks, check out these five ways to use or recycle old makeup, or see the reader comments in these threads for more tips. You could make a snake out of your old fake nails, or take a look at this list of 20 things to do with old nail polish. When your mascara gets too old to be safely used on your eyes, you could sketch a tree with it, or Bette Davis. Here are some tips on how to use makeup as an art medium. And if you decide to paint with your old makeup, please start with the blue eyeshadow and mascara. Merci.

Facing things differently

salishsea — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:44:24 -0800

It took me a second to realize what this was, but amazed I had to continue looking at Batman and Robin, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the Pop Art Blonde. Face painting was never like this in my day.

Something for the ladies.

Dave Faris — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:20:00 -0800

Taaz is a fun, easy-to-use website that gives women the opportunity to “try on” the hottest makeup and hairstyle looks from the convenience of their homes. From creating the perfect smoky eye to painting on a dramatic ruby-red lip for a night out on the town, taaz.com allows women to become their very own makeup artist and create the perfect look for any occasion. Requires a free sign-up to upload your own picture, but you can play around with stock headshots to see how it works.

I've stolen all my wives

madamjujujive — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:33:32 -0800

Wife thief - the Wodaabe of Nigeria are one of the world's few remaining Nomadic peoples, retaining age-old customs and ways. Physical beauty and charm are highly prized, qualities much in evidence at the annual Gerewol ceremonies. After donning elaborate makeup and clothing, men engage in stylized dance and preening to win the favor of a desired woman - often one who is already married. More accounts and photos: Amanda Jones account for the Los Angeles Times The Wodaabe's Cure Salée - text and photos by Christine Nesbitt Hills Mr. Sahara 2004 And Still the Men Dance

The Chambers-Patterson-Bigfoot Conspiracy Revealed!

Chinese Jet Pilot — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:45:22 -0800

Did John Chambers fake the Patterson Bigfoot Film? If it weren’t for John Landis’ big mouth, maybe no one would have figured out that John Chambers was the man behind the monkey suit in the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film. Of course Chambers denied it (and we’re still waiting to hear back from Landis).

Rubber monsters

Astro Zombie — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 22:51:28 -0800

If you know monster makeup, you already know the name Jack Pierce, who created the makeup for Frankenstein's monster, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, and many others. But Pierce's career with Universal Studios, for whom he created these masterpieces, came to a sudden, and unexpected, end when, in 1945, he and his entire staff were fired.

The trouble? Pierce's methods were time-consuming and painstaking, involving, among other things, building up his creatures features with cotton and collodion, a process that took many hours. Universal had fallen on hard times, with mergers, sales of its catalogue, and the loss of its 1,500-screen theater chain bringing the bean counters to the fore. They wanted to cut back on Universal's grand-spending ways, and out with the bathwater went the baby. The sorts of makeup men the bean-counters like were George and Gordon Bau, two brothers from Minnesota who had worked at Rubbercraft and brought with them a knowledge of how to make reusable appliances from cheap, lightweight foam latex. Their major accomplishment was House of Wax (1953) and they revolutionized the industry (Dick Smith's work in Little Big Man would be unthinkable without it, as would the entire career of Rick Baker. Best still, it's now possible to buy monstrous and gruesome rubber appliances right off the shelf.

"I am the only woman in the room with shirt on at the VIP Strip Club"

matteo — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 11:59:07 -0800

Showing Off a Little (Inner) Cleavage. Author Geralyn Lucas wore bright, red lipstick to her mastectomy. "It was my way of saying I knew I would still be a woman when I woke up with a blood-soaked bandage where my breast used to be... women have sacrificed breasts and hair to try to save their lives. We have traded in our beauty for some kind of cure. But something strange often happens when we lose the bling — the big boobs and big hair — of womanhood. We're left with what I call 'inner cleavage,' and no plastic surgeon can sculpt it. It is the beauty that exists when everything else has been stripped away".
Lauren Greenfield photographs here. More inside.

You'll never have to apply makeup again

fizz-ed — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 15:10:41 -0800

Permanent Makeup. Look like yourself, only better!

Many of Nancy Ruth's clients are tired of applying eyebrow pencil day after day. Or they don't want their eyeliner to smear every time they cry at a movie or rub their eyes.

My "spiritual cream" is free!

suprfli — Thu, 18 Dec 2003 18:44:33 -0800

Kabbalah is the new Scientology "The Rav" - Born Feivel Gruberger in Brooklyn, was an insurance salesman before leaving his first wife and children to reinvent himself as a modern spiritual guru. He runs the Los Angeles-based Kabbalah Centre. When Berg blesses ordinary spring water, it apparently becomes "infused with kabbalistic meditation . . . for healing, well-being and rejuvenation" - qualities that are neatly marketed in his exclusive make-up range, which includes a "restoring night cream" at £80 and a £91 eye-cream.

some must put it on with a trowel.

crunchland — Fri, 29 Aug 2003 11:41:32 -0800

A gallery of photos showing celebrities with and without make-up.

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford. - Cindy Crawford

Irontom — Wed, 30 Jul 2003 07:21:07 -0800

Roman Cosmetics Found at Temple Dig: Stunningly well preservered, the cream still bears the fingerprints of whoever used it last, almost 2,000 years ago.