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Re: People always ask for my _____
Originally Posted by Nyla2120
Same here! They want my skin, yet they don't want to put the work into it that I do. First off I already have pretty good skin, then I take really good care of it. I stay out of the sun, I don't smoke & I have a really good skincare regimen. I use good foundation, concealer & brushes. People really think there is just 1 miracle product that will give them my look. Or there are the 40+ ladies who come in smelling like walking ashtrays & looking like they spent their entire lives in the sun wanting to know what foundation I use. Then I put it on them & they have the nerve to say "Well, mine doesn't look as good as yours!" Honey, if there was a foundation that would make your super damaged skin look perfect then cosmetic surgeons would all be out of business!
haha that is so true! the other day my manager was helping a girl that wanted to know what foundation i used and when i told her what i used she was like what the hell?! i was like this is alot of work girl
most people ask me how to do my foundation, lips, and eyebrows 
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Re: People always ask for my _____
Originally Posted by tvsnow
Don't tell my customers, but I use Prescriptive's False Eyelash Mascara and it really does live up to it's name 
I love that stuff too....I was so delighted that the CCO sells it for $13.50!! Because it is not cheap!
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Re: People always ask for my _____
welll.... I'm not a makeup artist.... JUST YETT hehe
But people always ask me about my facial routin... Moisterizer foundation blah blahh.... and i always get complients on my eyesss
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Re: People always ask for my _____
Eyebrows.
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Re: People always ask for my _____
I don't work for a cosmetic industry but I always get compliments about my eyes and how I did my eyeliner and such.
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Re: People always ask for my _____
My skin and my eyebrows, always.
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Re: People always ask for my _____
People ALWAYS ask me where I get my tattoos...I think they pay more attention to those more than my makeup...lol
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Re: People always ask for my _____
Eyes and skin.
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Re: People always ask for my _____
one of my good friends once told me she thought i had "iconic" eyebrows. so that made me feel good 
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Re: People always ask for my _____
skin 
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Re: People always ask for my _____
Complexion, eyes and lips...
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Re: People always ask for my _____
brows
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Re: People always ask for my _____
when i got my makeup done at the mac counter, the girl said she wanted my face because it "carries makeup well," but usually people want my eyes. i guess green is a popular colour. and my eyebrows when they're made up! when they're not, i don't even want them. 
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Re: People always ask for my _____
I always get asked about every part of my eyes; shadows, liners, mascara, brows. Then they also want to know about my hair; cut, color, conditioner
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Re: People always ask for my _____
Originally Posted by DirtyPlum
My NC40 skintone .. "you have such wonderful colouring", otherwise eye MU and liner.
people LOVE NC40 i get so many people asking what colour foundation i wear they can be nc20 and want to buy it because they like the colour of my face, i then proceed to get my arm out and put it next to theirs to indicate the difference haha
also, its different things for me depending on what im wearing!!
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Re: People always ask for my _____
Originally Posted by TwiggyPop
I always get asked about every part of my eyes; shadows, liners, mascara, brows. Then they also want to know about my hair; cut, color, conditioner
yes!!!! hair aswell! i had a girl from hollyoaks asking me about my hair just today! random
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Re: People always ask for my _____
^^ ooh, who Shorty??
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Hair.
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Re: People always ask for my _____
Um... I would say EYECOlOUR. I have lighter eyes for a Chinese girl, they are light brown with a bit of red? Not dark brown like most asians so I always get asked if I'm wearing contacts.
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Re: People always ask for my _____
Originally Posted by shorty
people LOVE NC40 i get so many people asking what colour foundation i wear they can be nc20 and want to buy it because they like the colour of my face, i then proceed to get my arm out and put it next to theirs to indicate the difference haha
I go through the same thing. I'm an NC40 & people always say they want my want to be my color. Whether they are NC20 or NW45. I am always like "Thanks, but we need to find you a foundation that is *your* color so it looks natural." Some people really do think that they can just become whatever color they want by picking a certain foundation LOL!
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Re: People always ask for my _____
Originally Posted by DirtyPlum
^^ ooh, who Shorty??
ive no idea who she is, shes a regualr but i only found out the other day that shes in hollyoaks... you dont understand how many minor celebs i serve without having a clue, every other day!!!
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Re: People always ask for my _____
Originally Posted by Nyla2120
Same here! They want my skin, yet they don't want to put the work into it that I do. First off I already have pretty good skin, then I take really good care of it. I stay out of the sun, I don't smoke & I have a really good skincare regimen. I use good foundation, concealer & brushes. People really think there is just 1 miracle product that will give them my look. Or there are the 40+ ladies who come in smelling like walking ashtrays & looking like they spent their entire lives in the sun wanting to know what foundation I use. Then I put it on them & they have the nerve to say "Well, mine doesn't look as good as yours!" Honey, if there was a foundation that would make your super damaged skin look perfect then cosmetic surgeons would all be out of business!
You said it sister! It is amazing how people think that it happens with one product!
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Re: People always ask for my _____
I'm not a MUA, but I always get asked if I'm one because of my eye makeup, and compliments on it (which makes me VERY happy, and confident that I could one day do it!). And people say I have flawless skin (not quite!) so that's very nice.  Of course when I tell them you have to religiously apply sunscreen on the daily, they don't want to do that...
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Re: People always ask for my _____
Originally Posted by glitterkitten
You said it sister! It is amazing how people think that it happens with one product!
well, beacuse advertisement tells them so. call now to buy this superduperallinoneproduct and all your problems will magically disappear, a large amount of money will show up along with ageless beauty and a prince riding on a horse. for only 99.99$!
last week a customer asked me for a soap, that would cleanse, moisturize, scrub and leave a lovely scent on the skin. im sorry, maŽam, but we do not offer miracles here.
i got asked for my hair pretty often, but after my new haircut i still have to figure out how to look good like before. i mean, my face looks better now, but my hair is out of the focus... 
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Re: People always ask for my _____
I use the same one Prescriptives False Eye Lashes first coat and after I use prescriptives here to stay!!! You can't imagine how long and full your lashes will look (not that I have long lashes LOL) thanks to these two mascaras!!
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