How you feel about "sharing" make-up?

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Absolutely not. I share with my mom, but we don't share anything that can't be cleaned. Mascaras and eyeliners are a no, and we have our own separate brushes. I don't like to share with my friends, and I get grossed out when they ask if they can use my lipgloss or whathaveyou. I get really pissed when I pull out my whatever, and they go "Oh that's pretty, lemme see?" and then they either test it on their hand or try it on. Makes me wanna burn it, then I remember how expensive it was.

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i share with my mother, and i do makeup with my own stuff but i sanitize it all. I don't share lip blam or lip gloss cause i'm picky like that

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nope - i don't like sharing, and i will try my best to avoid it. absolute no on any creamy products, and i try to avoid sharing powder items too.

there was one time where i was preparing for a party with a bunch of friends, and one of the girls saw my chi chi palette (the one i take when things like this could happen, i leave the MAC at home!) and squealed with delight. she then started applying the shadows onto herself with her fingers. her fingers, being dunked into my fairly new palette... i was not too happy but tried to hide it.

i later busted her in the bathroom using another girl's royal wink shadestick as an eyeliner. ew!

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None of my friends really ask me to share makeup with them unless they ABSOLUTELY NEED IT - like if their lips are chapped so bad that they absolutely need some lip balm. I don't have a problem with that because I'll just wipe off the top layer for them. I wouldn't enjoy it if any of them made a habit out of it - get your own, right? I feel selfish in saying this, but it just feels like they're using you for what you have.

I share my make-up with my mom (or...rather...I steal make-up from her. Haha).

I wouldn't really mind if my close friends want to borrow my make-up, though, but I would definitely make sure to sanitize it before they use it. A lot of people just don't...care about that kind of stuff.

Like, on a band trip this year, my friend recommended me to try this new mascara, and so I bought one. She offered to apply it for me since she says she's awesome with mascara (and she is!), and she wanted to use her tube. I'm like...yeah no. I'm gonna use mine. And she looked so confused.

Oh, and another friend of mine had some pretty bad dry patches on her face, so she asked me if I had any face cream. Of course I didn't (who carries face cream with them to school?), but as a joke, I said I had some lip balm (Rosebud Salve) and hand cream. "Yeah, like you want to put that on your face, hahaha!" And she replies, "What's wrong with that?" I just looked at her funny and handed her the hand cream and she actually put it on. Talk about gross.

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Actually I've done something similar to that before
My skin was flaking and I didn't have any moisturiser so i wiped a little of my lip balm on that patch (just used my finger after washing my hands!)
It was a thin layer, and you can't tell, but it helped with the flaking (not that I would want to do it again, but hey! I was desperate! I would've applied hand cream if i didn't have a choice either)

Also I intensely dislike sharing make-up especially eye products and lip products. I usually say I dont have a lip balm if asked (unless they know I do)

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i can totally relate to that. i have used lip balm on my hands before when they were really red and dry. i had to use something and didn't have hand cream - if i don't pay attention to them when they get like that it turns into dermatitis.

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i use my lip balm on my hands all the time XD

and Rosebud Salve is actually an all purpose balm, not just for the lips

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I don't have friends


HAHA j/k j/k omg i'm such a dork. None of my friends have asked to share, either, but I do like to experiment with them from time to time. I don't think it's a big deal for me as long as they don't rub the product with their finger and I'm using a clean brush each time.

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I share lipbalms and lipsticks with my girlfriends all the time! Infact we usually offer it around when we've applied it.

I really don't mind at all...and I've not been struck down with any illnesses.

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I don't really see why that is gross at all?

Sure it's handcream and is formulated for hands but it's not going to hurt if you use it on the face in an emergency.

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just depends who

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I only share with really close friends who actually know about makeup etiquette....as far as someone else I'd just say no ...lol

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gawd i'm so glad i'm not the only one who hates sharing make up!!!

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I can share, but it depends who
I share my lipsyl with my man, but nobody else
I can do makeup with my stuff, but I sanitize everything after and try not to use lipsticks and gloss on other people. If the person REALLY want to, I apply some on my hand and then I apply it with my finger on her.

It's not a makeup story but I have to tell you this one :
I was at school with long time friends, and one new girl. We were all drinking our slush, and then she (the new girl) ask my friend if she could taster hers. She tasted, and gave it back. My friend, to tell a joke said : I hope you don't have any blister or something, and she said : Ho yeah sorry I had one yesterday

WTF????? And you drink other people things with no shame????

Ieww...

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I don't like sharing because of the germ factor. I don't know... I'm kind of picking in general about sharing. I hate when strangers ask to borrow my cell phone, too. I don't understand why people can't leave the house prepared. It's your damn fault if you can't remember to leave a tube of lip balm in your purse and it isn't my responsibility to make sure your eye makeup is perfect.

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i share with my best friend and my sister, and that's it. i'll take any germs they have because i know their hygiene practices and that they're both in good health. anyone else, i don't trust.

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I share with my mom and my sister and my best friend. That is it!! If I sell or swap something it is either new or completely sanitized!!!

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I'm a greedy makeup wench that doesn't share anything with anyone! Hahah. Not really. I rarely share with my mom and or sister-in-law but I don't have a problem with it occasionally. Mascaras are a definite no for me.

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I had the opposite happen: I was out golfing and complaining about my lips being really dry (I don't why, but it also happens about half-way through a round), and one of the woman I was playing with offered me her lip balm (stick), and at first I was "no, I'm good; just b-tching. I have some in the car." Then she offered again later when I must have still been moaning about it. So, I ended up using it, but tried to be discreet about wiping away a layer before and after. And I have to admit that my lips felt SO much better after.

Typically, I'm very selective about sharing products, and never any non-powdered eye area products.

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I share all my makeup with my mom. I also don't mind using my own makeup to put on friends, but I never bring makeup with me for touchups during the day or anything, I don't really know why, I can't be bothered ... So others asking me to borrow some has not even been an issue yet.
However, I am planning on starting to wear makeup more often and bring it with me to school/out/whatever, but I haven't really thought about what I'd do if someone asked to borrow some. I can see how hygiene would be an issue, but idk, as far as I know, all my friends have very good hygiene

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It had a very, very intense flowery scent (like, sickenly so), and felt greasy even on the hands. I don't use it very much for my hands anyway, so I felt doubly weirded out that she wanted to use it on her face...and all over the face, in a thick layer.

It was an emergency though, so I did lend it to her. Although I would've preferred to walk to the Shoppers Drug Mart 5 minutes down the street and buy her some proper moisturizer. I'm really a stickler for skin care, you can probably tell.

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im exactly the same, i just cant stand it! Whenever i touch up in the bathroom on a night out i just put abit of lipgloss on anyway and do it quickly or if someone asks i pretend im really drunk and walk off haha

i cringe when i see girls borrowing their friends eyeliners, and using the same foundation sponge

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Not with friends, I share with my mom, but its like eyeshadows, or pencils, things that can be sanitized.

I've shared shadows w/ friends but nothing else.

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I hate sharing my make-up, once my friend asked to use my lipstick I couldnt be mean and say no so I let her use it. It was the fafi one and she just left it on the table without the top on it!! So no one gets my make-up no more unless Iam doing it for them .

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If I don't share makeup, it's because I don't want it to get ruined or lost. I used to not care about the whole "germ" thing until I learned about how unhealthy sharing makeup can be.
I'm more cautious about it, especially lip products and eye products even though it's a bit hypocritical becuase I don't mind sharing straws or eating utensils with friends.
Gross, I know. :/

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I rarely share, but if I do only with my mother (we have that pesky DNA thing going on ) or my best friend and that's usually a chapstick or gloss. My makeup is mine.