The Malaprop has been STRONG on this site for the last few months...

Yeah, as pinky-white as I am, stuff that reads as “taupe” on others? Oh hey that’s TERRA COTTA on me. I’ve started layering sheerish silvers and greys over things just to render them wearable ...

Same, on all counts. And like, there are still great writers with strong voices on other properties — Giz and The Root and Jalopnik routinely have fantastically fun and engaging pieces! I don’t know why they’re so hellbent on making Jez ONNNNNNLY about Conservatives & Kardashians? I mean, I feel like there’s such a…

ARE YOU ME? I think you might be me. YES, I totally miss Lindy — and also remember when Madeline Davis got drunk and put on makeup? WHERE DID THE FUN GO.

Hrm, I’ve only got like eight of their powder formulas, and I like all of them ... but I DEFINITELY search online for blogger swatches before ordering, because CP’s own photos aren’t always 100% accurate for sure.

I don’t knoooooow, there was just SUCH a pervasive trend of peach/coral/red/rust/orange/pink eye looks for so freaking long that apparently every single makeup company felt compelled to release at least three palettes in those colorways. :( As a very pale and very pink-skinned person, this does not work for me. Like,…

I do that too! Man it seems like evvvery palette now is at LEAST 70% warm tones and browns that I can’t/won’t wear. It helps that so many shadow singles (CP, MUG, ABH, MAC, etc) are all the same size pans. (I may or may not have just ordered six new ones...)

Man I did the OTC differing for like 4 months or so, and I swear it made my acne WORSE. :(

This is all 1000000% true and accurate. I feel like there are still some great voices and personalities here, but the material doesn’t lend itself to showing them off — and is generally often just unengaging.

YES, I loved those commenter stories! Possibly semi-related : I emailed them with an offer of a 24-hour product diary like almost two months ago (at the time there hadn’t been one in a bit and I thought maybe they were running out of staffers to write them) and never heard back. So maybe the corporate overlords are…

Yah, now be sure to give me a couple hours’ lead on the text, so I have time to translate random segments of it into Klingon....

RIGHT? That poor dude needs some serious help. :( I really hope other co-owners / shareholders / whatever can either force him into therapy or kick his ass out, because he is SO making a big-ass mess.

It’s SO good and SO skin-friendly and SO cheap! I also use it to take off my matte liquid lipsticks! :D Annnnnd, yes, if you mean the one from Timeless (on Amazon)? I’ve been totally satisfied with that one — the teeny samples from Biossance were the first squalanes I tried, but I was like “if this is so damn basic,…

Well I mean I can’t GUARANTEE it’ll take everything off for you, but it takes everything off for me! I don’t wear heavy foundation/concealer, but I do wear a lot of hardcore liquid/cream shadows and eyeliners (ColourPop potted liner which is even better than my long-beloved YSL Effet Faux Cils, Tarte Sex Kitten, NYX…

I WANT to make myself double cleanse, but I’m pretty sure that’s not a routine I can maintain, because I’m already frequently doing a scrub/exfoliant in addition to “regular” cleanser, AND retin-a micro or azelaic, AND an oil later on, AND I am laaaaazy. So whatever cleanser I use has to 100% take off my makeup in…

GLADLY! I enjoy bullshitting my way through things I have zero actual understanding of. :D

UGGGGH I’m so sad I can’t try the Sulwahsoo! But I’ve learned HARD LESSONS re: cyclomethicones. :(

I have not, but I would love to! Tho I feel like I’d have to learn much more about pH/pKa and get testing strips and all that jazz in order to Do The Thing Properly, you know?

SUPER EDGY. :D And I bet it’s super cute! I shaved one side of my head above my ear like 2-3" high when I was seventeen. TBH I’m kinda tempted to do this again? But on the other hand I’ve put SO MUCH WORK into this long blue hair that sacrificing any of it for a momentary retro thrill would probably be something I’d…

SAME, tho in my case it was freshman year of high school. Ugh, you’ve gone too far this time, Normcore.