Especially when you consider the fact that most of the people who work the Nordstrom beauty counters are women, and they are commission-based. Stolen product adds up quickly and affects employees, and return fraud is awful to deal with when you work retail.

Exactly. Someone upthread described it as “gentle teasing”, but that implies a baseline of affection that was not present. It sounded like someone who wants to be cooler-than-thou, and ends up being fucking exhausting.

Megan Koester is a writer and comedian (obviously)

No one cares.

B/C they are the best. when you want to learn, go to the best. Queens are the Harvard of makeup application tutors.

ok, Volkswagen Guy.

Can this be a permanent disclaimer?

Yeah, and it seems like there’s always an oddly large number of comments with “I only wear sunscreen and chapstick, this is weird” on all the makeup-centric articles. Which, okay! That’s cool! Your ladyhood is not diminished by a disinterest in makeup! But it’s kind of like going to the AVClub’s reviews section and…

So...you hate makeup, you think it’s a waste of time, and you think the cosmetics industry as a whole is setting back women’s rights, BUT you wear it “nearly every day” even when you don’t leave your house? AND you’re horrible at application?

I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS THING SO HERE I AM TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THIS THING.

As I said in my other comment, take pity on your eyes. ELF eyeliners cost a buck. It’s worth it not to have to put antibiotic eye drops in twice a day for a week.

I would have probably had more interest in this article if the author hadn’t felt so compelled to explain how *she* was (of course, don’t you know) completely ABOVE such fluff and nonsense. Way to alienate/insult a percentage of your readers before you ever got to your point. I bailed out hard.

I understand that the class was somewhat silly or very niche at the least, but I’m confused why it was written by someone who doesn’t know much about makeup and doesn’t want to. Like no, even I am not interested in applying five foundations to my face but, yes, you do have to use “glitter glue” to apply glitter.…

I find this article to be judgmental and frankly disappointing. I get it- you don’t fill in your brows, you equate glitter to the failure of the womens’ movement, and you think using different foundation is a waste of money and time. So why write this piece at all?

Is this an article making fun of people who like makeup, on a blog for people who like makeup? I’m confused.

The Boltons?!

Ulta needs to figure out then if they are a competitor to Sephora or to Walgreens. They can’t expect consumers to think they are on par with a luxury retailer when they sell Rimmel.

I really don’t see an issue here. I neither wear tons of makeup nor take tons of selfies but I totally see a reason for this. Cosmetic companies are supposed to be selling products that people want to wear. If the makeup looks bad in photos why would people want to wear it? It’s not like the companies never tested the…

“Can I buy that lipstick?” “Sure, I’ll put it on your bill”

Gwent is NOT a joke.