Girly Advice Needed (Hosiery and Makeup)
Dec. 26th, 2006 07:34 amHosiery
My cousin's wedding reception is on Sunday. I finally bought a dress. It's black with sparkles (the glitter gets everywhere; I will probably never wear it again), fake wrap v-neck top, sleeveless, swirly skirt. It's going to be cold, so I need something on my legs. Pantyhose and tights are a pain in the butt (sometimes literally). Does anyone have any experience with thigh highs? Do they actually stay up? How high do they go? Can I get quality ones at Penney's or Gottschalks?
I also don't know what sort of colors I should be looking at. The same color as my legs? Black to go with the dress? Fluorescent pink to spice things up?
Makeup
Remember when I needed makeup advice for Rocky Horror? Well, I haven't learned a whole lot since then.
I'd like some lip gloss. Back in the day, I liked Clinique's Almost Lipstick in Bronze Lilac, which is now discontinued. It looks a lot redder in the pictures than I remember it. I'd like to buy cheap instead of expensive. Of course, then I think, "If I buy something and don't like it and buy something else, I'll have spent as much as I would have if I'd just gone to the makeup counter at Gottschalks and had them help me pick out something expensive." Any suggestions for color or brand?
I also would like to figure out what to do for eye makeup. I wore black eyeliner for my belly dance recital last week, and it's too strong for my face. But I don't know what would be good. A brown? And what about eye shadow? Does anyone know of any good pictures of really good eye makeup I could copy? (If it helps, you can see the description of my dress above, under "Hosiery.")
Other makeup questions:
My cousin's wedding reception is on Sunday. I finally bought a dress. It's black with sparkles (the glitter gets everywhere; I will probably never wear it again), fake wrap v-neck top, sleeveless, swirly skirt. It's going to be cold, so I need something on my legs. Pantyhose and tights are a pain in the butt (sometimes literally). Does anyone have any experience with thigh highs? Do they actually stay up? How high do they go? Can I get quality ones at Penney's or Gottschalks?
I also don't know what sort of colors I should be looking at. The same color as my legs? Black to go with the dress? Fluorescent pink to spice things up?
Makeup
Remember when I needed makeup advice for Rocky Horror? Well, I haven't learned a whole lot since then.
I'd like some lip gloss. Back in the day, I liked Clinique's Almost Lipstick in Bronze Lilac, which is now discontinued. It looks a lot redder in the pictures than I remember it. I'd like to buy cheap instead of expensive. Of course, then I think, "If I buy something and don't like it and buy something else, I'll have spent as much as I would have if I'd just gone to the makeup counter at Gottschalks and had them help me pick out something expensive." Any suggestions for color or brand?
I also would like to figure out what to do for eye makeup. I wore black eyeliner for my belly dance recital last week, and it's too strong for my face. But I don't know what would be good. A brown? And what about eye shadow? Does anyone know of any good pictures of really good eye makeup I could copy? (If it helps, you can see the description of my dress above, under "Hosiery.")
Other makeup questions:
- What about some kind of concealer/foundation/powder sort of thing? (I really have no basic girly knowledge.) Do I really have to? (I dislike wearing makeup.)
- I'm also thinking about some kind of body/face glitter, in silver. Anyone know of anything good?
- I'll probably buy some nail polish, too, if the removers Greenfeet sells actually work on regular polish. I saw a silver sparkle coat yesterday. (Yes, I'm the crazy kind of person who goes to the drugstore on Christmas. I was desperate for a new sponge.) I can't decide if I should do just that or some other polish with that on top. How do I figure out what color nail polish to wear?