In terms of cost, that giant palette collection from Sephora is a great deal. But there are way too many colors in it I wouldn't ever touch.

I don't need to spend $25 on black lipstick, right? Even if the packaging is gorgeous. [link]

It's the array that's so pretty, like a huge box of crayons. But I would never wear half of what's in there, either. I always wind up wearing the same few colors.

What everyone else said. I have a big palette thingy and only use 2-3 colors if I want to mix it up when going out. Cuz my everyday colors are a different brand.

ETA: I still kinda covet the Sephora one though. That's a lot of colors!

That looks like it would be fun to play with.

The reviews say it's smaller in size than the picture looks. It's advertised as travel size. But yeah, it's definitely big in quantity. Does it come with references so that I could buy full sizes of what I like, I wonder?

There's nothing I'm doing with 98 shades of eyeshadow. I can make do with four or five for a fancy night out. Less than that, given the nine eyeliners. 70 lipglosses is 69 more than I wear right now. But no lipstick. No rouge, No tools for taming my eyebrows. I want brow pencils.

Funny from last night: so all us neighbors are notorious to ask for a tour of the house, since we all have the same footprint but use it/remodel it differently. So I'm entertaining my 4.5 year old next door neighbor's daughter and she asks "can we see the upstairs?" I about lost it. We went and asked Ms. R., the owner, who gave her okays, and spent the next 20 minutes comparing it to her and my house, rooms, renovations,paint colors, paintings, etc. She's such a kid of this hood. I swear, it was all I could do not to crack up discussing bathroom renovations with a pre-kinder."Yep, the tub is where that big closet was. And yep, this is like your room, except in green. Yeah, yours looks bigger without the awning."

I love this place.

meara! Did you see the [link] I posted yesterday?

Yes! I was amazed how much makeup she used. Now I want someone to fancy makeup me when I'm getting in drag, and see how different I look.

I think the Sephora thing is not really a good deal because you'd only use a very few of those colors. Since they let you try stuff on (well, maybe not you, Liese--how close is your nearest Sephora?!?) better to just figure out what you like and buy them separately.

Yeah, not me. The nearest one is in Tempe. But yeah, maybe I should start with something smaller.

Anyone watching Boardwalk Empire?