Well, or possibly it's the worry that if you're mixing colors, and use the whole container but don't get the color right, then you've messed up a whole container. Whereas if you mix them in your hand and get the proportions off, it's just the handful?
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - May 26, 2011 10:49:47 am PDT #9761 of 30001
meara - May 26, 2011 11:20:42 am PDT #9762 of 30001
OK, this is entertaining--I'm reading the employee handbook for the new company (my company got sold to another company) and while their IT policy is rather out of date (who posts to usenet newsgroups anymore?) it has a separate section on social media--wherein it tells me that bosses are NOT ALLOWED to friend-request subordinates! (And no one is allowed to get pissy if their friend requests are denied). I find that hilarious and awesome.
sumi - May 26, 2011 11:24:15 am PDT #9763 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Vortex - they are totally missing out on the opportunity to sell a special palette just for their makeup.
Consuela - May 26, 2011 11:25:58 am PDT #9764 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
it tells me that bosses are NOT ALLOWED to friend-request subordinates!
Awesome.
Allyson - May 26, 2011 11:27:40 am PDT #9765 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I have been spending too long in meetings that explain to me what social networking is, and how software like facebook works and what one can do with it.
I feel I should be able to test out. Perhaps we can develop a test that technoatrophied management can hand out to staff, and if you pass it, you don't have to take training courses on how to use a threaded message board or embed a youtube video.
Atropa - May 26, 2011 11:37:38 am PDT #9766 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I think the people at Sephora are just trained in A Specific Process and don't deviate from The Process.
This is the only reason they are telling you that you shouldn't mix the colors together.
HOWEVER, being someone who has done a lot of custom blending of mineral makeup, I would suggest that you take a few spoonfuls of each color and mix them in a container before you commit to mixing everything. Just to make sure you like the effect.
Allyson - May 26, 2011 11:41:29 am PDT #9767 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Oh, and Steph, oatmeal helps. Seriously good suggestion.
Steph L. - May 26, 2011 11:44:58 am PDT #9768 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh, and Steph, oatmeal helps. Seriously good suggestion.
It is a mighty grain.
Vortex - May 26, 2011 11:51:22 am PDT #9769 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think that what it comes down to is that I don't care that much. If my forehead isn't shiny and the color is basically even, I don't really care. I have pretty even skin tone and smoothness, so I think that I'm not as concerned about coverage as some people.
meara - May 26, 2011 11:59:46 am PDT #9770 of 30001
I have pretty even skin tone and smoothness, so I think that I'm not as concerned about coverage as some people.
Well, yeah, but you don't want it to be the wrong color! That would just look weird. (Especially since you have gorgeous skin!)