We’ve all been there before, whether you’ve been wearing makeup for years or have only started recently, you’re bound to have done something you regretted later. I thought this would be a fun little post where I can laugh at my past self for silly things – and in this case, makeup! So without further ado, here are what I consider to be my worst makeup mistakes…
No Eyebrows
I’m old enough to be part of the generation who didn’t realise that filling in your eyebrows was a thing you could do, and so for a few years at school I was just chilling without any eyebrows. Looking back, I’m absolutely sure it looked weird as I’d be wearing mascara and eyeliner with barely anything above it. On another note, I did also go through a phase where I plucked my eyebrows into a thin line – I have realised the error of my ways. Luckily I think I only did this once, and my eyebrows have not suffered as a result of it. I’m not saying that you absolutely need to fill in your eyebrows when doing your makeup, but for me now it is not a good look, in any way.
Black Eyeliner Only In the Waterline
There’s a bit of a trend in that all of these things occurred during my secondary school years, and I regret it all. However, I have moved on since and no longer do things that make me look stupid af! So another thing that became popular was putting black eyeliner in your waterline, but not necessarily with any other form of eyeliner. Imagine you’re spending nearly two whole school years looking like you’re dead inside and have black smudges all under your eyes. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who did this, but nowadays I don’t wear any eyeliner at all, but I most certainly will not put black eyeliner in my waterline again!
Unblended Foundation
Okay so I know this is extremely common for many people, so I don’t feel as bad about this one! Unfortunately six years ago there wasn’t a lot of range in foundation shades, and me being pale meant that all the foundations in my price range were going to be slightly too dark or too orange toned. It was also easy to apply everything with your hands, which ultimately meant that I was left with clear foundation lines on my neck. Of course if the shades had been correct it wouldn’t have mattered as much, but it’s quite clear when your face is orange and your neck is most certainly not.
Tinted Lip Balm Not Just On My Lips
Reading that title back it sounds really wrong, but I promise I didn’t mean it to be! What I meant is that I used to apply a tinted lip balm without looking, and didn’t realise that it also ended up all around my mouth, basically looked like I’d just had a pink ice lolly first thing in the morning. Now the culprit in question was the Maybelline Baby Lips, which I’m sure a lot of people are familiar with. I had a bright pink one and a purple Halloween themed one, which actually looked much nicer than the pink one anyway. So just imagine me, at the bus station aged 14/15, waiting to get the school bus with bright pink lips and no idea how bad it looked – it’s okay, you can laugh if you want.
Bronze Lipstick
Finally, let me introduce you to bronze lipstick. Yes, Revlon did make a shimmery bronze lipstick around ten years ago, and I have no idea if they still make it – however I also don’t care! This isn’t as much a mistake as the others since I only wore this in the car when I was with my mum, because for some reason she bought the lipstick and it ended up living in the car for a few years. I’ve got to admit, I thought it looked quite good at the time, very alternative for a twelve year old. Now I would never dare go near such a colour, but it was fun when I was younger.
So those were my worst makeup mistakes I’ve made over the years! What mistakes have you made?
As always,
Love, Emily x
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Oh I remember religiously applying eyeline to the waterline (and further around!)
A big no!
Sarah
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It truly was a look!
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OMG all the mistakes we used to make with makeup back in the day! I find it mental to think I didn’t do my eyebrows at one point!
Katie | katieemmabeauty.com
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I know, eyebrows became so popular – it just never occurred to me that filling in your eyebrows was a thing!
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Oh my goodness yes!! It’s so crazy when we thinking of when filling in brows wasn’t a thing! So happy it is now though
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I completely agree, I wouldn’t dare do a full face without my eyebrows – I’d look awful!
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Oh gosh, I remember a lot of these trends! Thankfully I only ever did eyeliner on the waterline a few times as I never thought it suited me or looked right! That Revlon lipstick brings back memories – thanks for sharing!
Tash – A Girl with a View
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My teenage years were full of me being very unstylish, so much regret!
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I’m definitely also guilty to the eyeliner on my waterline mistake, and I only stopped doing this about two years ago… I really thought it made me look nice until I realised the smudges under my eyes came from them. Haven’t worn it since and I still look quite okay… I remember the baby lips too, I had one too, but it was a darker pink. Now I think about it, there were probably times where half of it was underneath my lips too :p
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I feel sorry for all the people that had to see me in secondary school, I must’ve looked terrible 🤣
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I must admit I’m still guilty of doing one of those a lot, I still wear black liner in my water line!! I need to stop doing that x
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By all means if it works for you then keep doing what you’re doing! I just didn’t realise for me how bad it looked 😭
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I loved reading this! I’m with you on the whole wearing black liner on the waterline – it wasn’t a look haha xx
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It suits some people, unfortunately I was not one of them! x
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I did everything you said and it made me cringe😖 skinny brows, eyeliner on the waterline, orange makeup.. how embarrassing! I’m curious did we think we looked good? Also why didn’t my mother tell me how ridiculous I looked🤔
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Honestly I think I thought it did look good! Oh how wrong I was 🤣
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We were ALL wrong😅
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Oh, I remember a lot of these things. Terrible memories
Thanks for sharing
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I don’t wear much eyeliner now for the same reasons as you, it’s just a nightmare to rub off after wearing it! x
Lucy | http://www.lucymary.co.uk
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I haven’t even worn eyeliner in years now! x
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Can totally relate to having a hard time finding a pale enough foundation. And bronze lipstick is the best ha! Makes me think of the 90s so much. Siobhan ♡ | Vegan Babe Life
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The early 10’s were a hard time for makeup wearers! x
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I had to laugh about the tinted lip balm all over the lips. I remembered doing this one day and looking in the mirror like what just happened! haha never again!
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It took me way too wrong to realise how bad it looked!
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Love this! Love your blog, glad I came across it. Followed you xxx
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I was so guilty of no eyebrows, for yeaaars I just neglected them!
Danielle | thereluctantblogger.co.uk
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I used to do eyeliner without mascara 😬😬and made my eyebrows WAYYYY too thick. Mistakes were made but a lot of learning as well lol
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I completely agree! I’m still learning, but now I know when something looks bad 😂
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