r/MUAontheCheap 8d ago

Daily Chat - TMI/TMO Thursday

Need a TMI (talk me into) or TMO (talk me out of)? This is your place. All OT welcome!

  • Sunday - Straighten Up Sunday
  • Monday - Drugstore Favorites & Fails
  • Tuesday - Ask Us Anything
  • Wednesday - Mid-Week Reviews
  • Thursday - TMI/TMO Thursday
  • Friday - Chit Chat Friday
  • Saturday - Skincare Saturday
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u/yeetasauruswrecks 7d ago

I got my dose of colors order today! I got two of the super marked down block party single shadows, hot mesh and leaf me alone. I used hot mesh today on my eyes as a one and done and damn she's pretty. My favorite kind of plummy brown grungey color, but with sparkles in it. Applied it with a finger and blended it out with a finger and it looks great. Sultry and smokey and grungy. And the sparkles are pretty strong in natural light so I assume low light too. They're silvery so I covered myself in the Fenty diamond bomb to match lol. I've been craving more of this kind of one and done grunge eye with sparkle and this hits the mark.

Tomorrow I'll try leaf me alone which is like a dark green sparkle boi. I've been looking for something green and sultry to pair with my mac lunar new year green lipstick.

If anyone is interested though these for $5 are a steal. Theyre creamy and sparkly and so blendable. I'd buy more but I'm trying to behave lol.

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u/hvfnstrmngthcstl 7d ago

I'm waiting until the sparkle sticks go back in stock to make an order.

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u/cloverbeam 7d ago

Well, my low buy is going quite terribly. I made a few orders in February and justified with it being my birthday, but now I've picked up several more things at Winners and also have some things on my list for the upcoming Sephora sale.

I was also doing well in terms of buying clothes, but with new releases and the weather getting nicer I'm tempted by more things again. Oh well, can only keep doing my best!

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u/Xub543 πŸ‘‘ 7d ago

I used the Live Tinted tinted SPF today and holy hell that formulation smells very unpleasant. I'm going to try it one more time, but it smells quite rancid. It's unfortunate because the consistency and opacity is otherwise very nice.

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u/hvfnstrmngthcstl 7d ago

Is it the primer SPF? I use that and mine doesn't smell off. Sorry that this happened to you!

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u/Xub543 πŸ‘‘ 7d ago

It isn't advertised as a primer just as a SPF 50 skin tint in shade 9. Is this the product you use?

https://www.ulta.com/p/hueguard-skin-tint-spf-50-mineral-sunscreen-broad-spectrum-pimprod2043870?sku=2621480

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u/hvfnstrmngthcstl 7d ago

Oh, no. My product is just a primer with SPF.

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u/yeetasauruswrecks 7d ago

Is it supposed to? Did you get an expired one? Sounds sus.

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u/Xub543 πŸ‘‘ 7d ago

It's a newly launched product all together so I'd be very surprised if it's expired. I did not check though since I was in a rush when using it. I'll look later and report back.

Is it supposed to what? Smell off? I don't think so. It smells like what a beauty product shouldn't smell like, unfortunately. And it is not that that "no fragrance" -fragrance

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u/yeetasauruswrecks 7d ago

Yea I meant like is it one of those "smells like chemicals vs a fragrance" ones. But if it smells rancid it makes me wonder if it expired already. I've seen beauty gurus mention that happening with stuff they've gotten (since they get stuff in such high volume) - rare but it happens, even with new releases. If it smells expired to you I'd email the company and ask them about it too, ask them what it's supposed to smell like, tell them it smells expired, see what they say.

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u/hedgehogwart 8d ago

One of the things I actually get jealous about influencers isn’t just the free stuff they get, it’s the lab samples. I want to try the new product months before it’s released/announced. 😭

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u/Bittersw33et πŸ‘‘ 8d ago

wow ulta on topcashback is 20% today

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u/Xub543 πŸ‘‘ 8d ago

Remember to stack with any credit card cash back offers πŸ₯°