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CURRENT MAKEUP CAPSULE THEME:
Week 40 - (September 30 - October 6) - The "Pop of Colour": Fall Edit Makeup Capsule and/or The Musician Founded or Owned Beauty Brands Makeup Capsule - Hey BIC! Fall is in full swing. Show us some pop of fall color, be it lipstick, eyeshadow, blush, etc. Shouting out @missjeanie for the great theme suggestion and @cianni who I think mentioned earlier in the year some fall-worthy red lippies in her collection.
With the American Music Awards airing on October 6, thought it might be a fun way to jazz up the prompts with a capsule consisting of one or more products from beauty brands founded or owned by musicians. See spoiler for non-exhaustive list.
Below are some musician founded or owned makeup brands. This is a non-exhaustive list. Brands with an asterisk (*) next to it are available at Sephora (in store or online, or both). If the founder/owner is not easily identifiable by the brand name, his/her/their name appears in the parens.
about-face (Halsey)
Dolly Beauty (Dolly Parton)
*Fenty Beauty by Rihanna
*GXVE by Gwen Stefani
*Haus Labs by Lady Gaga
Keys Soulcare (Alicia Keys)
*Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez
R.E.M. Beauty (Ariana Grande)
Victoria Beckham Beauty
Upcoming Makeup Capsule Themes: [Updated 10.2.2024] Take a sneak peek at the weekly themes to come.
Previous Makeup Capsule Themes: [Updated 9.30.2024]
FAQs: [Updated 4.28.2024]
What is a capsule makeup collection?
A capsule makeup collection is a selection of makeup products that can be used to put together different looks for a variety of occasions. For some of us, that may mean a group of essential products for your everyday look plus a few extra items for a more glam or dramatic look; and, for others of us, that may mean, a lineup of our holy grail product(s) in each makeup category. My ideal capsule makeup collection probably falls somewhere in between - we'll (hopefully) find out at the end of the year! I don't see myself as a minimalist, but I don't have an extensive collection of makeup either. I appreciate the collections of people who fall within both camps but I float somewhere in between - on the one hand, my brow product collection would earn a gold star if we were using a minimalist approach to makeup; my lip product lineup, on the other hand, would not. 🤣 It would most definitely not.
Why have a capsule makeup collection?
Everyone will have their own reasons for having (or not having) a more streamlined makeup collection. Over the years, I've just become more interested in having less beauty products on hand (well, except for lip products, lol) - a handful of items I use or reach for more frequently with maybe a few additional products that are go-to's for me for special events or occasions. Don't get me wrong, I love trying new products and I don't see that changing. I just like the idea of having a simpler collection (I appreciate that "simpler" can be relative), curated to my needs and lifestyle.
Why weekly?
A few years ago, beauty & lifestyle blogger Serein Wu, did a weekly series (on her blog and YouTube channel), Makeup Bag Monday, where she rotated her makeup bag each week with new product launches and makeup already in her collection. Every Monday, she shared the products she selected for the upcoming week and provided detailed makeup reviews on the makeup she used for the previous week. I may not post detailed reviews, but will at least try to include a weekly recap (probably at the end of the week) of what products I like and which ones didn't work for me. If weekly works for you, great. If not, feel free to join in based on what works best for you.
What if I don't have enough products to fit the theme for a full face?
No need for your entire makeup capsule to fit the weekly theme(s). Just one will do. And, even if you don't have one that fits squarely within a theme, feel free to post your makeup capsule. We'd love to see what you're using and hear your feedback on the products as you put them to use.
That's kinda funny, I can't use Pharmacy "Green Clean" makeup remover because an ingredient doesn't agree with my skin. 😅 @itsfi lol!
34 - The Samples Makeup Capsule and/or The Newness Makeup Capsule Aug @itsfi
I love that this capsule cleared alot of space in my bag but I still have a lot of FS items to use from the bag. It made me finally make a decision on some samples I was hoarding, lol.
On a de-cluttering note, these were previously in a pink Ulta glitter bag that turned black (to clean it would be to scrape the glitter) I put to use this Rewards Bazaar bag from last yr.
Throwing an empty into the mix, Tatcha Indigo Overnight Repair Serum in Cream Treatment 1.7 / 50 , was kindly gifted by @danielledanielle from Sephoria goodies last year. I will definitely purchase this year. Possibly direct from Tatcha if there is a good gift.
The 7 Virtues Coconut Sun Eau de Parfum Travel Spray 0.34 oz / 10 ml eau de parfum spray. Definite purchase. It doesn't dry down to something different or deviate into vanilla. It remains a lovely sophisticated coconut fragrance. I've never experienced a perfume that didn't dry down 🥰
SKYLAR Coconut Cove Eau de Parfum Rollerball 0.33 oz/ 10 mL Eau de Parfum Rollerball . This is sweeter than Coconut Sun. A gourmand scent that reminds me of Cassava cake. 🤤
Maison Louis Marie No.12 Bousval Perfume Oil 0.50 oz/ 15 mL . I cannot describe the scent at all but I love it. Will buy a travel spray.
World of Chris Collins Lost in Paradise Eau de Parfum Travel Spray 0.34 oz / 10 ml eau de parfum spr... . I like the smell but dont know if it's "me". Still have some left to test out more.
Fable & Mane MahaMane™ Smooth & Shine Hair Oil 1.8 oz / 55 mL It hydrated but left my hair greasy. I need to use it a few more times but I prefer the Kérastase Elixir Ultime Refillable Hydrating Hair Oil
Valentino Voce Viva Intensa Travel Spray .33 oz / 10 mL . It's a nice perfume but definitely not "me". Took me a year to decide if I liked it.
CHANEL COCO MADEMOISELLE Eau de Parfum . I loved this in my 20s. Now, it doesn't smell good anymore
Armani Beauty My Way Parfum . There's something about it I don't like, I can't quite put my finger on
Rabanne lip balm. Not pigmented enough and not hydrating enough.
Moroccanoil Body Lotion Moisturizer . It doesn't hold a candle to SDJ lotions
Moroccanoil Shower Gel Cleanser . It lathers well but the smell turns me off
Make up by Mario concealer. Didn't try, immediately to the trash pile as I don't use concealer. It was included in an order where I picked only one sample and it was a fragrance. Of course I didn't get it even though it was on the sample list when the order shipped.
These capsules do have a handy way of helping us move through items in our stashes @Buootiful Fantastic work working through those foils! 🎉
I'm so intrigued by the entire indigo line from Tatcha. Can I ask, what was the cream like?
Amazing capsule! @Buootiful I love how you used the check marks and x’s I feel like that could be so helpful I may try that. Tatcha is great! Also on Tatcha direct they have mini sizes of most products so that’s also a good way to sample before trying the minis are pretty good sizes I’ve gotten a few. Love your use of scents in your capsule your inspiring me to try some scents! The coconut sounds amazing 🙂
Always great to work through your samples stash @Buootiful. Bummer the Rabanne lip balms were a bust. What’s your current go to or favorite tinted lip balm?
Week 35 - The Throwback to the 90s capsule with a Throwdown between Browns (and some throw outs that just organically happened)
PAT McGRATH LABS Mothership I Eyeshadow Palette - Subliminal, this screams nineties, don't know why it only occurred to me recently. I had no idea what to do for this capsule, but inspo for an eye look came from an Insta Ad for a makeup class. Then some googling led me to the conclusion that I must do a 90s capsule. I was reluctant last Fall, then dove all in. If I don't get knocked out, going to include some of the looks.
PATRICK TA Major Dimension III Matte Eyeshadow Palette. This also screams nineties. Ahh, praises to @TeamBIC for just unlocking this palettes potential (and the gratis)
DIOR Forever Glow Star Filter Multi-Use Complexion Enhancing Booster 6N, this was brought in to help offset the whiteness of Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Cheeks Suede Waterproof Powder Blush Bakin' Cakez
BASMA The Cream Blush Cherry Red, not very 90s, but I wanted to play with it
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Demi'Glow Light-Diffusing Highlighter 07 trophies in truffle
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Demi'Glow Light-Diffusing Highlighter 06 rich hunnie
Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Creamy Bronzing Powder 120 sunbathed dune
Nars Blush in Behave
Jouer Gloss, forgot the shade, but it's sparkly ✨
Hourglass Unlocked Instant Extensions Lengthening Mascaraanother 🤌🏽🤌🏽🫶🏽 @TeamBIC
Hourglass Mini Ambient® Lighting Powder Luminous Light(FINALLY PANNED)
BECCA skin love foundation
Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat Awakening Concealer Click Pen binned... Wrong shade, awful dispenser
Gucci L'Obscur Lengthening Mascara 1 Eve Black... Mini GWP dried out on me 😭
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Hella Thicc Volumizing Mascara Cuz I'm BlackGWP
ND singles from I need a nude & Zendo
Sephora Collection Colorful Eyeshadow Pencil in Let It Snow (this didn't get used, but it's great way to brighten colors that don't show up on my skin tone and it sets like crazy, wish it wasn't d/c'ed)
KVD Beauty Lock-It Setting Powder Standard Size Translucent - 0.67 ozthis mini lasted forever
LYS Beauty Lash Confidence Curling & Lengthening Clean Mascara Influentialrewards bazaar version
Armani Luminizer
NARS Talc-Free Powder Blush Dolce Vita – 888
Valentino Liquirosso 2 in 1 Soft Matte Liquid Lipstick & Blush 302R Pink Is Punk
Mini of Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Match Stix Shimmer Skinstick Sinamon
Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder Lowlighter Soft Glow Highlighter Off The Grid... This is definitely meant for a deeper shade, but I got it because the other shades were just too similar to things I have. The description made it sound it's be redder. But, it casts a dark shadow, can't really use it as a highlight or shadow topper. But, I've discovered a use....
Battle of the Browns:
Liners:
Ami Colé Soft Shape Waterproof Lip Liner Rose Clay
SEPHORA COLLECTION Retractable Rouge Gel Lip Liner 17 molasses
Ami Colé Soft Shape Waterproof Lip Liner Cafe Touba(not pictured)
PAT McGRATH LABS Permagel Ultra Lip Pencilin Bloodlust
Hourglass Shape & Sculpt Lip Liner Silhouette 6
Lips:
Ami Colé Hydrating Lip Treatment Oil Excellence& Ami Colé Hydrating Lip Treatment Oil Happy #(not picture
Mob Beauty Cream Lipstick M34
UD Vice Lipstick Nighthawk (THIS COLOR!! I need to wear this more often, gone too soon, too soon)
GXVE BY GWEN STEFANI Original Me Clean High-Performance Matte Lipstick Lovable Me
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Fenty Icon The Fill Semi-Matte Refillable Lipstick Flaunty Auntie
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Gloss Bomb Stix High-Shine Gloss Stick Sorta $Elfish
CLINIQUE Pop Plush™ Creamy Lip Gloss Black Honey Pop
Lancôme L'Absolu Rouge Intimatte Buildable Soft Matte Lipstick 450 Surprise Surprise
Don't ask me what's what. This started fof because i thought Nighthawk and Flaunty Auntie were dupes, but Nighthawk is more reddish than Auntie. I think they are far right. Auntie is more chocolate-y.
The fit
This was a struggle... Had to call in reinforcements
Success, 🙌🏽. Bag within a bag
I gotta say it's the 3 icy blue shades in the corner of your PMG that call out 90's to me the hardest @danielledanielle 😉 lol.
I can't believe how much product you get into your capsule bags, it's so satisfying to see.
Definitely @CynthieLu , but don't sleep on those neutrals! I definitely remember lots of neutral eyes and brown lips .
Lewks
Peak 90s
Very 90s
Smokey and Neutral? I've def gone full 90s PLUS shiny top 00s shout out
Blue liner, yes please
Inspo for the blue Winged shadow
Ooh you are throwing back in time @danielledanielle I forgot how much neutrals hit back then. It's like I'm looking down the hallway at school and seeing all the different makeup 😂 you nailed it!
Ooouh, the 90s? Good times, @danielledanielle! What a bevy of beauties for the eyes to behold this week! That PML palette is a stunner, that blue - got me when it was first released and gets me now just looking at it. Have you had much time to play with the Fenty powder blush? It's on my wish list but there are quite a few things on that list. How's talc free performing on the NARS Dolce Vita?
The new Nars Blushes aren't as pigmented as the old ones, but it's easier to not over do it. @itsfi , I have mixed feelings about that, because the pigment made it so good for deeper shades, but it's much easier to build up. Also, the shade range needs to expand.
The Fenty powder blush also gave me feelings. I have a lot of feelings. It's got this white base to it that makes layering/building it up a problem for me. I had posted some pics of Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Cheeks Suede Waterproof Powder Blush Drama Cla$$ and it wouldn't give me a nice berry flush like the cream does. It gave me flat pink.
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Cheeks Suede Waterproof Powder Blush Bakin' Cakezwas a problem too. It would emphasize every pore, and look flat. At first, I tried DIOR Forever Glow Star Filter Multi-Use Complexion Enhancing Booster 6N to warm it up, but that didn't work.
Thankfully, I figured out what it needs to work, ironically another blush I found problematicLaura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Cream Blush Southbound . Together, they give me that pinky flush I was after.
I would def swatch the Fenty. Between the two of them, I'd pick the Nars.
Thank you for this @danielledanielle; appreciate the detail! 🥰 I swatched the Fenty blushes when they first came out and some were better than others on application; I thought it might just be me. Feel like I can hold off on the Fenty and the NARS then; all good, I’m sure I’ll find something in my stash to play with. 😉
Amazing capsule! Total 90’s vibes from those pallets! I can’t get over the cuteness over those makeup bags 😍 @danielledanielle
Ipsy makes some cute bags @peculiarzmakeup , thx
I was recently checking them out they have super cute bags for sure 🙂 @danielledanielle
Week 36 - (September 2 - 8) - The Workhorses Makeup Capsule
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Tried + True
Tatcha The Dewy Skin Cream Plumping & Hydrating Refillable Moisturizer 1.7 oz / 50 mL
I find this product to be very soothing and moisturizing it lifts and hydrates my skin and is good for any occasion.
Great all in one foundation that works well with my skin.
Kosas Revealer Super Creamy + Brightening Concealer with Caffeine and Hyaluronic Acid Tone 1.5 C
Smooth very blendable!
Danessa Myricks Beauty Dewy Cheek & Lip Palette Dew It Undercover
I love this multi use pallete it really has so many ways to use it I also love the shades and trying out different ways of applying.
MERIT Flush Balm Cream Blush Stockholm
Smooth application and love the shade, super durable.
MERIT Day Glow Dewy Highlighting Balm
This gives such a beautiful glow!
Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Crush Cheirosa ’40 Bom Dia Hair & Body Fragrance Mist
I love this fragrance it’s not too strong and it smells so good!
Tatcha The Camellia Oil 2-in-1 Makeup Remover & Cleanser
I’ve found this so helpful in removing makeup it breaks down the makeup and leaves my skin smooth!
In The Works + Working
(New elements of makeup I have not tried previously or am trying to improve that I am getting more practice with and the products I have found most useful in doing so)
Winged Eyeliner
Danessa Myricks Beauty Linework Paintbrush Fluid Liquid Eyeliner 0.034 oz / 1 ml
Glides super smoothly and adapts to eye so naturally!
Eyebrow Shading
Anastasia Beverly Hills Insta Brow Set Medium Brown
I love how this shades the eyebrows while also shaping them.
Eyeshadow
Danessa Myricks Beauty Groundwork: Defining Neutrals - Palette For Eyes, Brows, Face & Lips
Easy to apply stunning colors!
Factors
(Important considerations)
Comfort
Comfort is part of my experience in selecting what works best for me.
Goal
Use an alternative of each category to reassess its workability.
Categories with no alternatives yet but can utilize foils
-foundation
-concealer
-fragrance
I think with everything you've chosen @peculiarzmakeup you are going too have a fantastic week with your capsule. 🏆 Your workhorses are from such stand up brands. I can't wait to hear how it went. 💖
Comfort matters a lot to me as well for the experience wearing and enjoying the makeup I use. I really relate to that sentance.
Thank you so much! It went well! I was pleasantly surprised I like doing things out of my comfort zone I always end up really liking the experience of learning from it. I am so with comfort, it’s so important 🙂 I appreciate it 🙂 @CynthieLu
Ahhh @peculiarzmakeup, your capsule this week has a great mix of products. Merit Stockholm is such a lovely shade and will look so pretty on you. Oh, you like the Kosas foundation? I have that in my stash but haven't (yet) pulled it out to play with. Making a note for a future capsule. 🗒
Thank you so much! @itsfi
merits cream balm blushes are so amazing I’m looking forward to trying the next shade too I just love it I love how full coverage and smooth the Kosas is I hope you enjoy it too!