Capsule Makeup Collection Challenge 2024

[itsfi]

Hello, BIC Beauties! If the idea of makeup capsules piques your curiosity, or you're interested in seeing what's in the beauty collection or weekly makeup bag of your fellow BIC beauties, jump right on in - with questions, comments or a capsule of your own to share.

To add a fun take on putting together a makeup capsule, I've included theme(s) for the weekly capsule - some weeks, I have enough products in my stash (eek!) to make a whole capsule based on the prompt; other weeks, I have just one or two items that fit neatly within theme.

Whether you find yourself in the same place or somewhere in between, jump right on it and share your weekly makeup capsule. Check out the FAQ section below ⤵️ for more info on this challenge.

CURRENT MAKEUP CAPSULE THEME:   

Week 52 (December 23 - December 29) - The Holiday Glam Makeup Capsule and/or  The "2024 Makeup Capsule Collection" Makeup Capsule - Some options for us to close out the makeup capsules for 2024 (or to kick start 2025)!

Show us the beauties you use when you want to add glitz and glam (or, that up the glitz and glam element) to your makeup look.

and/or 

Curate a bag with your go-to, GOAT, ride-or-die products that would make up your ultimate makeup capsule collection (for 2024). If it's too much to put together a creme de la creme capsule or if you're at your best with options, consider putting together a makeup capsules of one or more favorites you discovered (or re-discovered) in 2024. 

Upcoming Makeup Capsule Themes: [Updated 12.21.2024] Take a sneak peek at the weekly themes to come. 

Spoiler

Week 1 - 2024/2025 - to be posted the week of December 23, after the Christmas holiday. HINT: Think newness for the new year, or to usher in the New Year. 😉

Previous Makeup Capsule Themes: [Updated 12.23.2024]

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1 - The First (of the Year) Makeup Capsule

2 - The Quick & Easy Winter Edition Makeup Capsule

3 - The $20 USD ($27 CAD) & Under Makeup Capsule

4 - The "On the Go!" Makeup Capsule

5 - The Best of January 2024 Makeup Capsule

6 - The Black Owned / Founded Beauty Brand Makeup Capsule

7 - The Lunar New Year - Year of the Dragon Makeup Capsule and/or The "Things I Love" Makeup Capsule

8 - The "BIC Inspired" Makeup Capsule

9 - The Best of February 2024 Makeup Capsule and/or The "On The Chopping Block" Makeup Capsule 

10 - The International Woman Owned / Founded Beauty Brand Makeup Capsule

11 - The "One Brand" or "All The Brands" Makeup Capsule 

12 - The "Springing Forward" Makeup Capsule and/or The Pops of Color Makeup Capsule 

13 -  The Fast & Furious / Quick & Easy Makeup Capsule and/or The March 2024 "On Top" or "On The Chopping Block" Makeup Capsule 

14 - The "Do Over" or "Take 2" Makeup Capsule

15 - The Makeup-Artist-Founded Brand Makeup Capsule and/or The Sephora Spring Savings Makeup Capsule

16 - The BIC Inspired (Spring Edition) Makeup Capsule and/or The Sephora Spring Savings Makeup Capsule

17 - The "Green" Makeup Capsule and/or The Sephora Spring Savings Makeup Capsule

18 - The  April 2024 "On Top" or "On The Chopping Block" Makeup Capsule and/or The "More Play Time With My Sephora Savings Event Hauls" Makeup Capsule

19 - The AAPI Owned / Founded Beauty Brand Makeup Capsule

20 - The "Sleeping Beauties" Makeup Capsule and/or The "OMG, More Stuff From the Sephora Spring Savings" Makeup Capsule

21 - The "My Best Self" Makeup Capsule
22 - The  May 2024 "On Top", "On The Chopping Block" or "On Repeat" Makeup Capsule
23 - The Love Is Love Makeup Capsule
24 - The Repurposed Makeup Capsule and/or The Multi-tasking Makeup Capsule
25 - The "Welcome, Summer!" Makeup Capsule and/or The "Good Stuff" Makeup Capsule
26 - The June 2024 "On Top", "On the Chopping Block" and/or "On Repeat" Makeup Capsule
27 - The Indie Brands Makeup Capsule and/or The Summer Vacation Makeup Capsule
28 - The "If I Were To Curate My Ultimate Makeup Capsule" Makeup Capsule (aka The "These are My Favorite Products" Makeup Capsule) 
29 - The Sticks and (Gem)Stones Makeup Capsule and/or The Pops of Colour: Summer Edition Makeup Capsule
30 - The BIC Inspired Summer Edition Makeup Capsule and/or The Pan It! Makeup Capsule
31 - The July 2024 New, Old, or "Is It Time For This To Go?" Makeup Capsule
32 - The Take 2 / Do Over Makeup Capsule and/or The "Sleeping Beauties" Makeup Capsule 
33 - The Day-to-Night (or Date Night): Summer Edition Makeup Capsule and/or The "Outside My Comfort Zone" Makeup Capsule
34 - The Samples Makeup Capsule and/or The Newness Makeup Capsule 
35 - The August 2024 Throw Down!, Throwback, and/or Throw Out? Makeup Capsule 
36 - The Workhorses Makeup Capsule
37 - The Runway or Red Carpet Inspired Makeup Capsule and/or The "BIC Inspired" Makeup Capsule 
38 - The LatinX Founded / Owned Beauty Brands Makeup Capsule
39 - The September 2024 Throw Down!, Throwback, and/or Throw Out? Makeup Capsule and/or The Brands at SEPHORiA Makeup Capsule
40 - The "Pop of Colour": Fall Edit Makeup Capsule and/or The Musician Founded or Owned Beauty Brands Makeup Capsule
41 - The "Dynamic Duos (or Trios)" Makeup Capsule and/or The "Products with Interesting / Attention-Grabbing Names" Makeup Capsule
42 - The "Makeup I'm Thankful For" Makeup Capsule and/or The Do Over / Take 2 Makeup Capsule
43 - The "How Low Can I Go?" Makeup Capsule and/or The Global Makeup Capsule
44 - The "Sleeper Hits" Makeup Capsule and/or The October 2024 Throw Down, Throwback, and/or Throw Out? Makeup Capsule
45 - The Sweater Weather Makeup Capsule and/or The Holidays Savings (Shop The Sale) Makeup Capsule
46 - The Time Capsule Makeup Capsule and/or The Awesomely Affordable and/or Spectacularly Splurge-worthy Makeup Capsule
47 - The "Please, Don't Go!" / Discontinued Products Makeup Capsule and/or The Newness Makeup Capsule
48 - The Things I'm Thankful For Makeup Capsule and/or The “BIC Inspired” Fall Makeup Capsule
49 - The Beautifully Bold or Delightfully Demure Makeup Capsule and/or The "Savvy Shopper" Makeup Capsule  
50 - The Sticks 2.0 Makeup Capsule and/or The "Favorite Theme From The Challenge" Makeup Capsule
51 - The Winter Wonderland Makeup Capsule and/or The "Take 2" / "Do Over" Makeup Capsule

FAQs: [Updated 4.28.2024]

Spoiler

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. 

[CynthieLu]

🤎🧡🦃 Coming in early with 🦃 🧡🤎 

Makeup I'm Thankful For Capsule

There's a rainbow of ways these products came into my stash.

Some where discovered  on BIC from recommendations. 🔍

Some were thoughtfully gifted 🎁 🙏

And some were lucky discoveries. 🍀 

Westman Atelier Lip Suede Hydrating Matte Lipstick with Hyaluronic Acid Je Rêve  🔍

TOM FORD Lip Color Lipstick Runway Rose 🍀

ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr O/S X WICKED - Popular Glitter On 'Til Dawn Setting Spray 🔍

The 7 Virtues Vanilla Woods Eau de Parfum Travel Spray 0.34 oz / 10 mL 🎁

Clarins 4D mascara in Brown 🍀

Dr. Jart+ Cicapair ™ Tiger Grass Camo Drops Color Corrector SPF 35 1 oz/ 30 mL 🔍

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette Evil Eye🔍 

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Brush 🍀

NATASHA DENONA Mini Nude Eyeshadow Kit - Mini Nude Eyeshadow Palette & Eyeshadow Brush 🎁

Armani Beauty Prisma Glass Hydrating Lip Gloss with Squalane 01 Clear Shine 🎁

Benefit Cosmetics Gimme Brow+ Volumizing Fiber Eyebrow Pencil 3  🍀

A bag gifted to me from a very sweet lady 💕 

(It's so sparkly! 😍 )

🌼And The Fit is roomy 🌻

@itsfi I'm thankful for this thread and your recommendations, and thoughtful posts always. This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving, you giving us a theme this coming week was really sweet and as is your style, very thoughtful. 🙏

Nude vs Nude

The nude mini and full nude palette has no shade crossovers if anyone was curious. There are similarities for sure but no repeats. 

It's a busy turkey weekend here, if you are celebrating I hope you have a wonderful holiday and for the rest, have a fantastic weekend! 🧡🤎😘

[peculiarzmakeup]

Lovely capsule. The colors in this capsule are so warm and friendly I had a big smile seeing it! Hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving! The nude palettes are so beautiful your kitty is definatley a pallete lover “20 shades, which ones today” I see the thoughtful attentiveness so cute. A roomy fit is so great! Beautifully crafted! Such lovely photos! @CynthieLu 

[itsfi]

Ahhh, I love this @CynthieLu - the makeup choices, that pretty background in your photo, the guest appearance by your kitty. You curated a lovely set of makeup - there's variety and it's streamlined - brava! 👏 Brava! 👏 It's hard to get that right mix - at least for me, it's a challenge to figure out. 

The Natasha Denona Nude vs. mini Nude is such a great pic, especially with your kitty giving some insight into the scale of both palettes. I have found it fascinating that she uses different shades in her mini palettes - it gives us even more beauties to play with.

That's impressive that you fit your capsule into that gorgeous sparkly bag - a thoughtful and beautiful gift! 

Hope you are having an amazing Thanksgiving weekend, with amazing company, delicious food, and memories to last a lifetime! 

[CynthieLu]

Thank you kindly! @itsfi I felt like our fall festive little table runner would be a nice backdrop for the weekly theme. 

It looks just like outside too. 😉

Thank you, we had a lot of family visits and big meals. I can't picture eating another morsel 😂

[itsfi]

Ahhh, the colors of fall! 😍 We don't really get traditional seasons here; it makes me love seeing photos like this even more. They're such beautiful colors - great inspiration for a makeup look. 

"I can't picture eating another morsel 😂"

That sounds like you did Thanksgiving right, @CynthieLu! 👊

[Mellmars1185]

@CynthieLu Happy Thanksgiving weekend! You have created a lovely capsule this week. I am not sure if I will make a capsule in time for Thanksgiving but I will join you in thanking @itsfi for creating this thread and putting in the time to create thoughtful, fun themes for everyone to participate in!

[itsfi]

@Mellmars1185, you can join in any time. Any. Time. The prompts are guidelines and if there's something that piques your interest after when it's been scheduled, we'll jump right on in with a throwback to it. That said, it's perfect timing for a Makeup I'm Grateful For capsule. @CynthieLu started us off with an execellent capule - so many beauties. I have no doubt she created a stunning look with them! Happy Thanksgiving weekend to you both. Hope you have been getting time to rest and to play! 

[CynthieLu]

Thank you kindly @Mellmars1185. The theme is for this upcoming week, I just came in a touch early. It's been an busy weekend and I'm going to be in food comma now indefinitely. 😉

I was excited I had some fun new things to try this capsule and it fit right on the theme of things I'm thankful for. A certain someone shared a little Sephoria with me and I was so happy to include a few of those to explore. 🙏🩷 

[Mellmars1185]

@CynthieLu Ohhh exciting! I thought I was late. That means I will have some time today to put something together! I need this challenge more than ever with my collection. It is getting a bit out of control 😅. 

I am glad you got to enjoy a little bit of Sephoria 💖. Your comparison of the ND Nude full palette and mini is really neat. Good to know there are separate shades from the FS.

[CynthieLu]

I was 💯 % early 😅😅 @Mellmars1185 

I love capsules the most for the tiny peak into other people's collections. I look forward to yours! 

[itsfi]

Week 41 - The "Dynamic Duos (or Trios)" Makeup Capsule and/or The "Products with Interesting / Attention-Grabbing Names" Makeup Capsule

During the Makeup by Mario Masterclass at SEPHORiA, he mentioned (more than once!) that he loves to blend, mix colors to get a customized shade. I've done that primarily with my foundation or lip products but have decided to try it with other makeup products this month - even better that it goes with the one of the prompts for this week! 😊 

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👍  Primer / Setting Spray - Something about pairing the gel-textured, hydrating and illuminating GUERLAIN Parure Gold 24K Radiance Primer 1.2 oz / 35 mL and the light and refreshing (and refreshingly scented) Dior Forever Perfect Fix Setting Mix just really works with my skin and makeup products. I've been using this pair off-and-on for the last 4-5 weeks and have been impressed with how it keeps my makeup in place, blurs and melds everything together. If this pairing is going to be for the long-term, it's not going to be very wallet-friendly. Though a little of both does go a long way, so there's that. 

🌻  Base - Mixing SEPHORA COLLECTION Reveal The Real 12HR Soft Radiant Skin Tint and the slightly-tacky-to-the-touch Victoria Beckham Beauty Priming Moisturizer - Golden has been a great way to add the extra bit of warmth and color I need to even my complexion. I've been happily surprised with how well the Sephora Collection Skin Tint has performed - it gives a soft radiance to the skin and does a pretty nice job of blurring as well. I go back and forth on the VBB priming moisturizer - it is more golden and warm than my skin tone, even when I've gotten a little sun, but I can make it work. I may try mixing it with other bronzing serums in my collection as we move into cooler weather (and whatever color I may have gotten this summer starts to fade). 

😍  Concealer - NARS Mini Radiant Creamy Concealer with Medium Coverage are oldies-but-goodies. Usually the shades NARS Mini Radiant Creamy Concealer with Medium Coverage Vanilla and NARS Mini Radiant Creamy Concealer with Medium Coverage Madeleine work for my under eyes and redness/dark spots, respectively. Right now, mixing them is good for my undereyes and mixing Madeleine with juuuuust a drop of VBB Golden can work for a couple of spots. I do use a setting powder (not shown) to set. 

👁  Eye shadow and Eye Liner - My priority for this month is to work through the last of my Natasha Denona Biba palette that I have as part of this year's Pan It! - 2024 Challenge - she packs a of product, I mean, A LOT, of palette, in each of her pans. Which is great for consumers. I have the teensiest bit of product left in the top and bottom right corners of the pan for the rustic shade - I've been mixing a bit of this shade and SEPHORA COLLECTION Translucent Loose Setting Powder (gratis) for my lids. Taking motivation from The Little Engine That Could, "I think I can, I think I can ..."  As for eyeliner, just the lower waterline, and going, once again, with Makeup by Mario Master Mattes Brightening Pencil  - Light 1 (discontinued).

❇️  Mascara - I know there are a few BIC beauties, including @Sunnysmom, who layer their mascara. I've only tried it occasionally, but thought this would be a good week to give it another go - I'll try mixing Tower 28 Beauty Mini MakeWaves Lengthening + Volumizing Mascara Jet with either Ere Perez Natural Almond Mascara - Mauve or L'Oreal Paris Original Voluminou Mascara, Bulding Mascara Volume and Length Formul, Washable, Burgundy, for a little throw back to last week's Pop of Fall Colour theme.

🌺  Cheeks - Thanks to the cheek challanges, including the Cheek Challenge Fall 2024: Fall Flushing Forward - I've been incorporating more blushlight and blonzer in my makeup routine. This week, I've been going with  blush, bronzer and highlight all at once - I don't know what that would be @danielledanielle, blonze-lights? - mixing literally just a dot from the tip of the Danessa Myricks Beauty Colorfix Mattes Waterpoof Matte Liquid Pigment Valentine, a bold, bright, pink with the warmer, terracotta hue of Canmake Cream Cheek 16 Almond Terracotta for my blush, #MAKEUP BY MARIO SoftSculpt Transforming Skin Enhancer® Light Medium for my bronzer, and a pair of Rare Beauty liquid highlighters in the shades Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Positive Light Liquid Luminizer Highlight Mesmerize (gifted) and Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Mini Positive Light Liquid Luminizer Enlighten - the warmth of Mesmerize and the coolness of Enlighten mixed together is lovely. 

💋 Lip Liner - LYS Beauty Speak Love Lip Liner Pencil Romantic, described as a classic red, shows up more of a deep pink (with slight red undertones) on my naturally more pigmented lips. It's a nice in between of pink and red that I quite like, and it complements the my lip pairing this week nicely.

💄  Lip Balm / Lipstick - tarte Maracuja Juicy Lip Balm Gloss Rose is much more emollient than I sometime prefer; the LYS lip liner helps to keep it from smearing or running all over. It can also be too pink than I prefer. Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Kind Words Lip Liner Gifted (foil sample), described as a deep dusty plum, goes on as a deep oxblood hue on my lips. The pairing of the emoillient tarte and the matte Rare Beauty lippies helps to offset the finish/consistency and color of the two lippies to give me a fabulous neutral-toned fall lip color that is neither too heavy in consistency nor too dry in finish. I was inspired to reach for this RB sample after seeing our lovely @peculiarzmakeup discuss the other shade in the packet in the Love At First Sample!!! 🥰 thread. The Rare Beauty products are also my way of incorporating the "interesting / attention-grabbing" theme for the week, with "interesting" and "attention-grabbing" being lovely - the brand's naming covention for their products - using uplifting and positive words - is a beautiful touch. 

How does it all fit? Just fine, with even a little room to spare in this see-through makeup bag, which may have been part of a gwp a couple of years ago. This bag usually holds my liquids if I'm on a short 1-2 day trip and I don't feel the need for options (that does happen ... occasionally, ha!)

Right now, I don't foresee any declutters from this set of beauties, but it's still early in the week, so we shall see. The other shade of the Rare Beauty lipstick leans too warm for me on its own but seeing as how pairing the LYS liner and tarte balm has worked with the Gifted shade, I may try it with the other RB shade. Stay tuned.

[peculiarzmakeup]

Amazing capsule! Love the reflections of your product picks, I especially love when you mentioned you’re unsure of one of them but are gonna try with different products! I love this concept I feel like makeup has so much room to explore what works and testing out through trial and error sometimes can be so rewarding or surprising. So cool to see everything fit and to have more room!! Added bonus! Amazing job 🙂 @itsfi 

[itsfi]

Yes, yes @peculiarzmakeup, it’s great that there can be multiple uses for a product! Thank you! There are some products that I know won’t work out for me and I just declutter but there are several types items that I’ve learned, a lot of which is from BIC, can be repurposed or that can be made to work with certain adjustments. It’s nice to have the options.

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi Great capsule! I bet layering the burgundy mascara with the Tower 28 will look beautiful. Have fun blending and mixing these products together! I love your clear bag!

[itsfi]

Thank you @Mellmars1185! Ever since we learned at the YSL booth at Sephoria NYC about applying color mascara to the tips of the lashes, I've been trying it every so often - that's been very helpful for going through product on my stash. And yes, it's been influential in a couple of color mascara purchases. 😂 Had to get the YSL blue. 😉

[Sunnysmom]

I love to layer and experiment with different mascaras @itsfi ! For natural, good coverage, more dramatic too! 

“Blonde-lights” is brilliant, great idea!😃 I love to mix highlighter and blush. Now I need to try and add bronzer in with it! The appeal of the clear bag is real! Love it! 💞

[itsfi]

@Sunnysmom, do you have a methodology to your mascara layering? Lengthening before volumizing? Or, drier formula before more wet formulations? Or vice versa? 

[Sunnysmom]

@itsfi definitely lighter, drier first and any that seem to have growth formulas. (Jury is still out on that but maybe a bit!) The first layer tends to be Ilia, By Terry or lately Lisa Eldridge which is a super nice fluffy formula not wet at all and so good. Did you try it? I was so happily surprised as I found VBB a bit too wet for me. The serious layers following have been using Iris & Romeo, Tarte, Nars red tube or Chanel but mainly Iris & Romeo. I just love it so much. What are your favs these days? 

Iris&Romeo Mini Lash Up Peptide Volumizing, Curling & Lengthening Mascara Friesian Black 

[itsfi]

Ahhh, that makes sense with what to use as the first layer; thank you @Sunnysmom. I feel like more and more mascara formulations contain lash growing ingredients - I'm convinced I have one that is keeping my lashes on the "more" side - I need to do a little test to see which one it might be. Come to think of it, I need to do better about using my lash growth serums.  

I prefer waterproof mascara - they've been the only formula that wear well against my oily lids and undereye area. That's my first layer and when I've layered mascara, it's usually been a color mascara on top - usually just on the tips, something I learned at the YSL booth at Sephoria NYC. I'll test out some non-waterproof formulations together in advance of the holidays and probably top those off with a waterproof'ing product. I have a very healthy stash of mascara to go through and have been trying not to pick up any more - I received but haven't worked through the VBB mascaras and have hit pause on any more Lisa Eldridge items until I have a chance to make a dent in what I already have. 

[Sunnysmom]

That’s a good way to describe it @itsfi ! The “more “ side of growth. That would describe mine I think! I always want to use waterproof and I still have the worst time removing them or thinking the formulas are a bit different. Operator error always. That’s a fun tip for the colored tips thank you! I forget about that!  was also going to mention that both brushes on the Lisa and IR wands work so well for layering now that I’ve maybe finally mastered them! 😆The back side really is good for the first layer and pushing up. Then I use the inside to build them up on both sides. I seriously have had a challenging time using these kind of brushes! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

[CynthieLu]

This is another beautiful capsule @itsfi I like the way it all looks in your clear bag, I don't know why but I just find something so appealing about these type of clear bundles, they look so clean and fresh presented like this. 😃 Your photography and stills are always so well crafted.

Geurlain's primer instantly sounds interesting. A long time ago I tried thier watery youth oil and enjoyed it tremendously but the price tag.. ..I haven't gone back. Is the primer really nice? 😍