E.L.F. & NARS Cosmetics Giveaway!

Lauren

The first makeup I stole was my mom's old lipsticks, all dried out and pink. The first makeup I bought was red lipstick, to rebel against the pink.

Nocona

The first item of makeup I remember buying for myself is Merle Norman Automatic Shadow Base. My mom has used it since I was a little girl watching her apply her makeup everyday. I learned early on that in order to keep your eye shadow perfect and crease-free all day you must always start with a base.

Maryanne

The first makeup I ever bought was one of those compacts with about 20 different eyeshadows - it was hot pink, and the eyeshadow was truly obnoxious, all bright bright bright colors.

Kelly

Oh I wish I could remember! I think I got a lot of old stuff from my many many sisters. (8 biological)

Simone

I'm sure I bought lil' bits of makeup here and there from the drugstore, but my first Fancy Makeup was a blue eyeshadow from MAC. Yes, it was blue. Shush.

Anna

My first makeup was a CoverGirl pressed powder compact. I felt so glamorous looking in the mirror and patting on the powder!

Anna

My first makeup was a CoverGirl pressed powder compact. I felt so glamorous looking in the mirror and patting on the powder!

Jolene

Of course my first makeup purchase had to be eyeliner. After borrowing my mom's for a while, I realized that I needed my own to fill my constant need for retouching! It's a girl's best friend. I still have it actually, to remind me of my first foray into the world of makeup addiction.

Amy

My first makeup was one of those huge kits with terrible colors of eyeshadow marketed toward little girls. :) I loved that lime green eyeshadow!

I eventually upgraded to Wet n Wild, then Cover Girl and Mary Kay, all the way up to the ranks MAC, Nars and Bare Escentuals. My how far I've come! :)

Gini

I actually bought several things at once, including blush, lipstick, and foundation; but The Very First Makeup I bought was mascara. :) It was Maybelline Great Lash in the pink and green tube.

Sheena

My first was Maybelline Great lash. I was so nervous! They felt enormous.

Amy

I, along with my 6th grade girlfriends, went to the pharmacy to purchase Rum Raisin Cover Girl lipstick. It was all the rage in 1994!

Gini

I actually bought several things at once, including blush, lipstick, and foundation; but The Very First Makeup I bought was mascara. :) It was Maybelline Great Lash in the pink and green tube.

Amy

1994
CoverGirl Lipstick in
RUM RAISIN

it was all the rage

Deb

It was a million years ago - and I'm sure it was a Bonnie Bell Lipsmacker.

Courtney

Wet N Wild White Eyeliner

Teresa

Cover Girl Liquid Makeup. I applied it with my fingers and was a total mess - I hadn't learned the "less is more" lesson yet. Ha!

Kat

The first item I bought was black kohl eyeliner! I thought I looked very made up :)

Kate

I was wearing crazy bright sally hansen nail polish long before I discovered any other type of makeup. Anything with glitter was a must.

Michelle

The first makeup I ever received was Tinkerbell pink nailpolish, probably from my mommy :)
As a teen I think Cornsilk face powder was my first 'grown up' makeup.

Jessica

Most of it was stuff my mom gave me at first from her own makeup collection, but my first makeup purchase was a compact of Cover Girl pressed powder and a bottle of hot pink Wet n Wild nail polish. From then on, makeup was an addiction!

Mary

The first make-up item I ever bought (and still do for nostalgic purposes) was Cotton Candy Lip Smackers! Mmmm...

Kat

The first item I bought was black kohl eyeliner! I thought I looked very made up :)

Nicole

The first "real" make up I ever had was Merle Norman. My mom as an incentive and reward for good grades in middle school, took me to Merle Norman for to pick out some cover up and pale pink lipstick. That started my love of makeup. When I had my first real job, and got my first paycheck, I went right to the MAC counter and got lipstick in 'O', eyeshadow in 'Shroom' and 'Sable' and Studio Fix. 10 years and many, many eyeshadows later, Shroom and Sable is still a staple in my makeup cabinet.

kate Gillen Malik

I have CLEAR eyelashes. The first makeup I ever bought was mascara. Silver. Nice.

Nikki

My very first makeup purchase ocurred when I was 5 or 6 years old. I saved my allowance to buy a Tinkerbell makeup set with eyeshadows and blush and lip balm. I can still remember how the lip balm smelled.

Catherine

Cover Girl Eyeliner and Mascara at the same time. I still use the mascara. :)

MARIANA :)

I was so proud of my Cover Girl Petal Pink nail polish... I used that bottle well until the contents got clumpy and toxic.

Nikki

My very first makeup purchase ocurred when I was 5 or 6 years old. I saved my allowance to buy a Tinkerbell makeup set with eyeshadows and blush and lip balm. I can still remember how the lip balm smelled.

Starkim

Maybelline lipstick. Gold colored.

Anna

As a child I had one of those peel off nail polishes, in pink of course. As a teen, CoverGirl pressed powder!

Mel

The first makeup I ever bought was a covergirl pressed powder compact. My cousin and I used to carry them in the back pocket of our jeans because we thought it was cool

Jennifer

Oh, I can still smell it now. Cover Girl foundation that was about two to three shades too dark.

Jessica

The first makeup that I can remember buying myself was Lip Smackers Watermelon Lip Gloss. It was the coolest!

Vera

Brown mascara

Cathy

The first makeup I got was an old lipstick from my grandmother. The first I bought was blue mascara and blue eyeshadow...

Swellanor

The first makeup I ever used was my mom's old Mary Quant pencils in a gorgeous mod tin. The first makeup of my own was a lipstick I shoplifted from the drugstore. The first I ever bought was nailpolish in a skull-shaped bottle at halloween. Those were the rebel years. . .

Shari

I'm showing my age but the 1st makeup I bought was a Yardley Pot O'Gloss when I was in 7th grade. I felt so sophisticated wearing it to junior high.

Rachel

Bonne Bell Lip Smackers. Dr. Pepper was my favorite.

Jessica

the first piece of make-up i ever bought was lip smackers in pink lemonade

shirly

a very very very pink lipstick. Yes it was the 80's...

T

I actually never bought makeup. My mom worked for Lancome and always brought home lots of goodies to try!

Nora

The first piece of makeup I ever bought was the 99 cent black eyeliner by Wet n Wild.

Rose

My first was a Bonnie Bell lipsmacker, Dr. Pepper flavored.

Lottifish

I bought a clinique lipstick that was just like my Mom's!

lisa

the first make-up i ever bought was clinique powder in the latter years of high school...however, i should've discovered make-up sooner!

aubrey

jafra pearl lipstick. (my mom was a rep!)

Lala

The first makeup I ever bought was Clinique eyeliner in college.

Kim

I think I bought some Lip Smackers. Dr. Pepper was the best. Still is, actually.

Veronica

Lots of Bonnie Bell lipsmackers! And then the Rum Raisin lipstick like Amy.

Amy

The first makeup I bought was clear lip gloss in middle school - it smelled like cotton candy.

Emily

Bonnie Bell lipsmackers!!! Used to wear them around the neck! Thought I was cool...

Yinka

I think it a lipgloss from Collection 2000 (uk brand) when I was about 15.

Rose

First makeup I ever bought was MAC eyeshadow!

Jez

Maybelline pancake foundation when I was 13 -- oh my god, I went to town with the stuff before school one morning and thought I was SO chic... my mom says she laughed so hard after she dropped me off at school because I literally looked like I was WEARING A PANCAKE ON MY FACE.

I thought I looked like Claudia Schiffer.

Sara

Maybelline Great Lash Mascara in the pink and green bottle!

Candice

Bonnebell dr pepper lip smackers I was in 5th grade... If that doesn't count cover girl mascara I have blonde lashes and from that day on it's a must before I leave home.

Laura

I was eleven or twelve when I first bought lipstick in some unflattering shade of red. Then, Maybelline mascara in the pink and green bottle. I'm sure I looked awful.

Faith

I believe the first ever piece of makeup I ever bought was when I was 11 or 12. It was a Wet N Wild lipstick in an unflattering shimmery lavender. At the time I thought it was cool, now I realize I looked like I was some sort of weird ice child with frozen lips.

Jamie

Clinique almost lipstick

Sarah

I know it's been said a time or two, but BonneBell Lip Smackers in Dr. Pepper. I might still have a secret tube or two hidden around my apartment for when I'm feeling nostalgic...or chapped!

Rachelle

Cherry flavored Koolaid. It made my lips red. =P

Alyson

Wet and Wild lipstick in this awful shimmery pink colour that resembled bubble gum. Definitely a bad choice.

sara

The first make up I ever bought was NYC (cheapo) black eyeliner-- which is the brand I wear to this day!

Jonelle

I was about 14 when I bought my first Cover Girl eye shadow. It was shades of blues and silvers, just the same as what I saw my sister wear time and time again.

Nikki

The first piece of makeup I ever bought had to be Bonne Bell Smackers Vanilla Frosting lip gloss- mmm tasted like cupcakes!

http://www.colorandflavorshop.com/product.php?productid=50906&cat=0&page=1

The first piece of 'real' makeup though, was Urban Decay eyeshadow in the color Mildew.

http://www.urbandecay.com/products/MildewEyeShadow.cfm

Michelle

Either a bonne bell lipsmacker or a maybelline kissing slick. I'd love to find a kissing slick now!

Sara

The first makeup I bought was concealer, because of my dark circles! People have asked me if I had black eyes before. No, I didn't get punched in the face, thank you.

Alyssa

Bonnebell lipgloss when I was 15 --my mom was SUPER strict with me about wearing makeup. I was using lipgloss until I turned 21!

Emily Cain

Does Dr. Pepper Lip Gloss count? If not, I think I bought some under eye concealer.

Liscel

The first piece of makeup I bought was a Covergirl lipslick. I had to ask my dad to take me to the drugstore so I could hide the make up from my mom.

Jessica

Definitely lip smackers, I was addicted to that stuff as a pre-teen. I remember getting a Clinique gift pack in 6th grade and that's when I started experimenting with make-up, but I had no clue what I was doing!

Samantha

I believe my first piece of make up was a beautiful brown-with-gold-glitter lipstick from the Wet N' Wild. I was 11. I felt sooo purty. In realtiy, I was sadly not.

Catherine

The first piece of makeup I bought was eyeshadow from the Hello Kitty store. My grandmother used to give me her Este Lauder free samples also.

Katie

A covergirl bronzer was the first make up I ever bought. what a disaster!

Camille

Tinkerbell make up when i was 10!!

camille

tinkerbell makeup when i was 10!

megan

Bonnie Bell Lip Gloss

emma

Bonne Bell Vanilla Frosting lip gloss and 99 cent Wet n' Wild black eyeliner - unfortunately.

Pamela Daley

OMG! It was one of those lipsticks from the 5 and 10 store (!) that was a horrible orange but....IT CHANGED COLOR ON YOUR LIPS to a fab pink! I was so jazzed! I had to hide it from my mother though.......NO MAKE UP UNTIL YOU'RE 14 (or something).

:)(:

Abbie

The first makeup I ever bought was some awful eyeshadow. I've never been good about picking it.

Rebecca B.

Pressed powder by cover girl. I think it was the one in the green compact but it could have been in the brown one.

Beth Nicole

Ahh yes I remember my first and it was a fabulous fruity scented lip gloss set! They were packaged in some pencil case like box which was perfect being that I was still in middle school. Man, those were the days.

Beth Nicole

Ahh yes I remember my first and it was a fabulous fruity scented lip gloss set! They were packaged in some pencil case like box which was perfect being that I was still in middle school. Man, those were the days.

Tarra

Just like many of the beautiful girls have already said...bonne bell lip gloss! One of those multi flavored pack that came on a chain. Oh, I was so cool! :)

chibi

i bought an eyeshadow trio at cvs for 3.99 and thought i was so sophisticated!

Erin

The first piece of makeup I bought a no name eyeliner from Walgreens. Haha

mel

first "grown up" makeup i bought was Tarte Big & Carrie lipgloss that I loved, and still use to this day (yes i purchased more). first ever makeup purchase would have been some drug store eyeshadow, or bon bon nail polish. man did i love nail polish as a youngling.

Johannah B

First make up I had as a child was a barbie make up kit http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbhalper/2481232943/

First make up I bought myself was Wet N Wild Black Nail Polish when I was 10.

dymphna

The first thing I bought was a lipgloss because that was all my parents allowed me to wear

Justene

My first makeup was green eyeshadow from MAC for my dance recital and some extremely dark lipstick called black lily.

Grace

a lipgloss from Mac :)

Lily

wet n wild black eyeliner

Michelle

The first makeup I bought was mascara. I loved the idea that my eyelashes could be big and glamorous. I wanted to get dark black but my Mom made me get brownish black.
I have since tried nearly every drugstore mascara. So far, L'Oreal's Telescopic Explosion mascara is the best I've tried.

Amanda

My first item of makeup was a pink lipstick from Covergirl

Michelle

The first makeup I ever bought was mascara. I loved the idea that my eyelashes could be big and glamourous. I wanted to get black but my Mom made me get brownish black.
I have since tried nearly every drugstore mascara. So far. L'Oreal's Telescopic Explosion mascara is the bes I have tried. Thanks outblush for suggesting it :)

nunac

neon orange nail polish!

Michelle

mascara! I love my lashes <3

Laura

The first piece of makeup I ever bought was lipgloss. It was a horrendous golden shade. For some reason I thought it would look good, but instead I ended up with bright metallic lips. Good thing I learned from that experience.

lauren

bonnie bell lip gloss! they had such great flavors :)

norajeans

benetint

Sarah

The first makeup I bought was Caboodles lip gloss

Cathy

The first piece of makeup I ever bought was a Bonnie Bell tinted chapstick, something along the lines of Mocha. It tasted sooo good.. lol.

Cathy

The first piece of makeup I ever bought was Bonnie Bell tinted chapstick, something along the lines of Mocha.. it tasted soo good, LOL

kat

glitter nail polish!

Samantha

Smackers lipgloss!!!

Cheryl W

Actually the first piece of makeup I bought was a nightmare. I was 13 and not allowed to even touch the stuff, but one night when I was spending the night with a friend, and I purchased some eye liner. I put it on that night and was so delighted. That was the last time I got to enjoy it. I had to keep it hid from my parents. I was so terrified they would find it that I never got to enjoy it.

Donna

My first piece of makeup was when I was in grade 1, and it was a bright pink Cutex nail polish!!

Loved nails then, still love them now! xo

Tina J

The first makeup item I have ever bought was a mascara from Avon.

Bri

My mom actually bought me my first makeup since I was totally oblivious...it was Lancome mascara - they used to sell a mascara specifically for redheads with light lashes. Finally, my eyes stood out!

jen douglas

wet'n'wild nailpolish - pink

Angela

I have long eye lashes, I always have. So the first makeup I bought was Maybelline Great Lash Mascara. In the pink tube. I think it still looks exactly the same and always brings me back to being a teenager.

As soon as I put that mascara on, I knew life would never be the same! :)

Stephanie Smith

The first make-up I ever bought was bright glitter blue eye shadow, which my father promptly made me take back! Of course, I still put some on when I'm feeling particularly rebellious, or just to make him laugh!

Stephanie Jordan

I remember! It was clear mascara! I thought I was very cool wearing it.

Krystle

Bonne Belle Cherry Lip Gloss of course! The clear roll-on kind. I still love it!

Sarah Beth

The first makeup I ever bought was a cheap, waxy, bright red lipstick from the corner drugstore. I got to wear it exactly once before my dad confiscated it, "too young!"

CT

My 1st piece must have been Cover Girl's eyeshadow or eyeliner!

Natalie Simpson

My first one was eye shadow! It was blue, not a good colour for me and i would never try to pull it off now but i loved it then. It is def when my love affair with eye makeup started. Never leave home without it!

Bethany

The first piece of makeup I ever bought was this gorgeous cobalt blue mascara. I thought it was the most fun, funky thing ever.

Brooke Malko

The first piece of makeup I ever bought was Dr. Pepper chapstick - I thought it was make-up at least! It added a hint of color to my lips and tasted sooo good i thought I was a big deal! I probably applied it every 10 minutes!

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Alex

The first make-up I ever bought was Covergirl cover up powder

rori

first makeup was a horrible mauve lipstick, and blue mascara- i thought i was so hot, but looking back, yikes!

Katie

My first purchased makeup - black eyeliner. I was such a badass! ;)

Deanna G.

The first piece of make-up I ever bought was Cover Girl's Clean make-up that I found at the dollar tree!

april

Maybelline Great Lash mascar was my first purchase.

Thank you for the giveaway!

Christine

The first piece of make-up I ever bought was a concealer by Cover Girl.

Barb

I'm pretty sure the first item of makeup I bought was Maybelline mascara.

Carol

Pale pink, shimmery lipstick that I used as blush.

Katie

Wet n Wild lip gloss!

tiff

The first piece of make-up I ever bought was a Disney princess eyeshadow compact. My grandmother told me I looked like a colorful idiot.

Jessica

The ever so gorgeous MAC lipstick "Skew" was my first. I was so inspired by it I aspired to be a makeup artist...and I did!

Monie Love

The first piece of make up I bought was mascara..and boy did i not know hot to apply it..tragedy!

Jamie

Cliniqe foundation which was the wrong color for me.

Anita

My first piece of makeup was my bonne bell 'lipsmackers' chapstick in bubble gum flavor. Does that even count? :)

Angelita

The first piece of good makeup I bought was a green glitery eye shadow from MAC. Looking back now, I can't believe I wore that!

Ilysa

The fist piece of real makeup that I actually purchased (bonne belle lipsmackers aside) was a brown mac lipglass, that looked horrible on me! Of course, I was young and thought I looked very grown up.

Michelle

A Cover Girl lipstick in a nasty fuscia color, followed by a Cover Girl powder compact.

Lauren

The first make up I bought -- as opposed to taking it from my mom's drawer -- was "Lip Pearl" from Matrix Essentials, Inc. They don't make it anymore, but I still have one tube left.

Jill

Maybeline eyeshadow

Rita

A blush in the lightest shade I could find, since I was really young and did not want my parents to know! Should have been a sign I would fall in love with makeup!

lucy sea

tinkerbell nailpolish from the giant grocery store

Melinda

My first cosmetic purchase was forest green eyeliner from este lauder. I got a gift set too.

NeCole

Maybelline eye shadow duo in blue and green

Stacy

The first makeup I remember buying was light blue eyeshadow and nail polish to match an outfit I had recently purchased. I am so glad I've learned a little about applying makeup since then.

Veronica

Tinkerbell peel-off nail polish! I loved it when I was little.

Erin

I'm sure it was the assortment of Lipsmackers. They were the coolest!

Jessica

My first piece of makeup was actually part of a kit. I bought a book specifically because it came with a "Make your own lip balm" kit. It came with fragrance oils and unscented lip balm. I was like 5 years old. So not only was I 5 years old buying my first makeup but I was also making my own.

Nancy M.

My first makeup was covergirl lipgloss.

K.C.

Bonne Bell marshmallow chapstick with a silver sparkly label. I loved this stuff!

the girl who turned to stone

The very first MU I bought was bright blue eyeliner from the drugstore. The first nice item I purchased was Spice lineliner from MAC.

sandy

cover girl eye shadow in a metallic powder blue shade (which was the IT color in the early 80s!)

Mandy

I bought a multiple eyeshadow kit with bright, unflattering, low-quality shadows and covered my entire eyelid matching whatever color I wore that day. I was in 6th grade. (cringe.)

Bethany

Maybelline Great Lash Mascara! Wasn't allowed to wear makeup until I was 16. IMMEDIATELY ran out and bought this the morning of my birthday.

Corina

My first ever makeup purchase involved some hard earned (aka birthday present) money at the tender age of 7. I trotted down to Mervyns with my mom and bought a fierce Tinkerbell cosmetics set. Perfume, scented powder, candy pink lipstick, and peel off matching pink nail polish. I was STYLIN! I soon moved on to Bonne Bell and eventually Clinique, but I wish I could rock that peel off polish today...tres chic!

Kristina

The Tinkerbell nail polish that you could peel off. I desperately loved that stuff. I might have been 6 years old.

Amanda

My first make-up was definitely some Bonne Bell lip gloss. Most likely it was Dr. Pepper flavor.

Meng

Lipgloss, and I still use the same brand!

Dorcas Smith

Ponytail Pink Lipstick

ilene

My first cosmetic purchase must have been Maybelline's Jade Green Eyeshadow.

carrie

Does nail polish count? I had crate-full by the age of 7. Red, blue, sparkles, you name it.

K2

Eyeshadow, probably.

hkdkat

Zinc Pink lipstick by Revlon I believe.

patrice

My first piece of makeup was Aziza mascara.

Stephanie

The first makeup I ever bought was a Bonnie Bell lip gloss and blush set.

mrsjaxies

ugh, a metallic yellow eyeshadow. i thought it was such a good idea, even though i'm a very pale red head.

Brooke Raymond

Must have been some kind of blush. It was the 80s.

Katie

I first bough lip gloss. I always watched my Mom putting on lipstick and thought it was the coolest thing ever. I pretty much only wear lipgloss...so I love it!

Brittany

black eyeliner..i don't remember what brand though. but i love it so much now!

Tiffany

anybody remember skinmarket? i bought a shimmery eyeshadow and lip gloss from there. sad it's gone :(

Marlynn

Cherry chapstick, which is somewhat more of a candy than makeup (come on, you know you ate it a little too when you were 8). But real makeup? blue mascara. don't judge. it was the mid-80's.

Iris

The first makeup I ever bought was a Max Factor pressed powder makeup. I remember being complimented when wearing it, but I don't remember the exact name, and of course it is no longer around - hasn't been for a long time.

La

It was definitely a rusty brown eye pencil...some kind of cheapie...LOVED IT like nobody's business

Tara Montgomery

The first peice of make up I bought was maybelline eyeliner in very black

Deborah

I think it must have been some kind of Clinique powder or eyeshadow. Or maybe it was the clear mascara. Start at the basics you know!

Dixie

The first makeup I ever bought was a tube of plum colored lipstick. In middle school, I was helping a neighbor with her small clothing store and she decided to expand into the makeup business. She practiced her skills of figuring out colors on me and the only thing I could afford on my babysitter's salary was the lipstick. I wore it proudly, with probably no other makeup so I looked as awkward as a middle schooler is expected to look, but it was certainly my first, and most memorable, makeup purchase.

Stacy G.

When I was 10 a red lipstick. As soon as I put it on i felt like a movie star. That red lipstick changed my life and the way i felt about myself.

Sasha K.

Probably some Bonne Bell lip gloss.

Tracey

The first makeup I remember buying was the standard brown Cover Girl compact. You know the ones...EVERYONE in my school had one of those damn things. Don't forget the Wet N Wild lipgloss and Maybelline mascara in the green & pink tube to complete the no-makeup look. <3

Amber

The first piece of makeup I ever bought was a Cover Girl Foundation Compact in Medium Beige. I was in high school, and it was a staple in my school bag ;)

Steph

My first make up was Lip Smackers strawberry lip gloss. It was goopy and stinky and I loved it! My lips could be seen from space with that shine!

Naya

CoverGirl Clean Pressed Powder in Medium Beige and some LipSlicks lip gloss in pink. Judging by the comments, the pressed powder seems to be the staple for middle school girls.

annalene

I think the first piece of makeup I ever purchased was Shiseido powdery foundation, kind of pricey for a first item but it was what my mom used to wear so I considered it 'tried and true'

Gianina Burnett

Lip Smackers lip gloss

Pen

My first piece of make-up was Avon lipstick. My mom would order Avon cosmetics around the holidays, and I begged her one year to let me have some lipstick. It was fun-- I felt so grown up!

g1

clinique yellow lotion!

Jo

Cover Girl foundation, the smell still reminds me of being in middle school.

Colleen

I'd take my hard-earned baby-sitting money and go to K-Mart to buy Maybelline's Kissing Koolers lip gloss in Watermelon Swirl,Maybelline's Kissing Potion in Cherry Smash and Bonne Belle clear mascara for my very blond eyelashes.

Trish

Maybelline duo eyeshadow & UltraLash mascara. LOVED Max Factor Pure Magic line, Yardley Pot o' Gloss and their flavored lipsticks.

sittingbytheriver

the first makeup item I bought was a lipstick. It tasted terrible. they all tasted terrible back in 1964. NOW they all taste fabulous.