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What Was the Last Beauty Product You Tried Because of a Recommendation From a Friend?

April 5th, 2018 by Karen 18 Comments

mac topped with brandy
When friends enable friends…

What was the last beauty product you tried because of a recommendation from a friend?

Mine is Topped With Brandy Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour by MAC. It’s a matte deep rose. My friend Jen texted me a pic of her wearing it yesterday (“It’s a nice neutral with a little oomph. I like it because it doesn’t dry my lips out.”), and it looked so pretty on her that I had to try it too!

mac topped with brandy

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

What Was the Last Beauty Product You Tried Because of a Recommendation From a Friend? / Originally published April 5th, 2018

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  1. Rachel Runyan says

    April 5th, 2018 at 8:48 am

    Physician’s Formula Butter Bronzer in Light Bronze and Butter Blush in Plum Rose. My fellow pale-skinned friends have been raving about them for ages. I finally ordered them on the last Target website sale, and I really like them both.
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    • Kristen says

      April 5th, 2018 at 10:16 am

      I have Physician’s Formula Butter Bronzer on my shopping list! Kathleenlights on YouTube always raves about it, so I figured I’d give it a shot. I’m pale-skinned too and bronzers always look too orange or dark on me.

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      • Rachel Runyan says

        April 9th, 2018 at 11:02 am

        I thought it would be too orange on me when I swatched it, but it’s magic on the face.
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  2. Ditte K. says

    April 5th, 2018 at 9:37 am

    Bought the gosh ultimate eye liner in black after a friend recommended it. On her it stays all day, and she even uses it on her entire lid with no issues. On me it ends up under the eye in hours.

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  3. Rachel says

    April 5th, 2018 at 9:50 am

    I canโ€™t think of the last time that happened! Iโ€™m usually the one handing out recommendations!

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  4. Nicole says

    April 5th, 2018 at 10:14 am

    Actually it was the Chanel Neapolis palette (please tell me I’m not the only one who calls it Necropolis), and I got it because you, Miss Karen, and Christine both seemed to love it. It has been my most-used palette since getting it. So thank you! <3

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    • Karen says

      April 5th, 2018 at 10:49 am

      Haha, Nicole, I’ve accidentally called it that a couple times! ๐Ÿ™ˆ That palette is SO GOOD. I’m really hoping Chanel does more versions of it with the same EXACT formula because it’s just so easy to use and it’s beautiful too!

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  5. Lexi says

    April 5th, 2018 at 11:15 am

    I have Topped w/Brandy, too. Thanks gonna wear it tomorrow. I’m pretty sure I bought a lot of products recommended by my sisters. And since we’re virtual friends, MAC has you to thank for most of my purchases! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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    • Karen says

      April 5th, 2018 at 2:40 pm

      You’re welcome. I’m tempted to do some layering with it! I know it kinda defeats the purpose of the matte finish but I think it might be pretty underneath a sparkly bronze or brown or even a gold gloss. ๐Ÿ™‚

      One of these days we’ll be IRL friends. It’s destiny, methinks.

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      • Lexi says

        April 5th, 2018 at 3:07 pm

        Ha yes, I’ll take that drive over to Novato and we’ll finally have a play date that ends with shopping at your local Ross, Ulta and Sephora ๐Ÿ™‚

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        • Karen says

          April 5th, 2018 at 8:07 pm

          Don’t forget HomeGoods girl! LOL Oh and we have a Costco, too, and the parking on the scale of bad Costco parking isn’t as terrible as it is in other parts of the Bay.

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  6. LindaLibraLoca says

    April 5th, 2018 at 11:51 am

    I wish I had a friend to talk makeup, too. I try things that bloggers recommend, does that count?

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    • TravelingBlush says

      April 6th, 2018 at 12:38 am

      You and me both! Friends’ eyes glaze over when I talk makeup with them. Ha.

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  7. Tatiana says

    April 5th, 2018 at 1:32 pm

    Kinda in the same boat as LindaLibraLoca. But a woman at my gym recommended It Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream with SPF 50+. Got a sample from Sephora and didn’t really like it all.
    Most of my friends think my love of makeup, skincare and perfume is a waste of money.

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    • Karen says

      April 5th, 2018 at 2:36 pm

      Ya know, I tried that and it was SUPER shiny on me. Did that happen with you too?

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  8. Tatiana says

    April 5th, 2018 at 8:38 pm

    Oily? Is oily the same as shiny? And it made my pores and lines look worse. Didn’t really like the way it felt on the skin. I tried it again on my arm when I zipped through Sephora today. I like it on my arm, but that’s about it.

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  9. TravelingBlush says

    April 6th, 2018 at 12:41 am

    Nice to see Jen again on the blog, and wah, she looks really hot here!

    Not recent but maybe 10+ years ago some people on a forum was splitting MAC pigments and I got on the bandwagon, too.
    TravelingBlush recently posted … JLaw on the cover of Vogueโ€™s 2017 September Issue

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  10. Jaclyn Levy says

    April 6th, 2018 at 5:32 am

    I feel like I’m the only one of my friends really into makeup. (In fact, I was low key made fun of for it last week which I’m still kind of simmering about, grrr). But a new friend of mine wears killer eyeliner and told me it was stila. So when ULTA had it on sale I picked up 2! I love it.

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