(Discussion) Secret Santa 2013 is coming soon!

[Jamie P]

Quote: Originally Posted by MissRoe /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Ooh Oooh...I have another question..

You just won a $50 giftcard to Birchbox/Target/or insert your favorite beauty store here....What's the first thing you want to buy???

I would save it for Naked 3... I am REALLY looking forward to those rose tones!

Quote: Originally Posted by Jac13 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


I would probably use it at Banana Republic. For makeup, it would be MAC but then again I would go to Sephora to buy that Marc Jacobs set
I've been stalking everyone... and I don't see any list for you yet... and all I keep seeing you say is Mac Mac Mac.... I'm scared I'm going to get you and have to brave a Mac counter... LOL

 

[lioness90]

Quote: Originally Posted by tulosai /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Ok here I go:

What are your favorite colors (both generally and for makeup products)?

What colors do you use most in your apartment decoration?
Colors: purples (nail polish), pinks, nudes

I'm a poor graduate student. I have cheap black furniture from Wal-Mart. My dream home would have stone, marble, blue, and white.

Quote: Originally Posted by usofjessamerica /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Do you own a lot of items from any particular brand?
Urban Decay. I'm kinda sick of them now.

Quote: Originally Posted by MissRoe /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  ok-here is my question...

If I am your secret santa and send you an over the top, fab gift would you:

a)prefer everything wrapped individually

or

B) have a huge smorgasboard to look at

AND would you prefer to:

a) open each gift slowly and methodically

or

B) tear everything open like a mad woman
I don't care how it's wrapped. I'm gonna tear everything open like a mad woman.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sunflowercake /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Sorry everyone, I keep going from phone to desk to another office so I am posting with a long delay and so this might be a few duplicate  questions I am asking 

My questions :

What scents do you like:

What scents do you not like:

What makeup item can you not use at all:

What makeup item do you ise every day:

What colors do you avoid:

How would you describe your style of makeup?

I dislike any scent that's too strong. I get headaches easily from certain perfumes.

I can not use face makeup products (foundation, BB creams, primer, Tinted Moisturizer, etc). They ALL break me out - I have no idea what causes it.

I use eye shadow, brow products, and lip gloss everyday.

I avoid neon, orange, bright pink, barbie pink, baby pink, blues, greens, yellows, reds (except lip products), grey.

I usually wear a brown smokey eye with black liner and lip gloss or lip stick. On weekends, I wear purple smokey eyes and nude lips.

Quote: Originally Posted by tweakabell /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  My Questions:

What are your feelings on prepared/unsealed samples?

What kind of extras would make your day?
I'm open to samples as extras. I try anything free. I hate hair samples (unless it's amika).

Quote: Originally Posted by trekkersangel /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Here's my question:

What ONE PRODUCT (not brand or color in particular, just product) do you use more than any other?  (What runs out the quickest in your make-up drawer?)
Lip gloss - especially Buxom's lip gloss in Katie. I'm almost out (it will be my first makeup empty) and I'm kicking myself for not buying a tube during the VIB sale.

Quote: Originally Posted by tweakabell /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  It's a little sad that we have 100 sign-ups and it's always the same 10 people talking. HOW AM I GOING TO STALK YOU??
I'm sorry. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  This is the absolute worst time of the semester for me. I have have two major 300+ point projects that are killing me plus work.

Quote: Originally Posted by MissRoe /img/forum/go_quote.gif

You just won a $50 giftcard to Birchbox/Target/or insert your favorite beauty store here....What's the first thing you want to buy???
UD lipstick in Fiend.

 

[Jac13]

I would save it for Naked 3... I am REALLY looking forward to those rose tones! I've been stalking everyone... and I don't see any list for you yet... and all I keep seeing you say is Mac Mac Mac.... I'm scared I'm going to get you and have to brave a Mac counter... LOL

No!!! Don't think that. I am open to trying other things. I will put up a list. I have mostly commented on various sites. MAC is something I was introduced to and it never broke me out. I have just this year started trying other items. I don't have another favorite yet. So that is why all my items are still the same brand. I did subscribe to Ipsy but I mostly give it away as gift. I do like some. I do want to try Kat Von and Marc Jacobs. I played with some of the products the other day but I didn't buy any.

 

[dotybird]

Oohh! I like these questions!  I am not a big poster on MUT so there's not much for my SS to go on-- so this will give some nice guidance!

What scents do you like:

I like clean/light floral scents.  I like jasmine and gardenia.  I like most all Stella McCartney fragrances and Folle de Joie.  I also like "unisex" scents. I like almond, green tea, lavender, chamomile, etc for bath products.

What scents do you not like:

I do not like anything bakery-related-- vanilla, pumpkin, melon, berries, etc.... (citrus is okay) and anything pine scented.  I don't like scents that are too strong.  I recently got the Tocca hand cream in my birchbox and the scent while okay was too strong for me to wear.  

What makeup item can you not use at all:

I don't really use mascara and since I am already tan (and travel often to the Caribbean for work), I do not use any sort of tanning products.
 

What makeup item do you use every day:

I use foundation (either Missha BB cream or Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer) and blush (currently Nars "Sin") every day.  I will also either use a lipgloss and eye shadow/liner or bright lipstick (either red or fuschia).

What colors do you avoid:

I like most colors.  I tend to wear either neutrals or blues/greens for eyes and than for lips anything goes-- except for maybe nude and brown.

How would you describe your style of makeup?

Natural but trendy ???  

Questions that have already been asked:

What are your favorite colors (both generally and for makeup products)?

For clothes, mostly black and grey but I really love color too.  I like bright pink and oranges,turquoise and cobalt blue.  

What colors do you use most in your apartment decoration?

I like clean simple lines for decor (Scandinavian design).  My living room furniture is grey and light aqua and I have a Turkish Kilim rug on the floor that is multi-colored (pink, red, orange and blues).  For bedroom decor, I like mostly white and "airy" colors.

Do you own a lot of items from any particular brand?

Yes-- but mostly out of laziness (I prefer internet shopping to going to stores). For clothes, I mostly buy from J.Crew, Madewell, and Anthropologie, etc.  Most make up is from Laura Mercier, Stila and Nars.

If I am your secret santa and send you an over the top, fab gift would you:

a)prefer everything wrapped individually

or

B) have a huge smorgasboard to look at

a) open each gift slowly and methodically

or

B) tear everything open like a mad woman

I am a sucker for pretty wrapping and like to open each gift slowly! 

 

[Sunflowercake]

You just won a $50 giftcard to Birchbox/Target/or insert your favorite beauty store here....What's the first thing you want to buy???

Pretty sure that would be the naked 3 palette hehe

What designs are you geard towards?

depending on what the design is for. I like classic, clean lines, natural, pinup, nautical

 

[ttanner2005]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sakura83 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Here's my question 

 which is somewhat unusual but there is a method to my madness in case I make something crafty

What designs are you geard towards?

For example my design favorites:

nature like things such as birds (hummingbirds/owls/sparrows) or foxes, houndstooth, anchor/nautical, vintage design (lace, hearts, buttons, pearls, vintage keys) parisian, union jack, cherry blossoms
If the design is for the home, I like vineyard and wine themed decorations for my wine bar (i.e. grape vine, wine bottles, vineyard prints, etc.)

If it's for makeup organization or accesories fleur de lis, lace, pearl, glitter

 

[Sunflowercake]

You just won a $50 giftcard to Birchbox/Target/or insert your favorite beauty store here....What's the first thing you want to buy???

Pretty sure that would be the naked 3 palette hehe

What designs are you geard towards?

depending on what the design is for. I like classic, clean lines, natural, pinup, nautical

 

[utgal2004]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sakura83 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Here's my question 

 which is somewhat unusual but there is a method to my madness in case I make something crafty 

What designs are you geard towards?

For example my design favorites:

nature like things such as birds (hummingbirds/owls/sparrows) or foxes, houndstooth, anchor/nautical, vintage design (lace, hearts, buttons, pearls, vintage keys) parisian, union jack, cherry blossoms
Good question.  I really love toile.  I'm into history so something that looks old or vintage would be cool.  I like hearts, vineyard grapes and other fruits.  I like cherry blossoms; gerbera daisies are my favorite flower but in general I like floral designs.  I'm crazy about mosaics and like chevron, polka dot, damask, and striped patterns.  My bathroom is in red and navy with red toile shower curtain and impressionist prints on the wall but I've always wanted to add some nautical accents because I love the water.  

 

[tweakabell]

What designs are you geared towards?

Punk, modern, clean lines, FROGS!, cartoons, damask, pop. I know I'm weird.

$50 gift card?

Probably go towards Sephora so either amika's hair oil because I love that smell, those hello kitty fun palettes because I never seem to get around to buying them for myself (although they're gone again, sigh), Kat Von D Foiled Love in Adora ( I love that gold fleck, I didn't think I would) or I'd put it towards Atelier Ambre Nue  which I will buy someday when I can bring myself to pull the trigger on something that expensive.

Edited for spelling and to add Oscar Blandi's Jasmine Oil.

As for the lurkers and the busys, I understand. It's just I was looking forward to getting to know some of the posters better through SS. It seems like we'll know a few people really well and some others not so much. Part of me is just worried your gift might not be as thorough as some of us that are rambling on

 

 

[Sunflowercake]

I think I might add an extra list to my page with just these questions and my answers in case I have a busy secret santa who wants to read trough them all and doesn't have time to read through all the pages.

 

[dotybird]

Here's my question  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  which is somewhat unusual but there is a method to my madness in case I make something crafty  What designs are you geard towards? For example my design favorites: nature like things such as birds (hummingbirds/owls/sparrows) or foxes, houndstooth, anchor/nautical, vintage design (lace, hearts, buttons, pearls, vintage keys) parisian, union jack, cherry blossoms

Hmmmm... this is a good question! I like chevron, ikat and geometric prints. I also like nautical prints and ocean themes. I don't like anything too cute or fussy. I am attracted to things that shine and sparkle.

 

[tulosai]

What designs are you geared towards?

Romantic/vintage- hearts, lace, toile, pearls etc. Octopuses. Polka dots. Impressionist (like Degas or Monet). Paris.  Black and White. Cats. Fairy tales. 

$50 gift card?

I'd probably use it at target to buy knick-knacks for the house and fancy feast for my cats (I really am a cat lady). 

 

[tanya0949]

What are your favorite colors (both generally and for makeup products)? Generally - I love grey, black and navy blue Makeup--I love neutral colors What colors do you use most in your house decoration? It's very neutral... I know boring lol Do you own a lot of items from any particular brand? MAC, benefit, and UD What scents do you like: I love lemon and citrus, light floral jasmine What scents do you not like: Rose, strong floral, real musky and manly scents What makeup item can you not use at all: Blush, I have so many that I do not think I will ever use them all What makeup item do you ise every day: Foundation or BB cream, matte bronzer, lip gloss or lip balm, eye liner, and highlighters What colors do you avoid: yellow, orange, bright pinks, and Any bright colors How would you describe your style of makeup? Neutral and natural for everyday. A little bold for nighttime. If I am your secret santa and send you an over the top, fab gift would you: a)prefer everything wrapped individually or B) have a huge smorgasboard to look at Individually if it's not too big of a hassle for you. a) open each gift slowly and methodically or B) tear everything open like a mad woman My Questions: What are your feelings on prepared/unsealed samples? I would be happy with them. What kind of extras would make your day? Sweets! Chocolate with nuts (hazelnuts or almonds) Light/medium foundation samples Samples made from sephora A bit of a lip tar in a small container local goodies (I would love something from your area /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> ) ANY PRODUCTS YOU LOVE!!! What ONE PRODUCT (not brand or color in particular, just product) do you use more than any other? (What runs out the quickest in your make-up drawer?) Foundation (or BB cream), mascaras, and lip balms You just won a $50 giftcard to Birchbox/Target/or insert your favorite beauty store here....What's the first thing you want to buy??? Scarfs /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[heath67013]

I'm behind on my thread reading!!!! I can't wait to get my name and start shopping! Here are some of my answers:

What scents do you like:

Vanilla, sweet scents (not too sweet though), fresh scents, citrus, soft oriental and spicy fragrances. (Some of my current bottles include Gucci Guilty, DKNY Pure, Ralph Lauren Pink Pony #2)

What scents do you not like:

Not a big floral fan at all. I can't stand the scent of rose.

What makeup item can you not use at all:

fake lashes and black eyeliners (too many right now)

What makeup item do you use every day:

Eyeshadows, Primers, Mascara, Eyeliner

What colors do you avoid:

Yellows, Oranges

How would you describe your style of makeup?

Neutral for work, but I love to be a little more adventurous on the weekends and evenings

Questions that have already been asked:

What are your favorite colors (both generally and for makeup products)?

Jewel Tones!! Any shade of green, blue or purple. Love burgundy and wine colors too.

What colors do you use most in your apartment decoration?

black, white, grey, purples

Do you own a lot of items from any particular brand?

I have a little of everything. Lots of Starlooks products from the subscription.

If I am your secret santa and send you an over the top, fab gift would you:

a)prefer everything wrapped individually

or

B) have a huge smorgasboard to look at

a) open each gift slowly and methodically

or

B) tear everything open like a mad woman

I open things slowly and carefully and I love when stuff is wrapped individually.

 

[heath67013]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sakura83 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Here's my question 

 which is somewhat unusual but there is a method to my madness in case I make something crafty 

What designs are you geard towards?

For example my design favorites:

nature like things such as birds (hummingbirds/owls/sparrows) or foxes, houndstooth, anchor/nautical, vintage design (lace, hearts, buttons, pearls, vintage keys) parisian, union jack, cherry blossoms
This is a good question and I can't wait to see the answers.

I love cherry blossoms and I'm a fan of fleur de lis patterns.

 

[heath67013]

I don't think I've seen this question yet, so here we go!

If you were to get something in your package that wasn't makeup or a beauty product, what would you be over the moon to see?

For example, I LOVE jewelry, scarves, cookbooks, tea, candles, cookies, and chocolate. I would also love to see anything that is regional or local to you.

 

[Sakura83]

Quote: Originally Posted by heath67013 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I don't think I've seen this question yet, so here we go!

If you were to get something in your package that wasn't makeup or a beauty product, what would you be over the moon to see?

For example, I LOVE jewelry, scarves, cookbooks, tea, candles, cookies, and chocolate. I would also love to see anything that is regional or local to you.
scarves, tea, treats (edit: almost forgot, yes, the macarons!), handmade things, or hello kitty 

 

[yousoldtheworld]

Quote: Originally Posted by heath67013 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I don't think I've seen this question yet, so here we go!

If you were to get something in your package that wasn't makeup or a beauty product, what would you be over the moon to see?

For example, I LOVE jewelry, scarves, cookbooks, tea, candles, cookies, and chocolate. I would also love to see anything that is regional or local to you.
Ooh!

Chocolate, crispycakes, macarons, salted caramels, candles, scarves, anything really. decorative home items, brush holders, handmade things...I'm not picky!!

 

[tulosai]

If you were to get something in your package that wasn't makeup or a beauty product, what would you be over the moon to see?

Well, I'm obviously not the person to ask since I think over half my list is non beauty related as it is.  While my 'ideal box' would contain at least one beauty item, I legitimately would not be upset at all to get a box with nothing beauty related at all in it (probably I am a huge oddball).

A few things that would be most especially omg loved are 

-toys, treats, fancy feast for my cats 

-baked goods

-anything handmade

-anything local 

-one of your favorite books 

 

[trekkersangel]

Design Loves: definitely polka dots! My hubby calls me his polka dot queen. I own a lot of vintage looking polka dot dresses & want more. My purse has polka dots, my wallets & scarves have polka dots! Love them. I'm also loving the chevron craze right now. If I got a $50 gift card what would I buy? Naked 3!!!!! (I don't own any of the naked pallets & I think its time I need one, or two, or three)