Meet Mary Kay. She arrived on Bossy’s doorstep a couple of weeks ago after Bossy agreed to test drive a few of their cosmetics.
Bossy should begin by explaining the low rumble you hear is Bossy’s mom laughing about Bossy doing a makeup review. You see, Bossy was never very good at makeup, unless you count the eyeliner Bossy wore for years applied in the heavy-handed style of Bananarama, in which case you could argue Bossy was a little too good.
Nevertheless, over the years Bossy has picked up a tip or two, where tip equals the tip of her current eyeliner, which is thankfully so blunt it’s unable to produce Bossy’s coveted morgue look.
Fast forward to Mary Kay. Bossy decided to see how many different looks she could create on her own face using only the contents of the Mary Kay Compact Mini.
Shall we?
Bossy admits, at first she was all, What am I supposed to do with this small thing? It’s not as if life would be much simpler if Bossy didn’t have to carry around the unwieldy purse which acts as the apartment she can’t afford!
But for something so small, the Mary Kay Compact Mini packs a big punch.
For starters, it contains Mineral Eye Color Bundles, which is a set of three eye shadows customized to match your eye color.
Also included in the kit is a cheek color:
And Bossy knows what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, But how am I supposed to apply these colors, Bossy? With the back of my E.T. hand?
In addition, Bossy’s new best friend Mary Kay sent Bossy a Tinted Lip Balm Sunscreen SPF 15 and a wand of their Ultimate Mascara:
Let’s get started. For Bossy’s first look, Bossy pretended she just woke up and was going for the no makeup look, which is a coincidence since Bossy had just woken up and was wearing no makeup:
For Bossy’s second look, Bossy pretended she was a soccer mom going to the soccer field even though Bossy’s children never played soccer -– and Bossy can hear her son complaining all the way from Buenos Aires, and, yes, Bossy acknowledges he did in fact play soccer, but that was before Gah invented the term soccer mom, so it doesn’t count.
For the soccer field look, Bossy applied her lightest mineral eye color, Spun Silk, to her entire eyelid to make it pop. Then Bossy applied the cheek color and some mascara to the upper lashes only, as well as the application of her tinted lip balm with sunscreen:
For Bossy’s third look, she pretended she was meeting a friend for drinks and a chilled carrot soup on the deck of a restaurant on the bay after the soccer game -– and the reason Bossy decided on drinks and a chilled carrot soup on the deck of a restaurant on the bay after the soccer game instead of just dinner is because Bossy is a method actor.
For this dinner date look, Bossy applied the medium shadow color, Hazelnut, to her eyelid and then highlighted that along her brow bone with the Spun Silk. Bossy also added mascara to her bottom eyelashes.
For Bossy’s final look, Bossy pretended she was going out after dinner to see a rock band play in a dark nightclub. As if that would ever happen.
For this look, Bossy applied her darkest shadow color, Chocolate Kiss, in a V-shape at the corner of her eye to open it up. And she applied more lipstick and mascara, saturating the lower lashes so Bossy could use one of her brushes to blend it into an eyeliner:
Although these photos turned out very subtle, Bossy wants you to know in person it wasn’t — this makeup did the trick and stayed in place for the duration of the day. In fact it did so to the extent that Bossy had to explain to more than one person why she looked as though she was going to a dark nightclub to see a rock band when she was in fact filling a plastic bag with asparagus at her local grocery store.
The mascara stayed put and is most likely water-proof, which is not what Bossy is accustomed to — because this is what Bossy is accustomed to: complaining that her mascara has smudged off by day’s end.
Especially enjoyable is the Tinted Lip Balm in the summery Rose color, which neither dries the lips nor smears off prematurely.
But perhaps the best attribute of this Compact Mini is its size and convenience. Meet Bossy’s new purse:
Here’s where you come into it, esteemed council: Bossy’s new best friend Mark Kay is going to give one Bossy reader a $100 Mary Kay gift pack! Simply leave a comment below describing which makeup product you can’t live without –- be it lip gloss or moisturizer -– and Bossy will employ her friend the Random Number Generator to select a winner.
This sweepstakes runs through June 30, 2011.
The following list details more ways to win and some more guidelines. In fact, please visit the official rules page here:
- Leave your comment on this post
- Tweet about this promotion and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post
- Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post
- For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules and follow instructions for an alternate form of entry
In addition, visit this page to read more Mary Kay blogger reviews so you can enter their sweepstakes for even more chance to win! See how this works?
Best of luck, council! Go get ’em.
Elizabeth@Table4five says
June 1, 2011 at 9:35 amI can’t live without Softlips Vanilla lip balm. I keep one by the bed, one my purse, and one in my travel makeup bag just in case the one in my purse falls out while I’m traveling or something.
And you look gorgeous!
Debby says
June 1, 2011 at 9:36 amI’m in! And I can’t live w/out some type of foundation, even it it is only tinted moisturizer while hiking the Grand Canyon (which is what I took last year hiking the Grand Canyon) – it was my “luxury” item!
Kate says
June 1, 2011 at 9:37 amI would die without my under-eye cream. Because I would look like I was dead, see? And mascara, because my lashes are invisible. If I had to choose one? Mascara. With a side of eye cream.
Lynnette Moore says
June 1, 2011 at 9:43 amMy lip gloss- can’t live without it!
MomQueenBee says
June 1, 2011 at 9:46 amLip gloss for me, too. Oh, and sunscreen because I am a delicate porcelain flower.
Betsey says
June 1, 2011 at 9:49 amI can’t live without mascara, but eyeliner is a close second, followed ever so closely by my smashbox eyelid primer, followed by my urban decay lip junkie lip gloss….
Lori says
June 1, 2011 at 9:50 amI love Mary Kay, especially the time wise kits. LOVE IT! Foundation is my life savor, though in the winter. Once I’ve been sun kissed, then I can’t live without my shimmer blush. Bossy looks great in all those looks.
Sally says
June 1, 2011 at 9:52 amMoisterizer ’cause my wrinkled face needs something to fill in where the petunia’s grow.
You look fabulous with or without the makeup!
Sally says
June 1, 2011 at 9:53 amP.S. You are one funny lady!!
Amanda says
June 1, 2011 at 9:53 amI cannot live without Mascara, and I love love love Mary Kay’s Mascara!! It is definitely something I cannot live without! Being blonde and fair, with out mascara, I look like I am devoid of eyelashes.
Greta says
June 1, 2011 at 9:58 amI try not to leave the house without foundation and mascara for fear of scaring small children and even some sensitive adults. My red blotchy skin and blonde eyelashes apparently aren’t ‘all the rage’ right now.
Stephanie Z says
June 1, 2011 at 10:00 amEyeliner is a must. I have smallish eyes and it pops them out. Mascara to!!
kidsmom says
June 1, 2011 at 10:01 amSunscreen.
cocobean says
June 1, 2011 at 10:01 amis it sad that at age 40, I use moisturizer and bumble monster lip balm (the rudolph the red-nosed reindeer line of cosmetics!) with perhaps a little too much lapsing on the moisturizer… sigh.
RuthWells says
June 1, 2011 at 10:03 amCONCEALER, FOR THE LOVE OF GAH!!
(sorry, was I yelling?)
CS says
June 1, 2011 at 10:16 amWow, I am impressed with how good Bossy looks BEFORE the makeup. After is good, too, but before is pretty impressive. I, on the other hand, am not looking so good before the makeup, which is why Foundation is my favorite friend. Too many freckles, age spots, red blotches, undereye shiners, . . .it’s all bad and needs covering.
dawny dee says
June 1, 2011 at 10:17 ammy eyebrows – i simply must add them on in the morning.
such a sad by product of aging (and years of over tweezing).
teena marie says
June 1, 2011 at 10:19 amGotta be my blush…I have NO COLOR…and always look like death warmed over!
Kay says
June 1, 2011 at 10:24 amI don’t wear any makeup in the summer months on the weekends but if I feel I HAVE to have something on I just put some eyeliner on and feel good to go out in public. We spend our weekends on our houseboat at the river and makeup seems silly when being a river rat!
Kizz says
June 1, 2011 at 10:26 amI am pale. Very pale. You know how the moon is only bright because the sun is reflecting off of it? I am a moon. As a result I am also somewhat cancerous. So far only basal and squamous cell carcinomas so the least cancery cancer one can have but still, cancerous. In fact a few years ago I had about a third of my forehead skin (don’t read that last phrase too quickly!) removed. 20 stitches. I looked like Frankenstein. Now, of course, there’s a scar. So my must have makeup item now is coverup. And sun screen.
formerlyfun says
June 1, 2011 at 10:31 amI’m an esthetician and I swear by LaRoche Posey Anthelios sunscreen, best protection, lightest feel doesn’t sting the eyes. That and glycolic acid and vitamin c serum. Oh, and Cliniques A Different grape lip stain. I haven’t ever tried Mary Kay but the the little compact with all the good stuff in it looks neat.
Bonnie B. says
June 1, 2011 at 10:33 amMascara. If I go without, people tell me I look tired (WHY do people do that???). If I’m ever stranded on a desert island, send mascara. Oh, and a rescue boat.
Stacy says
June 1, 2011 at 10:40 amI cant live without burts bees tinted chap stick and whatever cheap eyeliner I have floating around in the bottom of my purse! Need both when I look in the rear view mirror and realize I look like death warmed over!
Tami in NY says
June 1, 2011 at 10:46 amI can’t live without mascara!!
kristin @ going country says
June 1, 2011 at 10:51 amFace moisturizer with 15 SPF in the summer, because I am outside ALL DAY but can’t stand heavy sunscreen. Also concealer, because once a month (ahem) my face tries to pretend it is sixteen again. Gross.
jeri says
June 1, 2011 at 10:54 amI don’t wear ANY makeup of any kind. No, I’m not a natural beauty. I wear some form of chapstick which to me isn’t a brand, more of a generic term for any kind of lip moisturizer sans color. Do you think a 57 year old could adapt to a compact of color? I’d like to try!
Kristi says
June 1, 2011 at 10:56 amFoundation. Boring, I know, but it covers up my melasma. Couldn’t live without being able to cover that. And as for Mary Kay, I will never use anything else. Been a fan for a couple of years now.
Roseanne says
June 1, 2011 at 10:58 amNot much helps these days but what can you say… if I have to choose, I need my mascara.
Naomi says
June 1, 2011 at 11:00 ammascara and lipstick
Kathy from NJ says
June 1, 2011 at 11:02 amI can’t live without my Nivea cream – looks just like Crisco but is NON-greasy and makes my dry skin say thank you.
You look beautiful with or without make-up.
Alesia says
June 1, 2011 at 11:09 amLipstick. If I don’t wear it, I look like Voldemort.
pamela dayton time says
June 1, 2011 at 11:20 ammascara and blush.
it’s what keeps me looking not dead.
juliejpr says
June 1, 2011 at 11:21 amI don’t leave the house without eyeliner so as to preserve the delicate sensibilities of all I meet. Also, I look BAD.
Cindy in Walla Walla says
June 1, 2011 at 11:25 amOnly one? Dang! I suppose I would have to pick mascara since I’m a redhead and my lashes are invisible without color. But if I could sneak in a second item — eye liner, because ‘POP’
Lin says
June 1, 2011 at 11:44 amI cannot live without some sort of lip tinting moisturizing product!!!! I need it. Or mascara. Can I have two. Cuz I need two
Al says
June 1, 2011 at 11:50 amI cannot live without mascara. If I have nothing else on, I will still have mascara. I realize that sentence sounds like I am a nudist with mascara on and I am ok with that!
Arli says
June 1, 2011 at 11:54 amThe Cover Girl permanent lip stick….stays on forever! I look like a zombie without lips!
jill says
June 1, 2011 at 11:54 amneed my mascara!
Jessie says
June 1, 2011 at 11:56 amMy eyebrows don’t exist without an eyebrow pencil. Really, my husband can’t even see them up close unless I color them in.
marathonmom says
June 1, 2011 at 12:01 pmMascara……but not while running……whoa
Stacey says
June 1, 2011 at 12:02 pmTinted moisturizer with a side of mascara!
Annie says
June 1, 2011 at 12:30 pmDefinitely MOISTURIZER!! I love my Dr. Denese firming facial age corrector cream. i don’t leave home without it….on my face.
Maggie says
June 1, 2011 at 12:39 pmA light foundation
GreatAunt says
June 1, 2011 at 1:05 pmEyeliner and foundation.
Rochelle says
June 1, 2011 at 1:06 pmI love my Olay SPF 15 daily moisturizer!!
Zendra says
June 1, 2011 at 1:06 pmChapstick. With wintergreen or something in it so my lips tingle and make me think it’s working magical restoration.
nancy says
June 1, 2011 at 1:20 pmI dont wear much makeup because I dont know how to apply it so the Mary Kay compact mini looks like the thing I’m not going to be able to live without!
Nicole says
June 1, 2011 at 1:24 pmLip gloss. Lip balm. Lip stick.
They all make me happy.
KP says
June 1, 2011 at 1:27 pmLip balm/chapstick/something so my lips are flaking off because apparently when nervous, I lick them.
Annette B. says
June 1, 2011 at 1:29 pmlip balm and SPF 30 moisturizer. The two things I would be lost without.
Noelle says
June 1, 2011 at 1:29 pmI must have some kind of foundation and chapstick.
Tawny says
June 1, 2011 at 1:34 pmLip balm and mineral foundation.
Laraine says
June 1, 2011 at 1:40 pmThat would be mascara. I can’t see without it.
thatgrrl says
June 1, 2011 at 1:42 pmLike our Esteemed Bossy, I am of the “black eyeliner covers a multitude of sins or lack thereof” school of makeup. Because enough black goop around my eyes tends to draw attention away from the pallorous, insomniac skin tone, or at least suggests that perhaps said pallorous tone is due to fascinating shenanigans rather than just the mundane blah-ness of underemployement and still being shacked up out of economic necessity with the ex.
Leslie says
June 1, 2011 at 1:45 pmMAC lipglass in oyster girl. I can’t live without this. It has been my staple for years.
Tricia Herbrechtsmeier says
June 1, 2011 at 2:10 pmI never ever leave the house without mascara on.
B says
June 1, 2011 at 2:36 pmI look like I have alopecia of the eye lashes if I don’t wear mascara, so yeah, mascara please!
Megan Parr says
June 1, 2011 at 2:44 pmI absolutely cannot live without my mineral powder! Love it!
pam says
June 1, 2011 at 2:44 pmahhh me too
BossysMom says
June 1, 2011 at 2:52 pmI need to borrow this Mary Kay gear….I’ll be applying all of it at once so I can get my photo license…
Kimmie says
June 1, 2011 at 2:55 pmLove my Mary Kay mascara, eyeliner and lipstick. Plus the Timewise creams are great.
gena says
June 1, 2011 at 2:59 pmhave to have mascara, luv the mary kay mineral eye shadows and the eye makeup remover is the bomb!
deb freeze says
June 1, 2011 at 3:17 pmMust have the under-eye concealer or will scare off small children.
Jill says
June 1, 2011 at 3:21 pmmascara.
Diahn Ott says
June 1, 2011 at 3:23 pmMust have mascara…and lipgloss. My mom says that it’s the worst sin imaginable to go out in public without those two items. I may have grown up, but I still listen to my mom…
Cricket says
June 1, 2011 at 4:12 pmMascara. My eyes totally disappear without it, sadly….
Lauren says
June 1, 2011 at 4:32 pmI can’t live without eyeshadow when trying to dress up
Scottsdale Girl says
June 1, 2011 at 5:05 pmI am going to have to say ‘lip gloss’. Mascara is a close second though because I have no eyes without it. But then that is what sunglasses are for. Yep Lipgloss
Kym says
June 1, 2011 at 5:06 pmOh, my lipgloss! Definitely my lip gloss!
Nimble says
June 1, 2011 at 5:18 pmEyeliner. In my 30s I finally figured out how to use eyeliner and smudge it to good effect. (I credit Carmindy on What not to Wear.) I replace it every new year’s eve (or whenever I have pink eye god forbid).
Lanette says
June 1, 2011 at 5:50 pmDefinitely my lipstick…but it’s more the feel of it than the color of it. Even if it was invisible..it is needed.
Cristina says
June 1, 2011 at 6:01 pmMy chronically chapped lips absolutely cannot live without lip balm. I have at least 3 tubes at all times: 1 at home, 1 at work and 1 in my purse!
Beth says
June 1, 2011 at 7:11 pmHmmm…. either mineral foundation or mascara… or preferably both. I can’t choose just one. Wait…. maybe eyeliner. Whatever…
Jennifer H. says
June 1, 2011 at 7:15 pmMascara. I have invisible eyelashes. Makes a *huge* difference.
linda says
June 1, 2011 at 7:27 pmLove Mary Kay mascara!
robin says
June 1, 2011 at 7:28 pmI love any kind of lip gloss.
Franca Bolla says
June 1, 2011 at 7:30 pmI miss Bloom County …
Lindsay Bowerman says
June 1, 2011 at 7:32 pmDefinitely a moisturizer with spf built in…I lifeguard during the summer and it really helps (both with sunburn and not breaking out!)
Janell says
June 1, 2011 at 7:48 pmI don’t wear makeup because I don’t know anything about it. So maybe I will learn if i win this! Not like I need makeup or anything
Janet says
June 1, 2011 at 8:44 pmWith these allergy eyes I need something water proof/smudgeproof.
AngAK says
June 1, 2011 at 8:44 pmblonde here and mascara is a must have. and the older I get the more my eyebrows disappear, so my Lancome eyebrow gel would be next.
ememby says
June 1, 2011 at 8:49 pmConcealer and mascara – my lifesavers
Carroll says
June 1, 2011 at 9:33 pmGah, Sister Mercy!!! All these other council members use mascara?? I am *so* going to have to sit in a dark corner the next time we convene
For me it’s gotta be the same shade of lipstick I’ve been wearing for over 20 years now. Without it, people tend to cock their head in a concerned manner and ask “Are you OK?”
(sigh)
((mascara, eh? Is it even possible to apply that stuff when you need reading glasses to tweeze the eyebrows??))
Lynn says
June 1, 2011 at 10:04 pmMascara for sure; otherwise my eyes disappear into the back of my head.
Natalie says
June 1, 2011 at 10:14 pmmy loose powder foundation (not morally corrupt just more like powdery goodness) because I have skin blotches thanks to eczema scars that need serious hiding!
Elizabeth W says
June 1, 2011 at 10:22 pmDefinitely mascara.
Coach Morales says
June 1, 2011 at 10:28 pmMascara!
jlhpisces says
June 1, 2011 at 10:29 pmMascara! even with no other makeup, I feel better with longer lashes.
Shan says
June 1, 2011 at 10:40 pmLipgloss definitly
Jen G says
June 1, 2011 at 10:50 pmBurts Bees lip balm. I am working on rebuilding my big girl makeup collection again.
Tara says
June 1, 2011 at 10:56 pmMust have mascara!
annie says
June 1, 2011 at 11:01 pmMascara. Redhead = no lashes otherwise.
GrandeMocha says
June 1, 2011 at 11:05 pmBossy looks HOT!!!
Hi Stella & Baby David!
Tracye says
June 1, 2011 at 11:18 pmOle Henrickson’s eye cream. Keeping botox at bay. And I do love love love my Mary Kay foundation!
Chrissy says
June 1, 2011 at 11:22 pmRight now it’s black cake eyeliner applied with a little brush, mascara, and Makeup for Ever lipstick. LOVE that stuff.
PS – You have such the enviable ass!
Brenda says
June 1, 2011 at 11:25 pmCan’t live without Mary Kay Mascara and Blonde Eyebrow Pencil!
Maria says
June 1, 2011 at 11:33 pmI tweeted..
https://iambossy.com/giveaways/2011/06/01/meet-bossy%E2%80%99s-new-best-friend-mary-kay-the-giveaway/
Maria says
June 1, 2011 at 11:34 pmI cana’t be without my foundation and lip gloss, and of course my mascara. Really need my mascara.
Dobes says
June 2, 2011 at 1:53 amBody Shop Bronzer. That’s it.
Debbie says
June 2, 2011 at 2:46 amEyebrow pencil or powder. Bleach blond eyebrows need a little color, to frame the face.
Deb says
June 2, 2011 at 8:27 amIt’s a toss up between eye liner and mascara–do I have to choose???
TanyaK says
June 2, 2011 at 8:36 amBlistex has a new Raspberry Lemonade lip balm that is DELICIOUS! I have it on constantly. Who knew that something so ordinary could be so delightful?
km says
June 2, 2011 at 9:01 amI can’t live without my hairbrush:) That’s the height of the routine. I’m lucky to have decent skin so am makeupless most of the time. I would love to add to my “weddings and funerals” makeup though
GK in MI says
June 2, 2011 at 9:50 amLove Mary Kay, fav product is the weekender eyeliner pencil.
Glad to see you are calling Baby David your pet!
Debra G says
June 2, 2011 at 10:34 amI must have my foundation on or my face feels like it is missing something.
Debra G says
June 2, 2011 at 10:35 amhttp://twitter.com/guillenwins/status/76295752510472192
Lori M. says
June 2, 2011 at 10:49 amMascara..my eyes seem to disappear without it!
lyndsey says
June 2, 2011 at 10:55 ami def need to have lip gloss!
Brett says
June 2, 2011 at 11:44 amMy Mary Kay concealer for under my eyes.
Deb says
June 2, 2011 at 12:24 pmMust have Aveda lip tint (Peony – which has been discontinued… Ugggh!) and mascara. MUST.
Melanie B. says
June 2, 2011 at 1:18 pmLip gloss, definitely lip gloss. I’ve always wanted to try the Mary Kay products. Just kind of pricy
Helen Keeler says
June 2, 2011 at 1:33 pmI have very dry skin so I cann’t live without my moisturizer. heleneeler@comcast.net
elizabeth says
June 2, 2011 at 1:55 pmPowder and 80’s black liner!
Dawn K says
June 2, 2011 at 1:55 pmMoisturizer. Must have moisture. I’m currently in love with Hope in a Jar by Philosophy.
Robin M. says
June 2, 2011 at 2:08 pmMust have mascara… I have no eyes without it.
LizC says
June 2, 2011 at 2:51 pmMoisturizer & lip balm!
Teeny Tina says
June 2, 2011 at 3:02 pmI read all that then wondered at the end if we were going to have AssGate going on. But I guess not. Then I wondered if Barbie would be able to hold that mascara wand, that’s the true test of whether it’s worthy. BTW, where is the Barbie Theatre that was promised after the second surgery? I waited and waited…
thatgirlblogs says
June 2, 2011 at 5:10 pmall I know is I just spent way lots of money at the drugstore on this kind of stuff and I look the same.
I like… lipgloss?
thatgirlblogs says
June 2, 2011 at 5:10 pmall I know is I just spent way lots of money at the drugstore on this kind of stuff and I look the same.
I like… lipgloss?
thatgirlblogs says
June 2, 2011 at 5:10 pmall I know is I just spent way lots of money at the drugstore on this kind of stuff and I look the same.
I like… lipgloss?
thatgirlblogs says
June 2, 2011 at 5:10 pmall I know is I just spent way lots of money at the drugstore on this kind of stuff and I look the same.
I like… lipgloss?
thatgirlblogs says
June 2, 2011 at 5:10 pmall I know is I just spent way lots of money at the drugstore on this kind of stuff and I look the same.
I like… lipgloss?
thatgirlblogs says
June 2, 2011 at 5:10 pmall I know is I just spent way lots of money at the drugstore on this kind of stuff and I look the same.
I like… lipgloss?
thatgirlblogs says
June 2, 2011 at 5:10 pmall I know is I just spent way lots of money at the drugstore on this kind of stuff and I look the same.
I like… lipgloss?
thatgirlblogs says
June 2, 2011 at 5:10 pmum. oops.
Melissa Zimmerman says
June 2, 2011 at 6:21 pmI need lip balm with me at all times. That and hand moisterizer
April in CT says
June 2, 2011 at 6:55 pmI cannot live without my eyeliner. I look dead without it. My second in line would be my eyebrow pencil because my brows have decided to take a permanent vacation to Sparseville.
Linda says
June 2, 2011 at 8:29 pmCannot live without mascara. Even if I don’t have any other makeup on!
Lyn says
June 2, 2011 at 9:01 pmMoisturizer with spf
Blog Princess G says
June 2, 2011 at 9:39 pmMascara, without a doubt. Does Mary Kay provide something that will give me a backside like Bossy’s?
Jean H. says
June 2, 2011 at 11:01 pmMoisturizer
Laurie says
June 2, 2011 at 11:26 pmBlush!!!!! I use Bare Minerals “Faux Tan” on my cheeks, eye lids, nose!!!
hana says
June 2, 2011 at 11:29 pmHere in the City of Angels….have just got use to using sunscreen & powder. Onto mascara, but first some lubricating drops….
karenM says
June 2, 2011 at 11:47 pmfoundation is a must have for me.. I think I am the only boy scout mama that wears makeup on camping trips.
karenmed409 at comcast dot net
Swistle says
June 3, 2011 at 7:27 amI used tinted lip balm or sheer lipstick. I find I can totally fake people out with three seconds’ work: people think, “Well, her lips are colored, she must be Put Together.”
DawnA says
June 3, 2011 at 9:52 amEyeliner. Just eyeliner. But mostly because (like Bossy) I don’t really know how to apply eyeshadow properly. It was so much easier when it was blue eyeshadow and not all this fancy contouring with different colors. I need an application map for sure.
Grace says
June 3, 2011 at 9:53 amThis review is hilarious.
The thing I can’t live without right now is bronzer. I am a religious sunscreen wearer, but I like to look like I have a “healthy glow!”
Kelly Massman says
June 3, 2011 at 10:09 amI would love to have some great skin care products! that coupled with a smile would be enough for me!
Thanks for a chance to win!
kmassmanATgmailDOTcom
Jason Swann says
June 3, 2011 at 10:39 amSup Bossy,
Love the post, the passion, and will do anything to get The Wife something cool. Came over from Muskrat Dad. I shall return!
Later,
Jason
The Cheeky Daddy
Jeannett says
June 3, 2011 at 11:18 amI would love to try some new lipstick.
Jean says
June 3, 2011 at 11:54 amCan’t live without mascara!
janey says
June 3, 2011 at 12:14 pmI love Mary Kay cream blush. Been using it since the new colors came out in March. The new formulation stays on for the day and because its not powder, it doesn’t make my lines and scaley face look more lined and scaled.
Suburban Kamikaze says
June 3, 2011 at 4:09 pmFresh air, sunshine and good clean living. Oh wait. I was thinking of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Mine is red wine, air fare and moisturizer.
Kathy says
June 3, 2011 at 5:03 pmLip gloss and foundation to hide all of the wrinkles, age spots, etc. I need it all!!
LizS says
June 3, 2011 at 5:35 pmI have to have moisturizer – or I start to look like PAPER with a large grain!
Jessica says
June 3, 2011 at 10:02 pmI can not live without black eyeliner or my eyelash curler..love them!
jen says
June 3, 2011 at 10:05 pmI’m addicted to eyeliner otherwise my eyes sink into my head…thanks
nicematters says
June 3, 2011 at 10:46 pmLipstick. Long-wearing. 8 to 12 hours long-wearing. Who can remember to reapply?
Deb @ Green V-Neck says
June 3, 2011 at 11:46 pmI only skimmed because I have ADHD and that’s all I can give, but I do love you, Georgia! I do have to wonder….Who is Mark Kay? Am I the only close reader who missed that typo? Probably not, it’s more likely that I don’t have the attention span to read the other comments.
I dated a guy who worked in the MK factory that is local to me, and the dad of one of my best friends was one of their top executives for decades. They were not treated well, either at the top or the bottom. I also have a very good friend whose mother drives *the* pink car because she is so very good at selling the product. I don’t know where I stand! I rarely wear makeup, but I probably look better with at least a bare coverage. I have been blessed with a clear complexion and natural coloring, but it’s changing as I age.
If I had to choose a skin care *need* I would say something that could remedy redness. A lifetime of no facial sunblock (I don’t burn), aging, hereditary facial redness, and gradual photosensitivity….it sucks and it’s embarrassing.
Choose me!
cagey says
June 4, 2011 at 10:50 amFoundation! Can’t live without it.
Heather says
June 4, 2011 at 11:12 amLipstick and mascara, I don’t go anywhere without it!
jamie says
June 4, 2011 at 11:47 ammascara. My eyelashes are blonde and I look bald without a little color on therm.
Aimee says
June 4, 2011 at 12:47 pmI cannot live without bronzing powder because I am the color of illness without it!
kathy says
June 4, 2011 at 2:39 pmMoisturizer, always. Lip color always. If I’m wearing contacts, mascara and foundation. It’s like if I can see, I want to look better. If I can’t really see because of THICK glasses, I don’t care!
Susan Smith says
June 4, 2011 at 4:31 pmI can’t live without mascara and lipstick
Susan Smith says
June 4, 2011 at 4:32 pmhttp://twitter.com/#!/susan1215/status/77110011230289920
Catherine says
June 4, 2011 at 7:16 pmI just can’t live without mascara and chapstick. Both are essentials in my purse
Emily says
June 4, 2011 at 9:18 pmCouldn’t live without my foundation… it helps cover up all those dumb little things called freckles that exist on my face. Small, tiny freckles make you look cute. Big, blotchy freckles like mine make you look diseased. Thus… foundation.
Kelly says
June 4, 2011 at 10:36 pmI can’t live without mascara, I feel naked without it.
DiaryofWhy says
June 4, 2011 at 11:18 pmDefinitely lipgloss. I am constantly reapplying and I feel naked without it.
sherry barnes says
June 5, 2011 at 6:30 amamazing stuff
dalgal says
June 5, 2011 at 10:38 amI must have mascara….without it I have no eyes…
pam says
June 5, 2011 at 10:54 amWhatever makeup product Bossy used to give her that ass. That’s the one I can’t live without.
Tami says
June 5, 2011 at 11:28 amWow….all 3 looks are amazing and I would love to win this compact, lip tint, and mascara!!
Cassie Sue says
June 5, 2011 at 7:51 pmMoisturizer. I’m like Bossy I don’t normally wear makeup otherwise. Bossy did a good job, but I usually look like I’m trying to color my face in with a magic marker.
Virginia C~ says
June 5, 2011 at 10:03 pmSomething for my lips- chapstick, lipstick, gloss, etc.
Penny S. says
June 5, 2011 at 10:23 pmI can’t live without my Oil Control Lotion!
sandank58 at yahoo dot com
Judy says
June 6, 2011 at 12:15 amMascara, eyeliner AND Chapstick
Laura says
June 6, 2011 at 12:31 amDr. Pepper lip smacker
Mary Jo says
June 6, 2011 at 7:31 amThe one thing? That’s hard! It would have to be moisturizer!
ags345 says
June 6, 2011 at 8:30 ammoisturizer.
Deb says
June 6, 2011 at 9:09 amEyeliner and mascara – because my eyelashes are a color called non-existent.
sparkly jules says
June 6, 2011 at 11:28 amI can’t live without the Miracle Set: wash/toner/moisturizer,day and night solution. I’ve been using it 12 years, and no one ever guesses my age. Heh.
Kim Johnson says
June 6, 2011 at 12:14 pmI definitely can’t live without mascara!! My eyes disappear!
Kim
Janice Heaton says
June 6, 2011 at 6:57 pmI love any and all of the Mary Kay timewise line.
Tabathia B says
June 7, 2011 at 12:43 amI’d like to try the TimeWise® 3-in-1 Cleanser
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
Tabathia B says
June 7, 2011 at 12:46 amtweet
http://twitter.com/#!/ChelleB36/status/77959338811072512
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
Deb K says
June 7, 2011 at 8:27 amMy foundation is one thing I can’t live without!
deb55106{at}gmail{dot}com
Deb K says
June 7, 2011 at 8:29 amTweet!~
http://twitter.com/#!/Deb55106/status/78075995973894144
deb55106{at}gmail{dot}com
Tenntrace says
June 7, 2011 at 8:58 amHmmm, new makeup. I’m in.
Regina says
June 7, 2011 at 9:15 amI love love love my sephora eyeliner pencil. It doubles as shadow when I decide at the last minute to go straight from work to meet friends for a cocktail.
Peggy says
June 7, 2011 at 9:29 pmI really really need my lipstick!
Debbie B says
June 8, 2011 at 12:07 amcan’t live without concealor and foundation
Debbie B says
June 8, 2011 at 12:10 ami tweeted here:
http://twitter.com/bellows22/status/78312888506396672
Melanie says
June 8, 2011 at 11:01 amMy Mary Kay mascara. I love that it doesn’t clump and it really makes my eyes pop.
Catie says
June 8, 2011 at 11:05 amWell, I was going to be boring and PC and say my SPF moisturizer for my pale freckled skin but I think I’ll go with my benefit mascara. Makes my eyes pop!
Bellacantare says
June 8, 2011 at 3:18 pmDid I comment on/enter this yet? Don’t think I did. Guess I’m in now.
keet says
June 9, 2011 at 4:54 amAmbien.
Jodi says
June 9, 2011 at 10:10 amLipstain! I seriously look like a corpse without some kind of color on my lips – ick!
Julie C. says
June 9, 2011 at 12:13 pmI can’t live without it all! I’m fifty one and need all the help I can get, but I would have to say I could’nt live without my concealers!
Kelly Robertson says
June 9, 2011 at 1:33 pmYes, please! I have been needing some new makeup!
Holly M says
June 9, 2011 at 1:34 pmMascara! Must have Mascara!
kathy g says
June 9, 2011 at 2:46 pmMary Kay Pink Pout lip gloss is my absolute favorite!!!!
Kim says
June 9, 2011 at 3:39 pmSatin hands, Hands down.
Holla says
June 9, 2011 at 3:55 pmLipstick, foundation, mascara. Jeez, I need it all!
meredith says
June 9, 2011 at 4:23 pmim a huge carmex fan
meredith says
June 9, 2011 at 4:25 pmtweeted http://twitter.com/mermont84/status/78920641063038976
dawna says
June 9, 2011 at 5:24 pmBecause I have blonde eyelashes, mascara is a must. Also eyeliner. And if I’m feeling really frisky I throw some eyeshadow and a bit of blush in too.
mar g says
June 10, 2011 at 11:04 amfollow you now on twitter–@tnlibrarygal johnson city, tn
love the mk cleanser
kindra says
June 10, 2011 at 4:49 pmI need mascara r-e-a-l bad
athenasgrace17 at yahoo dot com
carma says
June 10, 2011 at 8:46 pmplease sign me up – I could use a sprucing
Maria says
June 11, 2011 at 2:40 pmDon’t know if makeup product but can’t live without my cherry chapstick.
Dee says
June 11, 2011 at 4:01 pmI can’t live without my burt’s bees lip balm
Dee says
June 11, 2011 at 4:14 pmtweeted https://twitter.com/DeeGee13/status/79642480005488640
Mary Hart says
June 11, 2011 at 7:27 pmMakeover please
Jennifer G says
June 12, 2011 at 2:03 pmI would like to try the turquoise weekender pencil – because I can’t use skinny pencils and that one’s fat. I also have wanted to try the highlighting powder for a long time.
Annie says
June 12, 2011 at 2:10 pmMascara. It’s the only stuff I use on a regular basis!
Nancy W says
June 13, 2011 at 7:54 amMascara. Shortest lashes in the world.
Anna says
June 13, 2011 at 8:24 amI love Mary Kay!
Amy says
June 13, 2011 at 10:21 amScrew the compact. Can I just have your ass, please?
Ami says
June 13, 2011 at 11:27 amThis is tough one for me. I have to choose between mascara, blush, and my Neutrogena Healthy Skin Enhancer? It’s a tinted mositurizer, spf, and something else all in one. I think though if I had to pick just one it would be mascara, though. My eyes are my best feature, and without mascara they get a little lost.
Kymberley says
June 13, 2011 at 12:09 pmI cannot leave the house without mascara, unless I wish to look as though my eye lashes were burnt off in an unfortunate grilling accident. They simply look non existent without the charcoal color coating I liberally apply.
Carli says
June 13, 2011 at 5:24 pmI cannot leave the house without my mascara. or my burt’s bee’s lip balm.
zenmomma says
June 13, 2011 at 5:34 pmBeing a mature woman of a certain age, I cannot live without my moisturizer. Bad things happen. Terrible things.
Hannah Q. says
June 14, 2011 at 6:12 pmI’m pretty addicted to lip balm..and I may or may not have a small panic attack when I realize I don’t have it with me…
Sunnymay says
June 16, 2011 at 3:41 pmLip balm graces my lips every day and I keep it in my purse or pocket ready to apply as needed.
Sallymon says
June 16, 2011 at 8:42 pmI cannot live with my mineral veil from Bare Minerals!
Nanette says
June 17, 2011 at 1:23 pmMascara. I need mascara or I look dead. And that is just the sad truth!
Lauren says
June 17, 2011 at 3:39 pmFoundation! Even if nothing else Foundation helps me look like a human being!
Judy P says
June 18, 2011 at 5:41 pmWhen you get old….only one thing doesn’t do it ! But foundation for sure, mascara helps me look alive and everything else is frosting on the cake.
Kim Janasik says
June 19, 2011 at 12:41 pmFirst time at your blog and I got to say, you are hilarious! Love the mini!
Kendra G says
June 19, 2011 at 10:14 pmi have to chose just one lol! I need all the help I can–have always used is moisturizer with sunscreen
Karina says
June 20, 2011 at 12:10 pmcan’t live without foundation
SuziQ523 says
June 21, 2011 at 8:22 amI can’t live without a little color on my lips–a nice lipgloss and protective sunscreen moisturizer. <3 <3 <3
Kim Conner says
June 21, 2011 at 1:57 pmI must have some sort of lip color… something smooth and not fakey looking. Right now I’m using an NYC color gloss that I love.
Summaiyah says
June 21, 2011 at 3:40 pmcan’t live without gloss!
Kerry says
June 21, 2011 at 10:08 pmSince I have such light eyebrows – I can’t live without my eyebrow pencil!
Kerry says
June 21, 2011 at 10:09 pmtweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/KerryBishop/status/83355762071572481
Amy says
June 22, 2011 at 1:47 pmEyeliner! I can’t go out without it!
chris burd says
June 22, 2011 at 4:23 pmI need lip gloss seaburd@comcast.net
Melinda says
June 23, 2011 at 5:51 pmi need foundation to make my skin look uniform
Joy says
June 23, 2011 at 5:51 pmI can’t live without mascara. It makes my eyes look full and awake, versus the normaly sleepy look they tend to have
Sean says
June 23, 2011 at 5:52 pmMy wife loves chapstick and all day lipwear products. That’s all i know about makeup.
BG says
June 23, 2011 at 5:52 pmI love to play with colors, so I love fun eye liners and eye shadows. These compacts are perfect for changing out your favorite colors
Shopping Chick says
June 23, 2011 at 5:53 pmLipgloss for me
Georgia says
June 23, 2011 at 7:53 pmI love their mascara! This would be fantastic!
gmissycat at yahoo dot com
Georgia says
June 23, 2011 at 7:53 pmTweeted here too
http://twitter.com/#!/gmissycat/status/84046430821548032
gmissycat at yahoo dot com
Milissa says
June 23, 2011 at 9:24 pmI think that putting on eyeliner makes the biggest difference in my appearance. It makes me look and feel 10 times better!
Jenny says
June 25, 2011 at 10:44 amLip colors. I have always heard great things about Mary Kay lip colors and although I have never used them personally I would love a chance to try them out!
Tina Renee says
June 25, 2011 at 3:28 pmI simply cannot live without mascara! treneebarker at hotmail dot com
ANGEL JACKLYN says
June 25, 2011 at 9:54 pmLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED READING YOUR POST- IT WASN’T BORING LIKE MOST OTHERS. LOTSA PICTURES. YOU DID GOOD. I HAVE TO HAVE MY MASCARA ON OR I DARE NOT GO OUT. OH YAH, IT REALLY DOES SOMETHING FOR MY EYES. kytah00@yahoo.com
ANGEL JACKLYN says
June 25, 2011 at 9:55 pm2nd ENTRY TWEET @ http://twitter.com/#!/kytah00/status/84800842544332800
kytah00 {at} yahoo {dot} com
Karen Runey says
June 26, 2011 at 10:41 pmI’d line to try the shadow/liner duo. they look easy to carry.
Erika says
June 27, 2011 at 7:57 amCan’t live without my mascara!
Chrissy - Boots & Pearls says
June 27, 2011 at 10:16 amI wouldn’t survive without my waterproof mascara. Without mascara I look half-asleep and half-dead…. haha
Christina Lamano says
June 27, 2011 at 12:31 pmI look like I have no lashes without mascara
Julie {Angry Julie Monday} says
June 28, 2011 at 12:44 pmAll of the photos and anecdotes were hilarious.
I love that magnetic compact.
Judith says
June 29, 2011 at 5:21 amI am lucky that I have color in my lips but my eyes are dead so shadow, eyeliner and mascara is a must.
Amy says
June 29, 2011 at 6:34 amMy new best friend is primer to go on before foundation. It can even be used alone around the house. Love the way it makes my skin look!!
Michelle Spayde says
June 29, 2011 at 12:50 pmJust ONE that I can’t live without?????? Let’s see, I can always bite my lips, so mascara for my BLONDE eyelashes!
LOVED reading your post on this!
Michelle Spayde says
June 29, 2011 at 12:50 pmTWEET~ http://twitter.com/#!/arniebelle/status/86114277051731968
Michaela says
June 29, 2011 at 11:06 pmJust one? eyeliner for sure!
Love this post!
Mickey says
June 29, 2011 at 11:07 pmThis post is hilarious! I can’t live without blush cause i’m so PALE!
Michaela says
June 29, 2011 at 11:11 pmhttp://twitter.com/#!/xoxomickeyxoxo/status/86270246985535490
tweeeted!
Michaela says
June 29, 2011 at 11:11 pmhttp://michaela-victoria.tumblr.com/post/7068750973/check-out-this-awesome-promotion
blogged!
Vicky Boackle says
June 30, 2011 at 8:11 ami can’t live without mascara.
Julie M says
June 30, 2011 at 8:26 amI have to say mascara. My eyes just disappear.
juleemm2003 at yahoo dot com
Aisling says
June 30, 2011 at 8:50 amMust have mascara!
Happi Shopr says
June 30, 2011 at 9:02 amI must, must, MUST have my Cherry Softlips!
Happi Shopr says
June 30, 2011 at 9:04 amhttps://twitter.com/#!/happishopr/status/86419713420308480
DARLA KIDDER says
June 30, 2011 at 9:24 amI can’t live without foundation!
luckylady4163@yahoo.com
DARLA KIDDER says
June 30, 2011 at 9:28 amI tweeted this giveaway.
http://twitter.com/#!/LUCKYLADY4663/status/86425220457562113
luckylady4163@yahoo.com
Annette D says
June 30, 2011 at 10:42 amI need my foundation!
Carol says
June 30, 2011 at 10:53 amI can’t live without my blush
Carol says
June 30, 2011 at 10:54 amtweeted http://twitter.com/cdziuba/status/86446999326564352
Melissa D says
June 30, 2011 at 11:23 amI can’t live without Mary Kay’s Indulge® Soothing Eye Gel– it is so nice and cool in the summertime. Love it!
CATHARINE R says
June 30, 2011 at 12:13 pmDefinitely moisturizer for me. Even if I’m not leaving the house, I put on my moisturizer.
ceriehl at gmail dot com
susan smoaks says
June 30, 2011 at 12:33 pmi can’t live without my mary kay mascara, i love it, i wear it everyday!
Nicole C. says
June 30, 2011 at 12:39 pmI cannot live without my foundation!
Stephanie V. says
June 30, 2011 at 12:43 pmmoisturizer first – both face and eye!
Lori Hart says
June 30, 2011 at 1:16 pmOne product I cannot live without is mascara. I did just try out the Ready to Wear liquid eyelash extension. Now I can’t live without that either
Valeen N says
June 30, 2011 at 1:59 pmI have red eyelashes, so I can’t live without my mascara! I do not go outside without my mascara. If I do, people stop and ask me if I’m ill!
Suzanne Timmsen says
June 30, 2011 at 2:04 pmI would love the Ultra Mascara since I need Ultra Eye lashes.
Adrienne Gordon says
June 30, 2011 at 2:19 pmLip Gloss, hands down.
Margaret Smith says
June 30, 2011 at 2:48 pmI can’t live without under eye concealer.
Thanks so much.
Miranda Ward says
June 30, 2011 at 3:22 pmThanks for the Great Post It was entertaining to read your take! I Love Mary Kay!
freebiegoddess03@aol.com
ewhatley says
June 30, 2011 at 3:30 pmHaven’t tried Mary Kay and would love to give it whirl.
Rebecca Graham says
June 30, 2011 at 4:57 pmI can’t live without black mascara.
Cynthia W says
June 30, 2011 at 5:11 pmI cannot live without mascara.
Donna B. says
June 30, 2011 at 5:17 pmA great lip balm/tint.
Shannon Baas says
June 30, 2011 at 5:26 pmLip gloss and sunscreen
Darcy B says
June 30, 2011 at 5:32 pmSunscreen, mascara & lipcloss
Sand says
June 30, 2011 at 6:01 pmI can’t love without Lancome’s Juicy Tubes.
Ellie W says
June 30, 2011 at 6:28 pmI can’t live without Max Factor Lasting Finish foundation. And now I have to order online because it isn’t sold in stores here anymore.
Thanks for the giveaway!
eswright18 at gmail dot com
Ellie W says
June 30, 2011 at 6:28 pmtweet
https://twitter.com/#!/eswright18/status/86561791164944384
Becky says
June 30, 2011 at 6:37 pmMine is lip gloss..
Stacy says
June 30, 2011 at 7:05 pmI am a simple girl and really I can’t leave the house without lipgloss. I like it shiny!
Breanne says
June 30, 2011 at 7:27 pmMascara
Charity S says
June 30, 2011 at 7:33 pmI can’t live without eyeliner.
Cynthia C says
June 30, 2011 at 7:58 pmI can’t be without my mascara.
Cynthia C says
June 30, 2011 at 7:59 pmTweet
http://twitter.com/#!/clc408/status/86584445511008257
Jennifer Horton says
June 30, 2011 at 8:41 pmI can’t live without eyeliner! My eyes are so small – and eyeliner gives that “pop” that I need!
nicole says
June 30, 2011 at 10:05 pmI can’t leave the house without mascara.
Amy Tong says
August 14, 2011 at 1:55 pmI can’t live without my eye shadow. It just give some colors on my face and brighten up my eyes! I would love to try the Compact Mini! What a wonderful idea that I can change the color and combination any time I want! Genius! Thanks for a chance to win.
amy [at] utry [dot] it