https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 15 Nov 2026 06:18:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup/page/2#post-1419722 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:07:32 +0000 travellingbee 1419722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my favorite things about our house is that it has a built in vanity in the bathroom. It feels very luxurious. But I don't get natural light because it's dark out when I get ready. So I use a lighted mirror that has a daylight setting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup/page/2#post-1419640 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:36:00 +0000 Cherrybee 1419640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Electric toothbrushes/shavers etc here are battery operated. Some come with a charger unit that you plug in in another room. We also don't have regular light switches in bathrooms - they are all pull cord (or the switch is outside the room). It might be because our electricity runs at 240v whereas the US is on 110v?? It makes no sense though because we have plug sockets in the kitchen, where there's water!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup/page/2#post-1418211 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:39:26 +0000 Raindrop 1418211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow I didn't know there were so many places! :) I must admit I normally do my make up in the bathroom but sometimes I end up doing some last minute make up in the car to somewhere I didn't expect to be going (aka emergency make up go!). :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1418194 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:32:01 +0000 bhbee 1418194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MarieJ: my LO also loves to do makeup ("meemac" in her words) at my vanity! I have one from IKEA that is barely holding together but it just feels like the biggest luxury to be able to sit down and also have a place to leave things (vs having to put everything in a drawer or have it take over the bathroom). I often do it while still dark in the room but I have a good makeup mirror (at least I don't think it's ever led me astray on blending or colors) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417518 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:58:40 +0000 petunia354 1417518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a vanity in my bedroom so that's where I do hair &amp; makeup, but it's not ideal since there is not good natural light in either the bedroom or bathroom! Plus it's dark outside when I do it so by the time I get to work and look in the mirror I'm all like, "Yikes! Why didn't you blend?!?" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417456 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:46:22 +0000 blackbird 1417456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bathroom. I have a stool sitting under the counter, but i prefer to stand and lean over towards the mirror and get ultra close. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417370 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:23:56 +0000 Pepper 1417370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bathroom. I would give anything for a seated vanity though! I've wanted one for years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417369 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:23:41 +0000 ineebee 1417369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do it in the bedroom in front of a mirror on the wall. All the makeup is stored in a nightstand-y drawer, and then I spread it all out on the bed and go back and forth from the bed to the mirror. Some natural light. I do the tougher stuff (only for fancy occasions) at the bathroom mirror with both natural light and light bulbs above. Anyway, pretty cumbersome! Can't WAIT to move into a house and get a dresser with a mirror and SPACE! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417295 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:04:00 +0000 snowjewelz 1417295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's interesting that most people do it in the bathroom! It's strange but I've always stored makeup in the bedroom and either do it in bedroom or bring into bathroom to do. I think it's because I like to be as close to the mirror as possible and in the bathroom I need to lean forward a lot (or sometimes still can't reach). I like being literally right up at my full length mirror in the bedroom :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417096 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:16:17 +0000 looch 1417096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have to laugh at the comments about the natural light, when I get up and am doing makeup, it is still dark outside! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417087 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:13:29 +0000 mrs. wagon 1417087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: hello, eye twin. After the two babies and a year of breastfeeding with the last one, I started with the dry eye and finally the opthamologist told me i was contact lens intolerant and couldn't wear them ever again. So 6 months later, HUNDREDS of dollars worth of drops (5 kinds at this point!), and putting aside the max FSA amount in January, my dry eye is finally under control and I'm on LASIK day eve! </p> <p>I have some leftover contacts and I hate to waste them... I wonder if anyone here has my same prescription! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417077 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:10:10 +0000 hellobeeboston 1417077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rarely in the bathroom --- usually in the living room or kitchen while I'm eating breakfast. Only use the tiny makeup mirrors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417073 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:08:33 +0000 Mae 1417073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: so exciting! I would love to do lasik some day! I used to wear contacts almost exclusively but I started having dry eye issues a few years ago and I really can only wear my contacts like, once/week (and even then I pay the price the next morning). I'm fine(ish) with having to wear glasses daily but it does make doing my makeup so hard. When I wear my contact and do my makeup i'm like omg sooo much easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417067 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:06:30 +0000 mrs. wagon 1417067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: omg I feel your pain. I have been wearing glasses exclusively for the past 6 months (after wearing contacts exclusively for 15 years before that) and it just ruins makeup for me. Off for the foundation, on for the concealer, blush, and bronzer. Off for the eyeshadow and liquid eyeliner (in a handheld mirror suuuuper close to my face). On for the eyebrow pencil (to let the eyeliner set). Off for curling the lashes (again, handheld mirror RIGHTUPTHERE). And I can't wear mascara (MY FAVORITE) because my lashes hit my glasses lenses. </p> <p>I am getting LASIK tomorrow and I CANNOT WAIT. I already bought non waterproof liquid eyeliner to start wearing a week after surgery (so I don't have to scrub to get it off) and a new waterproof mascara I've been dying to try to start in 2 weeks!!!!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417051 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:56:14 +0000 Mae 1417051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>bathroom. We have a double vanity so we have some counter space, but I keep all my everyday makeup in a makeup bag so it doesn't take much room anyways. The thing I hate is that I wear glasses and I can't see myself in the mirror when I stand behind the counter without my glasses (bc I'm like, 2.5 feet away), so I have to lean wayyyyy over and that is getting harder with the belly. I wish I had a seated vanity in our bedroom! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417049 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:55:25 +0000 avivoca 1417049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the bathroom in front of a mirror. We have a window and it gets great natural light! However, I'm at work today and having to do it in the blue bathroom that has terrible lighting, so there's no telling what I'm going to come out of there looking like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417042 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:52:57 +0000 MapleMoose 1417042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bathroom. The morning sun comes in through the window. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1417025 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:44:34 +0000 artsyfartsy 1417025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the bedroom on the dresser. There's a window right beside it so I get natural light! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1416879 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:33:00 +0000 nana87 1416879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bedroom, there is no counter space at all in our tiny tiny bathroom. The light sucks in our bedroom so I usually check it after in the bathroom to readjust </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1416870 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:26:22 +0000 mfa_lady 1416870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@indi: Same here! Mine's right next to our window, too. Love it so much. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1416848 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:13:39 +0000 loveisstrange 1416848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now, I use a deep windowsill and a round, standing mirror in our master bath. I do my hair in our downstairs half bath, because there's an outlet right outside the door.</p> <p>I used to have a seated vanity, but we didn't have room here for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1416842 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:05:13 +0000 looch 1416842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: really? We had outlets in our bathrooms, not many but enough to plug in an electric toothbrush and a hairdryer!</p> <p>I do my makeup and hair in the hall bathroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1416841 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:05:07 +0000 Shutterbug 1416841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sunderling: ditto! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1416834 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 06:56:19 +0000 Cherrybee 1416834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Over here, we don't have any kind of plug sockets in our bathrooms so most people do their hair in the bedroom. I do my hair and make up standing at our dresser, which has a big mirror over it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1416781 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 02:58:00 +0000 shopaholic 1416781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want a vanity/desk to sit at in our room. But just standing in the poorly-lit bathroom for now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1416763 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 02:04:42 +0000 Sunderling 1416763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sitting on the couch using my tiny compact mirror to see what I'm doing. I don't know why I don't do it in the bathroom, it would probably be easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1416688 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:05:05 +0000 indi 1416688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: Same. I received my great-grandmother's set when I was in high school, and even though our bedroom is a bit scrunched with the vanity in there with the bed and dresser, I made sure to keep the set together. I also arranged it so that it's near the window so I can use a mix of natural light and a lighted mirror. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1416677 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:45:31 +0000 T-Mom 1416677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the car or at my desk at work :-/. Better about doing it in front of bathroom vanity now that I'm doing BB cream... I only finish it up elsewhere </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1416659 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:31:19 +0000 mrsjyw 1416659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mirror/counter in master bath. Sometimes i sit on the counter. We have a middle counter space between dh and my sinks where we've hung a mirror.</p> <p>I also somtimes do it on ourbfront staircase landing where we have a huge wall size mirror </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-do-your-makeup#post-1416606 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:00:01 +0000 HLK208 1416606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bathroom counter/mirror. I want a vanity so bad! DH has talked about building one in my closet but there's no window. </p>