How many scoops do you use?

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How many scoops do you use?

Post by Trainer » Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:46 am

Hi Ladies! Just wondering how many scoops of the different products everyone uses...
If I am using oil control primer I find I just need one scoop (it seems to go a long way)
I usually use 1.5 scoops of foundation (flat top)
I love Liberty glow but am never quite sure how much to use. I usually end up with 1-1.5 scoops (round kabuki)
or if I use untinted Blur I use 1-2 scoops (this seems to not go as far for me)

Also, if you where an all over glow like liberty do you where blush as well?
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Re: How many scoops do you use?

Post by Pomi » Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:30 pm

I don't measure things out before I use them but I know I use TONS of foundation... :?
At least 4 scoops a day I think.
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Re: How many scoops do you use?

Post by lilychemgirl » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:29 am

I just shake a little into the lid/mixing bowl, do you measure out how much you use of each thing?
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Re: How many scoops do you use?

Post by nfig » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:59 pm

lilychemgirl wrote:I just shake a little into the lid/mixing bowl, do you measure out how much you use of each thing?
This is what I do too.
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Re: How many scoops do you use?

Post by JenW » Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:30 pm

nfig wrote:
lilychemgirl wrote:I just shake a little into the lid/mixing bowl, do you measure out how much you use of each thing?
This is what I do too.
I am with them......
I have no idea how much of each..... A couple of shakes per loading of the brush...and I load it about 4 or 5 times for foundation.
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Re: How many scoops do you use?

Post by la_canadiense(01) » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:12 am

me too! I haven't ever measured but I use quite a lot! at least 4 scopps, but probably more. I brush on the foundation at lease 3 or 4 times, and use a spray mist halfway through... this helps so that it doesnt look cakey, it just looks so smooth, exactly like my own skin!
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Re: How many scoops do you use?

Post by tizzylou » Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:52 pm

I have no idea, I load my foundation brush at least 2 times, but I just shake in to my swirly bowl, same with finishing powder. I always sprinkle blush lightly, and then add more if it isn't dark enough.
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Re: How many scoops do you use?

Post by superwahz » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:33 pm

I put mine in the lid too, or a rice bowl! Not sure how much I use, but I load the kabuki brush probably 4-5 times for foundation, same for finishing powder. I add tempt tryst and crystal into my finishing powder so they aren't as shiny (my skin is normally too oily to wear glows straight from the jar) and yes, I do wear blush with them!
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Re: How many scoops do you use?

Post by Trainer » Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:28 am

Thanks for sharing what you ladies do!! I guess I'm a little OCD with my scoops!!! :lol:
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Re: How many scoops do you use?

Post by royalgoddessbeth » Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:27 pm

I eyeball everything. I purchased the newest Fiber Optic brush so I could use smaller amounts of my Zinc Powder and the Finishing Powder I mix up myself. (Tempt Tryst w/Blur or PP, with a scoop of Yellow and BG foundation. This lightens it a bit and takes some of the glowy away.)

I sprinkle tiny amounts in my swirly bowl. If I need more, I sprinkle more. I start with my skin care and finish with the treatment powder with the FO brush. Then I use my zinc powder as my primer/corrector (I mix yellow and green corrector with it.) Then I switch to my flat-top brush and apply my foundation. Right now, I'm using about a tsp of foundation to one scoop of WG and approximately 1/2 scoop of yellow corrector. I'm extremely fair, but my yellow undertones are there, big time. I switch back to the FO brush and use my especially blended perfecter/finisher. I put on blush last because I depend on the yellow in my finisher to help prevent my blush from going too pink as it reacts with my body chemistry.

I don't know how much foundation I use...perhaps a scoop. I have good skin, so I think I'm pretty much a minimalist there. I mix foundation approximately 2/3 Original to 1/3 Medium. The other products I use, like the zinc powder and my PP make it so I don't HAVE to use that much foundation.
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