What's your biggest beauty regret?
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Oct 25, 2011
Nicole A.
Back in high school i would pile on the foundation it was so cakey. And that was long before i learned about primer. My eye lids are so oily i'm sure it was a hot mess not even an hour into the day.
Oct 25, 2011
LisaluvsMAC M.
Over Plucking my eyebrows in high school. I barely have eye brows now & I'm never happy with them.
Oct 28, 2011
Lorena C.
I'm actually on the opposite end of the brow spectrum- I refused to touch them and hate looking back at my bushy-browed pictures! Ugh. It's really bad. I'm still a baby about them but I get them waxed frequently now. It's so embarrassing to look back at >.<'
I also regret having been too shy or worried about what others might think. I wish I'd just gone for it and tried new things out. Different hair colors and looks and things you can get away with in your teens. I'm in my late twenties now and I could never get away with some of the stuff my niece wears. I wish I'd had that confidence at her age =)
Oct 29, 2011
Amy M.
not such a big issue but wearing soooo much Red Lipstick for years, doesn't always suit me and dying my hair ten colours in total since i was 15 ooopppssss lol :) xoxo
Oct 29, 2011
Theresa G.
Deffinitly over plucking my eyebrows. : /
Oct 30, 2011
Catey P.
When I was in middle school, for some reason I thought that I didn't have to wash my face. So whenever my mom told me to, I would just splash water on it. Because plain water totally cleans up oil!!!
I never over-plucked my brows, but I've definitely had some misadventures with my bangs over the years. I was at a family reunion once as a kid and I thought I could trim my bangs myself. When there were a bunch of adults around taking pictures, that was NOT the time to experiment!
Nowadays, my biggest regret is not taking enough risks and having fun with my makeup. I'm trying to wear more bright colors in my daily life. It's hard when I have to be up so early, but I don't want to do the "nude" look forever.
Nov 3, 2011
Jen C.
I regret EVER coloring my hair. I should have left it alone. Not wearing makeup my first year of high school. I would wear eyeshadow and NO MASCARA! What was I thinking!? Not moisturizing. Oh, second degree face burn from spring break. It only took 3 years to get normal skin again, not to mention the damage.
Oh well.. here's the future of our health and beauty ladies and gents, may we never make the same mistakes again! :)
Sep 10, 2012
Jennifer T.
Not tweezing my eyebrows in middle school and experiment wearing makeup.
Sep 10, 2012
Katelynn D.
Hahaha...using the hand-me-down makeup from my nana. She has horrible taste in color palettes. Seriously this one compact she gave me made me orange, it was obviously meant for people with dark bronze skin tones. Ack! However I used that compact for a whole year in middle school and really thought I was hot stuff...
Sep 10, 2012
Nadia N.
Shaving my extra facial hair ugh
Sep 10, 2012
Nadia N.
Also plucking
Sep 10, 2012
Nicki N.
I nair'd my eyebrows when I was a kid. I thought that trying to pluck them would hurt too much.
And not really a beauty regret, but I hated my glasses and never wore them.
Sep 11, 2012
Nancy-Lee C.
Tweezing out my eyebrows and not wearing eyecream.
Oct 2, 2012
Kai Y.
I would say smoking..... :-( Smoking is bad for your skin....
Oct 3, 2012
Jamie B.
Dying my hair dark! I have naturally blonde hair and I get highlights but every time I go through a rough time I dye it dark! Happened twice! Never again!
Oct 4, 2012
Melissa F.
Taking better care of my acne as a teenager and not picking my pimples. I know it's gross but I did it. Now I have a lot of spots because of it.
Oct 4, 2012
Stephanie C.
Omg using black to fill in brows! A beauty hell no lol
Oct 4, 2012
Haylee V.
I used to take my eye makeup off by putting lotion on my fingers and pulling at the eye area to get it off! I know it's horrible but I didn't think I would have fine lines at the age of 20! I have really bad lines now...
Oct 4, 2012
Latora E.
Lmao ! Drawing in my eyebrows w/ black eyeliner ! Glad to see i wasn't alone @Stephanie C , cant believe i ever thought that was cute smh !
Oct 4, 2012
Stephanie C.
Girl I needed my a$$ kicked lol
Oct 4, 2012
Star B.
Shaved in between my eye brows! And cut half of it off and then tried to hide it with black eyeliner!!:/
Oct 4, 2012
Stephanie M.
Plucking my eyebrows WAY to thin when I was a teen. I looked horrible. All my high school pics make me cringe. Wasn't a good look.
Oct 4, 2012
Joelle W.
Going platinum blonde.... I have medium brown hair but its very fine. I had to cut it all off a few weeks later because it was just falling apart,
Oct 4, 2012
Jillian S.
Wearing bright eyeshadows. I was only 12 and they didn't go with my skintone. I still resent my mother for letting me leave the house looking like a clown.
Oct 4, 2012
Evvie P.
Definitely dying my hair red!