Yeah...as a guy, I have absolutely NO freakin' clue as to what I'm doing in the cosmetics department when it comes to creating female sims. My response in real life when I have to follow
@Featherbelle into the makeup section of the department store when I go "shopping" with her ends up resulting in a facial expression that looks like THIS:
So...what Sims 3 blush, eyeliner and lipstick do you gravitate to when you create sims.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
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Some of the Maxis stuff isn't too bad if you lower the saturation slider.
MTS stuff I have used:
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Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
This ones by M1ssduo are also pretty good in my opinion (I use mostly the number 01 from the set).
As for lips my to go is Simple Lipstain by Kitt
And for blushes, I use mostly the ones from Simple Life
This are more or less the results I get
If I want something more glam or realistic or whatever, then for lips anything from Pralinesims and for eyeshadows anything from Gosik or S-club (including the eyelashes) combined with anything I mentioned before.
Results go more or less like this... (Old pics, sorry )
Cora after...
Oh, this one is better... I think
...
Man, this pics are really bad
By the way... males can use makeup too!
♥ I have a Simblr ♥
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Lips
Pixelore Lipstick N1 http://pixeloresvault.tumblr.com/post/153744713119/pixelore-lipstick-n1-ts3-download
Sk-sims Lipstick No. 3 http://sk-sims.tumblr.com/post/82297656744/aura-skintone-lipstick-basically
Ulito4ka Sugar Lips https://www.simsday.com/post/8244 ~~ direct download link to bypass adf.ly here
More lipsticks from the creator here!
Joes-Stuff INS3 Dry Lips Edit http://erissims3ccfinds.tumblr.com/post/95666405472/joes-stuff-click-for-hq-on-the-second-picture
Kima Melon Gradient Lip Gloss http://sims3-modeli.ucoz.ru/news/gradient_lip_gloss_by_kima_melon/2013-10-12-1335
Pralinesims Pearly Lip Lacquer https://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims3-makeup-lipstick/title/pearly-lip-lacquer/id/1308724/
Wundersims E-lipgloss GLAZE 131128 (Ephemera edit) http://wundersims.tumblr.com/post/83157925461/e-lipgloss-glaze-131128-edit-i-really-like
Gosik Cotton Candy Lip Balm https://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims3-makeup-lipstick/title/cotton-candy-lip-balm/id/1151132/
Want more?
https://awesome-ajuga.tumblr.com/post/176335642354/old-lips-for-ts3-part-i-28-41-52-32
https://awesome-ajuga.tumblr.com/post/176336125779/old-lips-for-ts3-part-ii-34-30-39-23
https://awesome-ajuga.tumblr.com/post/176336784459/old-lips-for-ts3-part-iii-14-15-18-19
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Eyeliner
m1ssduo Eyeliners #1-4http://m1ssduo.tumblr.com/post/62329552622/340-followers-gift-hiya-l-finally-i
Ephemera E-Eyeliner (download link at the bottom of page) http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_63f63ea9010181ox.html
Gosik Basic Winged Eyeliners https://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/Gosik/downloads/details/category/sims3-sets-makeup/title/basic-winged-eyeliner-set/id/1198613/
Cherryberrysim Lollipop Eyeliner https://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims3-makeup-eyeliner/title/lollipop-eyeliner/id/1232333/
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Blush
Kurasoberina Aaliyah Highlighter http://kurasoberina.tumblr.com/post/159837823959/old-misc-makeup-dump ~~ various eyeliners and lipsticks here too
Sk-sims Face Shadow http://sk-sims.tumblr.com/post/125174377131/makeup-set-no2-this-set-inclusive
Cakenoodles Highlighter https://cakenoodles.tumblr.com/post/145461496719/heyyyyy-i-made-a-highlighter-its-really-not
Lady Frontbum Blushes - I use Cheeky v2 http://www.ladyfrontbum.com/?p=2277
Tifa Blusher N13 (links are weird, click and get rid of the forum.thesims bit) blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=kero7423&logNo=130187818197&categoryNo=116&parentCategoryNo=&from=thumbnailList
Tifa Face Shading Line blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=kero7423&logNo=130158730272&redirect=Dlog
Ephemera E-faceshine http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_63f63ea90101fod7.html ~~ direct download here (included in the ESkin-fresh.rar set)
You're welcome
Bookmarking because I need more makeup ideas.
I think finding the best blush can be difficult, and it depends on the sim's cheekbones. It might look good on the sim on the CC creator's pics, but look awful on your sim. So get a few lipsticks and eyeliners but a ton of blushes. ^^
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
Legit most of my custom makeup right now is scars and wounds, tears, and a few matte lipsticks (I think one by Aikea_guinea and another by Elexis). I found Gosik's eye makeup to be way too over the top for me to use and nixed it a while ago. While PralineSims' makeup looks fine, there was a controversy over her potentially stealing textures from LemonLeaf and no matter how dubious the claims were, I just couldn't get over the bad taste it left in my mouth (also her skins used to be really, really bad IMO).
But I often want to make a "glamorous" character who ends up looking like they did their styling at Walgreens instead. I can pair eyeliner and lipstick okay but blush? Contour? Nose masks and shine? Jesus Christ it is wild talking to other simmers about how they style their sims.
Anyways, I'll look through the links provided. Thanks guys.
outrun / blog / tunglr
I'm far from a makeup expert in real life. I can't even draw two winged eyes to save my life, that doesn't stop me from looking at (and buying) expensive stuff though
I highly agree with Cororon that it's all about the colours and transparency. I don't think I ever use something at full opacity. I like to combine different blushes and lips to get a unique effect too. My sims normally wear 2-3 lipsticks with varying opacity to get the right colour. I can also layer 5 different blushes on with no problem as they target different areas of the face. My sims (like me) aren't very dressy or over the top so I'm all about the natural looking makeup. Even Pralinesims and Tifa makeup which I'm not the greatest fan of but at 20% opacity it can look great.
Edit: There is no one-fits-all eyeliner either, at least in my experience. Some of the Gosik ones come out too far for my liking so it's just about finding one that suits a sim's eye shape. Sometimes less is more
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
So I tend to a more natural look for most of my sims. Neither males or females get eye shadow, although in the past I have used some on particular sims, mainly rock star male sims. All of my sims, both males and females, get this EA eyeliner:
It gives a suggestion of lower eyelashes.
Here is Johan from my current game in CAS and playing a video game. Because his hair is so light I made this eyeliner a light ash brown and at about 60% opacity it hardly shows up.
I didn't use any other makeup on him.
Here is Kaitlyn from my current game in CAS and painting. I made the color for her a darker brown and at about 60% opacity it does show up subtly.
On Kaitlyn I used a blush/contour that came in on a download of a sim from the exchange when I first started playing but some times I use PralineSims Silk Foundation.
As for lipstick I use Lemonleaf lip gloss N17:
I sometimes use a dried lip lipstick, mostly for my male vampires.
Here are a couple more sims using the same makeup
except here I did use a subtle eye shadow also, one of EAs.
Some other examples of male sims with EA's eyeliner:
What? How? ??? So you mean you can place blushes and/or lipsticks in the five categories?
???/Eyeliner/Blush/Lipstick/Costume Makeup you mean? Am I getting that correct? :puzzled:
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
I think she's referring to MasterController's layering options where you can pick more than one makeup/accessory per category.
outrun / blog / tunglr
Makup can be cloned and made for another category with a special program, like S3OC, and a few clicks. I haven't done that with makeup, but I have made socks for the "glove" category so they can be used on top on stockings.
When sim-me wants to look her best she goes to a professional makeup artist:
@cwaddell ^This guy is channeling young Jensen Ackles...
InfraGreen was right in that I was referring to MasterController settings. It's called 'Multiple Makeup Per Location'.
Thank you. Alec, played by Jensen in Dark Angel, was the inspiration. I've named him Alec Jensen.
I forgot he played her brother!