GONE: cream cheek declutter | Blush, bronzer, highlighter

[@TheStyleStumbler]

Let me know if you'd like to see the "great repotting of the cheek items" here.

[@zachbecvar]

I'd love to see exactly how this works. I have a visualization in my head, and I'd like to know how accurate it is.

[@reneegrace7965]

Yes please! (I just found you and started on this video, you may have already done it.. ) Love your channel

[@brittchristensen5284]

I’m late so you probably already repotted. I was wishing you’d fill the empty pans in the video 😂 Of course I am not going to do this, but it made me want to get that palette to repot in 😂

[@albaguzman8031]

Yes to wanting to see the depotting process!

[@TheStyleStumbler]

Duly noted. ✅😄

[@aashild1986]

Ues, I would love to see that! Also, if that angel singing in the background at one point was you, I'm so impressed!!! Beautiful voice!! 😍😍😍

[@JourneyInBeauty]

Absolutely would LOVE to see the depotting process!! Please and ty!! I love how you customized the MUFE palette! Your curated collection is so satisfying!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@TheStyleStumbler]

It's such a travel friendly little makeup case - I just couldn't bear to let those foundation pans stay empty! 🤣 Thanks for letting me know that you're interested in seeing the de-potting process. Have a lovely day, Kyra!

[@ruthfoley]

You’re such a beautiful singer ❤

[@TheStyleStumbler]

Thank you, Ruth! ❤

[@nancyforryan2152]

Thanks for including your lovely music 🎶

[@TheStyleStumbler]

Thanks for taking a moment to let me know you liked it! ❤️

[@veggierunner79]

The Makeup by Mario blush brush comes off for cleaning!!!!!! You just turn the brush and it should click off. 😊

[@TheStyleStumbler]

I have had this for years and DIDN'T KNOW! 🤣 Now I feel silly. Thank you for the tip!

[@teacherlovesbeauty]

This was very satisfying to watch! And, yes, please film the depotting!

[@TheStyleStumbler]

Thanks Kim! I will be filming the depotting. :-D

[@nancyforryan2152]

Your mom is so lucky!!😊

[@TheStyleStumbler]

I’d say that I’m the lucky one, with a mom like her. 😊

[@metropolotankreyole]

Ah, first makeup video I'm watching in...weeks ! I had to take a break ! I still love how you insert a little of singing in your videos so much ! Seeing every product you want to depot to put in the MUFE palette I can help but wonder... I believe there's more product in a stick than in a pan ??? So... how ?

[@TheStyleStumbler]

It's so good to see you again, Anne-Sophie! Yes, there probably will be more product in the stick than the pan. I'll just try cutting some off and keeping the rest in the stick. I've never done that kind of "transfer" before, so it will all be a big experiment. 😂

[@bornblushing]

This was very fun to watch! I always love hearing your music included. I’ve been tempted by Tom Ford’s Shade and Illuminate over the years but have yet to pull the trigger. It looks so lovely! After watching this video, though, I do have some palette envy! How ideal to have your favourite shades all in one compact. In terms of a nude blush, Chanel’s blush stick in shade 20 is probably one of my favourites. I also love Surratt’s powder blush - Grisaille is a fantastic shade. I’m also thinking you should rename your channel to Beige Babe. 😉

[@TheStyleStumbler]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it - being the blush aficionado that you are, I feel like it's quite an honor. I just took a look at that Chanel blush and it really does look like an ideal nude blush shade for me. And Grisaille also looks tempting (although maybe a bit too cool toned? It's always so hard to tell in the picture). But I've long been curious about Surratt as a brand, including their blushes. Thanks for your recommendations! Maybe I should become the Beige Babe! 😂 Although tastes change - perhaps I'll surprise us all and start wearing bright colors again. It's always lovely to hear from you, Brittany! Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and recommendations.

[@beautyandthebeaker]

I’d just use a sharpie and label the Blush sticks…..That’s what I did. I also super glued the brush “shut” so I didn’t have to deal with it, but still let it turn up and down….so it’s a thin glue layer on the inside. 🤪

[@TheStyleStumbler]

I feel a little slow now... marking the sides with a sharpie would have been a really easy solution. 😂 And gluing the brush "shut" too. 😂 You are much more practically minded than I am. 😂 At least repotting those products and having all my blushes in such a compact little case will be useful for traveling.

[@beautyandthebeaker]

@@TheStyleStumbler my engineering degree taught me I can solve 87% of problems with sharpies, duct tape, and super glue! 🤣🤣

[@TheStyleStumbler]

Things are similar backstage! 87% of problems are solved with sharpies, gaffer tape, and safety pins! 🤣🤣🤣 I should try using gaffer on my camera next time I film. That would probably be more stable than my current water bottle and string solution. 🤣 Thanks for the inspiration!

[@tostoday]

For a brief moment I thought I read cream cheese which I may have on a bagel after I get up 😊

[@TheStyleStumbler]

Haha! I must be a powerful influencer, even persuading you to alter your breakfast. 😂 Enjoy your cream cheese bagel!

[@MsAlyssaJM]

I loved the skit!!! And yes for seeing the repotting :)

[@TheStyleStumbler]

Sometimes I think it would be fun to be a fly on the wall in those marketing meetings. 😂 Duly noted: the repotting shall be filmed.

[@zachbecvar]

The good product in a bad package shows the eternal disconnect between engineers and end users. Great job on the swatches. It was really easy to see the color differences and the differences in texture and finish. All the blush ones on your arm make me think of the sitcom trope of someone falling a sleep in a hammock and getting sunburn in a mesh pattern.😂😂 You could change up your Patreon to fund-raise for a tripod/overhead stand. I'd be happy to donate to the cause. Good logic processing on the nude blushes. It all makes sense to me. The talk of bronzers and higlighters and differences between skin tones in summer and winter made me realize that that is something I notice more now when I'm out and about. Don't get too bogged down in the percentages, you are getting rid of stuff to give you more time and space to play with what you are keeping. That's the important thing.

[@TheStyleStumbler]

I'm just surprised that a makeup artist (the developer of the evil blush stick) would develop a product like that. You'd think they'd have more of a mind for practical packaging. Thanks for the feedback on the swatches! I had a hard time getting them off and definitely looked like I fell asleep on a hammock and got sunburned for a while. 😂😂 I'll have to think about the Patreon/Membership thing. I never want people to feel any pressure. But it would be nice to invest in some solutions that could improve the video quality for everyone. Especially as my equipment ages and keeps creating time-sucking technical issues. You know you've been watching too much beauty content when you start to think of your skin as "summer skin" and "winter skin". 😂 Thanks for helping me maintain focus on my own priorities. I have a feeling future me will be grateful that I'm not just getting rid of things "for the sake of it". It's always lovely to hear from you, Zach! I hope your farmer's tan is coming along well.

[@zachbecvar]

@TheStyleStumbler I'm sure that blush stick made sense to someone along the way. But they should have done more practical testing, or sought your guru level wisdom on the design. I do sometimes wonder how long it takes to get everything off after you swatch yourself up. I imagine different products require different levels of effort. I've definitely been more reticent in the past few weeks of noticing people who have been out in the sun and the ones who got their color from a bottle or a tanning bed. Even without pulling out the pipe and leather elbow patches, I'm glad some of my commentary is helpful in providing a steadying influence as you go through this project. It seems like my farmer tan is the only thing going well for me at the moment. Most everything else feels like it's in shambles. 😓

[@majesticbeast4830]

That Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate duo forever haunts me. I want to try it for that bronzer, but know I most likely won't use the highlighter. If they would release the bronzer as a single, I'd be all over it!

[@TheStyleStumbler]

So many people say that! I honestly wonder why TF doesn’t do it.

[@patriciabeauty]

I love that Tom Ford duo!

[@TheStyleStumbler]

It really is so good!

[@courtlandtmartin6649]

Oof, that elf palette is so good. It has a *definite* spot in my stash. Isn’t is interesting how different all of our preferences are?

[@TheStyleStumbler]

It is really interesting to see everyone's different preferences! The formula of that e.l.f. palette really is amazing - the colors were just slightly off for my skin tone and preferences. But I am positive that it will still get a lot of use in its future home.

[@EmmaHacker-kj9un]

I mix my neutral contour (brontour if you will) and faux sunburn color to create a nude blush.

[@TheStyleStumbler]

Thanks for the tip, Emma! I'll have to try that.

[@angelaa.9915]

If you’re feeling any pressure to use up your Cloud Paints before they go bad, might I suggest mixing with something like Aquaphor for a very pretty lip sleeping mask? I haven’t bought any tinted balms in years and years!

[@TheStyleStumbler]

You have so many great ideas! THANK YOU!!! I'm going to try that.

[@angelaa.9915]

@@TheStyleStumbler it’s amazing what you can come up with when you’re trying not to buy more stuff, right??

[@TheStyleStumbler]

@@angelaa.9915 Exactly! Isn't there a saying like "Necessity is the mother of invention?" 😂

[@angelaa.9915]

@@TheStyleStumbler amen!

[@gabifgt]

oh my god, do i love blushes! i think they're my favorite part of makeup 😂 i'm so jealous of your collection because you have allllll my favorite shades! while i do prefere liquid/powder to cream (i have oily skin and cream products don't last on me), i can't help but want to have a creamy, multifunctional product for cheeks and lips because they are so easy to apply and carry! i'm going through a practical vibe with my makeup and am looking for products that can be used for more than one purpose, just so i can convince myself that i don't need one product for each category (does that make sense? 😅). anyways, your singing is SUBLIME! ❤

[@TheStyleStumbler]

I know what you mean - blush is so much fun and nothing beats a multi-functional product! I always have to set my cream blushes with powder blushes if I want them to stay, but I'm at a point in my life where I don't mind "extra" steps. (Plus it means I get to apply TWO blushes - how fun!) 😂 I'm so glad you enjoyed the musical interlude. ❤

[@lorrainemallory6951]

You can detach the brush from the makeup by Mario blush. Just detach the brush and cap and you can’t ever open up the wrong side ;)

[@TheStyleStumbler]

Another commenter let me know about that too and I felt so silly not realizing that. 😂 I still don’t like the packaging though - even without the brush, the cap is hard to remove. Luckily repotting it will solve my problem. 😉

[@lorrainemallory6951]

@@TheStyleStumbler I do agree, it’s also quite bulky…

[@TheStyleStumbler]

@@lorrainemallory6951 very much so!

[@indiemakeuphaul]

Poor Pauline!😂

[@TheStyleStumbler]

Yes! Poor Pauline! 😂

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

I don’t understand how you are confused about which end is which on the tubes. I look at the packaging and the writing and the size of the caps and it’s obvious to me 🤷‍♀️ I do understand why you would want to de-pot your Mario and TF into the makeup forever palette. I’d love to see the full depotting exercise.

[@TheStyleStumbler]

With the Tom Ford, the caps are both the same size and I guess I'm too busy "makeup meditating" to read the tiny writing in the middle. That's not really so bad. The Makeup by Mario is the one that REALLY bothers me - with that tube, it's easy to tell the difference between the ends, but the brush cap is so much easier to pull off than the blush cap, that the wrong side always opens. Either way, I think I'll be happier with all my blushes in that one travel-friendly case. Enough people seem interested in the de-potting exericse that I'll film it. As always, it's lovely to hear from you, Catherine!

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

@@TheStyleStumbler I also store things with the upside the side I want to open. I think your choice to put everything you really want to use in a customized palette is perfect. Perfect for travel and perfect for reducing your collection to the best possible arrangement for use. These declutter videos are amazing. Thank you for sharing ❤️

[@TheStyleStumbler]

@@catherinelynnfraser2001 I'm so glad you're enjoying them! Thanks for taking a moment to let me know. ❤