Personally, I think it’s an interesting idea, but I want to know if it has a pause button!
Yup, I’m talking about Stila’s Smoky Eye Pallete, which, for $40, actually talks to you and tells you how to apply your eyeshadow.
I think talking makeup is an interesting idea, but if you buy this palette, you’ll have to do your homework and figure out which brushes you need to buy to get the desired effect.
In addition to telling you where to apply each shadow, the instructions mention certain brushes by name, and tell you which ends of the brushes to use, which is helpful if you aren’t brush savvy.
I did have a little trouble with the instructions - I had to listen twice because I thought they said to contour an “r” into the crease, and that didn’t make sense to me.
They actually said to contour an “arc” into the crease - big difference in terms of looks.
I can see hordes of people walking around with a big “r” in their crease!
The instructions are too fast for me use while applying the makeup, so I hope they have a pause button so I don’t have to listen to it over, and over, and over while I’m trying to follow the instructions while applying my shadow.
Of course, if the pallette didn’t have a pause button I’d probably come to the web site and listen to the instructions, since it has a pause button.
I do like The Grays, and The Bronzes, but the base shadow color in the palette beside the instructions looks different from the palette at the bottom of the page, so I’d want to see these in person before I purchased.
What do you think about talking makeup?
Yeah, nay, or maybe?
Leave a comment and let me know how you feel.
November 2nd, 2007 - 10:59 pm
Wow, this seems like a lame-brained idea. First of all, it’ll only be useful to English speakers, and second of all, plenty of people can’t follow spoken directions, but they CAN follow drawings. And it would seem to me that this is ZACTLY the kind of thing where little drawings would come in a LOT handier! No English is necessary. (All of this is on top of the difficulty you had trying to understand the word “arc.”) I hope it also has a “Stop forever” button, because I imagine that after you’ve used it for the second time and gotten the hang of it, you’ll be sick to death of it, too, and not want to hear it ever again! This idea sounds like it came from a freshly-minted MBA who wanted to try out his shiny new marketing skills to impress the boss. I hope it goes down in flames. I don’t want my makeup talking to me! (I’m now imagining my Tampax box telling me what to do … ugh!)
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November 6th, 2007 - 7:23 am
Does it just have one set of directions to play? I can imagine a lot of different eye shapes that may need tailored instructions. Not to mention some of us creaseless girls.
November 9th, 2007 - 8:14 am
My only thought on talking makeup is that is is a gimick and will not become a wide spread function, i have been an artist for over 12 years and work for the BBC in london , the only talking i can think people would apprecite is someone saying how good they look , so a talking palette is not for me . i would always recomend practice until you feel you have the right look and not rely on an plastic object to advise you.
Jess
November 9th, 2007 - 8:26 am
Sun, I’m assuming it only has one set of directions.
Jess - there’s an idea - take Lipstickface’s permanent stop button, and add a permanent flattery button as well.
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