I do skin care (wash, tone, moisturizer, oil), 90% of hair to let the skin care set, makeup, finish my hair (I have bangs so those are last and any hair accessories).
I don’t think there’s a right order, but more what works for you. I never get my hair soaking wet in the morning, so dry time isn’t an issue but I do need time for my bangs to set before I let them down. I also don’t wear foundation.
I agree with most of these so I’ll add a new one. I hate marketing that’s trying to appeal so some personal value or self worth. It’s not unique to makeup, look at car commercials telling you your personality is validated by buying their car. But it peeves me. I’m not a better person for buying your lipstick.
Nyx ultimate shadow palette, the colorful one. It was the dustiest, ashiest, least payoff I’ve ever gotten from a palette. I just wanted to have fun with color. I ended up getting the ColouredRaine Vivid Pigments palette to replace it and that is color!
I love false lashes. I don’t wear makeup regularly enough to wear them often but I love them anyway. I definitely lean towards more natural ones but they just fit my eye better. I have hooded lids that tend to absorb everything into the crease void.
I think bold lashes are a look that many people here don’t like but to me it kinda falls in the category of people who say lining your lips especially in brown liner with a lighter middle looks bad. It’s a style. It’s not meant to look real.
I have a much longer essay in my heart about how mainstream beauty communities treat styles that are created and popular in communities of color but I’ll save that for another time.