I must have black eyeliner and black mascara! I can probably walk out of the house without anything else, but those are a must for me.

I'm a slight make-up addict, don't leave the house without it on
If you want the au'natural look, go for a liquid concealer to hide dark eye circles and any pimples/blemishes, a liquid foundation with a small amount of loose face powder over the top to make your skin nice and matte, a soft blush to bring out your cheeks and black or brown mascara.
Personally I like the slightly more obvious make-up look, I use a liquid concealer around my eyes, followed by a liquid foundation over the rest of my face, then apply a pressed face powder followed by some nice bright blusher. For the eyes, I use a "primer" so my eye makeup doesn't slide duing the day with a beige or almost skin pink glistening eyesadow on my top lid. Then I use black liquid eyeliner on my top lid with lashings of black lengthening mascara

I'm a slight make-up addict, don't leave the house without it on
If you want the au'natural look, go for a liquid concealer to hide dark eye circles and any pimples/blemishes, a liquid foundation with a small amount of loose face powder over the top to make your skin nice and matte, a soft blush to bring out your cheeks and black or brown mascara.
Personally I like the slightly more obvious make-up look, I use a liquid concealer around my eyes, followed by a liquid foundation over the rest of my face, then apply a pressed face powder followed by some nice bright blusher. For the eyes, I use a "primer" so my eye makeup doesn't slide duing the day with a beige or almost skin pink glistening eyesadow on my top lid. Then I use black liquid eyeliner on my top lid with lashings of black lengthening mascara

exactly!
suggestions for a newbie:

eye primer from Victoria's secret about $6 (high end ones will cost u about $18+)
eye shadow - wetn wild triios or 8pan pallettes about $3 - $5 very good quality and colors
eyeliner - wet n wild liquid liner mega liner or if this is too hard and u want to use pencil liner try the l'oreal or maybelline lines
eyebrow pencils if u need to fill them - i like almay and maybelline
lipsticks - i dont use a whole lot , i rather lip gloss but rimmel lipsticks are good and inexpensive
lipgloss - milani, revlon
mascara - hmm i've only like MB colossal, MB falsies, and starting to get into Revlon grow luscious

hope that helps.

hmmm i must disagree, i actually am currently on my 3rd pot of maybelline dream matte mousse foundation and I love it. i always get compliments even from the sales ladies at sephora, estee lauder, mac, etc, haha if they only knew!

yeah my skin is pretty easy to work with. i just need something to even me out, no scars or acne blemishes etc. its usually combination skin but i'm feeling its getting pretty dry at the moment with winter.
and ur right EL double wear foundation is pretty good. i got a sample recently and i likey

Urban Decay's Primer Potion is a must for eyeshadow! You won't get that dreaded crease... especially night time eyeshadow!!!

I've been meaning to try this. When I was a teenager and had better skin, my eye shadow was flawless, never creased, stayed in place, didn't fade, etc. Now that I'm older and I've started wearing it again, I'm noticing it's not looking as great. :laugh: After Christmas, I plan on treating myself to UD's primer potion, since I've heard good things about their brand!

For me, my must-haves are black eyeliner, black mascara, and silver eye shadow. For the eyeliner, I absolutely LOVE Urban Decay's "Ink For Your Eyes" I believe it was called? They stopped selling it in stores here, and whenever I try to order from UD's website or any other retailer, they never seem to have black in stock. I bought Tarte's clay pot eyeliner last week, and I love it! Definitely took some getting used to to apply, but I really like it. I'm not a fan of eyeliner pencils, whether they're self-sharpening or the ones you have to sharpen. I prefer using a brush to apply it. Mascara, I'm not TOO terribly picky on, since I already have long eyelashes, I usually save mascara for special occasions (aka: get to get all dolled up, haha!), but I really like every Maybelline mascara I've ever used. I just don't use it enough to pay for the higher-end ones. Silver eye shadow, I really like, since a good glittery silver goes with almost everything, and just adds a little sparkle. Which reminds me...I'm out of it! And I cannot find a good one anywhere anymore.

Another tip!

When you remove your make up, make sure you wipe upwards and don't pull at the skin! It causes premature sagging!

And if you like looking at videos to learn how to put on make up, I suggest looking up TheMakeupChair

She gives really great beginner videos and shows you what are the best beginner products And she's always willing to do a specific video if you ask her!