Are there any eyeshadow colors you avoid?
Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Are there any eyeshadow colors you avoid? Ones you just hate?
Sallow/true yellows–I can do sunny yellows and golden yellows… but if it runs a little sallow, it’s hard for me to wear it.
I avoid pastel colors such as baby blue, soft pink, soft green. They make me look dead and washed out.
Anything purple,lavander,violet,I do have some of them but I don't have the guts to try them on, I heard, it suitable for most any eye color, maybe I should try it Tommorrow
Blues. I just don't think they go well with my blue-green eyes and extremely cool, sallow skin. Still wear 'em (as well as greens [which I actually love!] and yellows), though, ha ha.
Every time i try to use dark blues or bright turquoise type blues, i feel like a look like a whore! LOL ... i try to blend it with other colors, I can't use blues alone :-(
Anything with too much pink, red or orange makes me look like a sick rabbit... Not a good look for me ;-)
the entire blue family...i cant wear any blue shade....ive also been trying gray's lately...they dont seem to be working either. I am NW20 both colors make me look sick.
Blues..... I think they make me look old and like my mother haha Ive gone off girl pinks.... not sure why... esp since i dont mind red.
greens in general. i really don't like green makeup looks. i have green eyes and green eyeshadow makes my eyes look gray. but i hate green looks on whatever the color of someone's eyes are :))
a dark navy blue. my eyes are blue as it is. it makes my eyes look really dull. especially if the shade is matte.
blues, greys, silvers, and taupes. they usually are too cool for my skin tone and i end up looking dead/tired looking. although i'm a firm believer in "you can wear any color you want, you just have to make it work for you". the greys, silvers, and taupes i can do without, but i really do wanna find a blue that's flattering to my skin tone.
I loveee Purple eyeshawdows...unfortanetly, I have a "cyst" in back of my eyeball on my right eye...so If I try to use purple it makes it seem like I was in fight :( sucks
I'm with you Christine, I can't do a look with yellows, the only yellow I have at the moment is crest the wave, every time I buy a yellowish color I usually give It away because I don't know what to do with.
All Blacks and Greys. I just can't. I look like a dead raccoon. I can pull off any color except them.
I try to avoid extremely warm colors.......On my fair skin, cool tones like taupe, plums, browns, silvers and pinkish champagnes look great.
Red on me looks weird , I know they say anyone can wear a red lippie but I cant . I hate frosty colors on me ( actually I hate frosted colors period) and I dont do pastels/ white well . But give me brights- yellow , orange, pink , and my favorite blues/turquoises - or a nice neutral shade and I am good. My next purchase will be the orange MUFE aqua cream cant wait
I would say certain pinks only because it looks like i have an allergic reaction. Maybe yellows i truly don't have any in my pallette but i like golden colors...
I avoid bright pigmented eyeshadow colors in general. I only wear neutrals and smokey eye looks, unless it is a bright, sheer wash of color, such as Dior Tropical Lights quint or the Sky Blue quint. The only brighter shade that I dare to wear on my eyes is teal, such as Delft paint pot, or like Birds and Berries eyeshadow. I also avoid brassy, red/orange based colors, such as Amber Lights. They tend to look harsh/sickly on me and if I do use them occasionally, I use in moderation and blend next to cooler coolers to make them work on me.
I can wear anything. All colors when blended well. I am in the MUFE mat velvet 80 range and everything works except MAC's showstopper since it's a brown and I an brown it just looks like throwing a darker foundation up there and that doesn't look good at all. Other than that, I choose almost any color that I like to look at.
All different kind of Green and pink tone brown. Green color make me looks sick. Pink tone brown just looks like my black eye extended all over my eye...
I avoid dark colors, purples, and mattes (unless it's turquoise). I can never get mattes to blend well, and purple just looks bad on me. I use dark colors in the crease but don't wear a lot of smoky eyes. I also avoid neutrals and browns. I figure there's no need to have a whole lot of them.
Definitely true blues and dark, navy blues. They make my dark circles look terrible! One color, for example, is Freshwater from MAC. I laso try to avoid pinks. Peachy-pinks are okay, but pinks make me look high or sick. Reds are the same for me.
Oranges. With fair olive skin and a lot of redness around the eyes, I have to avoid anything to orange or red, or use a really good, light base to make it work.
i think i can pull out any color (greens, yellows, blues etc) i think we all have a color that does not suit us, mine is Red, anything red on my eyes makes all my eye look wierd!
I try to avoid blues because it seems to look bad on hazel eyes, I also avoid colors that make me look like I got punched lol once I thought one eyeshadow color was fine on me and my professor looked at my eyes really hard & asked if I had a boyfriend hitting me lol I was so embarrassed
I can't do orange in any way shape or form. The closest I can do is coral and its need to be a pinky coral at that.
I cant do neutrals I feel like they wash me out and make me look blah. I love red eyeshadow but I wore the hell out of Gash from Urban Decay throughout my "goth/emo stage" I tend to avoid buying red. I also stay away from anything warm toned like oranges and yellows I wear them still but I gravitate towards cooler colors like blues and greens.
I don't think I've tried too many yellows but just haven't been interested other than yellows like Bright Sunshine. I don't think I look to great in orange but again haven't played with it much. Also I don't really do red.
I really only like neutrals and subtle blues, and greens, and avoid everything else, especially pinks, reds, and yellows.

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