Temptalia Asks You – Have you ever used an eyeshadow as a blush?
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Have you ever used an eyeshadow as a blush? If you did, what did you use? Did it turn out well?
I definitely have! I’ve used some iridescent kind of shadows, like say Nanogold, on cheeks to highlight, or even Da Bling for a light pink blush!
I'm a fan of expensive pink as a blush!
Billy B. did my make-up using Scott Barnes Cashmere e/s on my eyes and on my cheeks as a contour. It looked amazing.
Oh that's awesome, lucky to have him do your makeup!
I used Star Violet (MAC) on my cheeks. Wow, I never thought it looked so natural.
Wouldn't have thought to use that one off the cuff! Great find!
Think I used blusher as eyeshadow once...long time ago. I'm not a red person!
lol, Rise!
No but I use blush as a crease color all the time. Especially Nars Zen blush and Benefit Dallas blush. Gives a polished, no makeup look. A little MAC Beig-ing all over and a swipe of blush in the crease.
Haha, very smart, Andrea! :)
I've used coppering and i loved the warm glowy-ness it gave me.
Oh, that's great, Lentaya! I think it might be too dark on me, what shade is your skin?
Yes! I use passionate as a blush and phloof! as a highlight quite regularly~
That's awesome, Liz! I've never thought to use Phloof! on the face!
Phloof! It's a great highlighter for me.
Nice! What skintone color are you, Amanda?
It's funny you asked this today, because I actually used Blush as EyeShadow!! LOL. I used Fashion Frenzy as my accent color with a lighter pink shadow, and it looks great! LOL. So I guess it works both ways!
How funny! Very nice, though :)
NYX Cherry eyeshadow! Need a very light hand with this one, though.
Oh, light hand for that for sure!
No, but sometimes I use blush for eyeshadow!
Like which blushes, Stephanie?
Yup~ I've also used some darker shadows for sculpting. ^_^
Such a good idea, Ruby!
I've used Engaging MES before, and used Fusion Gold Metal-X as a highlighter yesterday :)
I love it, that's so great, Stacey!
I always do. Since eyeshadow and blushs are just about the same, I dont see any reason to buy both. There has been about 2 times that Ive bought actual blush and thats because it was on sale.
That's a great way to save! :)
I love Lovestone m/e/s as a blush! Its beautiful when used with a light hand & the 187.
Oh, I knew that'd be a good one as a blush!
Not usually - since I hardly use the blush products I already have! But a few years ago, I used a very light (and I do mean VERY light) dusting of Gold Mode on the cheek bone/temple area, on top of a beige-golden blush and it looked good. Never tried it much after that - I prefer a subtle, matte look and this certainly wasn't one!
LOL! Oh, I can imagine Gold Mode might be gorgeous on the skin, as a highlighter!
While we are on the subject of shadows (when aren't we though, really!), Christine, have you got Romp yet? You were saying months ago you didn't know why you didn't have it. Just wondering since it's one of my favorites.
Hey Erin! Still haven't gotten it, actually. I'm really bad about remembering when I'm at the MAC store, LOL.
Hey Cristine, Yup often i use blush as eyeshadow it always turn beautiful,even though i have almost every colour in blushes but im a matching freak like ya!!! Luv.. Zzainy.
That's great, which has been your favorite shadow to use as a blush?
I just used a little bit of highlighter from a smashbox brick to highlight the bone between my eye and cheek today!
Oh, that's a good choice, Erin!
Never! I suppose I haven't thought outside the box like that before. *lol*
Haha! Think you'll try it in the future?
I use Pink Venus when I want a pink shimmer on the cheeks!
Pretty choice, Jenny :)
Definitely! I usually use Vanilla as a cheek highlighter. It works very well!
Good idea, Sophia!
For sure I have. And I often use eyeshadow as a highlighter especially on darker skin tones ...
Oh, that's a great idea, Critty :) What were some of your favorite experiments?
yep. before it became a blush, raizin was an eyeshadow. lol
lol, how cool!
Yes, I've used MAC pink frost (or pink shimmer) on my cheeks before...
That's a good choice, Robin, how did it work?
It looked nice-- nice and shimmery. I was in a bind :)
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