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Survey Says... October 21st, 2009
- What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
- What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
- What’s your favorite cheek contour?
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What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
All time favorite is Dulce de Leche by Makeup Designory.
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
Lately I like to use Benefit’s High Beam on my cheekbones before I set my foundation with powder
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
Right now I’m really into Illusions Beauty’s cream foundation sticks as a contour, I just get one slightly darker than my normal foundation color.
Fave eye highlighter- rice paper
fave cheek highlighter- msf
fave cheek highlighter- casino bronzed by nars
favorite eye highlighter? MAc eyeshadow in Shroom
favorite cheek highlighter? Mac Dsquared2 Accentuate/Sculpt powder light pink shimmer side (such a nice and subtle glow)
favorite cheek contour? Mac Dsquared2 Accentuate/Sculpt powder brown side (perfect tuape brown colour, just dark enough to look still natural)
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? ricepaper never fails me and i dont even own it lol i been living off samples strange right
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? hmmm i like beauty powders w minimal glitter
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
sculp n shape any brand
Eye highlighter- MAC’s shroom or Dazzlelight
Cheek highlighter- Dior’s rose diamond (did i get that name right?)
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
Mac Shroom or Mac cream color base in Pearl
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? MSF’s!
What’s your favorite cheek contour? Nars Zen blush
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
My favorite everyday eye highlighter is Blanc Type by MAC
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
I tend to use Redhead MSF by MAC a lot as a highlight
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
Harmony blush by MAC
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
MAC strobe liquid or strobe cream
Vanilla pigment
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
MAC Golden Bronzer
Favourite eye and cheek highlighters are the shimmer side of the natural+shimmer MSF in Medium and Pleasureflush MSF (or I’ve recently found an almost exact dupe for it, the highlighter shade in Laura Geller’s Blush n’ Brighten in Boysenberry/Amaretti).
I don’t do contouring at all, just blush.
Eye: Right now, soft force from style warriors. I’ve been making a pretty good dent in it, I don’t wanna run out. ): But it really depends on the type of look I’m doing.
Cheek: Twilight fresh face glow, it’s actually my only face highlight atm. I just have a sample, but you only need a teeny bit, so it’s lasting me a long time.
Contour: Again, I only have one in my collection! I’m only nw15, so honey light from naked honey is a good little bit of contour/warmth.
– MAC Chill – I think it’s discontinued now
– Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick in pink
– MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in a shade or two darker than my foundation color
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
MAC’s Vanilla, Shroom or Dazzlelight, CoverGirl’s Champagne, Merle Norman’s Sun Beam or Bare,or NARS Nepal
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
I skip cheek highlighters bc I am so oily and it just makes me look greasy!
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
Smashbox bronzer in Suntan Matte is my go to but I also on occasion use NARS bronzer multiple in Rapa Nui after foundation but before powder:)
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? MAC Shroom
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? MAC Perfect Topping MSF
What’s your favorite cheek contour? MUFE, the contour shade in the lightest contour/highlighter duo
Eye highlighter : Shroom by MAC
Cheek highlighter : High Beam by Benefit
Cheek contour : no favorite, I don’t contour.
I love using Lancome’s Drape eyeshadow as an eye highlighter. It’s perfect!
For my cheeks, I perfer to use the Coastal Scents Contour and Blush palette! It’s perfectly packed with everything you need for blush, contouring, and highlighting, and soooo affordable. Everyone should get one!
At the moment:
– Vanilla Pigment
– Triple Fusion MSF/Vanilla Pigment
– Blushbaby (MAC) / Warm Sunset (the body shop)
XOXO
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? Blanc Type or Solar White
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? Petticoat MSF
What’s your favorite cheek contour? Sculpting Powder in Sculpt
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
MACs vanilla eyeshadow
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
Benefits High Beam
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
NARS Laguna
eye highlight – mac vanilla
cheek highlight – mac pearl ccb
contour – I don’t really contour – I just use bronzer
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
– MAC Blanc Type eyeshadow.
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
– MAC Beauty Powder in Shell Pearl.
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
– MAC Blush in Harmony.
Eye HL-MAC Shroom
Cheek HL and contour- Chanel 4 shades bronzer ( I think it is a Limited Edition, sorry!)
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? MAC Paint Sublime Nature and tied with MAC Shroom
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? Benefit Moon Beam
What’s your favorite cheek contour? n/a
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
Mac cream color base in Pearl
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
Laura Mercier and Bobbi Brown
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
The perfect cheek blush MAC
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? NARS multiples st barts or copacabana
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter NARS Multiples st barts or copacabana
What’s your favorite cheek contour? NARS Ninotochka blush
* What’s your favorite eye highlighter? MAC Ricepaper eyeshadow
* What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? MAC Shimpagne MSF
* What’s your favorite cheek contour? NARS Laguna bronzer
* What’s your favorite eye highlighter?femme-fi( i need to hit my cco to find a back up!)or dazzlelight
* What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?refined msf or pink opal and vanilla pigments tpgether
* What’s your favorite cheek contour?i dont contour if i do i apply espresso eyeshadow lightly
* What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
The peachy-shade in the Stila 12 Shadow Barbie Palette at the moment, also, NYX Skin is the perfect neutral matte shade for myself
* What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
MAC High-Light powder in Honey Light is perfect for a subtle sheen everyday.
* What’s your favorite cheek contour?
I love Bourjois pressed face powder in their darkest shade (they only have 3), It’s finely milled so it blends out beautifully and it’s pigmented enough to not have to use a ton of product for noticeable results.
Ohh great one!
On my NW15 skin (all MAC products):
Fav eye highlighter = next to nothing (tempting quad) or bare study paint pot
Fav cheek highlighter = the light side of the accentuate scuplt duo
Fav cheek contour = haven’t found one… 🙁
I’m NC 45 in mac 173 in MUFE HD and 18 in MUFE Face & Body
Eye Highlighter: Dazzlelight
Cheek Highlighter and Contour: The MUFE Sculpting set
Favorite eye highlighter: MAC e/s blanc type and MAC Accurate = nice matte look and Nars Multiple in Copacabana = nice sheen look
Favorite cheek highlighter: MAC Accurate = nice matte look and Nars Multiple in Copacabana = nice sheen look
Favorie cheek contour = MAC Sculpt = nice matte look and Nars Multiple in St. Barts = nice matte look (use Nars when in a hurry)
* What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
MAC all that glitters and shroom
* What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
MAC CCB pearl
* What’s your favorite cheek contour?
the brown color from the coastal scents contour palette
Eye Hughlighter: mac brule
Cheek Highlighter: N/A
Cheek Contour: nars cap vert
Eye… Shroom or Bobbi Brown creamy concealer in Honey
cheek… Bobbi Brown shimmer brick on Bronze
contour… haven’t found one… I want to try MAC’s Blunt blush
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
Blanc Type by MAC for a Matte look, or NYX Jumbo Eye Shadow Pencil in Cottage Cheese for a quick touch of shimmer on the browbone.
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
MAC MSF’s- my favs are Refined and Perfect Topping!
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
Emote Blush by MAC!
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? MAC’s Nanogold
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? MAC’s Alexander McQueen Gold MSF
What’s your favorite cheek contour? MAC’s Golden Nectar
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
Creme de Miel by MAC (Naked Honey Collection)
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
Lamcome Plume de poete
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
CG fragrance-free powder in Toasted Almond
nw35
eye highlighter – whistle
cheek highlight – lighter shad from accentuate/sculpt
contour – emote or bronzer
Eye highlighter: Kitten
Cheek highlighter: Warm Blend
Contour: Raizin
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? MAC Shore Leave Eyeshadow
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? NARS Copacabana Multiple
What’s your favorite cheek contour? N/A
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? mac’s nylon
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter ? didnt find it yet !
What’s your favorite cheek contour? Bobbi brown’s dark
Eye highlighter: MAC Femme Fi
Cheek highlight: NARS Albatross
I don’t contour my cheeks
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
MAC Shroom OR Buff Naked
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
MAC MSF Perfect Topping
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
The Body Shop bronzer in shade #01
🙂
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned YSL Touche Éclat. I use it both for my cheeks and eyes. As for a countour, I tend to use this dark beige eyeshadow from NYX, but I might buy a proper one at some point.
Eye Highlighter: Matte- MAC Blanc Type, Shimmer- Vanilla pigment
Cheek Highlight: NARS Albatross (perfect candlelit glow!) with MAC Shooting Star MSF
Cheek Contour: MAC Sculpt Sculpting Powder
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? MAC Shroom e/s or Lancome Latte e/s
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? NARS Albatross- Candlelight in a compact!
What’s your favorite cheek contour? MAC Emote (DC)
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? Brule (not sure if it’s my favorite, it’s the only one I have)
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? Perfect Topping MSF
What’s your favorite cheek contour? So Ceylon MSF
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? MAC Dazzlelight or Vanilla (depending on if I want shimmer or not)
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? MAC Porcelian Pink MSF
What’s your favorite cheek contour? MAC Sculpt Sculpting Powder
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? L’oreal perle
Cheek highlight: NARS Albatross
What’s your favorite cheek contour? Brunette 01 light sheer bronzing powder Guerlain
Fave eye highlight = mac shroom
Fave cheek highlight = nars albatross
Fave countour = nars luster blush
Favorite eye highlighter is Shroom.
Favorite cheek highlighter is Perfect Topping MSF or Guerlain Mythic.
Favorite Cheek Contour is Emote or Laguna.
Favourite eye highlighter – Mac eyeshadows in Vanilla or crystal avalanche
Favorite cheek highlighter – Mac Soft & gentle MSF or Vanilla pigment
Favorite eye highlighter is MAC Femme Fi
Favorite cheek highlighter is MAC Soft & Gentle.
Favorite Cheek Contour is MAC Sculpt Powder, it’s really subtle.
Fav eye h/l: Brule
Fav cheek h/l: Belightful Beauty Powder
Fav cheeck contour: Refined Golden
favorite eye highlighter – MAC Vanilla e/s or Revlon Vintage Lace e/s
favorite cheek highlighter – MAC Perfect Topping or shimmer side of the MSF natural/shimmer 🙂
favorite cheek contour – MAC Refined Golden Bronzer
eye- ricepaper (MAC)
cheek- soft and gentle (mac) LOOOOVE IT.
cheek color- x-rocks (MAC duh)
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? MAC vanilla, or Shroom
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? NARS Albatross, or MAC Accentuate
What’s your favorite cheek contour? MAC Sculpt
I am NC 20-25 and I like:
Eye highlight= Mac Blanc Type (everyday go-to)
Cheek highlight= Mac MSF in Petticoat (discontinued, but I stocked up)
Cheek Contour= Mac Strada blush or the new sculpt and shape duos
I actually use two different sets one for day and other for night…
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
Day : MAC Shroom
Night : MAC Nylon
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
Day : elf’s All Over Colour Stick in Persimmon
Night : Dior’s Amber Diamond Skin Shimmer
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
Day : MAC’s Harmony blush
Night : BeneFit’s Hoola
fave eye highlighter-Clinique vanilla cream
fave cheek highlighter-too faced smurfette highlighting powder
fave contour-benefit 10
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? Right now for a matte – MAC Brule, Shimmer- MAC Dazzlelight
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? I have been using eyeshadow on this…currently its nylon and i have a Lorac double feature concealer- the highlighter part of that but most of timei do not highlight…
What’s your favorite cheek contour? Nars Laguna….i can’t move away from it…tho i am trying to find a matte version of that…
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
MAC pure white pigment, applied very lightly with a 224 brush
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
MAC – LE MSF Shimpagne applied with a 181 brush
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
MAC LE Emote blush applied with a 187 brush
Fave Eye Highlighter – MAC Shroom or MAC Paintpot in Bare Study
Fave Cheek Highlighter – Benefit Moon Beam or Highlight part of Benefit 10, I also sometimes use NARS Copacabana Multiple or ELF Multiple in Lilac Rose (I think it’s called)
Fave Cheek Contour – Contour part of Benefit 10 (Don’t contour my face very much)
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? MAC Femme-Fi or Shroom
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? MSF Light Flush or NARS Copacabana multiple
What’s your favorite cheek contour? Coastal Scents contour & Blush palette
Eye highlighter : Shroom by MAC
Cheek highlighter : Albatross by NARS
Cheek contour: Cubic or Buff by MAC
* What’s your favorite eye highlighter? MAC blanc type
* What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? I love matte highlighters& MAC accentuate (shape)
* What’s your favorite cheek contour? MAC bronze bronzer, MAC refined golden bronzer, MAC deep dark MSF
Favorite eye highlighter: NARS All About Eve
Favorite cheek highlighter: NARS Copacabana Multiple
Favorite cheek contour: NARS Sertao
Eye Highlighter- Mac Blanc Type or Mac Shell ccb
cheek – Mac Shell ccb
contour- Mac Harmony blush
Fave eye highlighter- blanc type
fave cheek highlighter- Mac CCB Shell or Smashbox soft lights
fave cheek contour- smashbox suntan matte or Mac sculpt & shape
Im an MAC NC42 (I think someone said what they were earlier and it helps!)
1. Eye highlighter: Just browbone w/ Shiseido Concealer pencil
2. Cheek highlighter: Rarely use, but when I do, it’s Awake Aqua Trans Powder in Sand Dune or Nars Albatross
3. Face contour–MUFE Mat Bronze in #6
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? MAC NAKED LUNCH OR MAC JEST
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? MAC pearl sunshine beauty powder and Dior skin shimmer in rose diamond
What’s your favorite cheek contour? MAC STRADA
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? MAC Femme Fi
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? Dior Pop Diamond SkinShimmer
What’s your favorite cheek contour? MAC Sculpt and Shape Powder in Accentuate/Sculpt
What’s your favorite eye highlighter? – MAC eye shadow in Shroom
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter? – MAC cream colour base in Pearl
What’s your favorite cheek contour? – MAC powder blush in Blunt
Eye Highlighter : Mac Retrospeck
Cheek Highlighter : Dior Skin Shimmers (all of them ^^)
Contouring : Mac Tenderling
Eye Hi-Lite-er: Palladio Almondine
Cheek Hi-Lite-er: Benefit Highbeam
Cheek Contour: MAC Strada or one of Milani’s bronzers (forgot the shade)
eye highlighter: femme fi with a wash of brule over the top
Cheek highlight: at the moment redhead msf, i’m really loving gold tones recently, other faves are silver aura loose powder, moon river MB, and refined msf
Contour: being so pale, i haven’t found anything suitable for my skintone to contour with, although, i dont really feel the need anyway, it takes me long enough to get ready in the morning as it is, without adding another makeup step.
eye highlighter: brule (MAC) for brow. dazzlelight (MAC) inner corners
cheek highlighter: don’t use one. they make me look greasy! yuck!
contour: strada (MAC)
LORAC’s tantalizer bronzer is an amazing cheek contour product, but I’d have to say bobbi brown’s shimmer bricks pretty much have that trifecta on lockdown. the darker shades contour, the mid tones blush, the lighter shades highlight eyes and cheeks, and there is somehow always a shade that looks great on your lids. all that being true, my go to day to day product to do all three fast is physician’s formula shimmer strips.
Fave e/s highlight – MAC Shroom or Vanilla pigment
fave cheek highlight – Perfect topping MSF, vanilla pigment, or Benefit High Beam
Fave contour – Nars Laguna or Benefit Hoola
What’s your favorite eye highlighter?
MAC Phloof, its so ultra light / white and frosty / luminous but really wearable
What’s your favorite cheek highlighter?
Wet N Wild All Over Shimmer, its not discontinued but it gives the most amazing wheat colored glow
What’s your favorite cheek contour?
MAC Strada, not to dark for my pale skin but not to light to not show up at all
eye highlighter: Lancome Positive
Cheek highlighter: Strobe Cream from Mac
Contour Colour: Nars Laguna Bronzer