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Survey Says... May 21st, 2014
- Your skin tone/coloring:
- Last polish you purchased?
- Last lip product you purchased?
- Last skincare product you purchased?
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Your skin tone/coloring: Light caramel
Last polish you purchased?: Revlon Perfumerie in Pink Melon
Last lip product you purchased?: Aveda Morning Rose lipgloss
Last skincare product you purchased?: The Body Shop Vitamin E serum
Your skin tone/coloring: medium warm
Last polish you purchased? Zoya! I reviewed a bunch of Zoya polishes today, actually.
Last lip product you purchased? Clinique Chubby Stick
Last skincare product you purchased? I ordered a LIERAC serum today and I hope it will be here in a day or two.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/light with pink undertones
Last polish you purchased: My Julep Maven May Box (:
Last lip product purchased: 4 of the NYX Macaroon Lipsticks
Last skincare product purchased: Murad’s Clarifying Cleanser
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair and neutral/ cool (NC15, Nars Mont Blanc)
Last polish you purchased? Essie Pretty Edgy. I wanted a great spring green
Last lip product you purchased? Bite Deconstructed Rose lipstick- Crimson
Last skincare product you purchased? Korres Wild Rose 24 hour moisture cream, which was a re-purchase. The last new skin care product I bought was Caudalie Vinosource Intense Moisture cream. Fantastic for spots that stay dry no matter what and actually makes a great eye cream.
So you know why my favorite lipstick color is Profondo Rosso…..
Your skin tone/coloring: medium-Light/Neutral
Last polish you purchased? Zoya Pixiedust in Godiva, Vespa, and NYX
Last lip product you purchased? I think Givenchy Le Rouge in Rose Taffetas
Last skincare product you purchased? Origins 10-minute moisture mask and other things from the beauty.com sale.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair-Light/Neutral
Last polish you purchased? Essie Watermelon
Last lip product you purchased? MAC Siren Song
Last skincare product you purchased? Sephora Sun Safety Kit
Your skin tone: Deep
Last polish you purchased: Sephora formula X, a matte hot pink color but it got returned
Last lip product you purchased: OCC NSFW
Last skincare product you purchased: ST Ives Even & Bright scrub and Boots No 7 Sensitive gentle wash
Skin tone/coloring: Very pale, cool to neutral
Last polish purchased: OPI Miami Beet (love it—great for your toes)
Last lip product purchased: Bite Deconstructed Rose lipstick in Damask (a new fave, courtesy of Temptalia 🙂
Last skincare product purchased: Clearasil Daily Clear Daily Facial Scrub
skin tone/coloring: fair olive
last polish purchased: OPI Pinking of You (a perfect bubblegum pink)
last lip product purchased: Coola liplux sport spf 30
last skincare product purchased: Beauty RX Maximum solar defense sheer cream spf 50 for face
( fabulous under makeup) This is a Dr. Schultz product.
Your skin tone/coloring: MAC NC 25-30.
Last polish you purchased? Dior Aventure Dior Vernis.
Last lip product you purchased? Dior Liner Universel.
Last skincare product you purchased? Caudalie Vinosource Overnight Recovery Oil.
skin tone: med/dark (nars syracuse)
last polish purchased: butter london’s tea with the queen and rimmel oh, mr. darcy!
last lip product purchased: shu uemura lip&cheek tint in sugar plum and rms beauty lip shine in sublime
last skincare product pruchased: origins clear improvement active charcoal mask.
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium with yellow undertones
Last polish you purchased? Ysl Gris Deco a beautiful grey pearl
Last lip product you purchased? Lipstick Queen Saint Eden .. Such a pretty watermelon red!
Last skincare product you purchased? Aesop Parsley Seed Mask! Kicking myself for not getting it earlier! 😀
Why is Saint Eden not on the poppy (LQ) website? You and others have referred to it + It’s not there! (Minor sob.)
Hey! I got mine from CultBeauty and thats the only place I saw it on! You might want to grab one while its still there! Its stunning! 🙂
thanks a bunch. will cruise on over….
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium/Warm
Last polish you purchased? Revlon base coat (not very exciting)
Last lip product you purchased? Bobbi Brown Rich Lip Color in “Crimson”
Last skincare product you purchased? Caudalie Divine Oil (does that count?)
Your skin tone/coloring: NC20
Last polish you purchased? Chanel Le Vernis in May
Last lip product you purchased? Guerlain Rouge Automatique in Cruel Gardenia
Last skincare product you purchased? Guerlain Blanc de Perle Activating Roll-on Mask, Cleansing Foam, Hydrating Emulsion, and Lotion; Guerlain Secret de Purete Cleansing Milk
■Your skin tone/coloring: NC20
■Last polish you purchased? I think Essie Hors d’Oeuvres
■Last lip product you purchased? I think Revlon Matte Balm in Mischevious
■Last skincare product you purchased? Clarins Haute Exigence Jour
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, yellow undertones
Last polish you purchased?: CND Weekly Polish for a French manicure. Don’t remember the names but it’s what I have on now 🙂
Last lip product you purchased?: Mac Alluring Aquatic Enchanted One!
Last skincare product you purchased? The Sephora Sun Safety Kit ( is that counted? If not, it’s the Lush Mask of Magnaminty 🙂 )
Your skin tone/coloring: medium-light/yellow undertone
Last polish you purchased: essence colour&go in old rose
Last lip product you purchased: mac heavenly hybrid
Last skincare product you purchased: luminesse whitening set @skintologie360
Your skin tone/coloring: NW15
Last polish you purchased? Chanel Frisson (probably almost a year ago! I barely paint my nails now)
Last lip product you purchased? Bite Beauty Matte Creme in Blood Orange. AMAZING
Last skincare product you purchased? The Face Shop Brightening Rice Foaming Cleanser. Also amazing
Your skin tone/coloring: Light with pink undertones (NW 20/25)
Last polish you purchased?: Dior gel shine polish in Tra-La-La (the perfect light pink/natural polish I’ve been searching for my entire life!) and Illamasqua Nomad
Last lip product you purchased?: Dior Addict Gloss in Bed of Roses
Last skincare product you purchased?: my beloved Replenix Power of Three Cream and Glytone Mild Cream Wash
Your skin tone/coloring: Light/Warm
Last polish you purchased? Essie Sand Tropez
Last lip product you purchased? Estee Lauder Crystal Nude lipstick
Last skincare product you purchased? Estee Lauder Verite moisturiser
Skin tone- MAC NC 15
Last polish- OPI Live Love Carnival
Last lip product- MAC Hue
Last skin care product- Este Lauder night repair serum
Your skin tone/coloring: NC15
Last polish you purchased? Orly Baked collection – I got them all! Can’t wait to do a mani in Lush!!
Last lip product you purchased? MAC Proenza Schouler Mangrove & Woodwinked
Last skincare product you purchased? Rodial Bee Venom Serum (I’m a dedicated Rodial user for years – most advanced skincare for the price point)
Your skin tone/coloring: light
Last polish you purchased?: Rarely purchase, but I received a pretty blue color from Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics in my PopSugar Must Haves box
Last lip product you purchased?: Urban Decay Naked lipgloss in Freestyle
Last skincare product you purchased?: Glytone Mild Cream Wash
Your skin tone/coloring: Between NW15 and NW20; fair neutral
Last polish you purchased? Formula X New Neutrals in Illustrious
Last lip product you purchased? YSL Opera Rose
Last skincare product you purchased? Skinceuticals LHA cleanser
Your skin tone/coloring: medium light with yellow undertones
Last polish you purchased? Ciate mini in Mineral Love, pretty light pink with gold sparkle
Last lip product you purchased? MAC Vegas Volt, its on backorder 🙁
Last skincare product you purchased? Murad Acne & Wrinkle Reducer, LOVE it.
Oooo, acne and wrinkle reducer? Would you say it’s equally good for both? That sounds like my dream product.
My skin tone is around NC25-NC30, I guess. || Medium, warm. O:)
The last polish I purchased is a textured one from Rimmel London Sweetie Crush, Blueberry Whizz.
The last lip product I bought is from Rimmel London, Rita Ora Collection, Colour Rush – 600 On Fire.
The last skincare product I bought is from Clinique, Anti Blemish Solutions 3 Step System Set 🙂
Hope everyone’s having a nice day, love x.
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium with yellow undertones/MAC NC30
Last polish you purchased? VIP Beauty Color (brazilian brand)
Last lip product you purchased? Milani Best Red and Naturally Chic; Nyx Soft Matte in Cannes
Last skincare product you purchased? L´oreal Pure Zone Clarifying Lotion
Skin tone: light medium olive
Last polish purchased: I bought two at the same time, butter London Slapper and the Black Knight.
Last lipstick purchased: I also bought two at the same time, Mac Red Balloon –which I absolutely love, it goes great with my skintone — and Mac Toying Around– not sure how I feel about how it looks on me, maybe I need to wear around a while and get used to it.
Last skincare product purchased: it’s been a while but I think it may have been Paula’s Choice 2% BHA lotion.
Your skin tone/coloring: porcelain
Last polish you purchased? A neon pink Hello Kitty polish but I can’t remember the color name.
Last lip product you purchased? LimeCrime velvetine in Wicked
Last skincare product you purchased? Bliss body butters in Blood Orange, Grapefruit & Aloe, and Lemon & Sage.
Your skin tone/coloring: fair/light, warm
Last polish you purchased? essie butler please – a really nice cobalt I’m dying to wear but am afraid my office and/or boyfriend will look at me funny
Last lip product you purchased? can’t say for sure but i think dolce lipstick in venere and clinique chubby stick intense in pudgy peony
Last skincare product you purchased? other than my regular elta sunscreen, koh gen do grommage gel
Your skin tone/coloring: Very very very pale and neutral, not quite yellow, not quite pink
Last polish you purchased? L’Oreal blue glittery one, I’ve lost the name.
Last lip product you purchased? Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait
Last skincare product you purchased? Neutrogena Ulgra Light Hidratante Facial FPS 30 Piel mixta a grasa (just for Latin american market).
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium/Neutral Undertone
Last polish you purchased? Illamasqua Jo’ Mina
Last lip product you purchased? Too Faced Melted Fuchsia
Last skincare product you purchased? Colleen Rothschild Eye Cream & Cleansing Balm
Your skin tone/coloring: NC 35/Medium-Deep
Last polish you purchased?: The limited edition revlon haute rocks. I got the purple, bright blue, and muted blue colors. 😀
Last lip product you purchased?: Probably lip balm, I haven’t purchased any lip gloss/lipstick lately.
Last skincare product you purchased?: Origins Clear Improvement mask. It’s a great mask for cleaning out pores/getting rid of blackheads. 🙂
◾Your skin tone/coloring: fair/medium with olive undertones
◾Last polish you purchased? fiji and midnight cami by essie
◾Last lip product you purchased? ysl kiss and cheek lip colours in n°7
◾Last skincare product you purchased? bioderma makeup remover
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair with neutral undertones.
Last polish you purchased? Zoya Buffy (a pale gold).
Last lip product you purchased? Just hauled my face off at the MAC counter (they launched Alluring Aquatics a day early). For lips, I scooped up Enchanted One, Mystic, and Seducing Sound.
Last skincare product you purchased? While I was partaking in the Alluring Aquatic feeding frenzy, I re-upped my Studio Moisture Fix SPF 15.
Fair-medium with neutral undertones
Polish: I bought Marc Jacobs Lux and Evelyn last night in a Sephora order. I’m really impressed with the MJ nail formula. I’ve bought 7 of them in the last month. I urge everyone to get Bark! I used a gold glitter topcoat on it and got so many compliments.
Lip: Sephora Samba
Skincare: Also in last nights order I repurchased Dermadoctor Ain’t Misbeahaving. I haven’t had to rebuy it for a year. That’s because it only gets used during when my skin is WTF’ing or during PMS week… It’s great if you suffer from cystic PMS acne.
Coloring: Snow White (character)
Polish: mini Orly in Passionfruit
Last Lip Product: Lipstick Queen Sunny Rouge Saint
Last skincare product: Silk Naturals Apricot Oil Cleanser.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, cool-toned
Last polish you purchased? Can’t really recall but I bought a whole whack of OPI polishes when I found them on sale and I know I got It’s All Greek to Me, Mrs. O’Leary’s BBQ, Don’t Know Beets Me and Suzi Says Da all around the same time.
Last lip product you purchased? Bite Beauty lipstick in Vigne (just got it last week and love it)
Last skincare product you purchased? Tarte Maracuja eye cream (if you don’t count Cake Beauty Heavy Hand Cream)
Your skin tone: Medium
Last polish you purchased: Nails Inc Nude
Last lip product you purchased : Mac Innocent
Last skincare product you purchased: Sheer Transformation by Ole Hendrikson
Your skin tone/colouring: Neutral light
Last polish you purchased? Sephora by OPI in Is She For Reel
Last lip product you purchased? Bite lipstick duo in Vivid
Last skincare product you purchased? Clinique City Block Sheer Face Protector SPF 25
Your skin tone/coloring: NC20-25 – neutral undertones
Last polish you purchased? YSL Rouge Pablo
Last lip product you purchased? 2 items arrived today: Bite Deconstructed Rose in Centifolia and Hourglass extra sheen lipgloss in Muse
Last skincare product you purchased? Innarah Treatment Solution
Oh I have Hourglass Muse & love it! I have the Bite Beauty Deconstructed Rose on my Sephora wish list! 🙂
Your skin tone/coloring:medium/warm in winter tan/golden in summer
Last polish you purchased?OPI DS Classic
Last lip product you purchased? Bite lip mask and Bite Cinnamon plumping oil, the body shop honey lip butter, shea lip butter, mint and raspberry lip roll on, and aloe lip balm
Last skincare product you purchased? First Aid Beauty scrub, day cream, face wash, the body shop toner, cleanser, mask
i also bought the new bareskin foundation serum from bare minerals…i love it and it works amazingly with the makeup geek foundation stippling brush
Your skin tone/coloring: Very pale/neutral
Last polish you purchased? Sally Hansen In Prompt Blue
Last lip product you purchased? DGAF by Melt Cosmetics
Last skincare product you purchased? Neutrogena Night Calming makeup wipes.
Your Skintone/coloring – Medium dark with neutral undertones
Last polish you purchased – OPI A Roll in The Hague
Last Lip Product you purchased – Bite Beauty Cashmere Lip Cream in Port
Last Skincare product you purchased – Neutrogena sensitive skin oil free moisturizer
Coloring: Guessing ~NW 25 or 30. Really should find out.
Polish: zip. psoriasis of nails + ought not wear.
Lipstick: KvD FTW + Sephora Big Spender. Trying to go pinkish, ’cause I’m getting old. Also got freebie Paula’s Choice liquid lip foursome* with
Skincare: Paula Spring Sale Haul. New ones for me: Resist 2% BHA + weekly retexturizing 4% BHA.
* 2 pinks, one coral, + a red. good formula, but not highly pigmented. also not my usual colors, BUTTTT.. I said i was going pinkish + the pinks don’t look dreadful, they just don’t look like me. The red is so sheer, it doesn’t read as red. Pinky coral, probably a giveaway. Paula is on the $ for skincare info, but I don’t always agree with her about makeup, esp. on color.
Your skin tone/coloring: NC 20-25
Last polish you purchased? OPI Pink Yet Lavender and OPI Ski Slope Sweetie
Last lip product you purchased? Burt’s Bees Lip Shimmer in Cherry
Last skincare product you purchased? Dr Brandt Pores No More Vacuum Cleaner Masque
Skin tone: medium dark
Last polish: OCC Pool Boy, Echo (teal), Black Metal Dahlia, etc.
Last lip product: OCC Lip Tars (Lydia & Clockwork) and Lip pencils ( Sybil, Pennyroyal and Black Dahlia).
Last skin care: Nubian Heritage Coconut Papaya body wash.
Your skin tone/coloring: Warm medium
Last polish you purchased? Essie Lollipop
Last lip product you purchased? Revlon Lip Butters in Juicy Papaya and Candy Apple – I love both, since my lips get dry really easily, so moisturizing formulas are a must. Of course, the colours are absolutely gorgeous! I’ll need to find longer-lasting dupes
Last skincare product you purchased? L’Oreal Youth Code Serum Intense
I have Juicy Papaya & Candy Apple too! They’re awesome & I think wear off well 🙂
Your skin tone/coloring: extremely fair
Last polish you purchased?: It’s been a long time, but it was Sephora Formula X Love Chemistry
Last lip product you purchased?: Clinique Chubby Stick in Roundest Raspberry
Last skincare product you purchased?: Supergoop SPF 30 lip balm (technically for lips but whatever)
Your skin tone/coloring: light to light-medium with yellow undertones (Chanel B20)
Last polish you purchased? I just bought a bunch from a Canadian site that had Zoya on sale! Brigitte, Cassi, Cole, Dahlia, Dillon, Odette & Zuza… Like I needed all of them! 😀
Last lip product you purchased? I just received my MAC Alluring Aquatic order! About to unbox Mystical, Enchanted One & Clearwater!
Last skincare product you purchased? Probably my last Sephora online order in April when I purchased the Sunday Riley Charisma Creme Cleanser
◾Your skin tone/coloring: Revlon’s Early Tan/NW 25-30
◾Last polish you purchased? It’s been at least a year since I’ve bought nail polish. I haven’t even painted my nails in six months. I plan on painting them this weekend for a wedding….
◾Last lip product you purchased? NYX’s Butter Glosses in Maple Blondie and éclair
◾Last skincare product you purchased? Garnier Blackhead oli control Scrub. It has charcoal beads. It’s helped a ton with my cystic acne….
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, cool toned NW15
Last polish you purchased?: Zoya Rue
Last lip product you purchased?: Bobbi Brown lipstick in Raspberry Shimmer
Last skincare product you purchased?: Shu Uemura Anti/Oxi cleansing oil
Your skin tone/coloring: NC15/ NARS Gobi
Last polish you purchased? Revlon Cherries In The Snow — An intensely vibrant plummy-pink similar to Essie’s Plumberry, but with a better formula that doesn’t chip as quickly.
Last lip product you purchased? Benefit Lollibalm — I ordered this while ebates was doing15% cashback for Sephora. ~$15 is still a lot for a sheer lip balm, but this is so dang adorable! The formula is silky smooth and I like the faint rose scent.
Last skincare product you purchased? Perricone MD The Science of Cold Plasma Set — I bit the bullet and got this set as a 26th birthday present to myself (it’s a great value). I keep hearing nothing but good things about Perricone MD so I figured I’d give it a shot.
I’m kicking myself for not placing a Sephora order when the 15% ebates discount was available!
Your skin tone/coloring: Golden dark. UD 9.0, Nars Macao, MAC NC45
Last polish you purchased? Essie’s Bikini So Teeny and Truth or Flare
Last lip product you purchased? NYX Butter Gloss. I forget which colour though
Last skincare product you purchased? A Clarisonic Mia 2 after my Clarisonic Classic konked out on me after 3 years.
Your skin tone/coloring: Ghostly fair without any strong undertones.
Last polish you purchased: Color Club Twiggy.
Last lip product you purchased: Intertubes from Shiro Cosmetics, in Why Not Zoidberg and Shoop da Woop.
Last skincare product you purchased; Clear Extra Strength BHA Liquid by Paula’s Choice.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light with neutral leaning warm undertones. (Lancome Teint Idole 140N)
Last polish you purchased? Nails Inc. Festival Collection. Not really liking the formula of this.
Last lip product you purchased? Bite Beauty Rose and Retsina and Too Faced Melted Peony
Last skincare product you purchased? First Aid Beauty Eye Duty Triple Remedy and Dual Repair Face Cream
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair
Last polish you purchased? Didn’t buy it, it was a freebie, got today – Sephora X Brainchild. The one before that was a gift, but I requested it (does that count?) – Marc Jacobs Jesabel
Last lip product you purchased? Clinique almost lipstick in Black Honey and Dior Lip Glow (got at same time, love both)
Last skincare product you purchased? Took me a while to figure this one out. Sephora Sun Safety kit. Not only skincare, but a lot of related stuff in there.
Skin tone: NW15
Last polish purchased: Zoya Brooklyn
Last lip product purchase: YSL Kiss and Blush in Rose Libre
Last skincare product purchase: Paula’s Choice Vit. C serum
Your skin tone/coloring: Mac Face and Body N1
Last polish you purchased? Essie Bikini So Teeny
Last lip product you purchased? Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Lemonade
Last skincare product you purchased? CeraVe Moisturizer