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Survey Says... July 16th, 2014
- Your skin tone/coloring:
- Favorite gold eyeshadow?
- Favorite green eyeliner?
- Favorite black mascara?
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Your skin tone/coloring: fair complexion, pink undertones
Favorite gold eyeshadow: MAC Gorgeous Gold
Favorite green eyeliner: Stila Midnight Green Smudgestick
Favorite black mascara: TF Better than Sex (by a mile – but anxiously awaiting UD Perversion)
Your skin tone/coloring: light to medium with yellow undertones
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Urban Decay Half Baked — I love the slightly muted, lighter take on gold
Favorite green eyeliner? Urban Decay Mildew! I love the smoldering jungle green of it.
Favorite black mascara? I only wear black mascara, so maybe CoverGirl LashBlast Volume Waterproof.
Your skin tone/coloring: fair, cool-toned
Favorite gold eyeshadow? hmmmm- tough one, but it’s probably a toss up between Urban Decay Strike (LE from Vice 2) and Half Baked (is that considered “gold”?) and Too Faced Honey Pot is for sure in the running!
Favorite green eyeliner? GOSH Golden Moss or MAC Rosemary and Thyme (I think it might be discontinued)
Favorite black mascara? Either Bobbi Brown Intensifying Long Wear or Clarins Be Long
Your skin tone/coloring: NC20ish
Favorite gold eyeshadow? with yellow/green neutral skin, I’m not fond of gold eyeshadows in general. so my fav ‘goldish’ shadow: MAC Patina. I think I’m on my third pan
Favorite green eyeliner? MAC Black Ivy is in heavy rotation.
Favorite black mascara? MAC Sculpt lash. It’s the brush which has me hooked. I’ve gone through 2 tubes and I even bought a back-up *gasp*
Weird that all my picks today are MAC since I wouldn’t consider it a predominant label in my stash.
Your skin tone/coloring: fair
Favorite gold eyeshadow: Maybelline Metallics eyeshadow in Golden Halo
Favorite green eyeliner: Nars larger than life eyeliner in Abbey Road
Favorite black mascara? Covergirl Clump Crusher
■Your skin tone/coloring: NC20
■Favorite gold eyeshadow? I haven’t really found one that I like. I find most I have tried to be too pale, not pigmented enough. Closest thing to gold is UD Smog which I love, but it’s more bronze than gold.
■Favorite green eyeliner? NYX Slide Pencil Eye Liner Eyeliner in Golden Olive for a sort of neutral green, and Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner in Mint Julep for a pop of color.
■Favorite black mascara? L’oreal Voluminous Carbon Black. I really want to say MAC Zoom WaterFast Lash but somehow some of it always ends up on my lid and it makes me ballistic!
Skintone/Coloring: Fairly light, very neutral; Dark-featured.
Green liner: I only have one, which is a Kat von D Autograph liner, but it’s DC’d, and I don’t remember the name… I don’t really wear “colored” liner, but I bought on clearance.
Gold eyeshadow: The gold in NARS’ Kauai duo, hands down! I also like Kat von D Summerfly from the Monarch palette.
Black mascara: L’Oréal Voluminous! I’ve tried *many* over the years, but I keep going back to this one. There have been a few others, but have been long DC’d… I also like Lancome Definicils, but I prefer to not pay alot for “disposable” products.
Voluminous!!! PREACH! LOVE THAT STUFF!
I am by no means a ‘golden’ gal. Much less I would ever wear a green liner… Favorite black mascara? The Chanel one… Le Volume? And my skin is light medium/neutral.
LOL… Tarte’s Amazonian clay waterproof cream eyeshadow is Slate is as ‘gold’ as you would ever get from me.
Skin coloring- NW 20, green eyes
Favorite gold eyeshadow- MAC Goldmine
Favorite green eyeliner- Estee Lauder Stay in Place eyeliner in Forest
Favorite black mascara- Covergirl Lash Blast Volumizing mascara
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium-Light/Neutral
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Benefit Bikini Line
Favorite green eyeliner? Urban Decay Graffiti Pencil, but if teal counts than it’s UD Covet Pencil
Favorite black mascara? I don’t have a favorite, but I remember really liking MUFE Smoky Lash before I became sensitive to it.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light with yellow undertones
Favorite gold eyeshadow? L’Oreal Golden Imperial, Fyrinnae Aztec Gold, Maybelline Old Gold
Favorite green eyeliner? Jordana Seagreen or Sephora Good Mood
Favorite black mascara? Maybelline Great Lash in Blackest Black
Skin tone/coloring: tan/medium-medium/dark
Favorite gold eyeshadow: UD Half-Baked and L’oreal Infallible Eternal Sunshine. I wish I could find a light gold that is still really pigmented.
Favorite green eyeliner: UD Mildew for an everyday or versatile green, but I also love UD Freak for just a fun color
Favorite black mascara: I love Cover Girl’s Clump Crusher and their Lashblast Lengthening in the yellow tube.
Hi Clare! I’m amused that we have such similar answers! 🙂
😀 😀
Your skin tone/coloring: fair with pink undertones
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Laura Mercier Gold Dust
Favorite green eyeliner? Urban Decay Mildew
Favorite black mascara? Currently digging Benefit They’re Real, although I’m very disloyal when it comes to black mascara!
Fair and cool toned
Gold Eyeshadow – Blitz from Urban Decay (Vice Palette… forget if it’s in the first or second)
Green Eyeliner – I have to pick one, but that’s my favorite color! Right now it’s the dupe I found for Marc Jacobs Intro(vert), which is NYX Glam Shadow Stick in Enchanting Jade. I also love my UD Mildew and a few other greens. I wear green all the time.
Black Mascara – Hmmm… right now it’s Lancome Hypnose
Your skin tone/coloring: Light, warm / brunette
Favorite gold eyeshadow? N/A I never wear gold on my eyes (or anywhere else for that matter, all my jewelry is white gold)
Favorite green eyeliner? Chanel Black Jade kohl pencil & MAC Tarnish kohl pencil
Favorite black mascara? For the past year I’ve been hooked on Dior’s Iconic Overcurl. So thankful for Nordstrom’s buy2get1free deal :).
Your skin tone/coloring: MAC NC 40 sans the tan!
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Id go with Bobbi brown burnt sugar
Favorite green eyeliner? MAC Undercurrent but it’s a teal so..
Favorite black mascara? Kevin Aucoin the Volume mascara! 😀
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/light with neutral undertone
Favorite gold eyeshadow? I don’t really intend to purchase any single ones. The only ones would be Connoisseur and Extravagance in Bare Minerals’ The Star Treatment Palette.
Favorite green eyeliner? Mac Undercurrent
Favorite black mascara? Lancome Hypnose and Virtuose. Their curvy brushes work great on my lashes.
Your skin tone/coloring: N3/NW15
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Sugarpill Goldiluxe!
Favorite green eyeliner? UD Stash 24/7 pencil
Favorite black mascara? MUFE Smoky Extravagant
Your skin tone/coloring: fair/light, yellow
Favorite gold eyeshadow? bobbi brown cream eyeshadow in goldstone
Favorite green eyeliner? don’t have one! adding that to the list
Favorite black mascara? currently clinique’s tubing mascara – I forget the name.
Your skin tone/coloring: Neutral NC35
◾Favorite gold eyeshadow? Urban Decay Half Baked
◾Favorite green eyeliner? Lancôme Beach Gem art liner
◾Favorite black mascara? L’ Oreal Volume Collagen mascara (waterproof!)
Your skin tone/coloring: NC15
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Chanel Convoitise
Favorite green eyeliner? YSL Jade Black (gel)
Favorite black mascara? Haven’t found a HG, but I always go back to Max Factor False Lash Effect!
Hi Lana: Not sure if you will see this question as this post is day or so ‘old’. I love YSL gel liners and like Bronze Black #03 which reads shimmery olive green on me, but would also love to pick up one that might run more true to green. I am curious about the shade you mentioned above called Jade Black. Was it a limited edition colour. I do not see it on Sephora. Will check some other sources, but thought I would also ask you. Thanks.
Your skin tone/coloring: cool-neutral vampire
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Probably UD half baked, but I’m fond of the Lancome Golden Frenzy palette too!
Favorite green eyeliner? UD Junkie or NARS Snake Eyes!
Favorite black mascara? Er, any of them 😛 I haven’t found a favourite yet! Maybe the YSL…
Coloring: Snow White (The Character)
Favorite Gold: Perfect World and Cornucopia, both by Shiro Cosmetics.
Favorite Green Eyeliner: Covergirl Lime something.
Favorite Black Mascara: Maybelline Lash discovery. Such a tiny brush! Win!
Skin tone neutral nc 30-35 ish.
Fave gold shadow: not a huge fan of gold shadows, most are too yellow. I do love more bronze tone or copper shadows.
Fave green liner: hands down the Sephora brand chunky stick in a khaki color (forgot actual name). Glides on amazing, stays all day, has a touch of goldish shimmer in it.
Fave black mascara: currently loving Essence I Love Extreme volume mascara. And I love Clinique Bottom Lash.
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium/Dark Tan
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Urban Decay Half Baked
Favorite green eyeliner? Jordana 12 hr Made to Last Jade Jewel
Favorite black mascara? Anything Very Black, Black Black, or Black from Maybelline, I don’t like wetter formulas, I used to leave Great Lash out to dry so it would be buildable/useable.
NC50 (probably NC 75 right now – yay summer and sunscreen!).
Favorite gold e/s: Mac’s Woodwinked. Classic and beautiful.
Favorite green eyeliner: Laura Mercier caviar creme stick in Jungle used as eyeliner and UD Mainline.
Favorite black mascara: still searching to find “the one. ” I’m seriously enjoying Cover girl’s Clump Crusher and Loreal’s Voluminous Lashes this summer.
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium with yellow undertones/ MAC NC30
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Chanel Illusion D´ómbre – Vision
Favorite green eyeliner? I don´t use green green, the most far I can work is a olive one.
Favorite black mascara? MAC In Extreme Dimension Lash
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair-Light/Neutral
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Urban Decay Half Baked.
Favorite green eyeliner? Nars Barrow Street.
Favorite black mascara? Chanel Le Volume, though I enjoy trying new mascaras.
Your skin tone/coloring: light medium/yellow undertone
Favorite gold eyeshadow?: Maybelline matal in Gold Halo or Chanel Gold
Favorite green eyeliner?: MAC Superslick liquid eyeliner in Treat Me Nice or MUFE Aqua liner no.4
Favorite black mascara?: Rimmel Scandeleye Retro Glam ,Maybelline Hypercurl waterproof,UD Canonball Ultra waterproof and Yes, I used this three ALL together LOL
Skin tone: golden tan/olive. I’m around shade NC30/35 or drugstore range Revlon Natural Tan
Favorite Gold Eye shadow: I enjoy Old Gold pigment from MAC, or Peanut from a Kat Von D palette.
Favorite Green eyeliner: Tarnish by MAC It’s darkgreen/blue…
Favorite Black Mascara: L’Oreal Collagen Black Smoke or Maybelline Pumped Up Colossal.
Your skin tone/coloring: Porcelain
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Still looking for the perfect burnished gold!
Favorite green eyeliner? UD’s Mildew, Mars, and Stash.
Favorite black mascara? I don’t wear mascara
Your skin tone/coloring: Light Medium
Favorite gold eyeshadow? UD Half Baked
Favorite green eyeliner? MAC Minted Eye Kohl
Favorite black mascara? MAC In Extreme Dimension 3D Black Lash Mascara
Your skin tone/coloring: NW13, green eyes
Favorite gold eyeshadow: Stila Kitten – true gold clashes with my skin tone
Favorite green eyeliner: MAC Undercurrent
Favorite black mascara: I switch between CoverGirl Clump Crusher and Maybelline The Rocket
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair with neutral undertones
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Benefit Nina’s Nugget, sadly discontinued. Such a beautiful taupey-gold. Benefit Gilty Pleasure is pretty nice, too.
Favorite green eyeliner? Don’t really have a favorite, but I just got MAC Black Ivy and it’s a gorgeous dark teal-green.
Favorite black mascara? My all-time favorite is Almay, but I do stray a lot. L’Oreal Manga mascara is pretty nice, and Too Faced Better than Sex doesn’t necessarily live up to its name, but it does live up to its reputation. 😉
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair
Favorite gold eyeshadow? UD Half Baked
Favorite green eyeliner? UD Mars
Favorite black mascara? Benefit Bad Gal for everyday
Your skin tone/coloring: Caramel, yellow undertones (Nars Syracuse/Tahoe)
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Too Faced Creme Brulee over Mac’s Paint Pot in Treasure Hunt <3
Favorite green eyeliner? Urban Decay Mildew
Favorite black mascara? L'Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black
Your skin tone/coloring: light-medium, yellow undertones, currently NC30-35 (lightly tanned)
Favorite gold eyeshadow? I have so many – I’d say Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Bold Gold or a really old l’oreal loose pigment called Hyperspace.
Favorite green eyeliner? Wish, from the Smashbox Wish set, 2009
Favorite black mascara? I’m all over the place with mascara. At the moment I am favouring MAC Extended Play Gigablack. BUT I always make sure I have a tube of Almay One Coat Thickening Mascara – it’s a failsafe for me.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair with neutral undertone (L’oreal True Match N1)
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Isadora Eyephoria – Golden sand
Favorite green eyeliner? Do not own yet!
Favorite black mascara? Right now, Lumene Cloudberry volume serum
Skintone, fair leaning slightly yellow. dark brown hair (now black) green-grey eyes (depending on makeup and light and mood)
Favourite gold eyeshadow, You have no idea how hard this was to answer. First I swatched 40 gold-looking eyeshadows, 36 were golds, I decided. I picked out my 5 favourites. And from the I chose MAC Cosmic, I think it’s a LE, and UD Halfbaked. I can’t chose between those two.
Favourite green eyeliner, I have three I really like, it depends on where I’m going to use it and shimmer or not, 2 from MAC, Blackline and Forever Green. One from Estée Lauder, Forest Writer.
Favourite black mascara, I don’t have a favourite, this year I’m using up all GWP ones,
Your skin tone/coloring: fair/cool
Favorite gold eyeshadow? UD Oz or MAC Gilt by Association (foiled with MAC Fix+)
Favorite green eyeliner? MAC Mystery
Favorite black mascara? MAC Haute and Naughty in Too Black (obsessed!)
Skin tone- MAC NC 20, MUFE 117.
Favorite gold eyeshadow- MAC Woodwinked, or UD Half Baked.
Favorite green eyeliner- I don’t have one.
Favorite black mascara- Benefits They’re Real mascara.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/Neutral
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Definitely Half-Baked by Urban Decay. Makes blue eyes really pop.
Favorite green eyeliner? Forever obsessed with the Tarte Skinny SmolderEyes in Emerald. It’s a really vibrant green that still has depth to it and it lasts and lasts and lasts, unlike a lot of colored liners that fade or smudge or slide away. It’s also really creamy in application… I love it!
Favorite black mascara? Definitely Too Faced Better Than Sex – it’s a HG for me.
Your skin tone/coloring: Deep with golden undertones.
Favorite gold eyeshadow? UD Half Baked
Favorite green eyeliner? I’ve never tried a green liner!
Favorite black mascara? Maybelline Illegal Lengths!
Your skin tone/coloring: medium, yellow undertones.
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Maybelline color tattoo bold gold
Favorite green eyeliner? Sephora Eyeliner
Favorite black mascara? Majolica Marjora Lash King
Your skin tone/coloring:
Medium dark/tan skin with golden-olive undertone. M·A·C NC42.
Favorite gold eyeshadow?
I love antique gold, so… Giorgio Armani #14 Eyes to Kill.
No? Okay, here’s the one that’s permanent: Makeup Geek Liquid Gold Pigment.
Favorite green eyeliner?
Urban Decay Mildew 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil.
Favorite black mascara?
Isehan Kiss Me Heroine Makeup Volume & Curl Mascara Super Waterproof in Raven Black (Japanese Brand).
Your skin tone/coloring: Deep Dark NW47
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Urban Decay Half Baked
Favorite green eyeliner? Aqua by Milani Liquif’eye
Favorite black mascara? Revlon Photo Ready 3D Volume Mascara Blackest Black
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium Tan – a little darker than NC40 but not dark enough to be NC42
Favorite gold eyeshadow? Dior Gold Touch..which is discontinued 🙁
Favorite green eyeliner? UD Junkie
Favorite black mascara? Diorshow
Skin tone: NC35 as of now, and in general. I could go as dark as NC42
Favorite gold shadow: NARS Etrusque forever! Seconded by Laura Mercier’s Sandglow caviar stick, then followed by MAC Goldmine and/or MAC Woodwinked (though this pulls red on me).
Favorite green eyeliner: I don’t use green/colored eyeliner
Favorite black mascara: Maybelline Falsies! It’s cheap, black enough and gets the job done.