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Survey Says... September 3rd, 2014
- Your skin tone/coloring:
- Best brand for highlighter?
- Best brand for palettes?
- Best brand for mascara?
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Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/Neutral
Best brand for highlighter? I love anything from Benefit!
Best brand for palettes? LORAC
Best brand for mascara? I tend to really like L’Oreal mascaras, but Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara is my all-time fave!
Your skin tone/coloring: Pale/neutral
Best brand for highlighter? MAC. I just bought their Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft & Gentle and I’m in love.
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay’s Naked 3 is my everything.
Best brand for mascara? Maybelline. It’s a toss-up between Full ‘n Soft and Define-A-Lash.
Your skin tone/coloring: NC05 (olive)
Best brand for highlighter: Toss up between Hourglass and Guerlain Meteorites highlighter (the pressed ones. 😉 )
Best brand(*S*) for palettes: Urban Decay, Costal Scents, Lorac, Make Up For Ever (now), Kat Von D, TheBalm, Lime Crime, Sugar Pill, Too Faced.
Best brand for mascara: Rimmel has treat my lashes right but they keep Dc’ing my favourite ones. L’Oreal mascaras are starting to up there game.
LOVE Coastal Scents! Those little hot pots are amazing!
Skin tone- NC20, MUFE 117
Best brand for highlighter- MAC Soft and Gentle!
Best brand for palettes- UD
Best brand for mascara- It’s a tie between Lancôme and Benefit for me.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, pink. Chanel BR-12
Best brand for highlighter? I’m not really a highlighter gal.
Best brand for palettes? I think Urban Decay has historically
Best brand for mascara? I think Maybelline’s are the most consistently good.
EDIT: Best brand for palettes? I think Urban Decay has historically been very good at churning out palettes, but I haven’t had much experience with other brands’ palettes for comparison.
Your skin tone/coloring:very fair neutral
Best brand for highlighter? The Balm
Best brand for palettes?Lorac
Best brand for mascara?lancome
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/Neutral
Best brand for highlighter? I love my e.l.f. highlighter in moonlight pearl
Best brand for palettes? W7 & Sleek
Best brand for mascara? Chanel
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, cool
Best brand for highlighter? toss up between Guerlain and TheBalm (the MaryLouManizer wins this brand high standing for me)
Best brand for palettes? Tough one but I guess I’d have to go with Urban Decay (TooFaced would take 2nd place)
Best brand for mascara? Can’t really choose a brand; for me, it’s about individual mascaras that don’t smear and also look natural – Clarins Be Long and Bobbi Brown Intensifying Longwear
Your skin tone/coloring: NC25/Light-medium/Yellow
Best brand for highlighter?: Hourglass, Kevyn Aucoin
Best brand for palettes?: Urban Decay
Best brand for mascara?: Dior, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Lancôme (all them waterproof; I can’t use regular mascaras)
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium. I’m an NC40 for MAC foundation, if that helps!
Best brand for highlighter?: MAC, for sure. MSF <3
Best brand for palettes?: Anastasia Beverly Hills.
Best brand for mascara?: L'Oreal. Their Volume Million Lashes mascara beats everything I've tried.
Your skin tone/coloring: light to medium warm
Best brand for highlighter? Sisley (because of the highlighter blushes they have)
Best brand for palettes? Probably LORAC.
Best brand for mascara? Covergirl and Maybelline have great affordable mascaras.
◾Your skin tone/coloring: NC30
◾Best brand for highlighter? Bare Minerals does some fantastic powder ones. For liquid I really like Josie Maran and Becca
◾Best brand for palettes? If we are talking eyeshadows, then Urban Decay.
◾Best brand for mascara? Estee Lauder. They truly have some fantastic mascara’s.
Your skin tone/coloring: Extremely fair
Best brand for highlighter? A toss up between Becca and The Balm
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay, Too Faced, Inglot, Lorac
Best brand for mascara? Covergirl for drugstore. I also really like Clinique mascaras and Benefit They’re Real.
I agree for highlighters for Becca & the Balm!
And good call about Lorac for palettes!
Skintone/Coloring: Fairly light, very neutral; dark-featured.
Highlighter: NARS or Becca; both have a products to fit all skintones, and various formulas.
Palettes: Urban Decay is always consistent, fitba large range of coloring and/or personal aesthetics, and for what you pay, always a great deal.
Mascara: I keep going back to L’Oréal Voluminous, or Lancome Definicils, so…
Your skin tone/coloring: Very fair
Best brand for highlighter?: I really love my e.l.f. highlighters.
Best brand for palettes?: Urban Decay
Best brand for mascara?: L’Oreal Double Extend is the only mascara that doesn’t bother my ultra-sensitive eyes.
■Your skin tone/coloring: Mac W-25
■Best brand for highlighter? Becca – Opal is my favorite
■Best brand for palettes? Laura Mercier – I love her eye palettes
■Best brand for mascara? Benefit – They’re Real
Your skin tone/coloring: Light medium with yellow undertones
Best brand for highlighter? MAC (Mineralize Skinfinishes)
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay
Best brand for mascara? Maybelline and YSL
■Your skin tone/coloring: NC20ish
■Best brand for highlighter? Hourglass.
■Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay or Lorac.
■Best brand for mascara? L’Oreal.
Skin tone/coloring: Medium/Olive around MAC N30
Highlighter? Kevin Aucoin
Palettes? Lorac. Not the largest selection, but the Pro palettes are necessary basics for me.
Mascara? High end I like YSL, but I always end up back with Maybelline Full N’ Soft. And Cover Girl Last Blast Waterproof is the ONLY waterproof that doesn’t run on me. Near impossible to wash off too.
Skintone/Coloring: NW 20
Best Brand for Highlighter: MAC MSFs! No doubt.
Best Brand for Palettes: Urban Decay or Tarte
Best Brand for Mascara: I fell in love with Dior’s, but I’m not willing to pay that much all the time. I love MAC’s Studio Bold Black Lash
Your skin tone/coloring: light med/yellow
Best brand for highlighter?: Hourglass Luminous Light
Best brand for palettes? : UD or Lorac
Best brand for mascara?: Rimmel or Lancome
Your skin tone/coloring:Tan
Best brand for highlighter? BAre Minerals Ready Highlighter and Stila Liqud highlter ( both in shades of gold..forget their names now)
Best brand for palettes? TheBalm, KatVon D isnt bad either
Best brand for mascara? Maybelline and L’oreal put put pretty good ones I think
Your skin tone/coloring: Deep/warm
Best brand for highlighter? MAC
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay
Best brand for mascara? Dior or Maybelline
Your skin tone/coloring: light to light-medium with yellow undertones
Best brand for highlighter? Becca, my faves are the liquid one in Opal & the powder rose-gold one. I think they have a shade/ formula for everyone.
Best brand for palettes? UD N1, N2, N3, and Basics… I don’t think you can really beat them.
Best brand for mascara? Clinique (High Impact in particular!)
Your skin tone/coloring: Deep Dark/ NW47
Best brand for highlighter? The Balm…I have all three! (Mary, Betty, and Cindy Lou-Manizer)
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay
Best brand for mascara? Maybelline
Your skin tone/coloring: Porcelain
Best brand for highlighter? I’m really loving the Kryolan for Glossybox highlighter I got in my last box, but I think my favorite is theBalm Cindy Lou-Manizer.
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay, Kat von D, Tarina Tarantino.
Best brand for mascara? I don’t wear mascara.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/Neutral
Best brand for highlighter? Becca
Best brand for palettes? Louise Young
Best brand for mascara? Maybelline
Your skin tone/coloring: Light/medium yellow & gold undrtns
Best brand for highlighter? Mac & The balm
Best brand for palettes? Urban decay
Best brand for mascara? Maybelline
Your skin tone/coloring: NW10/15
Best brand for highlighter? NARS 4 life
Best brand for palettes? Ooh, that’s a tough one…UD does some really great ones, but I’ve never been a fan of the glitter that shows up in some of them. I may actually have to go with Chanel’s new quads for this one.
Best brand for mascara? L’Oreal for drug store, Chanel for the high end
Your skin tone/coloring: Very fair neutral; auburn hair, hazel/green eyes
Best brand for highlighter? The Balm; Benefit’s Dandelion; BareMinerals
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay and Too Faced
Best brand for mascara? I have really bad allergies to most mascaras. So far my favorites are Almay intense i-color for colored mascaras; Physician’s Formula Sexy Booster Va Va Voom Volume Mascara for black mascara.
I’m testing UD’s Perversion, which if it continues doing well, will supplant Va Va Voom for the best black. So far no reaction.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair / Pink undertones.
Best brand for highlighter: Hourglass ALP
Best brand for palettes: Urban Decay
Best brand for mascara: MAC (Plush Lash is my favorite)
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium, with warm undertones and dark brown hair
Best brand for highlighter? theBalm ~ Mary Lou Manizer!
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay and Makeup Geek eyeshadow filled Z palettes
Best brand for mascara? CoverGirl and Maybelline
Coloring: Snow White (character)
Highlighter: Silk Naturals. Gorgeous shimmer, easy to control.
Palettes: Tarte
Mascara: Maybelline. Lash Discovery has an amazingly tiny brush that I adore.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair-Light/Neutral
Best brand for highlighter? Becca.
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay. I wish this answer wasn’t so predictable but they’re great.
Best brand for mascara? Armani.
Your skin tone/coloring: MUFE Face & Body #36 Pink
Best brand for highlighter? Anna Sui or Bobbi Brown
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay (with the exception of Naked1 and Naked2), Too Faced
Best brand for mascara? YSL Baby Doll
Your skin tone/coloring: Light/neutral/warm
Best brand for highlighter? TheBalm
Best brand for palettes? Lorac, Urban Decay, Sugarpill
Best brand for mascara? Maybelline or Loreal
Your skin tone/coloring: Light-medium with yellow undertones (NC25)
Best brand for highlighter: Benefit
Best brand for palettes?: Urban Decay
Best brand for mascara?: Lancôme and Maybelline
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair with warm undertones (Ud Naked foundation 3.0)
Best brand for highlighter? Too Face (candlelight glow) The Balm (Mary Lou Manizer)
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay hands down!
Best brand for mascara? Urban decay <3 Perversion and Lush Lash!
Your skin tone/coloring: MAC NC15
Best brand for highlighter? I own exactly one highlighter. It’s by MAC but I can’t remember the name. I do like it a lot but don’t really have anything to compare it to.
Best brand for palettes? I feel like overall Urban Decay consistently turns out some amazing palettes. I do really like Too Faced’s chocolate bar palette and Kat von D’s spellbinding palette but Urban Decay is still just my favorite.
Best brand for mascara? I use a lot of different mascaras so I don’t so much have a favorite brand so much as individual favorites. Right now I’m loving Too Faced better than sex, MAC studio sculpt, and Covergirl clump crusher
Skin tone: fair with olive tones
Best highlighter: my favourites are the Hourglass Ambients- enough shine to have an effect, not so much that I look metallic or greasier than usual.
Best palette brand: probably Inglot with thr Freedom System, both for quality of the products and the actual palettes.
Best mascara: Rimmel, for variety, quality and value, but I also really like bareMinerals Lash Domination.
Your skin tone/coloring: Warm Medium (NC30)
Best brand for highlighter? I have no particular favorite.
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay and Too Faced.
Best brand for mascara? L’Oreal and Lancôme.
Skin tone – fair/light with pink undertones
Best brand for highlighter – Nars and Becca would be up there for me.
Best brand for palettes – Urban Decay!
Best brand for mascara – Too Faced Better Than Sex is my go to.
Your skin tone/coloring: MAC NC40; or MAC C5
Best brand for highlighter?: The Balm
Best brand for palettes?: The Balm or Urban Decay
Best brand for mascara?: Maybelline, L’Oreal or Lancome
Can you all tell I have a hard time picking favs…^^
Your skin tone/coloring: Light caramel, olive toned
Best brand for highlighter?: Kevin Aucoin
Best brand for palettes?: Dior
Best brand for mascara?: Guerlain
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair cool- Estée Lauder Double Wear 2C1
Best brand for highlighter? The Balm Mary Lou Manizer
Best brand for palettes? Lorac Pro Palettes- can’t wait for the Mega Pro palette this holiday season!
Best brand for mascara? Lancôme, Clinique, Blinc; I have full cheeks and oily skin and tend to smudge like crazy!
Your skin tone/coloring: nw45
Best brand for highlighter? BECCA!
Best brand for palettes? UD
Best brand for mascara? Covergirl or Tarte
Fair with pink undertones.
theBalm
Two Faced
Benefit
Your skin tone/coloring: Tan
Best brand for highlighter? Not big on highlighters but when I do use them I like benefits high beam
Best brand for palettes? Urban Decay
Best brand for mascara? High end: Tarte Drug store: L oreal
Your skin tone/coloring: Golden-Dark. MAC NC45, Nars Macao, UD 9.0
Best brand for highlighter? TheBalm. I love Betty Lou-Manizer and Mary Lou-Manizer. Still want to try Cindy Lou!
Best brand for palettes? Dare I say Urban Decay? xD For me as a hardcore neutrals lover, their colour selection is great.
Best brand for mascara? Maybelline and L’Oreal!
Your skin tone/coloring: Neutral slightly golden medium light
Best brand for highlighter? I LOVE Estee Laude Heat Wave!
Best brand for palettes? Seriously? URBAN DECAY no one else comes close to consistency and price point.
Best brand for mascara? I love the new UD Perversion mascara!
Your skin tone/coloring: hourglass vanilla
Best brand for highlighter? I have ones from thebalm, benefit, rimmel, and Edward bess but I can’t choose a favourite.
Best brand for palettes? I have the most too faced palettes that I love.
Best brand for mascara? Chanel or maybelline.
Your skin tone/coloring: light-medium, yellow undertone
Best brand for highlighter? theBalm
Best brand for palettes? Sleek
Best brand for mascara? Maybelline
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium
Best brand for highlighter? Bobbi Brown (Shimmer Brick in Nectar <3)
Best brand for palettes? NARS
Best brand for mascara? Recent favorites are Shiseido Majolica Majorca and Dolly Wink (Long Mascara). I remember Covergirl and Maybelline being very good too. Trying out Guerlain next!
Your skin tone/coloring: cool-neutral vampire
Best brand for highlighter? Er, I’m not really the best judge of this, LOL!
Best brand for palettes? Hm, for me it’s a tie between UD, Sleek and Tarte… UD and Sleek for shades and eyeshdow texture, and Tarte for packaging design and feeding my cool toned purples habit!
Best brand for mascara? Hm, based on my experience, YSL.
Your skin tone/coloring:
Medium dark/tan, golden-olive undertone, M·A·C NC42, MUFE HD153, Bobbi Brown Honey.
Best brand for highlighter?
Benefit, Giorgio Armani, Guerlain.
Best brand for palettes?
Urban Decay, theBalm, LORAC.
Best brand for mascara?
My go-to mascaras usually came from Japanese brands, but Isehan’s mascaras (especially their “Kiss Me Heroine Make” series) are my favorite!
Your skin tone/coloring: NC15/ NARS Gobi
Best brand for highlighter? Becca
Best brand for palettes? Laura Mercier
Best brand for mascara? CoverGirl
Your skin tone/coloring: medium with pink undertones
Best brand for highlighter? it used to always be the Mac silver dusk face powder. Now I’m really liking the Urban Decay Naked Illuminated.
Best brand for palettes? that has always been urban decay. I had all three naked palettes in my kit. But lorac has really caught up in that race. I really think I like the pro palettes just as much.
Best brand for mascara? my all time favorite is the Make up For ever aqua smoky lash. I put that on and go swimming. Still gotta scrape it off when I get home. Perfect for bridal.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light with pink undertones.
Best brand for highlighter? MAC
Best brand for palettes? UD
Best brand for mascara? Too Faced