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5 Faves: Autumn-Inspired Eyeshadows (Warm-Toned Edition)

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One of my favorite color combinations is a very “fall” eye with coppers and rich browns, and I love to add purple or burgundy to that mix for darkening and keeping the look from looking too warm-toned. Here are my favorites:

  1. ARDENCY INN Rose Gold — a pinky-copper
  2. MAC Amber Lights — copper
  3. Make Up For Ever I824 — a rosy pink
  4. Makeup Geek Cocoa Bear — a warm, medium-dark brown
  5. Make Up For Ever ME828 — deepened burgundy

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Kat Avatar
Kat
Very Light, Olive, cool undertones. Combination skin. View Kat Full Profile

I’ve been lusting after Rose Gold (1.) for over a year now I think. I think it’s finally time to bite the bullet. MUFE I824 and Amber Lights are both calling to me too, but I have a dupe for Amber Lights (Kathleenlights from ColourPop) and I might get ColourPop Drift instead of the MUFE one. Yay for cheap dupes!

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Mariella
Very Light, Pink undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View Mariella Full Profile

Two of my favourite warmer toned eyeshadows come from the Nars Dual Intensity palette – Ursa Major and Subra. Their finish, with that beautiful glow, seems so right and welcome for the darkening days of autumn. Chanel’s Tisse d’automne #3 is a new eyeshadow “love” and I think it qualifies as “warmer”. And MAC’s Mulch has long been a favourite shadow of mine for fall and winter. All my other faves probably run a bit more in the “cool” grouping, so I’ll wait for that.

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Mariella

Well, you’re always fair and include goodies for those of us with a weakness for cool tones but you also tipped your hand with the words “warm toned edition” at the top of the post! That was a clue that cools or neutrals would be coming ere long (otherwise, you’d simply have called this “5 Faves- Autumn Inspired”).

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Nicole
Light Medium, Yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View Nicole Full Profile

That’s definitely a favorite eye look for me too. I have hazel eyes too. I often like to add a bit some sort of orange/peach in the summer/sring to change it up. But, it goes year round for me because I get a lot of compliments about my eyes! lol.

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Nicole

Oh my gosh… Please just ignore this comment! I think I was looking at “deepened burgundy” above and thinking that was the name MUFE designated for M828 and so when I clicked the swatch and it didn’t match, I was confused. I was up too early! So Sorry! 😀 Blame it on the kid’s early soccer games! argh!

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Liz

Oooh! Absolutely my favorite category and time of year. Great choices. Christine, was it you Laura Geller referred to yesterday saying that her gilded honey blew up after a blogger recommendation?

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Ginny

I love reddish browns too. An old favorite is Nars Lola Lola. New favorites are Cocoa Bear, MUFE Pinky Earth (can’t remember the number but I sang the first time I tried it on), MUFE Red Brown, and ColourPop Deluxe. My favorite burgundies are mostly from my Sleek palettes– Vintage Romance and #7 from the Sunset palette.

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Emiloutre

Gorgeous colour selection, and so very you, Christine! It immediately made me think of one of your highly-praised palettes, Guerlain Turandot… 😉
Cheers from Switzerland

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Nancy T

Lovely autumnal shade picks! I do have Amber Lights, and I’m thinking that maybe Brown Script looks enough like MUG Cocoa Bear? MUFE ME828 has been on my wishlist ever since I first saw it swatched. Time to get it! I also love these types of shades a lot on myself, they go with my coloring and light up the green in my eyes.

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Rachel R.
Lightest, Neutral undertones. Normal-to-Oily skin. View Rachel R. Full Profile

Ooh, all these are very pretty. I have Pink Ochre, but not the others. My favorite fall shade is Notoriously Morbid’s Autumn Flower. It’s a brownish-reddish purple with light blue shimmer. It’s like a beautiful bruise, as weird as that sounds. It changes color depending on the light and how sheer or opaque you apply it. I was obsessed with it last fall and winter. I’m wearing it when I go out for my anniverary dinner along with their Sexy Psycho and MAC Vex.

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Cevou

MUG’s Cocoa Bear is everything! It looks deceptively basic-brown in the pan, but it is so rich and luxurious on the lid. I recommend this color to absolutely everyone.

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