Do you match your makeup to your outfit? Vice versa? Share!
I match my outfit to my makeup, haha. I usually do my look and end up changing my outfit!
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Yep sometimes, when i wear clothes in a particular color like electric blue, turquoise or pink. But not always
i don’t match, i compliment. not that there’s anything wrong with matching, it’s just not really my style.
Ha, yes, I do match my makeup to my outfit. Outfit first, then makeup.
I try to but it always ends up that i change something…LOL
Yes. I wouldn’t wear cool-toned makeup w/ an outfit that has warm tones. You don’t want to match your makeup to your outfit in a tacky way, but I think it looks better if you wear complementary colors. Anything goes if you’re wearing black or white, though.
If I’m wearing neutrals (which is usually the case), no… but if I’m doing a purple look or something, then yes, I would match my makeup to my outfit!
Always! Except sometimes I plan my outfit around my makeup rather than the other way around 🙂
yes, I do my best to match them.
I don’t match makeup to my outfit, but since i am obsessed with earrings and have tons of them i will match my eye makeup to my earrings to make both of them pop
i don’t wear anything on my lips most of the time.. because i think it’s often too much if i wear colorful clothes.
..but when i wear grey, white or nude colors.. i dare to wear a rosy lipstick!
No, no, no, no! I just make sure it doesn’t clash.
It really depends on the outfit. If I’m wearing a really bright shirt, I’ll wear a toned down face. If I’m wearing a neutral outfit I will wear a pretty bright eye.
i do my makeup with my outfit in mind. i make sure im not wearing a blue shirt with a green eyeshadow look (if that makes sense)
Not really, I just wear casual/simple makeup with casual clothes, and fancier makeup with fancier clothes pretty much.
Often yes. Like today I have green eyes, t-shirt, and earrings (and nails – no intention) + an orchid purple top peaking under the t-shirt, and lavender lips.
Haha, yes. Almost always. 😉
yes, sometimes, although i match my make up more to the weather and the occasion and clothes follow the theme
Sometimes it happens…
Nope. I like my makeup to complement my outfit instead. 🙂
i put my makeup on first, then i see what clothes go with it 🙂
I always match my make-up to my out-fit.
i don’t try to *match* but i try do a look where it would compliment the outfit… i feel if you try your hardest to match (eg. bright green eyeshadow with bright green shirt) it would look kind of tacky.. but that’s my opinion… some people can pull it off but i’d feel weird! 😛
I don’t, I thought it was the golden rule to makeup. lol I guess it depends on the color, if it’s red yeah maybe or browns, but if it’s going to be too much I tend to stay away from matching them.
Nah I just wear browns most days, or if I’m going out a smokey eye… I’m not that creative with my makeup :’)
I moreso match my makeup to the occasion: school, dinner, get together, etc. Occasionally I’ll wear a shirt/dress with color and match a part of my makeup to the outfit. I think this works for not subtle colors like blue because when people see something matching, they see the flow of colors.
i try to make it complimentary, and sometimes that means matching, but not necessarily
NEVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I don’t match my makeup and clothing, but I try to use complimentary colors so that nothing clashes. I tend to think most about which shade of blush would most compliment the color I am wearing that day.
I always do 🙂 I usually plan how I want to do my makeup first then find a outfit to match 🙂
If its just a lazy day I usually just do neutral browns.
Yes and no. I usually wear make up that I think fits good with the clothes, but not necessarily use the colours I have used in my outfit.
Same here sometimes that pigment just calls my name!
Hmmmm when I feel like it
I’ve read in magazines and stuff that you shouldn’t, but I always do!
Ah, Christine, I do the same thing! I always do my makeup before getting dressed so I don’t mess up my clothes with foundation and powder. I also find that it’s easier to match my clothes to my makeup than it is vice versa.
I generally match my makeup to my outfit, but sometimes if I want to try a paticular makeup look I will match the clothes. One certainly drives the other, it just depends on which is more important for the outing, the clothes or the makeup!
I’m like you Christine! makeup first, then outfit!
unless there’s something I’m wearing for a particular reason (dress for going to a wedding, costume party, etc) where I do the outfit first, then the makeup
On the weekends yes because that’s when I like to do my crazy eye looks. During the week I’m black or brown smokey and mostly neutral.
Yes, I try to match my eyeshadow to my outfits most of the time. But if I don’t have a lot of time or if the colors are too dramatic for where i’m going, i’ll just do a neutral eye.
Yes, of course! 😉
No, never!
I like neutral outfit with more colourful makeup, and vice versa.
I try not to… but it always tends to happen anyway lol
NO – but I do like to keep it in the same theme.
I don’t really match. I usually do my make up first and just throw on whatever. If it looks terrible together or something I will change my outfit : )
Sometimes yep. For instance,I can have on a pink blouse and denim skirt. My eye makeup will be some pink somewhere
I would say they compliment each other.
Once in a while I do, but most of the time I like to compliment and contrast.
no..wear what you want, its all about blending
I consider the colours sometimes if I decide to use a coloured eyeliner and play up a colour in my outfit. But generally I don’t know how to really match or compliment so I go neutral when in doubt. Sometimes if there’s a make up look I want to try I’d plan my outfit around it (but that’s rare).
Yep, even with more neutral styles. If do a winged liner, I pick a vintage dress, if I do a neutral style, I pick a casual-sexy dress, if I do bright, I match the color family with at least one of the overarching tones.
Usually the makeup comes before the outfit. Once in a blue moon, I’ll have a hankering to wear that 80’s suede dress with the crystal accents, and I’ll decide to do my makeup in similar style to match. Usually it’s vice versa though.
I don’t really match but I try not to clash with my clothes. For instance, if I’m wearing a cool toned grey, I’d stay away from corals and oranges.
I complement or coordinate my makeup to my outfit. And since I do my makeup first, there have been many times when I’ve changed my outfit based upon makeup that wouldn’t go with it.
I had to laugh about your wardrobe change after doing your make-up. I’ve had the same experience on more than one occasion. I don’t do matchy-matchy, but I do like my colors to coordinate with what I’m wearing. I’m also influenced by the style of the clothes, the occasion, and the time of day.
I do pretty often.
Haha. I have to say I like to not match the colors of my outfit but the “feel”. Like if I’m going preppy, i’ll wear preppy makeup(naturals, very clean). If I’m going a bit more on the wild side, my makeup will reflect that and I may be a little bit more colorful/smokey.
And ME TOO. Totally dressed. Did my makeup like I wanted, and have changed my outfit.
Absolutely! I try to match from head to toe, makeup and lip color complimenting outfit; I even try to match nail color and underwear with the whole get-up! That’s a consequence of being a Virgo! 😉
In the past I was a fan of matching my eyeshadow to whatever color shirt/dress I had on..nothing too over the top..if it was a purple shirt I’d do a purple smokey eye..
Now I tend to pick what I’m going to wear for the day and then decide on my makeup, but sometimes I’ll get the urge to do something bold with my makeup. So I end up having to change my outfit in order for it to be more toned down.
Yes, totally! Although sometimes it’s not so much matching as complementing (like if I’m wearing a black top, I won’t be wearing black eyeshadow, but something neutral or something matching my accessories). Today it’s green top and green and gold eyeshadow, it looks pretty good actually! 😀
i NEVER match my makeup to my outfit. that is just not my style i guess. as others have said, i do use “complementary” colors or styles of makeup to coordinate with my outfit, but i avoid matching colors like the plague.
Oh yeah yeah.. Totally! 😀
My approach is usually to use colours that compliment my skin tone and features.
I would sometimes use a colour that might compliment my outfit but the former is usually my approach.
I like to coordinate but I am even worse – I coordinate to my nail color – if I am wearing coral nail polish, then my makeup and outfit coordinate with my nails – oh, man – I guess I am very OCD!! LOL!!
Yes! I at least make them complimentary. If I am wearing toned down neutral clothes, I make kick up the make up a notch.
i usually always wear natural shades of makeup, but i will still match the tones of my outfit to my makeup. it’s not really something i think about anymore. i just get dressed and after while i’m putting on makeup i kind of just know what shades to use and how much makeup to wear.
Not usually – I like my makeup to compliment and enhance me, so I look pretty no matter what I’m wearing (or not, LOL!) though I have been known to have a pop of bright eyeliner that contrasts or matches my outfit. If I have really dramatic makeup I tend to stick with black or something neutral, instead of matching.
But to each their own!
mostly unless I’m wearing red…then that get a little scary to me so then I go neutral or lightly smokey maybe.
lol I don’t put my makeup on until I’ve decided what I’m wearing for the day (yea, I’m a nerd lol)
I try on a thousand different outfits BEFORE I put on my makeup. I like for things to coordinate lol
I don’t match my makeup to my outfit, mostly because I wear all black to work, but I do match my makeup to my hair accessory.
I’m weird.
I usually coordinate my eye liner with my outfit(I pick the outfit first).
I definitely don’t match. I “compliment” as someone else said on here. I think too matchy-matchy looks tacky.
I match my makeup sometimes. But I actually wear a lot of neutral colors, so most of the time my makeup is matching some sort of colorful accessory I’m sporting.
sometimes I do, some others I want it to contrast!!! depends on the mood and jewelry, witch I love as well
I try to match the theme of my outfit rather than the colors themselves. Like neutrals for work, bright colors for bright clothes. But I’m more likely to do contrasting colors, like if I’m wearing teal, I like to do orange eye looks. Subtle ones, but orange.
OMG I used to do this in High School! But that was when I was wearing loud, bright colours and acid and flouro clothes! Yikes!
I never really matched my makeup to my outfit.
Sometimes (:
Yup! I just can’t help it!
not really matching, more like complementing involving matching now and then lol
but yeah I gotta do my makeup so it goes well with my outfit 😀
I never, ever match my eyeshadow to my outfit. I match my lipstick and blush to my outfit.