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Survey Says... July 11th, 2012
- Your skin tone/coloring:
- Favorite gray eyeshadow?
- Favorite gray eyeliner?
- Do you prefer warm or cool grays?
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Your skin tone/coloring: light to medium with yellow undertones/black hair/dark brown eyes
Favorite gray eyeshadow?: don’t have one!
Favorite gray eyeliner?: Estee Lauder Graphite
Do you prefer warm or cool grays?: I’m not a fan of gray, but if I want to use a gray, I prefer a cool toned medium-light matte gray 🙂
NW 20, MAC Polar Opposite, not so much of a grey eyeliner fan-don’t use it, MAC fluidline Blacktrack and I do prefer cool greys
Your skin tone/coloring:Fair, Favorite gray eyeshadow? Unmentionables from the Naked Eye palette (too faced) Favorite gray eyeliner? Stila Halfmoon smudge stick (came with In the Know palette) Do you prefer warm or cool grays? I like Both depending on what mood I am in!
Your skin tone/coloring:Fair/warm
 Favorite gray eyeshadow? Chanel Gris Exquis
Favorite gray eyeliner? Don’t have one
Do you prefer warm or cool grays? I prefer one that doesn’t pull blue on me.
Skintone/colouring: fair, cool-toned
Favourite grey eyeshadow: probably MAC Keep Your Cool or Copperplate (if they’re considered “grey”; if not, then Gazette Grey)
Favourite grey eyeliner: I haven’t bought a grey liner in years; the only one I have is a very old one from Estee Lauder and I forget the name but it has flecks of gold in it
Do you prefer warm or cool greys: definitely cool-toned or neutral
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, with pink undertones.
Favorite gray eyeshadow?: Hmm…tough one! NARS Tzarine.
Favorite gray eyeliner? Bobbi Brown’s long-wear eyeliner pencil in Smoke. So creamy!Â
Do you prefer warm or cool grays? Cool, definitely!Â
Skintone : medium/fair
Favourite gray eyeshadow : M.A.C Pro Longwear in Weathered
Favourite gray eyeliner : I never use eyeliner
I prefer cool gray colours.
Your skin tone/coloring: NC 25-30
Favorite gray eyeshadow? MAC Electra.
Favorite gray eyeliner? I don’t really wear silver eyeliners
Do you prefer warm or cool grays? I like bright silvery kind of greys which I guess is considered part of the cooler side of the spectrum.
Skin tone:fair in winter, light most of year, medium after summer beach vacation
fave gray shadow: thebalm shady lady in insane jane
gray liner: dont have one
warm or cool grey? cool and shimmery
Your skin tone/coloring: Tan skin, yellow undertones (MAC NC40-42 reference)
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Favorite gray eyeshadow? MAC Smoke & Diamonds, MAC Copperplate, and Urban Decay Mushroom
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Favorite gray eyeliner? I don’t really have a favorite but I do like MAC Wolf Pearlglide liner and Stila Smoky Quartz
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Do you prefer warm or cool grays? Despite the fact that I am warm toned, I like cooler grays with a more shimmery/satin base
Your skin tone/coloring: tan, yellow/olive undertone
Favorite gray eyeshadow? NARS DUO PARIS at the moment.
Favorite gray eyeliner? NARS larger then life madison ave
Do you prefer warm or cool grays? I don’t mind either but sometimes too warm grey looks more brown or taupe on my skin tone then grey grey.
Skin Tone/Coloring: Ultra Fair, neutral undertones
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Favorite Grey Eyeshadow: Mac Copperplate, Mac Print, Urban Decay Mushroom, and Urban Decay Pistol
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Favorite Grey Eyeliner: Illamasqua Medium Pencil in Flint or Forced
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Cool or Warm Grey: Clearly I go back and forth 😉 if I want the gold tones in my eyes to stand out, I’ll go with a cool toned. If I just want a warm look, the obvious choice would be warm, which is normally where I lean anyway.
Your skin tone/coloring: Warm undertones, light tone, MAC NC20-25
Favorite gray eyeshadow? Benefit Skinny JeansÂ
Favorite gray eyeliner? Urban Decay Gunmetal
Do you prefer warm or cool grays? Warm for sure, preferably a grey-ish taupe rather than a full-on grey
Your skin tone/coloring: MAC NW 25
Favorite gray eyeshadow? Urban Decay Pistol
Favorite gray eyeliner? MUFE #21 L
Do you prefer warm or cool grays? Warm grays for sure. I feel like the grays I like best are Taupes that lean gray.
Your skin tone/coloring: Warm, light/medium with yellow and olive undertone
Favorite gray eyeshadow? Stila Cloud
Favorite gray eyeliner? I don’t use any
Do you prefer warm or cool grays? Definitely warm
Skin tone/coloring: Fairly light, “true” neutral, very dark brown eyes (with a grey ring).
Eyeliner: None; I don’t wear grey liner.
Shadow: I prefer either gunmetals or greys that have a hint of brown or purple. I don’t care whether they lean cool or warm, but they *must* have shimmer or frost.
Your skin tone/coloring: light neutral ( I mix of macs nw with nc 20)
Favorite gray eyeshadow? discontinued lancome platinum but I like Maybelline’s Though as Taupe very much too
Favorite gray eyeliner? it’s a custom-made dark warm grey liner – my brother in law’s family is producing cosmetics, so i have some custom-made things 🙂 happy me
Do you prefer warm or cool grays? warm, as i hve green eyes I realisied the warm gray bring out the color of them a little bit more
I have fair skin neutral undertones although i prefer warm colors true bright red hair, brown eyes.
Urban Decays Mushroom is an awesome grey (I especially love the cream shadow version of it)
The best looking grey liner is Smashbox endless liner in slate
Skin tone/coloring: fair (NW20), blue eyes, brown hair
Favorite grey eye shadow: MAC Lady Grey – makes my eyes look bright turquoise. Came in a quartet with All Races, Tender Smoke and Hazy Days, my favorite ES palette ever!
Favorite grey eyeliner: Clinique’s Quickliner for Eyes in Slate – makes my eyes look super blue
Warm or cool greys: usually cool but it varies.
Your skin tone/coloring: Olive Fair paler then NC15
Favorite gray eyeshadow: Urban Decay Mushroom although it’s more taupe it register grey on me.
Favorite gray eyeliner: Uzi also from UD.
Do you prefer warm or cool grays: I can wear and like both but tend to pick warm tones more often.
Your skin tone/coloring: Very fair (NC15), blonde hair, blue eyes
Favorite gray eyeshadow: MAC Smoke & Diamonds
Favorite gray eyeliner: NARS Larger Than Life Long-Wear Eyeliner in Madison Ave
Do you prefer warm or cool grays: I can wear both, but I prefer cool