What products do you reach for when you want a neutral look?
Natasha Denona Biba or Pat McGrath Bronze Seduction palettes, MAC Fairly Precious/Marc Jacobs Flesh & Fantasy cheek colors, and Urban Decay Rebel Vice Lipstick.
Natasha Denona Biba or Pat McGrath Bronze Seduction palettes, MAC Fairly Precious/Marc Jacobs Flesh & Fantasy cheek colors, and Urban Decay Rebel Vice Lipstick.
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Natasha Denona’s Glam or The Balm What’s for Tea Iced Tea palettes.
Too Faced Natural Eyes or Natural Eyes Matte
Kaja Bento Trio in Chocolate Dahlia
I also have some neutral MUFE singles in six pans that I use frequently.
Eyes — Huda Beauty The New Nude or Nude Obsessions Light, Sydney Grace Enduring Love (Light), or Natasha Denona Glam Palette. Blush — Tarte Exposed, MAC Pink Cult, Sydney Grace Paris Skies, or Physicians Formula Butter Blush in Plum Rose. Lips — UD Sheer Rapture, 1993, or Bun Bun,; or Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb in Fenty Glow or Hot Chocolit.
For eyes: Charlotte Tilbury Bejeweled Palette, ND Glam, MAC Kid, Folie, Soft Brown, Arena, Woodwinked, Satin Taupe, Nylon, Twinks.
Cheeks: MAC Oh My, Passion or UD Rapture, ABH Amrezy or MAC Dazzlelight.
Lips: During pandemic; Sephora Lip Cream Stain in either Blaze Of Glory or Vintage Rosewood. Pre-pandemic: MAC Cosmo, Mehr or Retro, Guerlain Air Kiss, UD Tampered, Liar, PML She’s Heaven or Strangé.
Viseart Theory in Minx (not the coppery shade) or ABH Modern Renaissance, a brown eyeliner, Becca Wild Honey blush or the Milani XL bronzer in All Over Glow. All of my lip products are neutral.
Natasha Denona Biba or Saucebox Etude palette for me.
Tarte Tartlette in Bloom (or the all matte one). I haven’t sorted out a neutral blush for my skin yet. I have blushes I like, but my face amps pink and no matter how light of a hand I use it always ends with BLUSH, BLUSH, OMG WE GOT SOME BLUSH HERE!. Usually I just conceal some of the stronger rosacea spots and roll with the natural pink. Maybe some neutral/brownish lip liner and balm.
Over the past few years I have collected a number of neutral palettes that I regularly use. These include:
1. ND’s Glam
2. UD’s Nakeds 1 & 2
3. ABH’s Sultry
4. City Color’s singles of Cleo, Sandstorm and All Eyes on Me
5. Huda’s Smokey Obsessions
PAT McGRATH Divine Rose VII, Natasha Denona Peak or Bronze, ABH Mini Glam, Colourpop Going Coconuts
The original Naked palette or Smashbox Minimalist (what a great little treasure that is). I still have Chanel Tisse Rivoli and it makes for a really nice, elegant neutral eye look;