If you could build a custom eye palette, what brands and shades would you pick?
I really dig this color story I put together using Sydney Grace singles to give the vibes of Natasha Denona’s Retro palette.
— Christine
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I’d be no good at all at this because I’d end up with a palette full of very similar shades, along the lines of Satin Taupe, MUFE Reptile – a whole lot of neutral taupes, sludgey greens, a bronze-y brown or 2 thrown in, and little else. Someone (maybe Seraphine) commented in an earlier, similar question, that this is why she relies on pre-made palettes and I have to say that I’m pretty much the same.
Not Seraphine – it was Celesta who commented that she’s not great at putting colours together and so relies on premades.
I don’t have an answer but I have to ask: who is doing the watercolors on the background of these questions? They are so pretty!
I would do a different version of Natasha Denona’s Glam palette.
In my version, I would remove these four shimmers: all three “Outer Eye Lid” shades and the “Inner Corner” shade on the top row.
Then I’d make each of the make the four matte shades (Smoke, Blend, Transition, and Crease) big.
I’d also change the names of the shades so they are descriptive of the shade rather than indicators of where they should go (the shade currently called “Smoke” could keep its name).
I would totally re-do my current custom MAC palette and add my old time favorites like Satin Taupe, Haux, Woodwindwinced, Vanilla, Wedge, Humid, Print, Ground Brown, Deep Damson, Antiqued, and so on.
I’d use shadows from Sydney Grace, Terra Moons, and Clionadh. Here’s what I’d do for a big palette with my favorite basic neutral eye looks: https://www.temptalia.com/color-stories/neutral-basics-2/ . I’ll need to think about it more for a colorful palette, though!
Not at all cohesive, but here’s what I put together for a more colorful one: https://www.temptalia.com/color-stories/colorful-palette/ . It’s got looks based on two multichromes from Clionadh and Terra Moons, then a berry/plum section, a gold/olive section, and a copper section.
Hard question!!! There’s a ton of Sydney Grace, Terra Moons, Clionadh, and Oden’s Eye singles that I really would love to get. However, because I rarely get around to using the singles that I currently own as it is, because of too often being in a hurry to get someplace, I just forget to, I don’t know about putting yet one more together? I do have the Sydney Grace In Mel’s Memory bundle that I have been deciding on adding several more shades to from both SG and Tera Moons multichromes to. Oh, and now that SG has multichromes, I may just stick with that brand!
Sydney Grace, easily! Terra moon or another brand with multi-chromes would also be fun.
My favorite brand already created my dream palette, Viseart Liaison, so I would probably go with Sydney Grace or Devinah Cosmetics and take inspiration from my favorite grayscale color story, Devinah’s Eternal Night. Instead of an all matte palette though, I’d keep only 8 mattes in white, gray, taupe and grayish purple and add 8 metallics in similar shades but lighter and brighter. I’ve already created this palette out of singles from Sydney Grace, Devinah, Give Me Glow and Makeup Geek.
If I could build a custom eye palette – this is what I would choose:
I would have a palette based on the seasons, here goes:
Summer: Light Rosy Copper – Magellan’s Light SG ; Earthbound and Flying High from Temptalia x SG and Inferno from PMG
Autumn: Exquisite Opulence from Temptalia x SG; Cadet fro SG, Phoenix Awakens SG and Woodwinked from MAC
Winter: Heart Dog SG, Tiara Sg, Divine Mink PMG and Tall Timbers SG
Spring: Major – soft cream, Phosphenes SG, Sinful PMG and Be Kind SG – deep rhaspberry shade.
I think I’d just get a selection of multichromes from Terra Moons, Devinah, and Sydney Grace.
I’m afraid I lack the artistry to put together a new color story. Someone on Instagram had posted photos of their magnetic palette into which they had put all their Suqqu eye shadows and that looked inspiring to me. The Suqqu quads should be easy enough to depot since they have the holes in the bottom of the case. I don’t know if this would actually make me create new looks by combining shades from different quads or if I would just be happy to be able to see all my beautiful Suqqu shades at once!