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What is your favorite way to wear pastel colors?
What is your favorite way to wear pastel colors? Eyes, lips, cheeks, nails, or where?
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The only thing I have that is pastel are my blushes from Nars!,
Definitely on the eyes or cheeks, but I’ll wear them anywhere.
I like pastel pink blushes and pastel pink or purple nail colors.
Nails. That’s about the only place I can pull off a pastel shade.
Same.
Same here.
same here!
In my hair! (if it counts aha)
I love using pastels as a highlight for my eyes. I wear lots of jewel tone smoky eyes, and a pastel in there is a great way to make them pop. :>
If I had to I’d wear a pastel eyeshadow on the lid in an otherwise dark and smokey look. Maybe as lipstick if it wasn’t ‘too pastel’ (something closer to MAC Please Me than MAC St Germain).
I just tend not to be a fan of pastels, I prefer either bolder or more neutral colours. Not really sure why.
Eyeshadows, mostly. I love pastel nail colours, but a lot of them look terrible on me, sadly!
On the eyelid, and occasionally nails. I have to be ver careful with what shades I wear on the eyes, because although I’m very light, I have dark hair & eyes, and my bone structure is very prominent, so pastels can seem out of place. Most of the pastel shadows I wear are pink or purple, and shimmery or duochrome, and always paired with a deeper shade. As for nails, duochrome and glitter, since I’ve never found a creme that isn’t streaky, and I refuse to spend alot of money on polish.
I wear “lighter” shades of blush & lipstick, but I wouldn’t classify them as pastels, rather soft neutrals.
nails and cheeks
I guess on nails, as long as there’s a bit of shimmer or sparkle. I have the purple Illamasqua speckled polish and that’s pastel, too, I guess.
I’m more of a jewel tone or metallic person, for any method of wearing color (makeup, clothes, accessories).
Nails! They look kinda weird on my face….
On me, eyes. I’m not too big on pastels elsewhere because it’s hard not to get them to look chalky, which isn’t a look I favor on me.
On toes … I do love bright reds but find pastels work equally great 🙂
I love wearing pastels colors on my eyes, but, it cant be too dramatic. I would use a darker shade to complement it. I also love wearing pastel colors such as peach, orange and pink on my lips. Love it on my nails as well.
I tend to only really wear pastel shades on my nails. I don’t really wear colours on my eyes except neutral shades or really dark colours for smokey eyes. Pastel eyes shades make me look strange. I suppose because I’m really pale the majority of my blush shades would be classed as pastel though.
I like them if they are a sheerer metallic finish used as a wash on lid. They also look great on nails.
My deep dark golden-undertone skin can’t do pastels but if I could have worn pastels, I would have definitely worn them on my nails.
Usually on the cheeks or lips. I’m very fair and cool-toned, so light pinks and lilac tones are wearable as lip shades. Strong pastels like MAC Viva Glam Nicki 2 can be a bit tricky because of the lack of contrast with my skin tone, but I find using a darker lip pencil to fill in and contour makes it wearable. 🙂
Hands down on my nails! I don’t really think I could pull pastels off anywhere else except maybe on the lid but I don’t want to buy any pastel shadows to find out lol
On my nails, and depending on the shade, on my cheeks. A lot of pastels tend to wash me out though.
On my eyes as a sheer wash with a soft pearly neutral such as MAC Shroom (a favorite of mine) on the browbone.
Sometimes I will do pastel blush as well.
Eyes. I wish they worked on my nails, but they just don’t flatter me there!
nails and eyes
Cheeks and nails!
Nails and cheeks, but I will wear the occasional pastel eye shadow. I used to hate pastel nail polishes, but more recently I have been loving them.
Nail colors…probably the only way I could wear pastels 🙂
I only reach for pastels in nail polish.
Probably on my cheeks and on my nails, especially in the spring! (sorry can’t help it :P)
Usually the inner corner of the lid. I can’t work pastels on lips, and I find most pastel blushes look powdery/ not flattering on me. And I just don’t use nail polish… I like the idea of it, but I just don’t have the time for that.
On the inner corners of my eyes.
nails and lips, although it’s harder to pull them off on the lips!
eyes are my least favorite spot for pastels.
I can only wear pastel’s on my nails. Even then I have to carefully select a pastel shade.
Being olive skinned, some pastels make me look like I’ve been lying in a mortuary for several days so I guess I might (depending on the shade) wear them on my cheeks and nails. That said I do have some lovely pink lipsticks that I’ll wear in summer. I tend to stay away from pastel eyeshadows tho’.
Eyes and nails. Though I prefer to pair them with darker shades when wearing them on my eyes.
Eyeshadow and pigments.
Eyes, lips, cheeks, nails… I love me some pastels 🙂
I like pastel nails. I also like pastel eyeshadow as a highlight on my browbone. I like metallic pastels on the upper lash line (really nice) and pastels as a subtle pop of color in the tear duct. I’m trying to get out my neutral eyeshadow rut!
Lips and cheeks.
Definitely on my eyes, more rarely on my nails, never anywhere else :). I’m not too much of a pastel lover, either, if I wanna be honest. I sometimes like pulling off a candy look on my eyes. I usually prefer greyed-muted tones when it comes to light colors.
Nails! Anywhere else and the color either looks ashy, doesn’t show up, or washes me out 🙁 But on nails I love light pastel pinks and blues!
EVERYWHERE!