Have you ever bought a non-beauty item because it was the same color as your favorite beauty product? What item and inspired by what shade?
I bought a headband to match China Glaze For Audrey nail lacquer!
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All the time!! The thing that comes out of my mouth the most is “I have a lipstick to match that.” Haha!
heheheh I think the same lol , I want a nailpolish that match my lipstick also
Yes, I bought a top that was floral with the exact shade of UD Electric liner so that I’d have more excuses to wear Electric.
Honestly…no. I often look for certain shades of lipstick or eyeshadow based on a color of something I already own–like when I bought the Nars Tokyo duo because I loved the dusty purple paint that I’d picked out for my bedroom walls–but I’ve never done it the other way around.
I often buy compacts because they are pretty..Many years ago, when I was first cutting my teeth on Dept Store makeup, I loved the Clinique green marble-ish compacts.. I just loved that eco-light green color..now, they just look ordinary to me..I would like to buy some of the new Nars/Warhol kits when they come out (hopefully I will be able to afford them easily) because they are works of art.
I can’t say as I have, but mostly what I buy these days is beauty items so I guess that explains it? 🙂
Yep. I own a lot of teal and purple.
Those are gorgeous colours. I’m a fan. 🙂
I loved the look of MAC Girl about town so much that I got several tops in the exact same shade so I could do that matchy-matchy look 🙂
I can’t say I have ever done that, but I did buy a laptop once just because it matched the paint job on my car. *embarrassed* Lol!
Since I dyed my hair purple I can’t resist buying purple stuff: handbag, thermos, spill proof coffee cup. So yep I got obsessed with purple. Opi grape fit or Russian navy purples. 😉
My dad and I were discussing the color for his next car. One of the colors he prefered reminded me of Smoke & Diamonds (MAC). So, when he ordered the car and was asked what color he chose, his answer was Smoke & Diamonds. The sales person didn’t know what to say, but both laughed after he explained the similarity to my eye shadow.
Well, he picked up his new car last week and I bougt my eyeshadow to my parents house. The colors are similar, but nox exactly the same.
I don’t do it intentionally, but I’m usually drawn to the same colors for anything, so I wouldn’t be shocked if I have some matching colors between my closet and makeup cases
I do it inadvertently, almost subconsciously, but rarely intentionally.
I don’t think so… I’ve definitely done the reverse though!
I’m the opposite i but shades to match mu clothes. lol
Now keep in mind I didn’t set out to do this but my new car color is a non-shimmer version of my favorite nail polish: BL’s Lady Muck. My car is a grey leaning powder blue. =)
Yes, I bought a peachy-pink scarf that I thought would match Chanel Rouge Coco in Peregrina. Turns out it’s a better match with Rouge Dior in Cinderella (more pink, less peach), but I love it all the same!
I almost did the opposite too – I seriously considered buying Chanel Horizon blush just because the name reminded me of a mission in Mass Effect. Then I realized that I have about 5 similar blushes and that 50 euros is a bit too much to pay just for being attached to a video game, LOL.
Yes! I bought a cranberry pocketbac ’cause it reminded me of cranberry eyeshadow from MAC (I also have a nail polish that matches it)
Yes! Once I bought a top mostly because it reminded me of MAC Shale eyeshadow.
Anything that looks like Chanel Jade 🙂
I bought a pair of Jessica Simpson shoes (they were on clearance, LOL) that matched a bottle of Borghese nail polish that I’d just bought at the time. I don’t recall the shade name off-hand, but it’s basically a charcoal duo-chrome with teal & purple. The worst part is, although I bought both a few yers ago, I haven’t worn either…
I wanted to buy a childs watercolor kit, so I can take out the plastic tray with the water colors in it, and glue some of my tins of my own eyeshadow (Maybelline/cover girl dupes of UD Nakeds2) so I could have a generic 12 pan -eyeshadow-kit, that doesn’t cost 55 dollars..I think I would only like about 4 of the UD colors..thank you for your postings a few months ago, of the large UDNP2, and really huge pics of the pans..its a real keeper (that page I mean)
Well, not exactly but I did do the opposite, I purchased butter LONDON nail polish in “British Racing Green” because my car is “British Racing Green.” The two colors are identical.
Not yet, or at least that I can think of but I often buy beauty products because they are my favorite color or are the same color as a piece of clothing or jewelry that I love.