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If all the eyeshadows in the world disappeared, and you could only have one color, what would it be?


If all the eyeshadows in the world disappeared, and you could only have one color, what would it be? Assuming you could magically conjure up one bottomless pan for yourself 🙂

Antique gold or pewter! Either would work for me.

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Ann Avatar

All That Glitters is probably my all time favorite as well. Even if you just wear it on it’s own without a crease shade, it gives a very finished look. Love it!

Char Avatar

Urban Decay MUSHROOM.. been trying to find a dupe for this little pewtery taupey-ish guy for a LONGGG time. Nothing compares. I keep begging them to make this a single! LOVE LOVE IT! I know they still make it, but I don’t want to waste money on all the other colors in the mariposa or alice kits.

Leah Avatar

Cork e/s. While its not the most exciting color, I could use it all over the lid and blend it out to the crease plus as an eyebrow filler and soft contour shade.

Amy Avatar

Not my absolute favorite color but still love: a shimmery and somewhat sparkly (Think eyeshadows from YSL palettes) light but bright green apple color (like the one from Laneige’s 2011 Spring palette)

I chose this cuz this only says eyeshadows and I’ve thought about it and all the other colors I want are available as other forms of makeup and this was the only color I could think of that isn’t made in other forms of makeup. >=D loophole YAY!

Michelle R.B. Avatar

For the sake of pragmatism, I have to choose pale beige. It covers my eyelid veins whilst going with all other makeup (and clothes and hair), and I can use it for my face too! I’d really rather have some sort of gold or other warm shimmery color, though.

Quinctia Avatar

I would probably end up creatively adapting other products (no one said I couldn’t combine eyeliner and glitter for de facto eyeshadow), BUT, based on what I tend to wear, I’d probably have to go with a purple. Something nice and plummy. Either that or a shimmery pink, like SWF.

Mariella Avatar

It would have to be something in the taupe shades…Satin Taupe, Golden Gaze, Prepped for Glamour, Carbonized or Golden Gaze (MAC), Taupe Grise (Chanel), TheBalm’s Insane Jane or UD Mushroom. A big pan of any of those would be my choice, once I finished screaming and crying.

Dee Avatar

Probably All That Glitters. I don’t even use it that much but I think it’s a nice light and neutral color that would go with any makeup look and the sheen would make it less boring for me for everyday use.

PJ Avatar

Judging whats in my makeup drawer today, I would have to say Chanel Iillusion d’ombre in illusoire. It applies like a dream– and I love its shimmer. Yep. No other shadow necessary. Before I found it, my go to shadow was BB shimmerwash in heather mauve. (still love it too)

kate Avatar

I’d probably go with a neutral with a bit of a purple tone to it like Nars Ashes to Ashes or Lhasa, so that I’d have something that was easy to wear with everything.

Sunny Avatar

LOL that is one funny question! I’m saying MAC Woodwinked, though I just received NARS Paramaribo (finally!) so I might change my mind. Basically, a nice gold shade will be my pick!

GUSnail Avatar

Wow. This is a tough one. I think I have more eyeshadows than any other make up product, combined! First I was thinking of something neutral, like MAC All that glitters, or MAC Indianwood, but I think I’m going to go with MAC Black Tied. You can always find some other powder that can work as a neutral on the eye.

jennifer s Avatar

I would get a color like ud flash. Bright purple. If there is no more eyeshadows in the world, then i would like to enjoy a truly bright color.

Tabi Avatar

Inglot 420P for me. It’s the perfect mauve-y grayish color to be a little interesting and still neutral. It also nicely accentuates my brown eyes.

heidi Avatar

I would probably cheat and use highlighter, bronzers, and blushes as eyeshadow. So in light of that I’d probably go with half baked. Maybe amber lights or sumptuous olive. I would also make wicked use of eyeliners.

Evelyn Avatar

Oh boy, this is a hard question! I’d probably go with the Laura Mercier caviar stick in amethyst. Does that count as a shadow? lol It makes my eyes stand out at least. Chanel’s Illusore in Epatante would be a close 2nd. 🙂

Laurel Avatar

I would have to say taupe! I love to wear taupe and I pretty much wear it everyday either in the crease or on the lid anyway so it wouldn’t be that hard

Florence Avatar

A matte dark peach, like the one in the Wet N Wild Greed palette. it cancels out the darkness on my eyelid and makes my eyes look a brighter! I’ve been looking for a dupe that’s a larger, single eyeshadow, but no luck so far </3

Nancy Burden Avatar

MAC “Mulch”.

Hmmm.

This is HARD! You picked two colours, Christine, can I? 😉

Chanel “Taupe Grise”, if I get TWO!

I can’t seem to do without either of these, here lately.

Seph Avatar

I suspect a matte taupe neutral, I’m afraid. I’m a great one for big bold eye looks, but if I could only ever have one colour ever again then I’d want it to be one that I could pair with decidedly extreme lips – otherwise makeup would get too boring [grin]

Amber Avatar

Silver. It’s so easy to do dramatic looks with, but it’s also a good inner corner brightener with just eyeliner and mascara for a more neutral look.

Courtney Avatar

I’d have to agree with you that it would be some kind of anquite gold or pewter…probably pewter. Goes with everything and can be daily wear or dramatic,k depending on application.

Mabeline Avatar

That’s a tough one. I love the taupe shades the best like Tarte’s cream eyeshadow in slate, Maybelline Color Tattoo 23 hr. eyeshadow in Tough as Taupe or NARS Lhasa eyeshadow.

If I needed to do a brown smoky eye look, and there were no brown eyeshadows around, I would use an eye pencil and some bronzer.

Lark Avatar

For such an extreme an extreme answer. Either a Dior purple I bought in about 1986, or a Sheisedo ultramarine/ lapis blue (black shadow for lining was in there too- gorgeous compact) from the mid Eighties. Both were colors I emptied the pans on; Today the closest I know of is Borghese’s Bluette. The purple… Never seen its like since.
Nars Outremer is just a hair too screaming for The Last Eye Shadow Ever. Or does that make it best?

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