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Ani_BEE Avatar
Ani_BEE

Second this but I go with:

Best gold eyeshadow? – UD Half Baked
Best silver eyeliner? – MUFE Aqua Eyes in silver
Best cheek highlighter? – By Candlelight by MAC (I wear it like pale bronzer as well. ^_^)

Quinctia Avatar
Quinctia

* Best gold eyeshadow? – UD Half Baked
* Best silver eyeliner? – L’Oreal HIP Chrome (or its UD/Milani clone)
* Best cheek highlighter? – No vote, I’ve only got one and I can’t judge since I don’t wear cheek products

Katie Avatar
Katie

Gold shadow-Hoodwinked by MAC
Silver liner-L’Oreal – HiP Color Chrome Eyeliner Silver Lightning
Highlighter- By Candlelight by MAC or Benefit’s High Beam

Paige Borda Avatar
Paige Borda

Gold eyeshadow: Laura Mercier foiled eyeshadow in Gold- I don’t think they make it anymore, but I just got it from a friend who works at Amway and sells LM.
Silver Eyeliner: I only have a few but I like the Mac SuperSlick Liquid Eyeliner is Nocturnel I think? Not sure of the color, but it’s the silver one!
Favorite highlighter is MAC Pigments in either Naked or Vanilla 🙂

Annick Chantal L. H. Avatar
Annick Chantal L. H.

Gold
I’ll gold pigment by mac (and gold mode from mac again)
Silver
I can’t wear silver unless I want to be freaky (I don’t know if this word exists in English, but. Or “bizarre”)
Cheek Highlighter
Nars Le Multiple, or Cream Colour Base in Hush by Mac
Voilà

SJean Avatar
SJean

* Best gold eyeshadow?
I always just use the gold in my MUFE flash palette, or an Urban Decay pencil
* Best silver eyeliner?
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Dime
* Best cheek highlighter?
Tokidoki Luminosa Powder in Kabuki

Elizabeth Avatar
Elizabeth

Best gold eyeshadow – Urban Decay “Half Baked””
Best silver eyeliner – MUFE “silver”
Best cheek highlighter – NARS “Albatross”

Rosie Avatar
Rosie

Best gold eyeshadow? Urban Decay Honey
Best silver eyeliner? L’Oreal HIP Color Chrome Eyeliner in 915 Silver Lightening
Best cheek highlighter? Diorskin Amber Diamond

darcel Avatar
darcel

urban decay half baked
silver eyeliner ….i dont own any sorry
best highlighter nar albatross I like it better than dior amber diamond which i also love

El Avatar
El

I don’t know if these are necessarily the “best”, they just happen to be the ones I’ve used most recently

MAC Goldmine eyeshadow
MAC Superslick (whichever the silver one is)
MAC Honour blush

Hannah Avatar
Hannah

UD Half Baked (but soon getting Nars Etrusque for Christmas!)
collection 2000 glam crystals in glitz (UK only brand, and it is a glitter liner but it is so opaque it could be classed as a ‘very sparkly silver eyeliner’)
Benefit High Beam

meghan Avatar
meghan

My fave gold eyeshadow of all time is Twisted by UD which has been discontinued for a few years. It’s a beautiful, slightly green, slightly antiqued pale gold, shimmery and sparkly and AMAZING. Maui Wowie is the closest thing but it doesn’t really compare.

I don’t think I have ANY silver eyeliners, weird!

I use Benefit Sugar Bomb as a blush, but to highlight I like Smashbox soft lights in Illusion, which was part of the l/e fall collection. It’s so pretty and makes a great everyday eyeshadow as well. 🙂

Natalie Avatar
Natalie

Best gold eyeshadow? – NARS Etrusque
Best silver eyeliner? – Shu painting liner in Silver
Best cheek highlighter? – NARS Copacabana

Ginny Avatar
Ginny

Gold eyeshadow- half baked by urban decay
Still looking for a good silver eyeliner!
Cheek Highlighter – i loveeee Soft & Gentle Mineralize Skinfinish by MAC

Katie Avatar
Katie

Best gold eyeshadow: Urban Decay Deluxe Shadow in Honey
Best silver eyeliner: Mac Superslick Liquid Eyeliner in Nocturnal
Best cheek highlighter: Mac MSF in Soft and Gentle

Charlene Avatar
Charlene

Best gold eyeshadow? -MAC Gold pigment
Best silver eyeliner? -MAC Superslick in Nocturnal
Best cheek highlighter? -Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick. For my skin, it would be Beige.

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kiwikeely

1) Nars Etrusque (is that how you spell it?) a beautiful true gold. nothing much to say. SO MESMERIZING.
2) um…probably not as familiar to you. Kanebo Lunasol is a Japanese Brand, its Shiny Nuance Eyes is a limited item this christmas and omg its like the best best silver ive ever used. it works well both as a highlight or a main shadow
3) nars copacabana – love love love <3

Chelsi Avatar
Chelsi

Best gold eyeshadow: Glamour Doll Eyes eyeshadow in “Trophy Wife” or MAC “Gold” Pigment
Best silver eyeliner: L’Oreal HIP Color Chrome in ” Silver Lighting” or MAC Superslick eyeliner in “Nocturnal”
Best cheek highlighter MAC “Pearl” Cream Colour Base with NARS Blush in “Albatross” on top

Mar Avatar
Mar

Best gold eyeshadow
*I’m more into brownish golds; Korres Golden Brown is my favourite.

Best silver eyeliner
*Hard to say… I don’t ever use one as they tend to look a bit disco on me LOL.

Best cheek highlighter
*Chanel Base Lumière, it’s not overly glittery but it gives a stylish hint of gleam.

melissa Avatar
melissa

Best gold eyeshadow would have to be hands down sugarpill goldilux….it is beautiful!
Silver liner would be milani aqua eyes silver liner, it is so soft and applies like a liquid, but is a pencil and does not move… I tried these after they were on temptalia and the color and quality is so amazing, I just wish they had more color options!
I cant really think of a “best” highlighter, only because I have so many diff types and brands, and they all do similar things

Cherokee Avatar
Cherokee

I just realized I don’t really own any gold eyeshadow. They are all bronze in color. Oh well. Also, I only own one silver liner so I look forward to the comments and checking out others. With that said here goes.

Best gold eyeshadow? Milani Runway Eyes in Glamorous Gems. The gold strip.

Best silver liner? Milani Liquif’Eye in Silver

Best cheek highlighter? MAC Trace Gold Blush

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