Survey Says... January 12th, 2022
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- Your skin tone/coloring:
- Last foundation you wore?
- Last brush you used?
- Last eyeshadow palette you used?
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Your skin tone/coloring: light, MAC NC 20
Last foundation you wore? Bareminerals Complexion Rescue
Last brush you used? A big fluffy powder brush. It has no name. Found it in clearance after Christmas at Walmart years ago and it’s such a nice sturdy and soft synthetic brush. I cannot part with it!
Last eyeshadow palette you used? ABH Sultry
That’s funny – after not using the Sultry palette for quite some time, I used it 2 days ago. It really is a nice one!
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, pink undertones.
Last foundation you wore? I am trying Glossier’s skin tint. I normally use Fenty’s powder foundation, but I thought I’d give this a go. So far, no breakouts, which is my main concern. 🤞
Last brush you used? I don’t have fancy brushes. I have been using an old foundation brush I got from Sephora years ago.
Last eyeshadow palette you used? Huda Rose Quartz. It was a holiday gift that I adore! Also, not a palette, but I got Danessa Myricks Colorfix in creme brulee that I’ve been using as a base for the palette, and it pairs perfectly.
Your skin tone/coloring: light, cool, pink.
Last foundation you wore? L’Oréal True Match Nude Hyaluronic Tinted Serum Foundation. Oh my goodness, it’s so gorgeous on the skin.
Last brush you used? Real Techniques Cashmere Dreams blush brush.
Last eyeshadow palette you used? Falling For You by Ace Beaute.
Your skin tone/coloring: pale, cool
Last foundation you wore? Sephora Baked MicroSmooth Powder Foundation
Last brush you used? Sephora cream shadow brush (to apply concealer) and a Sephora mineral powder brush – #45 – which I am pretty sure is discontinued (but it was so good!)
Last eyeshadow palette you use? Chanel Empreinte du desert (a quad rather than a full on palette) – I think all the talk about the new Chanel quad and its sort of similarity to E du D got me hankerin’ after that old friend!
Your skin tone/coloring: Under my name (blue-green eyes, dark hair)
Last foundation you wore? Fenty Profilt’r Hydrating Longwear Foundation in 260.
Last brush you used? One of my Luxie blush brushes. My favorites for powder blush!
Last eyeshadow palette you used? Natasha Denona Mini Biba! Very easy to use. And it looked positively beautiful with my eye color, too.
I am very fair. Tarte foundations and tinted moisturizers match me best. All last week I wore their Maracuja Tinted Hydrator. I did simple eye looks with some Laura Mercier shadow sticks and Colourpop Super Shock Shadows. Brushes….? I don’t know, I don’t really pay attention. My favorites are It Cosmetics for Ulta brushes.
Your skin tone/coloring: Below my name
Last foundation you wore? CYO Lifeproof
Last brush you used? Artis Elite Mini-Palm Brush (Nordstrom version)
Last eyeshadow palette you used? I can’t remember. I have been using singles for the past month.
Your skin tone/coloring: Neutral in winter, around NC25, just a tad darker
Last foundation you wore? Clarins Everlasting Youth Fluid in 108.3-Organza
Last brush you used? It cosmetics Ball Powder Brush-great for a light dusting of pressed powder
Last eyeshadow palette you used? Dior Magnify
Your skin tone/coloring: above
Last foundation you wore? BareMinerals Complexion Rescue
Last brush you used? Anastasia Angled Brow Brush
Last eyeshadow palette you used? I really can’t remember, last few times have all been with my custom singles
Your skin tone/coloring: light plus neutral
Last foundation you wore? Test drove Givenchy prisme libre skin-caring glow foundation. It was a picked sample from Big S. I had to mix two sample colours to achieve approximate skin tone, but I feel their neutral colour range is solid and the foundation is very pretty and natural looking. If you want firm set, you will need to powder. The foundation remains slightly tacky. Coverage is light, but nice blurring effect.
Last brush you used? Used Sonia G Sky smooth buffer for foundation.. small sample and wanted to concentrate and maximize spread. It worked beautifully.
Last eyeshadow palette you used? I hate admitting, but I picked up Biba jr. Did a quick eye with the satin shade and a patrick ta liner in a dark bronze colour. I love the PT liner, but it’s a piece of junk in terms of packaging/mechanism as the pencil ‘lead’ has already come out of its housing and is broke in half. First day of use. Will be looking for a good dupe.
Your skin tone/colouring: Porcelain, with pink undertones
Last foundation you wore? Today I am wearing L’Oreal’s True Match foundation in Porcelain Rose. The other day I wore the Chosungah 22 foundation in porcelain – and as a day foundation it turned out to be a little too ‘illuminating’ for me. It’s fine as an evening foundation, but for a better day foundation I do prefer a more matte finish.
Last brush you used? I have no idea of the numbers, but A Real Technique angled blush brush, an Eco tools face brush for setting powder, a Real Techniques eyeshadow fluffy brush and a double sided eyeshadow brush for applying my eyeshadows. Ages ago a reader here said that she kept a dedicated eyeshadow brush or two for green eyeshadows, one for blues, one for neutrals and I am doing the same.
Last eyeshadow palette you used? Very easy – Lorac Noir.
Your skin tone/coloring: Above. Grey-green eyes, dark brown hair.
Last foundation you wore? MAC powder foundation, I never remember the name.
Last brush you used? Wayne Goss 16.
Last eyeshadow palette you used? Linda Hallberg The New Golden Twenties, it was more than a week ago. I’ve been using liquid eyeshadows, or gone makeup free lately. I feel a bit uninspired and lazy.
Woops! Sorry.
The last eyeshadow palette I used was Viseart Neutral Mattes. It was yesterday I used it as transition and browbone shades with a golden liquid eyeshadow and a purply shimmery, also liquid eyeshadow, both from Natasha Denona.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light-medium with warm yellow undertone, dark brown hair and eyes.
Last foundation you wore? MAC ProLongwear Waterproof, my absolute favorite.
Last brush you used? The old brush that came with the Urban Decay Naked Smokey… I decluttered the palette 4 years ago (due to old age), but the brush is still going on strong.
Last eyeshadow palette you used? My custom made palette.
Your skin tone/coloring: Under my name
Last foundation you wore? Chanel Perfection Lumiere Velvet
Last brush you used? old MAC 188 small duo fibre
Last eyeshadow palette you used? Guerlain Turandot
Your skin tone/coloring: above with freckles, green eyes, warm brown hair.
Last foundation you wore? CoverGirl + Olay Advanced Radiance and Simply Ageless foundations mixed together. They’re thick, but look so beautiful on the skin, and I swear, my skin looks better at the end of the day after I take the foundation off. It’s magical.
Last brush you used? My Real Techniques highlighting brush.
Last eyeshadow palette you used? Lately I’ve combined palettes a lot, but the last palette I used on it’s own is the CP x My Little Pony palette. Such a fun one and so nostalgic.
Your skin tone/coloring: Super pale with rosacea so…crazy pink/red undertones
Last foundation you wore? milk blurr. I dug it out of my collection to try out again and it didn’t sit terribly well on my skin.
Last brush you used? Who knows. Probably something Real Techniques
Last eyeshadow palette you used? UD Honey. I don’t use it enough, it’s gorgeous and perfect on my skin