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Survey Says... January 27th, 2016

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  • Your skin tone/coloring:
  • First lip product purchase in 2016?
  • First eye product purchase in 2016?
  • First cheek/face product purchase in 2016?

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Deidre Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: fair/light with pink undertones
First lip product purchase in 2016? Maybelline Vivid Mattes in Nude Thrill and Nude Flush
First eye product purchase in 2016? Mac Foiled Eyeshadow in Fly by Twilight
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Maybelline Master Contour Kit in Light

Julia Avatar

Medium skin, brown hair, brown eyes
First lip product in 2016: I snagged a few of the sale Sephora Ultra Shine Lipglosses; Love Me Pink and Honey Purple were my favorites!
First eye product in 2016: Marc Jacobs Beauty Highliner set- The High Life
First face/cheek product in 2016- Kevyn Aucoin Contour Book (also from the Sephora sale section!), followed closely by the ABH Glow Kit in Gleam. Christine, I am DYING to read your reviews of the Glow Kits!! I am sure you have a never-ending list, but pretty please? Patience is not one of my virtues, lol!

Julia Avatar

I did a LOT of comparisons against my current palettes since so many people complained about size, so I was braced for the tiny pans. As for the product itself, I am very pleased! The eye shades are great (looove the brighten shade), candlelight is a lovely natural highlight and I use a small brush in it anyway. As for the contour, I know this is silly but I very rarely contour! So if I need it, I will have it, but on the daily it’s a great subtle eyebrow filler 🙂 Overall, I find it to be a small but very versatile palette- glad I got the sale price!

Fran Avatar

I’m glad you’re liking it. I actually thought the cost was reasonable for Kevyn Aucoin when you look at grams of product rather than size of pans, but I realize people with larger faces than mine might find the small size of the contour powder a bit daunting. It is versatile, since you can do face, eyes, and brows with it, compact for traveling. Glad you got it at the sale price though 🙂 I got it last year and liked it so much that I actually also bought Vol. 2 this year, which was a fantastic value for grams of product received, and I’m finding the cream contour and highlight especially useful on dehydrated winter skin.

Julia Avatar

So far there is only a “sneak peek” with arm swatches and palette photos, but not the full reviews with ratings and wear. Believe me, I have been stalking the Temptalia FB page watching for it ?

Wednesday Avatar

I was warned by another Temptalia reader, but my order was already on the way. The colour was the high point; actually pretty good, a little too yellow for my tastes by definitely in the right ballpark so that was a definite plus. But I find the annoying issues outweigh: the heaviness and weight of the product on the skin and the appearance as such up close. Also, lack of proper dry down negates the positive.

I can say that my face looked spectacular…from a distance. I did achieve dry down, but I was outside later on that day on my snowmobile for a good hour and half in the deep cold with no face protection.. I came in from that looking pretty darn good. A little extreme for achieving dry down though…dontcha think. 😀

KJH Avatar

A hair dryer would be warmer than a snowmobile! At that weight, kind of surprising that it didn’t get icy. Prob low to no water content. Keep up the good search.

Wednesday Avatar

Crikey..these days something as simple as using a hair dryer seems to make the bod go into hyper hot flash mode. It feels rather counterproductive to try and dry hair whilst sweating buckets. Perimenopause is wreaking havoc with my thermostat and other systems…and yet weirdly improving my autoimmune.

Night sweats. ..the snowmobile would be the perfect antidote between the hours of 2 and 5 a.m… got a visual: I’m out there astride my skidoo in my frickin’ bedhead jammies. Wheeeee

KJH Avatar

Hey, you got an excellent side effect from peri. All I got was antidepressants and the immune stuff cranked. Now that it’s major rear view mirror, there are still a few hypothalamic-pituitary axis issues, like temperature instability and big drops…93 is worse than a fever. Really nice when that immune stuff remits. Many of my peri friends are taking their dogs out, commando in thin nightgowns, that they only wear outside,below freezing. There’s a reason that it’s called the curse.

Wednesday Avatar

I purchased from Selfridges UK and shipped to Canada. Last time I looked it wasn’t available in North America yet. It’s not a horrid foundation by any means. I prefer a lighter feeling product and medium coverage. I think a luminizing base paired with Too Faced born this way would yield similar results, but feel better on the skin (and applies far more consistently). I’m a foundation junkie tho so I am always trying latest/greatest 🙂

Vanessa Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Medium Neutral MAC NC 30/35
First lip product purchase in 2016? Maybelline Matte Blur Crayon in the Plum color
First eye product purchase in 2016? Maybelline felt tip eyeliner
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? None

Mariella Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, cool
First lip product purchase in 2016? another MAC Plumful and, possibly, Clarins Lip Comfort Oil (though that might have been at the very end of 2015)
First eye product purchase in 2016? Annabelle Taupe Twist Up Eye Crayon; I’m waiting on Shiseido’s cream eyeshadow in Patina but that’s out of stock at the one store near me that carries Shiseido
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? SWOON – the new Dior highlighting powder (in the pink shade) and Becca Backlight Priming Filter.

Mariella Avatar

Oh, Christine – I was at Sephora yesterday to purchase a Roof Top Party pencil (placating myself with that, I thought, since Snakeskin Dress is discontinued). WELL, after looking and looking and searching, I finally asked a SA who’d never even heard of it but it was obvious that they’ve discontinued that beautiful pencil as well! I checked the website and it’s not showing there either. So disappointing. So I left Sephora empty handed and went and bough shoes and some costume jewelry to take to India!

Mariella Avatar

I’d be curious to know whether it is still available at US Sephora stores. But here, it’s just gone “poof”, EXACTLY like Snakeskin Dress! I may have to get my poor son to go on a search when he’s back in SF in 4 months (I already want him to order an Anastasia eyeshadow for me!)

KJH Avatar

Yeah, that is disappointing. I managed to snag both of them by haunting the d/c bin every time I hit Sephora. It’s good to scope that section out for liners. One was the last ? Xmas 14? Liner set. Often the discontinuing things are a real steal, and liners are arguably the best Sephora house product.

Sagehen Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: med/dark with yellow olive undertones
First lip product purchase in 2016? Smashbox Be Legendary Matte lipstick in Unzipped
First eye product purchase in 2016? some MUFE individual shadows to complete my wishlist
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? new Beauty Blender in Nude – does this count?

Mindy Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: MAC NC30
First lip product purchase in 2016? None!
First eye product purchase in 2016? None! Although I suspect it may be a Tom Ford Quad
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? I purchased Chanel’s Sunkissed Ribbon Blush after your review.

Huma Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Light/medium with pink undertones
First lip product purchase in 2016? MAC lipstick in Chili
First eye product purchase in 2016? Makeup Forever eyeshadows (in 8 shades)
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? UD x Gwen Stefani blush palette

Momo Avatar

♥ Your skin tone/coloring:
• Dark to Medium-Deep
• Warm undertone, with a touch of Neutral
• NC44.5 to NC45

♥ First lip product purchase in 2016?
• Lime Crime Unicorn Lipstick in POISONBERRY
❝ I’ve always wanted this shade, but when I got it, I was underwhelmed. ? I’ll make it work. ❞

♥ First eye product purchase in 2016?
• Morphe Brushes 35O Nature Glow Eyeshadow Palette
❝ I bought it because… it’s the 35O palette. Those who know, will understand me. LOL ❞

♥ First cheek/face product purchase in 2016?
• Looxi Beauty ‘Aurora Collection’ Highlighters in VENOM and FALLEN
❝ It was my first official ‘stalk’ of the new year; literally January 1ˢᵗ. I regret nothing. LOL. The Aurora Collection was a hit and I wasn’t going to miss the new highlighter release! ❞

Momo Avatar

OMG! Where do I start with Looxi!? I’ve been obsessing over them since last summer.

The highlighters are buttery smooth and easy to blend. Some shades are better than others. I have shades from the first time Jessica, Looxi’s founder, started her online business, and the purely golden highlighters were a little chunky, but it didn’t take away from its quality. She’s gotten soooo much better now, though.

She’s made a few dupes of popular products, such as theBalm’s Mary-Lou Manizer, Becca x Jaclyn Hill’s Champagne Pop, and MAC’s ‘Magic of the Night’ EDMSF in Oh, Darling. I can attest to two of those, because I don’t have Champagne Pop. Lol. The first item/highlighter I ever bought from her was Valley Girl, and it’s a fantastic version of MAC’s Melon pigment; hers is more on the salmon side, but still golden. There’s a little bit of fallout with Valley Girl — the same thing happens with MAC’s Melon — but it’s nothing to worry about.

Most of the highlighters are super soft to the touch (like touching the Becca Skin Perfector Pressed). One touch of the powder yields an insane amount of pigmentation and/or sheen. Some feel dry to the touch, like the Mary-Lou Manizer or a Wet n Wild highlighter, but the pigmentation is still strong. Using a light hand when applying her products is advised. The swatch opacity of Looxi’s highlighters is exactly comparable to that of Becca’s Skin Perfector Pressed (I just did a swatch test using various HLs in my stash; Becca was the best match).

I hope that helps. 🙂

Momo Avatar

Very cool! You’re welcome. And just like I told Rachel (the post down below), don’t forget your coupon code: SAVANT20 (for 20% off your order)…but if you buy the Z Palette, it won’t apply. Palettes are excluded from the discount.

It’s a great buy, nonetheless. Enjoy!

Julia Avatar

I did see that disclaimer- I will just grab a Z Palette from Amazon instead, nbd. Thanks for the coupon code! I also realized that they (Looxi) are only about an hour north of me here in Chicagoland! So cool, small world 🙂

Momo Avatar

Yes!! The Auroras were so popular! She first did the eyeshadows (back in October or November), which sold out fast. I’m in love with those eyeshadows, too; I had to get them. Then she launched the highlighters on January 1st. I made sure I wasn’t going to miss it! Lol.

Pandora and Wicked is gorgeous! Grab some if you can… and don’t forget your coupon code! (SAVANT20) *all caps or it won’t apply

KJH Avatar

Yeah, you made me look, and apparently stalking is the best way to score. There’s fun there. Do I need yet another cosmetics email? Or a new brand to obsess over? But what I saw was quite original. Thanks for noting this, Momo and Rachel.

Momo Avatar

Signing up for Looxi isn’t necessary. Thank goodness, because I have too many makeup site accounts anyway. Lol. You only need a PayPal account. All info regarding your shipping will go to that PayPal address. I’m just not sure how it works for using simply a credit card; it’s probably the same. The best way to get Looxi Beauty info is to subscribe to her on Instagram. She doesn’t berate you with posts and useless info. Another blessing.

You’re welcome. 🙂

WARPAINTandUnicorns Avatar

Yeah, POISONBERRY is pretty, but sheer at the same time… So i can see the disappointment in it. A lip liner does help.

Those Looxi highlighters looks amazing. I’ve seen a few reviews for them…. *__* Some of the shade are duo chrome. And their duo/tri chrome eyeshadows I’m drooling over…. but the no buy must persist!

Momo Avatar

Thanks for the tip regarding the lipstick. I’ll remember to do that.

Yeah, Looxi has all sorts of chromes going on. LOL. I’m on a no-buy break as well, so I completely understand. I just go to the site for a quick peek, and then I’m gone. ?

Ariella Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Medium/Olive
First lip product purchase in 2016? A bunch (a ton lol) of Mac Matte Liquid Lipsticks
First eye product purchase in 2016? Elizabeth Arden Vinyl eyeliner (it’s a felt pen) and Givenchy eyeshadow quad in Metallic Reflection (it is sooooooo gorgeous!!!!!)
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Mac Fairies collection Beauty Powder and Iridescent Powder and the blush in Cheek Pollen

Kat Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: fair warm (NC15)
First lip product purchase in 2016? H&M Matte Lipstick in Red Haute*
First eye product purchase in 2016? ColourPop Telepathy & Puppy Love eyeshadows, Stomper Gel Creme Color
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? ColourPop Santos & Double Dip (these two plus the eyeshadows and eyeliner were all in the same purchase, so I listed them all)

*I also got the H&M eyeshadow in Baci Di Dama and cream blush in Cameo Brown at the tail end of 2015. I’m lucky that I live close to NYC, so I can go to the Times Square store which has the entire new beauty line. I’m really impressed so far, everything I’ve tried and swatched has been really lovely, and I have my eye on a few other products for the future.

Lauren Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair-Light w/ Neutral Undertones
First lip product purchase in 2016? Buxom Full-on Lip Cream in Tequila Sunrise
First eye product purchase in 2016? Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Silk Eye Shadow in 4 Pulp Fiction
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Sephora Collection Eye Mask – Rose

Anita Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Medium/Tan
First lip product purchase in 2016? None
First eye product purchase in 2016? None
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? MAC blushes in Format, Blunt, Blushbaby, Plum Foolery and Pinch Me

Patsyann Avatar

My first lipstick purchase is Clinique’s “different lipstick” in #62 Tenderheart. My blush purchase is Bobbi Brown’s Desert Rose #15. I also bought two matte eyeshadows from EL: Wild Truffle #12 and Sandbar Beige #50. Both the blush and the eyeshadows were bought from the Cosmetic Company store at my local outlet mall. I am pretty sure this means that these are discontinued products but as they are powder products I am not too worried about the aging factor of these items.

dahlia Avatar

light-medium skin, tarte lip paint in namaste, giorgio armani excess mascara, dior nude air glowing gardens illuminating powder in glowing nude!

Kate Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Neutral to cool, fair/pale

First lip product purchase in 2016? I think it was Haus of Dolls lipstick in SHE, followed by the nude lip kit from Sephora

First eye product purchase in 2016? pretty sure it was Stila kitten!

First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Undereye.. I also bought the new MUFE ulta HD concealer in the same week, so I guess I’m pretty set on concealer for a while lol

KJH Avatar

How many times have you said the name of that shadow, only to have someone say Steal a Kitten? What are you talking about? How could you? Seriously, only makeup fans know about that iconic shade. I lent mine to someone, with a few other products to someone who went into a drunken tailspin & wound up in rehab, never returning to work. Somehow that’s worse than having a pet wreck it or lose it. You feel guilty for even missing it.

Diana Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Light/medium with warm undertones
First lip product purchase in 2016? Too Faced Melted Chocolate Diamonds
First eye product purchase in 2016? N/A
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Kat Von D Shade and Light blush in Poe + Piaf

Katherine T. Avatar

*Lip —————nothing yet, trying to use up my stash
*Eye ————- Prestige Total Intensity Cream Shadow Pencils- on sale
*Cheek/face – Supergoop CitySerum Sunscreen, ran out, so had to get some

Sami Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Light Medium with Yellow Undertones
First lip product purchase in 2016? MAC Brave
First eye product purchase in 2016? Coastal Scents Revealed 2 Palette
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? L’Oreal True Match Powder

Gen Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: neutral at about a 20/25.
First lip product purchase in 2016? FAB Ultra Repair Intensive Lip Balm
First eye product purchase in 2016? Physician’s Formula Eye Booster 2-in-1 Lash Boosting Eyeliner + Serum
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Hourglass Mineral Veil Primer

Bananasforbourbon Avatar

Skin tone/coloring: very fair, NW10-13.
First lip product purchase of 2016: Laura Mercier velour lovers lip colour in Sensual. I like it – mostly matte, not drying.
First eye product: nothing yet.
First cheek/face product purchase of 2016: Diorskin Nude BB Creme in 001.

nina Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Pale with pink undertones
First lip product purchase in 2016:I have not purchased any lip products yet but plan on purchasing the Mac lipstick in Brave
First eye product purchase in 2016:The Makeupgeek foiled eyeshadows in Charmed and Pegasus. They were on sale for 40% off
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016: A back up of my It Cosmetics CC Cream. It is my holy grail foundation and I am always cautious not to run out.

Stephanie Avatar

light to medium with warm slightly yellow undertones.
First lip-L’Oreal Enduring Berry-need to top up purchase to be eligible for bonus points
First eye-Makeup Forever Nudes you Need palette-why did I wait so long for you?
First face-no makeup but Clinique Pep Start eye cream

Kuávsui Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Light/medium, yellow/olive
First lip product purchase in 2016? A pinky beige lip liner from Sleek – my only lip purchase so far, but its only January!
First eye product purchase in 2016? Sleek Storm palette and two eyeliner pens. Absolutely in love!
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? NARS Luster blush and Tinted Moisturizer which still havent arrived…………

Valerie Avatar

Skin tone/coloring: Fair/light with pink undertones
First lip product purchase: Bite Beauty Matte Creme Lip Crayon in Pastille – LOVE
First eye product purchase: Mac Foiled Eyeshadow in Fly by Twilight – meh.. I need to work more with it.
First cheek/face product purchase: Kat Von D Everlasting Blush in Essex – LOVE

Helena Avatar

Skintone: very fair with cool undertones, no pink.
First lip products: YSL rouge pur couture in 27, 49 and 57 (lovely colours).
First eye products: Shiseido luminizing satin trio in boudoir (pinks!).
First cheek products: Bourjois boîte ronde in rose d’or (shimmery pink blush).

Lulle Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: light and warm
First lip product purchase in 2016? Lancôme L’Absolu Rouge Définition in Le Carmin.
First eye product purchase in 2016? Nothing yet!
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Lancôme Spring 2016 My Parisian Blush in Corail de Ville.

Michele @Binxcat4ever Avatar

Lulle, what do you think of the new Lancome blush? i was looking at them on the Lancome site and the packaging is just so adorable. since it’s a new formula for Lancome, I was wondering whether it was good. (I was also peeking at the eyeshadow palette and matching liner in bleu…but that’s another thing!) Thanks!

jaz Avatar

Eye product- loreal eyeshadows and the new covergirl palettes ( spoiler , I returned the palettes)
Lippie- covergirl oh sugar lip balm (not really impressed)
Cheek- nothing yet, will possibly be the new Nyx blushes this weekend

Rachel R. Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Very fair with neutral undertones; magenta/red hair; hazel/green eyes.

First lip product purchase in 2016? Jordana Modern Matte Lipstick in Matte Bare and Matte Frappucino (great inexpensive, warm 90s brown shade).

First eye product purchase in 2016? AlmayIntense I-Color Volume Mascara in Black Plum. I also snagged Wet N Wild Fergie Center Stage Collection Photo Focus Eyeshadow in Camouflage Couture. It was on clearance at Walgreen’s so I grabbed it while I was getting the mascara.

First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Blush Palette

Laura Avatar

Skin tone: Medium Neutral
First Lip Product purchase in 2016-Esteé Lauder Lip Potion 120 “Extreme Nude”. It lasts quite long and I find the doe foot applicator very easy to use.
First Eye Product purchase in 2016-Inglot Gel Eye Liner nº 78 Grey. (I love it, I read about the color here on Temptalia)
First Cheek/Face Product purchase in 2916-Guerlain Lingeirie de Peau foundation 03 Beige natural. It´s a bit warm for me, but I love the finish.

shastafay Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: fair/light with pink undertones (nc15)
I am doing a no-buy plan from January – March. So what I got this year so far were all ordered from last year and finally arrived at Jan.! haha.
First lip product purchase in 2016? : Mac Retro Matte , Fashion Legacy,
First eye product purchase in 2016?: Nars Pro Palette Duo Eyeshadow Refill Kuala Lumpur! ( can’t live without it!)
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? : NARS Pro Palette Blush Refill Sex Appeal

Fran Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: between fair and light; cool undertones with warm features
First lip product purchase in 2016? Tom Ford Showgirl (formely Lips & Boys Francesco). love!
First eye product purchase in 2016? NARS L’Amour, Toujours L’Amour palette and Tarvos dual-intensity eyeshadow at my local Sephora yesterday (not on the website yet, but my local store had them). will definitely love Tarvos, think I’m going to enjoy the palette quite a bit. (Oops! I almost forgot the Urban Decay Vice XX LTD palette, which I have mixed feelings about.) And getting ready to order U.D. Urban Spectrum now. such beautiful colors! so self-indulgent!
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Make Up For Ever Artist Shadow M-548 to use as a contour powder and I-864 to use as a blush. love!

KJH Avatar

Is that MUFE the matte pink gray shade? I was thinking it might be a great contour. Got pretty discouraged when the SA said none of them have names. Said, look on your website. They aren’t organized by name, but they do have them. Another two SAs said that Sephora only has favorites at Xmas. Then why can I name four products in the nude lip set? It annoys the $#it out of me to be better informed than store employees. They need training big time. And why aren’t they u-t-d on the blogs? If I knew that little about my job, I’d lose it. Think I contrasted it with Sephora Tranquil, and it leans mildly more purple. Now, I’ll check 864. I associate the colors to the names first, and secondly to the numbers.

Fran Avatar

Yes, Sephora’s wib site calls I-548 ‘Pink Gray’. It’s working well as a contour for me (I have fair/light skin with cool undertones). On me, it’s a bit darker (and, I think, cooler) than Kevyn Aucoin sculpting powder in medium. It blends beautifully (I’m using MUFE’s #160 Blush Brush to apply/blend it — Hourglass’s No. 2 foundation/blush brush works, too). I-864 is called ‘Baby Pink’. I want to try I-838 ‘Slate Pink’, too.

Michele @Binxcat4ever Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/Light Neutral
First lip product purchase in 2016? Lipstick Queen Lip Nouveau Set
First eye product purchase in 2016? YSL La Laque Couture Boho Stones
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Diorskin Forever Perfect Makeup Broad Spectrum SPF 35 (Ivory)

Anne Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: NC15 (with some redness from rosacea)
First lip product purchase in 2016? one of the Sephora Collection Cream Lip Stain in 07 Cherry Blossom
First eye product purchase in 2016? Urban Spectrum Palette!
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Nars Sheer Glow, Laguna Bronzer, Orgasm Blush, another Nars concealer and the Nars loose setting powder (there was a Nars counter splurge)

Olivia Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Very fair with yellow undertones
First lip product purchase in 2016? Colour Pop’s Liquid Matte Lipstick in Limbo. I love how dark this shows up on my skin!
First eye product purchase in 2016? Wet n Wild’s new crease brush! Personally, I think this brush is a dupe for Sigma’s e40 brush! Only 99¢!
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Yet to be purchased. But I did purchase Too Faced’s Love Flush Blush in Baby Love two days before 2016 😉 As well as Cover FX’s Illuminator in Moonlight.

t Avatar

skin tone: very light and cool toned
first lip product purchased: I think it was Maybelline super stay 24 in constantly Cabernet
first eye product purchased: none yet although I really want to buy the urban decay electric palette
first face product purchased: none yet but I’m low on color corrector so I guess that’ll be my next purchase

Vanessa Avatar

*Your skin tone/coloring: -Light/Medium, Warm

*First lip product purchase in 2016? -Colourpop Lippie Stix in Boogie

*First eye product purchase in 2016? -Colourpop Eyeshadows

*First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? -Sephora Bright Future Color Corrector in Melon

Joy Avatar

So many products overwhelmed me at the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016 while orders from 2015 were still arriving when it turned January. I’m too lazy to get my receipts out ? Tricky.

•Your skin tone/coloring: I’m extremely pale with a hint of a cool yellow undertone and cool features.
•First lip product purchase in 2016? I’m pausing. ? I cheated by checking any online shopping I’ve done for a clue. The first new thing I received was bought in December 2015 so that doesn’t count. My answer is in my last haul. My first lip product purchase of 2016 was The Cle De Peau Collection Bal Masque Coffret which had the Bal Masque Extra Rich Lipstick in 214 in it and I also bought Bite Luminous Cream lipstick in Kir Royal around the same time. ?
•First eye product purchase in 2016? Easy. The first eye product I purchased in 2016 was Tom Ford Cream Colors for eyes! ?
•First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Easy too! ? The first cheek product I bought in 2016 was the Urban Decay Gwen Collab cheek palette! ☺️

Melissa29 Avatar

•Your skin tone/coloring: Dark neutral
•First lip product purchase in 2016? Black Radiance Matte Lipsticks for under $2 can’t beat it 🙂
•First eye product purchase in 2016? Tom Ford Nude Dip Eye Quad. Really wanted Honeymoon but sold out everywhere. I missed Burnished Ambre, looks like I will be missing Honeymoon too!
•First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Marykay Botanical cleanser and moisturizer for sensitive skin

Pami Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: fair/light pink undertones NW15
First lip product purchase in 2016? Too Faced La Crème Unicorn Tears
First eye product purchase in 2016? Tarte Energy Noir Palette
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Illamasqua Zygomatic

KJH Avatar

Coloring: light to med cool. Color Fx P30 and BB P light to med (which isn’t particularly light)
Lip 16: the S nude lip set should arrive tomorrow.
Eye: nothing dedicated.
Face: cover Fx BB, and a MUFE trio blush: Apricot, Auburn, and Dark Purple Pink…after much agonizing. Naughty Artist Shadow, I want you all!

Tracey E. Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: fair to medium
First lip product purchase in 2016? None yet. Wearing what I bought at/after Christmas
First eye product purchase in 2016? Soon to be a Tom Ford SS16 eye palette or eye cream or both!
First cheek/face product purchased in 2016: A Lancome Visionaire skincare holiday set (large serum, full & small sizes of day & night creams)

ShariP Avatar

Skin tone–fair/light. First lip product–Nars Audacious in Vivien (I think). First eye product — Make Up For Ever 9 shadow palette #2. I haven’t bought a cheek product, but I know it’ll be an Hourglass blush and one (or more) of the new highlighter finishing powders.

Kay Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Cool/Light
First lip product purchase in 2016? Neutrogena MoistureSmooth Color Stick in Fresh Papaya
First eye product purchase in 2016? Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Hydrating Gel Cream in Vanilla.

Brittney Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: MAC NC15
First lip product purchase in 2016? Just ordered the urban decay x Gwen stefani lipstick in firebird. Should be here tomorrow and I can’t wait ?
First eye product purchase in 2016? The urban decay xx vice ltd reloaded palette followed pretty soon by the urban spectrum one since I missed out the first time it came out.
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Nothing yet but I’m eyeing a couple of the blushes from the MAC collection that’s about to come out

Victoria Avatar

Skin tone: very fair
-First lip product purchased in 2016: Love Among the Fireflies in the MAC Faerie Whispers collection, a purchase I’m exceedingly happy with.
-First eye product purchased in 2016: Magic in your Eyes Foiled Eyeshadow in the MAC Faerie Whispers collection
-First face product purchased in 2016: Laura Mercier Candleglow foundation, a foundation that I took an immediate and unrelenting dislike to.

Genevieve Avatar

Skin tone: very fair, light porcelain
Lip product purchased in 2016: not yet – I have a few that I have nearly finished, so I am going to be a good girl and use them up and then look around.
Eye product: Well, as it happened, I was looking at Ozsale, when an incredible bargain on Stila In the Garden came on. I have always loved this palette, but refrained from buying it because the prices were too high as well as the international shipping. Anyway – it was too good a deal to pass up. And yes, it is THE best of Stila.
Cheek/face product: Not foundation, but a lot of skincare deals: especially Elizabeth Arden’s Ceramide capsules.

Celia Avatar

Oh no! I already have to think about this 😛 Haha, good luck wallet!

First Lip (2016): Every year after NYE I order a big pack of Jack Black Lip Balm and Suvana Pawpaw+Honey Lip Balm but that’s not as fun as color. Smashbox’s Punked lipstick (a gray to add to my beloved gray lips collection) was the actual color cosmetic first. Not my top favorite gray ever, but a very nice one that I’d certainly recommend that’s easily found.

First Eye (2016): I grabbed a 3-pack of WnW Fergie primer in case the reformulation/relaunch of the primer is vastly different since it’s being dc’d. The color cosmetic eye firsts were finally getting the Sugarpill Edward Scissorshands palette and Hellatronic neon pigment and the Vice XX at roughly the same time.

First Cheek/Face (2016) NARS Goulue blush and Tom Ford’s new Shade and Illuminate (still not sure how I feel about that last one. Sometimes I like it a lot and sometimes I don’t think it’s worth it).

Celia Avatar

Whoops! Duh. I am fairest neutral porcelain (Tom Ford Cream, Laura Mercier Porcelain, Bobbi Brown Alabaster and Porcelain, KVD L42, Guerlain Beige Pale, the very lightest shade of KA Skin Enhancer even though its made to illuminate and mix ha). My hair (ash platibum blonde) eyes (blue-green-purple) and lips lean cool.

Starfish628 Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: fair warm
First lip product purchase in 2016? Burts Bees lipstick
First eye product purchase in 2016?Burberry eye shadow singles
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Hourglass Iridescent strobe light

Nancy T Avatar

Your skintone/coloring: Medium w/olive undertones MAC NC37-40, deep brunette, teal green eyes w/gold flecks.

First lip product purchase 2016: just a b/u of MAC Royally Riotous lipstick because it’s the perfect brown for me.

First eye product purchase 2016: A bunch on one day! KVD Iggy e/s, MAC Halcyon Nights palette, MAC Magic In Your Eyes e/s and Sephora Contour Pencil in Fairytale.

First cheek/ face product purchase 2016: MAC Cheek Pollen blush!

Claire L Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, cool leaning towards neutral.

First lip product purchase in 2016? Was going to be the Gwen Stefani Firebird and Wonderland lippies but UD UK didn’t fulfil my order (only got an answer after I emailed them yesterday – apparently they’re out of stock (!) ) and instead only sent me sheet samples of UD eyeshadow and a deluxe size of 24/7 Eye Glide.

First eye product purchase in 2016? It Cosmetics Hello Lashes! from Beautylish lucky bag, and NARS eyeshadow in Bavaria blue bought at TKMaxx.

First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Becca poured in Moonlight and Kevyn Aucoin bronzer in Desert Days, both were in my Beautylish 2016 lucky bag ?.

Nigerian Girl Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Caramel with somewhat golden undertones.
First lip product purchase in 2016? Milani Matte Fearless. Love it.
First eye product purchase in 2016? Maybelline Colossal Kajal, Colour Pop Partridge (she’s a beauty) and Colour Pop Sunnies.
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Black Up Sublime Powder 05. A perfect copper highlight flecked with gold.

Pteetsa Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/neutral/brown hair/blue-green eyes

First lip product purchase in 2016? NARS lipstick in Jane

First eye product purchase in 2016? several L’Oréal Colour Riche Monos Eye Shadow

First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Physicians Formula Murumuru Butter Bronzer Light Bronze and Too Faced Love Flush Blush Wardrobe

Aniek Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: very fair, warm undertones
First lip product purchase in 2016? Too Faced Melted Chocolate in Melted Frozen Hot Chocolate
First eye product purchase in 2016? Too Faced Chocolate Bon Bons Palette
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Have not yet bought a cheek/face product xD But the last product I bought in december was Colourpop Super Shock Cheek Blush in Cruel Intentions

Lacey D. Avatar

Skin tone/coloring: fair skin with pink/neutral undertone
First lip product purchase of 2016? MAC blankety lipstick
First eye product purchase of 2016? Anastasia Beverly Hill single eyeshadows in Fudge and Fawn
First cheek/face product purchase of 2016? MAC ‘sculpt’ and MAC blush in ‘prism’

MissJae1908 Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring:
First lip product purchase in 2016? Kiehls Lip Balm and Lip masks (sheet masks for the lips)

First eye product purchase in 2016? Bobbi Brown Extra Eye Repair Cream and Carmindy Eyeshadow in Golden Touch

First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? Sacha Butter Cup Setting Powder (amazing under eye setting powder for WOC), Target Beauty Box, Sheet Masks (Pathology, Leaders, My Beauty Diary, and Benton)

Lisa Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/Light w/ pink undertones
First lip product purchase in 2016? Milani Color Statement Lipstick in Coral Addict and Milani Color Statement Moisture Matte Lipstick in Matte Diva.
First eye product purchase in 2016? Nothing yet!
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? NYX Powder Blush in the shades Angel, Apricot, Flamingo and Mocha.

Diane Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: dark deep with red undertones
First lip product purchase in 2016? la splash liquid lipstick in ghoulish, spellbound and nymphea
First eye product purchase in 2016? kiko paint pot ( taupy grey color, rose silver and a sparkly chocolate
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? magic moringa by lush ( i use it to prime my face)

Natalia Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: NARS Sheer Glow in Gobi, MAC NC 15

First lip product purchase in 2016? Have not yet, keep reminding myself that I need to use what I already have! But the struggle is real 🙂

First eye product purchase in 2016? Actually, it was MAC eyebrow pencil in Lingering, but it was a repurchase, so nothing exciting. BUT! Just yesterday got MAC foiled eye shadow in Fly By Twilight from Fairy Whispers collection. LOOTS of metallic glitter and I love it.

First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? My first Fix +! And, again, yesterday I picked up MAC iridescent powder in Sparkling Rose from the same collection. Wonderful highlighter my pale skin. Love.

sunny Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: medium/olive skin nc37
First lip product purchase in 2016? nothing thus far
First eye product purchase in 2016? nothing thus far
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? hourglass radiant light, sephora microsmooth in deep for contour, nars dolce vita

Hex Avatar

all i’ve gotten so far was OG Ghoulish liquid lipstick by LA Splash. found it in a local punk shop. skin colour is irrelevant for this one. anyone can rock it

Meghan Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: light with yellow undertones
First lip product purchase in 2016? None!! I’m thinking of getting Bite Beauty matte creme lip crayons in Red Velvet, Pastille, and Rose Hip
First eye product purchase in 2016? None!! No plans on getting any eye products just yet
First cheek/face product purchase in 2016? None!! But I really want the Gwen Stefani x UD blush palette

My no-buy has lasted January at least!

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