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- Your skin tone/coloring:
- Least flattering lipstick on you?
- Least flattering eyeshadow on you?
- Least flattering blush on you?
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My skintone: NW17.5Least flattering e/s: Anything that’s too warm toned. Dark grey is another real miss.Least flattering lipstick: Oh god brown lipstick …Least flattering blush: Brick red
my skintone is medium to medium dark now in the summer and I have to say I am very happy because I haven’t found a colour so far that does not feel right on me…apart from some extremely pale lipsticks which would seem totally odd on me, so I haven’t even bothered trying them…generally speaking, I can rock all colours, on eyes, cheeks or lips…! yea!!!! and mind you, I am far from colour shy…!!!
My skin is very, very fair
The one color I do not like seeing on my lips is brown, unless it’s really dark
The least flattering eyeshadow has to be blue, since my eyes are blue, it’s just messy
And the least flaterring blush has to be a brownish peach one, it has to be golden and light 🙂
Your skin tone/coloring: Light/Yellow tone
Least flattering lipstick on you? Bright pinks
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Haven’t found any yet 🙂
Least flattering blush on you? Hmmm… tangerine maybe…
■Your skin tone/coloring: NW20 or thereabouts
■Least flattering lipstick on you? Cool pinks, especially matte cool pinks. It looks exactly like when I ate too many malted-ball easter eggs as a kid.
■Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Anything dark, especially with cool or ashy undertones. I look corpselike.
■Least flattering blush on you? Lavender-toned pinks or bright oranges.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light medium/neutral
Least flattering lipstick on you? Brown and light nude shades
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Bronzy browns when I am pale looks horrendous..
Least flattering blush on you? When I am pale; very pink shades.. With a bit of a tan most colors work! 🙂
Your skin tone/coloring: Light to Light-Medium and Light-Medium to Medium at varying times of the year with yellow/golden undertones.
Least flattering lipstick: Any really cool based, light pink shades are the least flattering. Those, and really milky almost white nudes. I can’t do too many brown based shades, either.
Least flattering eye shadow: Light pinks, blues, and too much gray doesn’t look good on me.
Least flattering blush: Anything with too much brown or too ruddy. NARS Lovejoy looks atrocious on me. Like I have some sort of illness.
Your skin tone/coloring: Sallow
Least flattering lipstick on you? Very orangey corals
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Lavender
Least flattering blush on you? Lavender
Your skin tone/colouring: Light, neutral
Least flattering lipstick on you?: Plums and browns
Least flattering eyeshadows on you?: anything with an orange base!
Least flattering blush on you?: see above!!
⚓ Your skin tone/coloring: NC20
⚓ Least flattering lipstick on you? very cool pinks, flesh-toned nude lipsticks (Think myth lipstick from MAC), dark violet and really bright orange (MAC morange.. not my cup of tea!)
⚓ Least flattering eyeshadow on you? really bright neon shades..especially red and magenta.
⚓ Least flattering blush on you? none that I can think of.. you just need to know how to apply them. (We all know that a bright colored blush should be applied with a light hand.)
Your skin tone/coloring?: Tanned with yellow tones/NC42.
Least flattering lipstick on you?: Bubblegum pink.
” ” eyeshadow on you?: Grayish taupe.
” ” blush on you?: Cool pinks.
Skin tone/Coloring: Light/Neutral.
Lipstick: Orange, Fuschia, Magenta, Hot Pink, etc.
Eyeshadow: *Anything* pastel (my eyes are far too dark).
Blush: Again, Orange, Fuschia, Magenta, Hot Pink, etc.
@xamyx Hey, Amy, OT…They released some of GZ’s jail phone calls from before his first bond hearing. He is talking to his wife about how he will conceal himself when he gets out of jail on bond in one; she tells him he could always lay down in the vehicle, and then he makes the comment, “Well, I’ve got my hoodie.” Both of them chuckle at that comment like it’s cute and funny when it’s just plain sick to make a comment like that. The guy in TX who killed his 5 year old daughter’s attacker/rapist shows more remorse than GZ!
Your skin tone/coloring: Very fair, neutral, dark eyes and dark brown hair, very pigmented lips
Least flattering lipstick on you? Since my lips are very pigmented, nude and light colors look stupid and it’s very difficult to “nude out” my lips completely even with foundation or concealer. Very dark colors look gothic on me too
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Red/midtone pink/dark pink
Least flattering blush on you? Oranges that are like crayola orange
Your skin tone/coloring: Light-medium (NW20-25)
Least flattering lipstick on you? Corals and peachy shades. MAC Jazzed is probably the worst I’ve tried. And that awful crazy bright coral from Venomous Villains (don’t remember the name)
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? MAC Woodwinked! Warm and yellow toned browns in general. Antique golds, corals and teals don’t look right on me either.
Least flattering blush on you? I feel like I can pull off most blushes, but I have to work a bit harder with light peaches and so-called natural blushes that is a mixture of pink and brown.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair with cool undertones
Least flattering lipstick on you? Dark browns and orange-toned colors.
Least flattering eyeshadow? I have to be careful with warm colors over all, but reddish purples and burgundies in particular make me look bruised.
Least flattering blush on you? Bold reds or strongly orange corals.
I’ve got yellow undertones and am very fair in my face where there aren’t freckles, but my freckles are subtle so they almost seem like a darker skin tone. I’ve got blue-grey eyes with a dark iris ring and dark auburn hair.
Least flattering lipsticks and blushes are anything coral. It’s the only color family I can’t pull off anywhere on my body no matter what clothes, contacts, hair color, etc. I have on.
Least flattering eye-shadow is a light blue. Too much like my undertones and eyes and leaves me looking sickly and bruised.
Your skin tone/coloring: medium/neutral
Least flattering lipstick on you? brown based colors
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? anything too ashy or pastel
Least flattering blush on you? lavender colors
Your skin tone/coloring: light medium olive
Least flattering lipstick on you? Beige (they make me look like I put concealer on my lips); and cool toned pinks, especially light ones
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Anything really light and cool toned, silver and light blue look especially gaudy.
Least flattering blush on you? Again I think anything too cool toned as it can tend to look chalky against my skin.
Your skin tone/coloring: light medium/ medium
Least flattering lipstick on you? browns and gold colors
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? orange-brick colors and reds
Least flattering blush on you? havent tried many blush color range, so i dont have one to say..
Your skin tone/coloring: Very fair with neutral/ slightly cool undertones
Least flattering lipstick on you? Shades of brown that have no pink/ plum undertone to them- they draw all the colour right out of my face.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Blue. It washes out my eyes (light blue) and can emphasise my under-eye circles
Least flattering blush on you? Bronzers or warm brown tones. They look like my face got dirty!
@Kate MacDonald agreed on bronzers and brown blush. With my fair skin and freckles, I look like Pigpen.
Your skin tone/coloring: Olive Fair (paler then MAC NC15)
Least flattering lipstick on you:browns and flesh tone nudes.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you: purples in particular dark red tone purples tend to look like my eye are bruised. I’m game for just about anything being so fair it’s like painting on paper. lol
Least flattering blush on you: brown anything and violates (the purple look clownish one me rather then flattering.)
Your skin tone/coloring: Warm/Medium undertones/NC30-35
Least flattering lipstick on you? Nudes and brown
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Mmm… All I eyeshadows look well for me I think xDD (brown eyes)
Least flattering blush on you?: Light pinks!!!
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium-Tan/NC35-37
Least flattering lipstick on you? Light pinks like Saint Germain
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Bruisy red-purples
Least flattering blush on you? Cool pinks
Your skin tone/coloring: Pale N3
Least flattering lipstick on you? Warm Browns
Least flattering eyeshadow on you?None really I have hazel eyes and can rock any color if applied right
Least flattering blush on you? Browns
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, neutral with slightly cool undertones
Least flattering lipstick on you? Orange lipsticks and pale nudes
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Warm toned eyeshadows (especially warm browns and purples) and red
Least flattering blush on you? Orange blushes, they make me look very yellow, like I should be in a hospital!
Skin: NC 20-25 lipstick:
lipstick: something nude or very pale looks horrible on me.
eyeshadow: blues look awful on me
blush: deep orange or reds.. i’d probably look like i got punched
Your skin tone/coloring: olive medium
Least flattering lipstick on you: beige and light pinks make me look jaundiced and blotchy, dark browns make me look sallow
Least flattering eyeshadow on you: reds, oranges, light blues
Least flattering blush on you: any blush where brown dominates tends to look muddy on me, reds can be a bit tricky too
Skin tone: fair with pink undertones
Lipstick: Shimmery nudes and very light pinks. Hate ’em!
Eyeshadow: Well, I haven’t bought a lot of eyeshadows that would look bad on me (can’t imagine why!), but I’d imagine yellow eyeshadow would just look…horrible. Also, I’m really not a fan of blue eyeshadow, even though I have blue eyes.
Blush: Anything that has brown in it.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair to light with pink undertones and beige freckles. Hazel eyes, brown hair. Lips are pinkish-mauve.
Least flattering lipstick on you? Cool light to medium pinks – the worst! My lips emphasize the pink in any lipstick which does not work with my skintone at all.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Pinks again – they make me look sick. Also reddish-purples are not my friend, leaving me looking bruised with ghastly undereye circles.
Least flattering blush on you? Brick reds and plums – avoid at all cost.
Skintone : fair medium
Least flattering lipstick on me : definitely nude/beige
Least flattering eyeshadow : deep green ( but I have green )
Least flattering blush : beige/nude with a matte finish
Your skin tone/coloring: light-medium beige/ NC 25-30
Least flattering lipstick on you? MAC SNOB -ugh. Looks so zombie-like 🙁
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Gorgeous Gold 🙁
Least flattering blush on you? pale cool pinks 🙁
Your skin tone/coloring: Ultra Pale Neutral (NARS Siberia)
Least flattering lipstick on you? Lavender based pale pinks.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Yellow or brown.
Least flattering blush on you? Brown
Your skin tone/coloring: Very fair, with freckles and very neutral undertones. When learning to mix skin colors for portraits in school, my prof told me my undertones were basically white. I’m a ginger.
Least flattering lipstick on you? Nudes, browns, anything purpley.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? I don’t really like wearing anything not neutral or gold/copper/bronze, but plums have a tendency to make me look like I got punched in the face.
Least flattering blush on you? Browns, they look muddy with my freckles.
Your skin tone/coloring: pink toned, fair
Least flattering lipstick on you? Anything shimmery or berry colored
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Yellows and golds
Least flattering blush on you? Any pink. It makes my cheeks look even redder
Your skin tone/coloring: Light to Medium (Yellow tones)
Least flattering lipstick on you? Pink
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Blue
Least flattering blush on you? Sparkley bright pinks
Your skin tone/coloring: semi-fair, pale-ish with warm, yellowy undertones.Least flattering lipstick on you?: really light pearly pinks, really light nudes, light cool pinks, vivid oranges (without any heavier coral or yellowy undertones)Least flattering eyeshadow on you?: I can make anything work, but by its own: almost artificially vivid blues, hot pinks, redsLeast flattering blush on you?: cool pinks, especially lighter ones
Your skin tone/coloring: Dark brown hair, green eyes, Fair – NW15Least flattering lipstick on you? Nudes, or anything brownishLeast flattering eyeshadow on you? Blue, red, or greenLeast flattering blush on you? Beige/brown
Skintone: Warm/Medium Dark (think NC 35-40)
Least flattering lipstick on you? Beige “corpse lips”.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Blue.
Least flattering blush on you? Cool pink.
Skin tone/Coloring: Light-Medium/HD 115, heavy pink undertones
Least flattering lipstick on you?: Mauvey pinks. They look so drab on my skin.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you?: Oranges and yellows
Least flattering blush on you?: Anything cool toned (which is odd..). I tend to gravitate toward corals, peachy pinks and reds.
Your skin tone/coloring: fair/warm
Least flattering lipstick on you? pale blue or purple pinks
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? purple
Least flattering blush on you? blue pinks or purples
Your skin tone/coloring: quite tan during summer/ yellow olive undertone
Least flattering lipstick on you? something super pale ex Tom Ford white Suede? and I never really like bright orange on me either
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? everything work! 😛 I have tan skin, deep brown eyes and super dark brown hair. I am easy.
Least flattering blush on you? mauve pink ex. Mac Brit Wit even though I love it very much as a colour but it turns kinda grey on me on photo.
Your skin tone/coloring:
I’m NC35
Least flattering lipstick on you?
Anything nude (haven’t got good nude), beige or cool pink
Least flattering eyeshadow on you?
Red
Least flattering blush on you?
Cool and light pink.
Your skin tone/coloring: light and warm
Least flattering lipstick on you? Cool pinks, fuschia
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? navy blue, bright pink, red
Least flattering blush on you? pale pink
Your skin tone/coloring: very fair yellow/olive
Least flattering lipstick on you? nude and beige
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? any green eyeyshadows
Least flattering blush on you? purples and browns
@Kitty Is this kittyslifestyle?
Your skin tone/coloring: Pale with slight yellow undertones, maybe NC10
Least flattering lipstick on you? Light pink and too dark lipsticks that I dare to wear but makes my lips look thinner
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Reds like MAC Coppering and (at least according to myself) dark blue. The most flattering must be greens like MAC Lucky green and neutrals, but I am colorful so I wear everything.
Least flattering blush on you? Cool pinks. I like peachy/coral blushes like MAC Peaches and MAC Harmony for contour.
Your skin tone/coloring: Beige
Least flattering lipstick on you? Bronzy shades
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Blue
Least flattering blush on you? Plum
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium olive. MUFE HD 123 or 128.
Least flattering lipstick on you? Most reds, unless they’re dark. Orange-y reds and true reds are terrible on me.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? White, especially frosty white, and anything with an orange-y tone.
Least flattering blush on you? Almost everything. The only two blush colors I like on myself are neutral pinky/beige shades and purple/berry shades.
Your skin tone/coloring: light with neutral undertones
Least flattering lipstick on you? things too dark or too bright. midtones are the best.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? red based browns, purples. they make me look ill.
Least flattering blush on you? have to watch the browns, can look muddy.
Your skin tone/coloring: light with neutral undertones
Least flattering lipstick on you? things too dark, pale or bright. midtones are the best.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? red based browns, purples. they make me look ill.
Least flattering blush on you? have to watch the browns, can look muddy.
Skin tone: MUFE 110-115
Least flattering es: anything orange colored
Least flattering lipstick: browns
Least flattering blush: anything too bold like NARS exhibit A
Your skin tone/coloring: light medium/pink undertone/warm (I consider myself warm even though I have pink undertones)
Least flattering lipstick on you: beige nudes. (I look like I have no lips!)
Least flattering eyeshadow on you: neutrals. Mostly beige
Least flattering blush on you: There wasn’t anything that looked terrible on me. But probably coral if I had to choose.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair- Medium/ Warm
Least flattering lipstick on you? shimmery lipsticks, baby pink
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? blue
Least flattering blush on you? pink
• Your skin tone/coloring:
» Medium dark/tan, NC42-43, golden olive with caramel undertones.
• Least flattering lipstick on you?
» Any colors that’s gravitate toward orange/yellow/warm tones. I have strong yellow undertones, lipstick like M·A·C Morange just makes me look more jaundiced.
• Least flattering eyeshadow on you?
» Any pastel (especially baby blue) colors. My right eye is a little bit monolid (because my left eye is a teeny bit larger than my right eye) and due to my darker complexion, any light colored eyeshadow will make my eyes look puffy.
• Least flattering blush on you?
» Pale, baby pink blush. Something like Benefit Dandelion and the like, those looks chalky & pasty on me. Yuck!
Skin tone/colouring: fair with pink undertones (cool)
Least flattering lipstick on you: nudes (unless I really want to look dead!); I’d wear coral before I’d wear a nude lip and coral’s not great on my either
Least flattering eyeshadow on you: anything too red toned or with orange undertones
Least flattering blush on you: again, anything orange or very coral
Your skin tone/coloring: light cool toned/pink undertone/pretty pale
Least flattering lipstick on you? aaaanything peachy… they just like awful.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? oranges.
Least flattering blush on you? i haven’t found any blush which doesn’t really flatter me.
Your skin tone/coloring: NC25 (warm undertone)
Least flattering lipstick on you? Reds, I still haven’t found my perfect one and also the majority of nude lipsticks.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? probably greys.
Least flattering blush on you? Hm haven’t really found one but I usually tend to go for pinks and peaches!
Skin Tone: Medium/Tan with olive undertones (MAC NC 43-44, Nars Tahoe)
Least flattering lipstick: Orange toned lipsticks look terrible because they bring out the olive in my skin
Least flattering eyeshadow: Red (I don’t think it looks good on anyone, actually)
Least flattering blush: Hands down, orange. It looks like the life has been sucked out of me. I really would love to wear it since its the color of the season but I just can’t make it work.
Skin tone: Rev. Colorstay Oily/Combo in 400 Caramel (medium brown with lots of yellow in my skin)/ NW40
Least flattering lip: anything really light (beiges with peach undertones, whitish pinks)–don’t what to look like my lips are ashy!
Least flattering eyeshadow: none, I guess ones that might not show up(?)
Least flattering blush: none really, but I had problems with MAC Cubic (didn’t show up)
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium, yellow-undertones. Somewhere between NC25 to NC30
Least flattering lipstick on you? Orangey shades (includes coral), shimmery/frosty shades, neons.
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? Greens and greys.
Least flattering blush on you? Plums, browns, oranges.
Skin tone/coloring: gold tan (NC35ish)
Least flattering lip color: I haven’t found something truly hideous YET but I’m pretty sure any bright yellow pink would look terrifying.
Least flattering eyeshadow: definitely pink, UNLESS it’s just an accent to a blue/purple look
Least flattering blush: light blue links or anything remotely purple.
Skin tone: Really pale now (stopped tanning years ago) but with yellow undertones.
Least flattering lip: ANYTHING metallic or frosty. Light pinks are also awful on me.
Least flattering eyeshadow: Silver (but I can pull off some gray tones)
Least flattering blush: Purple toned or overly shimmery. Mauves aren’t great on me either.
Skin tone: Neutral, dark tan/cafe au lait. L’Oreal Truematch in N6 Honey Beige matches. Never tried any MAC, but I guess I’m NC42?
Least flattering lip: pale pink or beige, of course
Least flattering eyeshadow: chalky pastels–colors like powdery baby blue or pale yellow make me look scary!
Least flattering blush: pale pink or peach don’t show up on me–it’s safe to say lighter colors that don’t define make me look awful whether they’re on my eyes, cheeks or lips.
Your skin tone/coloring: Usually hovering around an NC35Least flattering lipstick on you? Anything that’s really blue toned, except for reds. Somehow I can pull off bluey reds. Also, anything paler than my natural lip color usually looks pretty terrible, regardless of the tone.Least flattering eyeshadow on you? The worst offender is usually a color that isn’t blue, and isn’t green, but is somewhere overlapping the two. Looks terrible on my skin tone, and it makes my dark circles stand out, making me look ill.
Least flattering blush on you? Anything too light, and really blue toned vivid pinks look pretty awful.
1-Skin tone: tanned with yellowlolive undertones (NC42/43)
2-least flattering lipstick: cool toned pink lipsticks ( e.g. snob by mac) and very pale nudes that looks likeconcealer (e.g. myth by mac).
3-least flattering eyeshadow: shimmery pinks and fuscha (e.g. swish and sushi flower by mac).
4-least flattering blush: cool toned relly light blushes (e.g. well dressed by mac)
skin tone: fair – light, neutral (coolish) undertones
least flattering lipstick: blue based hot pinks and corals
least flattering eyeshadow: orangey bronzes (woodwinked) and turquoises and blues look tacky on me
least flattering blush: bright pinks
Your skin tone/coloring: light, neutral to warm (20 in mac but I have to mix nc with nw)
Least flattering lipstick on you? purples browns, and very dark colors
Least flattering eyeshadow on you? pinks
Least flattering blush on you? darker earthy tones