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Your skin tone/coloring: fair neutral
Last nail polish you wore? Nails Inc bright street
Last highlighter you used? Makeup Geek Voltage- I saw somewhere that it was similar to the new Pat McGrath highlighter and I wanted to see how it would look on my skin. It surprised me how nice it was as a highlighter!
Last product you swatched? Mac Soft N Gentle from my own collection, probably the Bare Minerals powders from Ulta from a retailer.
Coloring: light, neutral-ish undertones, brown hair, brown eyes
Last nail polish: I think it was an Ulta brand turquoise shade.
Highlighter: the first shade in the top left-hand corner of the NYX powder contouring palette
Last product swatched: ABH Modern Renaissance palette, which effectively ended my no-buy! It’s beautiful!
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, cool-toned
Last nail polish you wore? China Glaze Ruby Red Pumps – I just got in from having a pedicure and that’s what I had the nail tech apply. I have nothing on my fingers
Last highlighter you used?/strong> UD Aura
Last product you swatched? I honestly cannot remember!
Skin tone: Pale bordering on “ghostly pallor”
Last nail polish: Julep’s Maggie – a deep, slightly sparkly purple
Last highlighter: Urban Decay Afterglow in “Aura” – but highlighter really isn’t my thing.
Last product swatched: Bite lipstick in Whiskey. Bought it immediately. Love it to death.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light-medium, warm leaning neutral
Last nail polish you wore: OPI Red and a dark blue Etude House one
Last highlighter you used?: None! I’m not into highlighter, I’m shiny enough as is ):
Last product you swatched: UD Naked Skin One and Done in Medium-light
Your skin tone/coloring: light to medium warm
Last nail polish you wore? Kure Bazaar Cappuccino
Last highlighter you used? Sisley L’Orchidée Rose
Last product you swatched? several Coastal Scents Hot Pots
Coloring: light-medium warm skin, dark brown hair and eyes
Nails: OPI the beige of reason
Highlighter: Hourglass iridescent light
Swatched: Marc Jacobs kiss kiss bang bang
Your skin tone: Fair with neutral undertones
Last nail polish you wore: Haven’t worn polish on my fingernails for a while, but am loving Essie’s Hiking Heels on my toes.
Last highlighter you used: Becca Champagne Pop
Last product you watched: All the palest shades in the Clinique Beyond Perfecting Foundation + Concealer at Sephora, and Maybelline Master Hi-Light highlighting blush in Coral from my own collection.
Your skin tone/coloring: Porcelain
Last nail polish you wore? OPI “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”
Last highlighter you used? ColourPop “Teasecake”
Last product you swatched? I recently swatched all my eye liners so I can get rid of dupes.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light/Medium Olive
Last nail polish you wore? I only paint my toenails and I used a bleached neon orange. I think it’s called Shopaholic??? I wasn’t sure if I liked it at first and I’ve been purging my entire makeup collection lately so this was a keep or not-keep situation. I think I’ll keep it.
Last highlighter you used? Today I’m wearing the shade Summer from the ABH Sun Dipped Glow kit. I think Sun Dipped might be my favourite of the glow kits.
Last product you swatched? I’ve been looking for the perfect shade of gold shadow pencil. I love the Marc Jacobs and Laura Mercier ones but I have yet to find a gold shade that I absolutely love.
Your skin tone/coloring: Tan with a warm olive undertone
Last nail polish you wore: I honestly don’t remember
Last highlighter you used: Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Opal (currently wearing it). Its a nice color, but maybe too light for my skin, I’d like something slightly deeper and warm toned.
Last product you swatched: Maybelline Better Skin Pressed Powder in Rich Tan. The texture reminded me of the Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Powder, they are both creamy to the touch.
Your skin tone/coloring: Very fair with neutral undertones; magenta hair; hazel/green eyes.
Last nail polish you wore? Zoya Remy
Last highlighter you used? The gold shade from the Wet n Wild MegaGlo Illuminating Powder.
Last product you swatched? The Jeffree Star Beauty Killer palette, as soon as it arrived on my doorstep. 🙂
* Wet n Wild MegaGlo Illuminating Powder in Strike-A-Pose-Rose.
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium, warm to neutral, dark eyes, brunette
Last nail polish you wore? Illamasqua Jo’mina on toes, Creator on fingers
Last highlighter you used? MAC Sparkling Rose
Last product you swatched? my old UD Ammo palette from my own collection, I think at a retailer it was the Kevyn Aucoin Neo-Bronzer
Your skin tone/coloring: Pale olive
Last nail polish you wore? Red Hot Rio
Last highlighter you used? Urban Decay Afterglow in Sin
Last product you swatched? The new Bite lipstick colors (I purchased Squid Ink. I haven’t mustered the courage to wear it yet. But it’s sooooooo pretty.)
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium w/ olive undertones MAC NC37-40, deep brunette, teal-green eyes w/ gold flecks.
Last nail polish you wore: Right now, I’ve got Aurora Gel Effect in Old School Pink on my toes, and just my 2 HG nail hardener treatments/ bases on my fingernails.
Last highlighter you wore <strong: Colourpop Butterfly Beach! Unfortunately, when I was taking pics indoors, my lighting was so poor that the sheen wasn't getting picked up.
Last product you swatched: UD Gwen Stefani eyeshadow palette. Again! Because I was hoping I'd love it for the sale price, but no, not really moved by it even now.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light, neutral
Last nail polish you wore? I have on MAC Like My Gown from the Fashion Pack collection.
Last highlighter you used? I used Smashbox’s LA Lights in both Hollywood & Highlight and Beverly Hills Blush today.
Last product you swatched? I posted my Hollywood & Highlight swatch on Instagram this morning. I just swatched 3 more lippies and a foil eyeliner from Milani that will be posted over the next few days.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light Medium
Last nail polish you wore? I haven’t worn any in a year.
Last highlighter you used? Becca Champagne Pop
Last product you swatched? I swatched and purchased the ABH Modern Renaissance Palette
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, neutral to cool undertone
Last nail polish you wore? OPI I’m so swamped
Last highlighter you used? Pat McGrath nude highlighter (powder) topped off with Kat Von D’s Thunderstruck Metal Crush Eyeshadow (AH.MAZ.ING)
Last product you swatched? Maybelline’s Color Tattoo Eye Chromes in Gilded Rose, Bronze Sheen, and Khaki Kool
Your skin tone/coloring: NW20. Cool-toned and pale, but not quite fair.
Last nail polish you wore? I have OPI’s Hi Hawaii Ya on right now. It’s really lovely, sort of a lighter version of You Don’t Know Jacques. That same purpley gray taupey type color. I think I’m doing Down to the Core-al next. I got it in a set and I haven’t used it yet. Fun for summer!
Last highlighter you used? UD’s illuminating powder. I prefer glittery highlights to wet ones. Shrug!
Last product you swatched? Tarte’s Exposed blush.
~NW 20-25. Can’t wear polish. Highlighter: Fiona stiles palette. Swatched nothing recently…staying out of stores for the UD launch. Got a bunch of goodies coming. S. O. Please explain to me what strong means in these listings.
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Your skin tone/coloring: Light/Neutral with cool undertones
Last nail polish you wore? Zoya Rue (a blush nude)
Last highlighter you used? Urban Decay Concealer (dewy looks greasy on me)
Last product you swatched? Benefit travel sized Hula Bronzer and Dandelion Highlighter
Light/ight medium with yellow undertones
*Last nailpolish —–Kylie Jenner in Slay Grey (so pretty!)
*Last highlighter —Mary Lou Manizer
*Last swatch ——-I did a swatchfest at Sephora last weekend, can’t remember the last swatch, but I loved Laura Mercier’s new highlighter in Addiction
Your skin tone/coloring: warm, fair
Last nail polish you wore? Essie “buy me a cameo” for toes; it’s been years since anything on fingers
Last highlighter you used? I haven’t worn but given reviews and comments, I now have Hourglass Diffused Light on my ‘go try in store’ list
Last product you swatched? Tarte Amazonian blushes; I swatched several at once, don’t recall which
Skin tone: brown with lots of yellow undertones (NC 44.5 and NC45 in MAC SFF)
Last nailpolish: I haven’t used nailpolish in years! My nails grow really fast and really(!) long, so nailpolish would look cute I guess. However, I always find that my nails tend to break off superfast if I wear nailpolish. So at some point I had to choose between short nails and cute nailpolish or long, healthy nails without nailpolish. ?
Last highlighter you used: I think Kiko watershadow in 208. I also tried to use MAC’s cream colorbase in Yellow Topaz yesterday, but I still have to get used to the formula. I think it could be a great subtle highlighter though.
Last product I swatched: I finally received my ABH Sun Dipped GlowKit today and my life has changed! I literally can’t stop raving about it. When it arrived, I sortof snatched it out of the mailguy’s hand and ran upstairs to swatch it. I filmed about 20 snapchat videos for my friends and I felt like a beautyblogger for a sec ?. Every color in the kit looks absolutely beautiful!
Believe it or not, I’m NC15 and I love the finish MAC Yellow Topaz gives! Beautiful sheen and it’s not too dark for me. Let me know if you liked it too, please.
Your skin tone/coloring: NC15 with some redness
Last nail polish you wore? Essie Bikini So Teeny
Last highlighter you used? Becca Moonstone from the Afterglow Palette
Last product you swatched? NARS Belize Lipgloss
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium Neutral MAC NC 35
Last nail polish you wore? OPI My Chihuahua Bites
Last highlighter you used? Benefit Waats Up
Last product you swatched? Becca x Jaclyn Hill face palette
Skin tone/coloring: light/medium, cool undertones – MAC NW 20
Last nail polish: I’m currently wearing Dance Legend Boo
Last highlighter? Becca Champagne Pop
Last product you swatched? Colourpop eyeshadow in Wattles
Your skin tone/coloring: Fairest neutral. Approx. NW05.
Last nail polish you wore? I don’t know the name because I went and got gel polish. It was a gorgeous sparkly red. 🙂
Last highlighter you used? The highlighter fromTom Ford The Soleil Contouring Compact.
Last product you swatched? The Urban Decay Vice lipstick in Alpha, which I bought today with the points on my loyalty card!
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium/ Warm
Last nail polish you wore?: OPI Cosmo – Not Tonight Honey!
Last highlighter you used?/strong: Bare Minerals Glow Highlighter
Last product you swatched?: Bare Minerals Eye shadow Duo “The High Society” (A nice freebie thanks to Ulta! :))
Your skin tone/coloring: light-medium neutral
Last nail polish you wore? Smith & Cult Psycho Candy
Last highlighter you used? Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess highlighter from summer 2015
Last product you swatched? Chanel Empreinte du desert
Your skin tone/coloring: light and warm
Last nail polish you wore? A sheer off-white with shimmer by Mavala
Last highlighter you used? A discontinued highlighter by Victoria’s Secret (they had some good products in their makeup line!)
Last product you swatched? Cover FX Custome Enhancer Drops. They’re so metallic and pigmented! I’d really need to mix them because I could never use one on its own.
Skin tone: Fair, light porcelain
Nail Polish: A little while ago now – OPI Burnished Copper
Last Highlighter Used: Marylou Manizer – today!
Last Product Swatched: A couple of colours from the Mariposa palette that I have been using lately (rotating my eye shadow palettes so they all get loved).
Skin Tone/Coloring: Very pale with cool undertones.
Last nail polish you wore: Chanel Le Vernis in Turban.
Last highlighter used was Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Pearl. I have it in both the poured and the powder and really thought that I would love them but they are just okay for me. Still not my favorite.
Last product swatched was my daughters Nars lip crayon in the shade “Damned”. It is really beautiful on her and almost takes on a watermelon tone but on my really pigmented lips it definitely goes full berry.
Very Fair with cool undertones
Deborah Lippmann I Feel Pretty (fingers), Smit & Cult Suburban Warrior (toes)
Tom Ford Moodlight
Tom Ford patent Finish in Red Corset
Your skin tone/coloring: very fair, warm/neutral
Last nail polish you wore? Rage by ORLY in the gel formula! Such a pretty color for a wedding!
Last highlighter you used? Mixture of Elf Sunkissed bronzer (least “bronzer”-like bronzer I’ve ever owned, just a pretty true gold) mixed with the Essence eyeshadow in Apricotta.
Last product you swatched? Amazing Cosmetics blush in Watermelon Fizz
Your skin tone/coloring: MAC NC15
Last nail polish you wore? I can’t remember…when I use nail polish it’s only on my toes but it’s been several months since I even painted them.
Last highlighter you used?Urban Decay Sin earlier today.
Last product you swatched? Urban Decay Vice lipstick in studded I think it was? Something like that. I got a sample card with 24 of the lipsticks with my last Sephora order so I’ll be trying a few of those out to see if I want to buy more.
Your skin tone/coloring: MUFE Liquid Lift #7 Pink
Last nail polish you wore? Currently wearing a design which includes China Glaze White On White and Marc Jacobs Blacquer.
Last highlighter you used? It was either CP Hippo or ABH Starlight
Last product you swatched? BareMinerals Bareskin Sheer Sun Serum Bronzer
Your skin tone/coloring: fair
Last nail polish you wore? CHANEL Vernis Azure, blue summer toes!
Last highlighter you used? KA Candlelight
Last product you swatched? MAC Vex
Christine, you have an open tag in the code for the second question. It’s been there for the past few weeks. Just thought I’d let you know in case you hadn’t noticed it. 🙂
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/neutral
Last nail polish you wore? Illamasqua Bacterium. It’s been a really long time since I did my nails. I also have the sad, sad remains of a ruby red pedicure.
Last highlighter you used? The new Maybelline Master Strobing Stick Illuminating Highlighter in Light Iridescent
Last product you swatched? Well, when I go to Sephora or Ulta, I pretty much swatch everything. But the last things I swatched were my new MAC Beauty Powder in Pearl Sunshine and Tom Ford cream eyeshadow in Opale.
Your skin tone/coloring: NC 15 pale
Last nail polish you wore? Haven’t worn any for quite a while, trying to get my nails stronger, so I could be wrong but it might be The world is not enough by OPI
Last highlighter you used? MAC Sparkling Rose iridescent powder
Last product you swatched? In a store? Some drugstore khaki green eyeshadow
Your skin tone/coloring: Dark deep with red undertones
Last nail polish you wore? opera-tunity by opi
Last highlighter you used?/strong> global glow by mac
Last product you swatched? a nyx lipstick I think
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair-Light w/ Neutral Undertones
Last nail polish you wore? Formula X Wingwoman (I like the formula and color a lot)
Last highlighter you used? Becca Prosecco Pop (beautiful color but will look better on me when I’m a little tanner)
Last product you swatched? Covergirl Katy Perry lipstick in Pink Paws (returning…seems drier than I would like and my lips are in no condition for dry lipsticks right now)
Your skin tone/coloring: Deep Dark NW50
Last nail polish you wore? Clear
Last highlighter you used? Becca x Jaclyn Hill Prosecco Pop
Last product you swatched? My NYX Intenese Butter Glosses haul
Your skintone/coloring: fair with pink undertones
Last nail polish you wore: Formula X in Ignite
Last highlighter you used: Becca ssp in opal
Last product you swatched: Nyx Butter Gloss in Peaches and Cream
Your skin tone/coloring: fair/neutral. I have pink undertones, yellow overtones. Last nail polish you wore: NYC Pink Promenade Creme on my toes. Can’t wear fingernail polish to work. Last highlighter you used: Too Faced Candlelight Glow (the original one). Last product you swatched: Too Faced Sweethearts Perfect Flush Blush in Peach Bellini, and the Sweethearts Bronzer. I had a makeover at the Too Faced event at Ulta yesterday, and I also got to try the Born This Way foundation in Vanilla, the Glitter Glue, Neutral Eyes pallette, and Too Faced La Creme lipstick in Sugar Daddy. I bought those four things, and I think I want the blush & the bronzer next.
Your skin tone/coloring: Dark/Cocoa
Last nail polish you wore? Revlon Plum Seduction #917 (all time favorite)
Last highlighter you used? Becca
Last product you swatched? UD Vice Lipsticks