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- What’s the best brand for bright colors?
- What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
- What’s the best brand for skincare?
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What’s the best brand for bright colors?
Make Up For Ever hands down!
What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
MAC wins overall.
What’s the best brand for skincare?
Shiseido…I will use nothing else.
Best brand for bright colors: MAC (with NARS a close second)
Best brand for neutral colors: Laura Mercier
Best brand for skincare: Peter Thomas Roth
1. MUFE
2. Chanel
3. Philosophy
What’s the best brand for bright colors?
MAC has great quality eyeshadows. But for a wide ragnge of colors, the Coastal Scents 88 palette is great.
What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
MAC
What’s the best brand for skincare?
Origins
Neutral: Stila
Bright: Shu Uemura
Skincare: Shiseido
🙂
Best brights I would say Make up forever
Best neutrals I would say Mac
and Best skin care I LOVE Clinique
😉
I second this!
The best brand for bright colors is Mac.
The best brand for neutral colors is Bobbi Brown.
The best brand for skincare is Dr. perricone.
Best brand for colors: MAC! Just when I think I’ve seen everything…
Best brand for neutrals: Bobbi Brown; the only company that has colors even remotely similar to my pale pale skin..
Best brand for skincare: Chanel..I once made the mistake of trying to switch to Neutrogena..never again!
bright colours: mac
neutrals: mac
skincare: dr hauschka, biotherm, shu uemura
Bright colors-depends on the finish.
Bright matte-Make up forever, Stars Makeup Haven
shimmery-MAC, Urban Decay, Stars makeup Haven
OMG SPARKLY-Fyrinnae
Neutral-MAC. Maybe Urban Decay with some more shimmery options.
Skincare, I really don’t use one brand. I’ve found a few brands with a decent product I love, but the others are “meh”. I don’t think I own any two skincare products from the same brand.
What’s the best brand for bright colors?
What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
I actually like the variety of colors offered by Mac. But I would say that Urban Decay probably has brighter brights, while Bobby Brown is the queen of neutrals.
What’s the best brand for skincare?
Estee Lauder is the best for me. Advanced Night Repair serum is the best invention since sliced bread.
Agreed on all!
Agreed on all except skincare. I actually like Avon products for their anti-aging skincare.
Bright: MAC
Neutral: MAC (They do both very well IMO!)
Skincare: Avene for face, LUSH for body (and hair!)
1. Mac
2. Dior
3. Obagi clenziderm
What’s the best brand for bright colors?
MAC or MUFE
What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
Bobbi Brown
What’s the best brand for skincare?
Murad has been working well for me lately
BRIGHT COLOURS: if I’m at sephora, i’d say mufe, but since I can’t wear that stuff, I’ll stick with my few mac hits of colour here and there.
NEUTRAL COLOURS: mac by far, although benefit has some nice offerings
SKINCARE: BARE ESCENTUALS SKIN REVVER UPPER used with MAC STUDIO MOISTURE FIX SPF 15
Bright: MAC
Neutral: Bobbi Brown
Skincare: Undecided
What’s the best brand for bright colors?
1) MUFE 2) MAC
What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
1) Bobbi Brown (Queen of neutrals!) 2) MAC
What’s the best brand for skincare?
1) Shu Uemura, HANDS DOWN!
bright= MAC i think they have a great selection of colours and finishes.
neutral= MAC and i also love Korres eyeshadows
skincare= Korres and Origins
What’s the best brand for bright colors? Mac!
What’s the best brand for neutral colors? Bobbi Brown
What’s the best brand for skincare? I go for Aveeno or Korres
What’s the best brand for bright colors? MUFE
What’s the best brand for neutral colors? MAC
What’s the best brand for skincare? Neutrogena
Bright: MAC
Neutral: MAC & YSL (the eyeshadows have GREAT pigmentation!)
Haven’t found something that wows me! lol
What’s the best brand for bright colours?
Illamasqua/Make-up Forever/Some of MAC’s.
What’s the best brand for neutral colours?
MAC&Nars
What’s the best brand for skincare?
CLINIQUE! nothing else works for my skin like Clinique.
Bright colors: MUFE
Neutrals: Bobbi Brown
Skincare: I have yet to find a favorite…
1. MUFE
2. Smashbox
3. Kiehls/LUSH
1. Make Up For Ever
2. Bobbi Brown (and sometimes Clinique)
3. La Roche-Posay and Clinique
Brights: Urban Decay, especially their Deluxe shadows. They are so smooth, blendable, and bright.
Neutrals: I don’t actually own a ton of neutrals but I like Urban Decay’s collection of neutrals too. Sin is amazing.
Skincare: Honestly, I’d say Aveeno. I have really sensitive skin and I like their products, especially the calming moisturizer with feverfew.
1) Definately Make Up For Ever
2) Mac has a great selection to choose from for every occasion!
3) Mario Badescu….I like instant gratification and he definately grants that to me!
What’s the best brand for bright colors? MAC
What’s the best brand for neutral colors? Bobbi Brown
What’s the best brand for skincare? I’m getting into Philosophy
1.MUFE
2.MAC
3.CHANEL
* What’s the best brand for bright colors?
I don’t wear bright colour, so I really can’t tell.
* What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
I think MAC has a gorgeous range of neutrals, but NARS and Bobbi Brown also have really nice options.
* What’s the best brand for skincare?
I absolutely love Bobbi Brown skincare. Kiehl’s also makes some awesome products, and at the moment I’m trying NARS’ skincare line and so far I’m really pleased.
1-MAC
2-MAC
3-Mario Badescu
What’s the best brand for bright colors? MAC
What’s the best brand for neutral colors? Chanel
What’s the best brand for skincare? Unsure but if I had to pick, my current fave is Korres
1. MAC
2. MAC
3. Louis Widmer
Bright: MUFE
Neutral: MAC
Skin care: Clinique
1)MUFE
2)CHANEL
3)VICHY and LIERAC for me.
What’s the best brand for bright colors? Make Up For Ever
What’s the best brand for neutral colors? Bobbi Brown
What’s the best brand for skincare? Mario Badescu
Best brand for bright colors – MAC
Best brand for neutral colors – Chanel
Best brand for skincare – I will say Chanel and CeraVe because those are the only brands I use and I am really happy with the results! I use Chanel’s Hydramax cream (LOVE!), Chanel Sublimage Eye Cream, Chanel UV Essentiel SPF 30 sunscreen, CeraVe cleanser and CeraVe PM lotion.
What’s the best brand for bright colors? Urban Decay and Mac
What’s the best brand for neutral colors? Dior, Bobbi Brown
What’s the best brand for skincare? Guerlain
Bright colors – MUFE (I’ve yet to try them but the color always pop off the shelves!)
Neutrals – MAC (also Edward Bess if you can find it!)
Skincare – I’m a drugstore OLAY kind of gal!
Bright colours : It’s a tie between Shu Uemura, MUFE and Urban Decay. I’ve never really been impressed by M.A.C.
Neutral colours: NARS and Bobbi Brown do great neutrals, but I’m really starting to appreciate Lancome
Skincare : Haven’t found a great one, but Chanel is pretty good.
Brights: MUFE & MAC
Neutrals: Bobbi Brown & Chanel
Skincare: La Mer works for me (pricey but worth every penny)
What’s the best brand for bright colors?
Make Up For Ever definitely.
Neutral Colors? Coastal Scents Palette
Skincare? Clinique. Love their 3 step system
MAC
Stila
MAC
1)MUFE
2)Bobbi Brown
2)Still Searching
What’s the best brand for bright colors?
Sugarpill
What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
MAC
What’s the best brand for skincare?
Epiduo (for acne medicine)
Clinique
Cetaphil
1- MAC
2- MAC
3- CLINIQUE/SHISEIDO
best for bright colors: MAC
best for neutral colors: Bobbi Brown
best for skincare: Clinique
What’s the best brand for bright colors?
MAC
What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
Bobbie Brown
What’s the best brand for skincare?
Kanebo
Bright colors: MAC or MUFE
Neutral colors: Urban Decay (and some NARS)
Skincare: Unlike a lot of people, I really love Clinique.
Best brand for bright colors: MAC
Best brand for neutral colors: Bobbi Brown
Best brand for skincare: Origins
What’s the best brand for bright colors? Make Up Forever and MAC
What’s the best brand for neutral colors? Urban Decay (I used Chopper and Twice Baked for my everyday neutral look)
What’s the best brand for skincare? Hmm this one is hard … I would say Origins. I love their Never A Dull Moment scrub!
What’s the best brand for bright colors?
It’s a toss up between MUFE and Urban Decay.
What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
MAC
What’s the best brand for skincare?
Clinique and Shiseido most definately!
What’s the best brand for bright colors?
MAC- the new POP Colours killed
What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
MAC- I have never seen more choices
What’s the best brand for skincare?
I do use MAC skin care because my skin is not problematic. But Clinique pretty much runs the show when it comes down to skincare.
Best brand for brights: Urban Decay
Best brand for neutrals: MAC
Best brand for skincare: Clinique
1. don’t wear a lot of bright colors, but MUFE seems to have some vivid ones!
2. MAC
3. Korres… I’ve gone from Clinique, to Philosophy.. but Korres has replaced it all. The wild rose serum and moisturizer are amazing on my combination skin.
* What’s the best brand for bright colors? MAC
* What’s the best brand for neutral colors? MAC
* What’s the best brand for skincare? Clinique
What’s the best brand for bright colors? Make Up For Ever
What’s the best brand for neutral colors? MAC
What’s the best brand for skincare? Not Sure
best for bright colors: Urban Decay
best for neutral colors: Chanel
best for skincare: Natura Bisse and Revive
What’s the best brand for bright colors? Medusa’s Makeup & Urban Decay
What’s the best brand for neutral colors? MAC
What’s the best brand for skincare? Seriously, I can’t think of one that stands out the most at the moment. I don’t think I’ve found the perfect match for my skin yet, although I do use the MAC Lightful line right now.
For bright colors, Mac & MUFE
A neutral, Bobbi Brown
Skin care Estee Lauder
Best brand for bright colors: yves saint laurent
Best brand for neautral colors: Mac
Best brand for skin care: Estee lauder
1.) Sugarpill and MUFE
2.) MAC and Benefit
3.) LUSH
What’s the best brand for bright colors? Urban Decay or MUFE
What’s the best brand for neutral colors? Laura Mercier
What’s the best brand for skincare? Hm… I really like Ole Henriksen and Mario Badescu
What’s the best brand for bright colors?
MUFE & Urban Decay
What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
MAC, Bobbi Brown and Laura Mercier
What’s the best brand for skincare?
Origins, Philosophy, St. Ives, Aveeno and Eucerin
I’d say:
_ bright : sugarpill right now
_ neutral : MAC
_ skincare : Lush
MAC? Are y’all kidding? Have you tried other make up brands? MAC shadows are pretty poor performers as a whole, minus their matte2 and veluxe pearl shades. And the amount of product you get for the price is silly.
Best bright colors: Urban Decay
Best Neutrals: Bobbi Brown or Stila!
I like the consistency of Stilas better, but the Bobbi Brown chrome collection was stunning.
Skincare: Retin-A micro. That’s it!
What’s the best brand for bright colors?
MUFE, Ben Nye, Kryolan
What’s the best brand for neutral colors?
MAC
What’s the best brand for skincare?
I’m still searching…
Bright colors – MAC (2nd is Urban Decay)
Neutral colors – Bobbi Brown
Skincare – There is no one brand that have it all but I have the best luck with DHC so far(Japanese brand)
For e/s, the best brand for both brights and neutrals, in my opinion, is MUFE. Second, Illamasqua and MAC. For blush in all colors, I like Illamasqua. I don’t wear super bright lip colors, but I don’t like lipstick lines with boring shades which all look alike, so I pick Shiseido, Givenchy, Guerlain.
Brights: MUFE and Illamasqua- ftw
Neutrals: I’ll love my custom MAC neutral palette forever but Bobbi Brown IS neutrals
Skincare: I have a lot of philosophy- it’s prob not the best out there, but I’m in total lust with the Purity Made Simply cleanser
Bright colors: MAC
Neutral colors: Dior
Skin care: Clinique & Orlane
MUFE
MAC
Korres and American Beauty
1. MUFE
2. Bobbi Brown
3. Fresh, Laura Mercier
bright colors- the 88 palettes, or urban decay
neutrals- mac.
skincare- clinque
* What’s the best brand for bright colors: Make up forever
* What’s the best brand for neutral colors: MAC
* What’s the best brand for skincare: haven’t found yet