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Erynn Avatar
Erynn

Your skin tone/coloring: fair nc15/nc20
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? MAC snob lipstick
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Mac black black pigment
Favorite vampy lip color? Chanel vamp lipstick

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Janice

Your skin tone/coloring: Medium-tan, I think! I wear: MAC NC37-40 / MUFE HD #128 / UD Naked 8
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? – MAC Up the Amp
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? MAC Typographic, UD Zero
Favorite vampy lip color? MAC Hang-Up, Cyber; Revlon Black Cherry; UD Venom; Wet n Wild Sugar Plum Fairy

Larissa Avatar
Larissa
Very Light, Yellow, slight yellow undertones. Combination skin. View Larissa Full Profile

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, neutral, leaning slightly cool. Between NW15 and NW20.
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? You know, I don’t have a massive collection of pastels and I need to fix that! But I always love a pretty pastel pink lipstick… And a pale blush, like Illamasqua’s Katie……….
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Too Faced Smoky Eye Palette
Favorite vampy lip color? Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Black Cherry. The color is perfect for a super vampy look, and even though it applies a little unevenly, I’m willing to work with it. Buuuuut I also adore MAC’s Rebel so much.

Nikki Avatar
Nikki

Your skin tone/coloring: NC50
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? China Glaze Peachykeen Nail Polish
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? NYX Single Eyeshadows in Black & Dark Brown
Favorite vampy lip color? MAC Rebel Lipglass

Danielle Avatar
Danielle

Your skin tone/coloring: NC15
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? MAC Pink Nouveau lipstick
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? I don’t typically go for a smoky eye
Favorite vampy lip color? Revlon Black Cherry

Jessa Avatar
Jessa

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair and pretty neutral
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? I don’t really like pastels
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Urban Decay Gunmetal
Favorite vampy lip color? Kevyn Aucoin Expert Lip Color in Blood Roses

Lisa Avatar
Lisa
Light Medium, Olive undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View Lisa Full Profile

Your skin tone/coloring: Light medium with olive undertones
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? I don’t think pastels and my skin tone are friends.
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? I’m really loving Espresso from the Lorac Pro palette.
Favorite vampy lip color: Mac Rebel (not really vampy but it’s the only shade I own that comes close!)

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Samira
Very Light, Yellow, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View Samira Full Profile

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/light, warm
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? I’m pretty anti-pastel as a rule, but someone already said Up the Amp – if that counts as pastel, that. Love Up the Amp.
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? All of them? My go to easy smoky eye is with Mac Copperplate, which is my go-to for a lot of things. But I love smoky eyes, and do different greys, bronzes and navy all with a fair amount of regularity.
Favorite vampy lip color? Not great with vampy. I have pale skin and dark hair and wind up looking like morticia almost no matter what I do. I do have a nice oxblood lipstick from sephora though. Don’t remember the name. It was meant to replace some old drugstore “blood” colored lipstick I had in high school that is long since dried up and out of production. Can’t remember when I last wore it.

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CeeBee

Your skin tone/coloring: Light medium, warm yellow

Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? NYX Radiant Finishing Powder, hands down. LURVE!

Favorite smoky eyeshadow? It doesn’t have a name, but a really soft metallic mushroom taupe I got from the Dollar Store – applies and smudges beautifully.

Favorite vampy lip color? I don’t tend to wear anything too dark but the new NYX Butter Gloss in Raspberry Tart is a spectacular deep purple and looks gorgeous on.

Anna Avatar
Anna

Skintone/colouring-fair
favorite pastel-coloured beauty product-MAC steady going
favorite smokey eyeshadow-UD naked one palette (the darker colours)
favorite vampy lip MAC rebel, MAC studded kiss

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kurohana

Your skin tone/coloring: medium/ warm
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? none
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? none
Favorite vampy lip color? none

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xamyx

Skintone/coloring: Fairly light, very neutral; dark featured.

Pastel: NARS Nymphea single.

Smoky Eye: NARS Eurydice, Brumes, & Brousse duos.

Vampy Lip: Lancôme Jezebel.

Hannah Avatar
Hannah

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/neutral undertones
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? I don’t really have one.
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? YDK and Busted from UD’s Naked 2 palette
Favorite vampy lip color? UD Revolution Lipstick in Shame!

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CLX

Your skin tone/coloring: NC20/NW20
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? Illamasqua powder blush in Katie
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Burberry single eye shadow in Midnight Brown
Favorite vampy lip color? Hourglass rouge opaque in ‘Icon’

Mariella Avatar
Mariella
Very Light, Pink undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View Mariella Full Profile

Your skin tone/coloring: fair, cool (NW 15-20)
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product: would MAC Naked Lunch count as “pastel”?
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Just the one??? Oh my….probably MAC Keep Your Cool (or Legendary Black or Urban Decay Derailed…or Darkhorse. You see my problem!)
Favorite vampy lip color? Bite Beauty VIB Rouge or MAC Dubonnet.

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Sylirael
Light Medium, Pink undertones. Combination skin. View Sylirael Full Profile

Your skin tone/coloring: Cool-toned vampire
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? Lancome Ombre in Love eyeshadow in Pistachio Cream is the only pastel beauty product I own, I thnk! Unless you count nail polish, in which case, Revlon Girly!
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Urban Decay Gunmetal
Favorite vampy lip color? MUFE 49, UD Venom or Estee Luader Rich Red!

Nikki Avatar
Nikki
Very Light, Neutral undertones. Combination skin. View Nikki Full Profile

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, cool – NW15
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? NARS Sex Fantasy blush
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? UD Hustle and MAC Smoked Sepia
Favorite vampy lip color? I don’t have one! This needs to be remedied. I ordered NYX Butter Lipstick in Licorice, hoping it will work for me!

Veronica Avatar
Veronica

Your skin tone/coloring: NW10/15
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? Butter London polish in Muggins
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Chanel Illusion d’Ombre eyeshadow in Mirifique
Favorite vampy lip color? Oooh, that’s a tough one…let’s go with Kevyn Aucoin’s Blood Roses.

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Lotus
Lightest, Pink undertones. Combination skin. View Lotus Full Profile

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair pale/yellow torn with redness
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product?: Guerlain Meterorites
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? : Josie Maran Fawn, a discontinued liner/shadow that was on the ends of the shadow/liner dual ended sticks.
Favorite vampy lip color? Discontinued round container with brush folded in included of MUFE Rouge Pinceau and Bordeaux. 🙂 why did they stop those????

Maddie Avatar
Maddie
Light Medium, Neutral undertones. Very Oily skin. View Maddie Full Profile

Your skin tone/coloring: NC20/C3
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? MAC Snob, Essie Bikini So Teeny, Stila Mint Julep eyeliner
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? UD Gunmetal, MAC Groundwork
Favorite vampy lip color? MAC Lipstick in Studded Kiss, Sephora Collection Lipstick in Crush

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Emilie
Very Light, Neutral, slight pink undertones. Combination skin. View Emilie Full Profile

Skin Tone – Fair, neutral in tone. (I wear Ivory in Jane Iredale products)
Favorite Pastel Colored Beauty Product – Hmm… Is Benefit’s Dandelion blush pastel?
Favorite Smoky Eyeshadow – Urban Decay’s “Busted” or “Smokeout”.
Favorite Vampy Lip Color – Hmm… the darkest I have is probably BareMineral’s Pretty Amazing Lip Color in “Rouge”! I love the vampy look, but I never feel like investing too much in it. Plus, it takes time to pull off. :/

Precious Avatar
Precious
Light Plus, Yellow undertones. Combination skin. View Precious Full Profile

Your skin tone/coloring: NC20

Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? Chanel Le Vernis in Starlet and China Glaze Nail Lacquer in For Audrey

Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Burberry Sheer Eyeshadow in Midnight Brown and Mulberry, Chanel Soft Touch Eyeshadow in Vert Khaki, MAC Powder Eyeshadow in Satin Taupe and Sumptuous Olive, Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Mushroom

Favorite vampy lip color? Burberry Lip Cover in Bright Plum and Oxblood, Chanel Rouge Allure Intense in Rouge Noir, Tom Ford Lip Color in Bruised Plum

Hannah Avatar
Hannah

■Your skin tone/coloring: Light caramel with olive tones
■Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? Dolce & Gabbana Raspberry lipgloss, it’s a pastel blue pink
■Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Stila’s Smoke (in the In The Know palette)
■Favorite vampy lip color? MAC Film Noir

Melissa Avatar
Melissa

Your skin tone/coloring: medium warm
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? pastels and my complexion don’t get along at all…
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Burberry midnight brown and dark sable. Also Dolce and Gabbana quad in Contrasts for a lighter smoky eye.
Favorite vampy lip color? Nars Terre de Feu? If that counts as vampy

Alison Avatar
Alison
Very Light, Neutral undertones. Normal-to-Oily skin. View Alison Full Profile

■Your skin tone/coloring: light/warmish
■Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? Inglot #361 eyeshadow – a gorgeous coral pink matte
■Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Girly from the Too Faced Pretty Rebel palette
■Favorite vampy lip color? Don’t really do vampy lips, I think as vampy as I go is probably the Matte Me Sleek liquid lipsticks (which are great dupes for the Lime Crime Velvetines btw)

Tabitha Avatar
Tabitha
Medium, Olive undertones. Combination skin. View Tabitha Full Profile

Your skin tone/coloring: Light Olive
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? I don’t have one at the moment.
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? I never wear smokey but if I am going to do a smoky brown look I will use Urban Decay Prank.
Favorite vampy lip color? Instigator M.A.C. I want it.

Ade Avatar
Ade

Your skin tone/coloring:
Medium dark/tan with golden-olive undertones. M·A·C NC40-42.

Favorite pastel-colored beauty product?
Givenchy It-Girl Purple Le Prisme Blush & Essie Mint Candy Apple.

Favorite smoky eyeshadow?
Sugarpill Bulletproof Pressed Eyeshadow, M·A·C Indian Ink, Giorgio Armani 2 Lust Red Eyes to Kill Eyeshadow & Stila Midnight Blue Smudge Crayon.

Favorite vampy lip color?
Burberry Oxblood Lip Cover & Tom Ford Black Orchid Lip Color.

NaT Avatar
NaT

Your skin tone/coloring: nw18

Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? blush (any brand)

Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Any from Kat von D Sinner pallete

Favorite vampy lip color? OCC Vintage

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Dreamer19

Light olive, NC 15-20, brown hair, brown eyes.
TheBalm Stubborn. It’s a light peach color. Perfect base if you want anything darker in the crease. I like how it’s not too frosty. Also NYX Angel blush.
Ulta Gold Dust(?), a slightly cool toned chocolate brown. It’s my go to brown. Not matte, but not too shimmery and not frosy. Just a slight shimmer to give it “life”.
L/s – it’s a ridiculously cheap European drugstore brand, Miss Sporty l/s, something like Seduction(?) if I remember right. It can be worn dark, but I actually like to sheer it out for a MLBB shade. It’s a cool plum/red. Love it!

Danielle Avatar
Danielle
Light Medium, Olive undertones. Oily skin. View Danielle Full Profile

Your skin tone/coloring: Light-medium, depending on the season, olive undertones
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? MAC Saint Germain lipstick
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? The Anastasia Catwalk palette
Favorite vampy lip color? MAC Diva or OCC

Caroline Avatar
Caroline

Your skin tone/coloring: Light-medium (1Y06, NW20, C3)
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? YSL Rouge Volupte Shine in Corail Intuitive 15
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? An old Dior LE quint is my favorite but otherwise I’ll go with TF Boudoir Eyes palette
Favorite vampy lip color? Buxom Menace

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Ludmila Assumpção
Light Medium, Yellow undertones. Very Oily skin. View Ludmila Assumpção Full Profile

Your skin tone/coloring: Medium with yellow undertones/Mac NC30

Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? I don’t think pastels and my skin tone are friends, but YSL Rue de Babylon Blush, is the closer I can get to a pastel color in makeup.

Favorite smoky eyeshadow? Urban Decay Crave (black eyeshadow from Naked Basics) with Swiss Chocolate by MAC on the crease. The red undertones from the MAC eyeshadow softens the edges and creates a beautiful effect!

Favorite vampy lip color? Diva, Prince Noir (LE), Talk that Talk (LE) and Rebel, all from MAC.
Shameless Revlon Matte Balm are an awesome purple vampy too! You see I´m a little obsessed with vampy colors.

Abby Avatar
Abby

Your skin tone/coloring: NW15/NW20, nars mont blanc. Fair, neutral, leaning slightly cool.
Favorite pastel-colored beauty product? stila smudge stick eyeliner in mint julep. I lvoe it as a pop of color on the lower lash line
Favorite smoky eyeshadow? nars kalahari duo is about as smokey as I get
Favorite vampy lip color? Rimmel Kate Moss 107

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