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Survey Says... May 18, 2016

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  • Your skin tone/coloring:
  • Last green-colored product you wore?
  • Last brown-colored product you wore?
  • Last gold-colored product you wore?

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Mariella Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, cool
Last green-colored product you wore? MAC Rosemary & Thyme (discontinued) liner (2 days ago, I think)
Last brown-colored product you wore? MAC Constructivist Paint Pot (wearing it now)
Last gold-colored product you wore? Nars Kalahari eyeshadow duo (right side in the crease; more golden shade applied over Constructivist)
How current and topical for me (just a coincidence!)

Michele @Binxcat4ever Avatar

This is actually a really amusing/ironic set of questions to me. Typically these shades are the ones I wear the least. Ironically, I’ve just been testing/wearing a bunch of shades in this color range.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light/neutral
Last green-colored product you wore? Teeez Cosmetics Spectrum of Stars Eyeshadow in Minty Haze
Last brown-colored product you wore? Viseart Cashmere – the mid-toned matte brown in the set
Last gold-colored product you wore? YSL Mascara Vinyl Couture No. 9 Gold Sparkle (just posted my review!)

Lulle Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: light and warm
Last green-colored product you wore? Hmmm, I think it was a nail polish by OPI, “I’m sooo swamped” from their New Orleans collection. That was a while ago!
Last brown-colored product you wore? Just a few days ago I used UD’s original Naked palette to make a smoky brown look!
Last gold-colored product you wore? Dolce & Gabbana cream shadow in Goldust.

LMM Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/warm
Last green-colored product you wore? Urban Decay Covet eyeliner (RIP)
Last brown-colored product you wore? UD Naked and Buck eyeshadows
Last gold-colored product you wore? Does rose gold count? ColourPop Get Paid eyeliner.

chris Avatar

Green – NYX Olive Waterproof EyeLiner, MAC Green Paint Pot
Brown – CoverGirl Queen Collection Ebony Bronzer
Gold – MAC Gold Mine Eye Shadow

Rachel R. Avatar

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

Last green-colored product you wore? Notoriously Morbid eyeshadow in Pay What Is Owed.

Last brown-colored product you wore? The Balm Nude ‘Dude Palette.

Last gold-colored product you wore? E.l.f. Studio Blush in Gotta Glow (as highlighter).

Kimberly Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Light-medium, warm leaning slightly neutral/olive.
Last green-colored product you wore: Estee Lauder eyeshadow in Ivy Envy last year? I’m not a big fan of it because it’s definitely a ‘look’, and not something I feel like I can quickly put on every day.
Last brown-colored product you wore: Probably the matte brown eyeshadow in the UD Gwen Stefani palette. I like using it to sketch out the flick of my eyeliner because I’m better at brush application than the pen liner.
Last gold-colored product you wore: KVD Monarch Palette’s yellow-gold shade. Completely gorgeous.

Julia Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: light medium
Last green-colored product you wore? I have a shimmery olive green Stila Smudge Stick that I wore recently but the name escapes me…
Last brown-colored product you wore? Spice – another Stila Smudge Stick!
Last gold-colored product you wore? I wore UD Angel this morning from the Gwen palette if that counts, otherwise Champagne Pop yesterday.

KJH Avatar

Think it’s Moray. Kind of like UD Stash. Good one. Can’t remember what I finished at work, but can name that shade w/ brand + 2 descriptors. That’s dementia for you.

Ryou Avatar

– Your skin tone/coloring:
N25/Medium-light, neutral undertone.

– Last green-colored product you wore?
Femme Fatale Cosmetics Eternal Trance and Emerald Dream.

– Last brown-colored product you wore?
ColourPop Mooning.

– Last gold-colored product you wore?
ColourPop On the Rocks.

Heather Avatar

Green: UD’a 24/7 eyeliner in Mars smudged into my lashline.
Brown: one of the Pixi Shea butter balms–their brownest shade (don’t remember the shade name off the top of my head–something to do with honey?) I was expecting it to be more rosy or nude, but it pulls SO brown on me!
Gold: WnW geometric highlighter in Sun Ceremony dusted on my cheekbones. It’s pretty, but so subtle. :/

Rachel Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: fair/cool
Last green-colored product you wore? I don’t think I’ve ever owned, let alone worn, one 🙁
Last brown-colored product you wore? Benefit No Pressure
Last gold-colored product you wore? Urban Decay Half Baked

tugce Avatar

My skintone/coloring: Medium-Tan with olive undertones.

Last Green: A matt green nail polish I found in the clearance bin at target.
Last Brown: UD revolution lipstick in 1993 (wore this yesterday!)
Last Gold: This one is hard to remember but I think Josie Maran Argan Illuminator

Stephanie Avatar

Coloring: light, neutral-ish, brown hair, brown eyes
Green: I’m currently wearing Hatter and Heads Will Roll from the UD Through the Looking Glass palette as part of my eye look today. I think I went a bit overkill on both, even by my standards.
Brown: UD Stag eyeliner
Gold: I haven’t worn anything gold in so long…maybe one of the shades from Black Radiance Downtown Browns?

Anne Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: fair, warm; blue eyes; light brown hair with copper-leaning red highlights
Last green-colored product you wore? none — I have yet to find a green anything that looks good on me
Last brown-colored product you wore? UD Riff eyeshadow
Last gold-colored product you wore? NYX Golden Bronze eyeliner

Kate Avatar

Skin tone Light neutral
Last green coloured product was Urban decay Mars eye liner
Last Brown product was Tom Ford Terra Bronzer
Last Gold coloured was Colourpop Supermodel eyeshadow.

Anne Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: NC15

Last green-colored product you wore? MAC Humid, Sumptuous Olive and Club (Sumptuous Olive as a base all over the lid, Humid in the crease, Club over the center of the lid).

Last brown-colored product you wore? Either MAC Teddy or ColourPop Overboard.

Last gold-colored product you wore? Probably Becca Champagne Pop.

Jenifer Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: light medium / neutral
Last green-colored product you wore? A eyeliner for the water line
Last brown-colored product you wore? I’m always using this kind of shade for my eyeshadow on the outer V
Last gold-colored product you wore? Today I’m using a golden eyeshadow on my lids

Jill Avatar

skin tone: light/neutral
last gold color: Colourpop Sunset Blvd
last green color: Makeup Revolution Iconic Pro 2 – the greenish shade
last brown color: Colourpop Vanity Fair

Carly Avatar

I’ve got light skin with a strong golden undertone.

It’s honestly been a very long time since I’ve used a green shade on my skin, which is sad because it really brings out the green and gold in my eyes, and I’m having difficulty recalling what I actually used. Maybe MAC Sumptuous Olive?

The last brown toned product I used was MAC Soba, which despite being a satin finish shadow, is a lovely and natural looking crease shade on my hooded eyes. The scant amount of golden pearl laced through the warm, matte brown base really helps the color from looking too flat and emphasizing the laxity of my lids, but isn’t noticeably shimmery unless you get right up in my face with a magnifying mirror.

The last gold colored product that I wore was Benefit Sun Beam, which I really like as a subtle highlight because it’s closer to my skin tone, deeper than most high lights, and the gold really works with my skin.

Nikki Avatar

Skin tone – Deep
Last green – abh Isla shadow last week
Last brown – mufe graphite brown shadow today all over the lid.
Last gold – mufe copper red shadow (the gold one)

Joyce Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: light to medium with yellow undertones, dark brown eyes, black hair
Last green-colored product you wore? Too Faced Bless Her Heart eyeshadow
Last brown-colored product you wore? Urban Decay Buck eyeshadow
Last gold-colored product you wore? BareMinerals Luminizer Duo (the gold side ;P)

Genevieve Avatar

This is a great one for me as I often wear these colours together in my eye look.
Skin tone: Porcelain
Green Product: YSL Solo Slate green// Dior’s 3 couleurs Olive green
Brown Product: Naked 2: Busted, Snakebite
Gold Product: Half Baked UD – my favourite gold.

Dianne Avatar

Skin tone: fair with neutral undertones
Green: Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On eye pencil in Stash
Brown: Urban Decay eyeshadow in Vengeance (Pulp Fiction palette)
Gold: MUFE shadow in ME-644 (Artist Palette No. 1)

Karen Avatar

Nars Gobi, Mac n15.
Last green, today I wore UD mars liner with UD floss eyeshadow (Vice Ltd palette) over it, on bottom lash line.
Last brown, yesterday I wore Too Faced charmed I’m sure eyeshadow (sweet peach palette) to deepen my crease.
Last gold, yesterday I wore Colour Pop high tide eyeshadow on my lid. (Pale gold).
Fun question, just love reading everyone’s responses! So inspiring!

Sarah Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair as fair can be and warm (L’Oreal Tru Match W1)
Last green-colored product you wore? Ulta Baked Eyeshadow duo in Lucky Charm (discontinued, dang it!)
Last brown-colored product you wore? Grunge lippie stix by ColourPop
Last gold-colored product you wore? Elf Sunkissed bronzer

Lydia Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: NC40, warm medium-tan
Last green-colored product you wore? Makeup Forever Peacock Green
Last brown-colored product you wore? Makeup Geek Creme Brulee
Last gold-colored product you wore? Urban Decay Heavy Metal Liner in Baked (discontinued)

Lauren Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/Light with Neutral Undertones
Last green-colored product you wore? Mac Bottle Green Eye Shadow
Last brown-colored product you wore? L’Oreal Brow Stylist Plumper Brow Gel Mascara in medium-dark
Last gold-colored product you wore? Anastasia So Hollywood Illuminator

KJH Avatar

L>m, n>c.
Greens are in near constant rotation, due to night job. Yesterday I put on old UD Shattered l/s, which was greener than teal with age.
Brown: Lancôme and Blinc mascaras. Sepho Vintage palette: virtually all seem to have a sepia undertone.
Gold: the LMCS Copper was scary gold, when I tried it at night. Very bold. Had to tone it down w/ some light matte peach shade from MJ 20. Tried to rub it (LM) off during the evening, and no budging whatsoever. Better try it by daylight to see if it is more coppery, or try to get a lighter app with a brush. That was one screamin’ eyeshadow. Molten. Frightening. On old me, anyway.

Lea Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/Alabaster
Last green-colored product you wore? Not sure, though I just bought a Chantecaille shadow in Olivier last night, so will be wearing green pretty soon!
Last brown-colored product you wore? Tom Ford Golden Mink
Last gold-colored product you wore? Harder to say here; I used the bronzier shade in the Golden Mink look, but that might count a little. Otherwise Chantecaille Geode gel eyeliner is probably the closes I generally get to gold.

Gillian Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fairest neutral. Approx. NW05.

Last green-colored product you wore? I’m guessing that it would be the light, shimmering green from the Smashbox On The Rocks palette. I wear a lot of teal but not so much straight-up green.

Last brown-colored product you wore? The brown from the Tom Ford Nude Dip quad. I love this quad! It’s right up my street colour-wise and I’ve worn little else since I got it.

Last gold-colored product you wore? I don’t think I’ve worn gold in a while but I’m guessing it would have been the one from the Smashbox On The Rocks palette. I just leave that palette at my parent’s house for emergencies and when I visit to save me having to take a lot of makeup with me. ?

Diane Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: dark deep with red undertones
Last green-colored product you wore? don’t remember , i think it’s a kakhi nail polish by essie
Last brown-colored product you wore?/strong> coco bear by MUG
Last gold-colored product you wore? Highlighter by Mac Oh Darling

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