Survey Says... May 6th, 2020

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  • Your skin tone/coloring:
  • What’s your go-to neutral palette?
  • What’s your go-to colorful palette?
  • Do you prefer palettes or singles?

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Nancy T Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Under my name (blue-green eyes).

What’s your go-to neutral palette? Depends on my mood and what I’m wearing, but usually either UD Naked Honey, ABH Modern Renaissance or MUFE Nudes You Need.

What’s your go-to colorful palette? UD Urban Spectrum or Vice 3, Viseart Coy or Natasha Denona Lila.

Do you prefer palettes or singles? Palettes, for sure! It’s just so much easier and convenient to have everything in one spot ready to use.

Korinne Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair neutral

What’s your go-to neutral palette? Is Melt Gemini a neutral palette? I love my greens.

What’s your go-to colorful palette? I have my own singles palette that has a variety of bright colors from vendors (Sugarpill, Sydney Grace, Colourpop & Makeup Geek) that I love.

Do you prefer palettes or singles? Palettes, which is why Z-Palettes or the Colourpop empty one that I have is a lifesaver. I cannot stand singles running free (besides my $$$ Chantecaille single that will live in its case forever).

Celesta Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: above with freckles, green/gray/blue eyes, warm brown hair.

What’s your go-to neutral palette? Natasha Denona Star Palette. It’s so lovely!

What’s your go-to colorful palette? Natasha Denona Safari, Coloured Raine Safari Raine, Sugarpill Fun Size.

Do you prefer palettes or singles? Palettes. I find singles overwhelming and I’m not great at coming up with color stories with the thousands of options out there. I’d much rather be able to choose a few shades from a palette that’s been curated for me. Plus, palettes tend to be more cost effective,

Erica Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: light, MAC NC 20
What’s your go-to neutral palette? Right now it’s Viseart Cashmere Theory but over all its ABH Modern Renaissance

What’s your go-to colorful palette? Right now it’s Juvias Place Doucette

Do you prefer palettes or singles I like both!

Ana Maria Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Light-medium yellow warm undertone, dark warm brown and hair

What’s your go-to neutral palette? My custom made MAC palette with 15 eyeshadows, of which 11 are neutral

What’s your go-to colorful palette? My custom made MAC palette with 15 eyeshadows, of which 4 are neutral (shimmer green, shimmer blue, shimmer cranberry, matte purple).

Do you prefer palettes or singles? From the responses above it’s obvious that I prefer singles over palettes

Sarah Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Pale as the newly fallen snow and just as jarring to the senses.

What’s your go-to neutral palette? Lately – as in since December – it’s been the Textured Neutrals palette by Tati Beauty. It’s really a nice palette and covers everything I ever want out of a neutral eye. I try to use other neutral palettes but I can’t seem to break my love affair with this one.

What’s your go-to colorful palette? Well, I recently ordered the Natasha Denona Tropic palette because it was on sale and I marked it down further by using my Sephora coupon. I really like it as well, and I’ve been using it for my colorful looks as of late. My Sugarpill 12-pan custom palette is also a good go-to for colorful looks as I built it with every vibrant shade of the rainbow. I can count on both to be of good quality.

Do you prefer palettes or singles? Palettes, without a doubt. They’re just easier for me to store. With singles I feel obligated to buy those magnetic palettes and I have so many palettes already.

Mariella Avatar

I’m not a very “colourful” palette person (hence my reaction to that new Norvina one coming down the pipes) so probably UD’s BOS 3 (an oldie) or Vice 3. That’s “colourful” for me – a palette with some decent neutrals and a few more colourful shadows thrown in for fun.

Mariella Avatar

Oh – DUH – how did I miss most of this question?

Your skin tone/coloring: fair, cool
What’s your go-to neutral palette? still the original Naked palette; of newer or not discontinued ones, Smashbox Minimalist
What’s your go-to colorful palette? See above – the 2 palettes from Urban Decay
Do you prefer palettes or singles? Can I say “both”? I’ve been reaching for some long-neglected singles lately and enjoying them (MAC Havana, Birds&Berries, Satin Taupe and a few of the old Stila singles as well as some current and discontinued Sephora ones.

Rachel R. Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Under my name; magenta/red hair; hazel/green eyes.

What’s your go-to neutral palette? ABH Modern Renaissance, Huda Nude Obsessions Light, UD Naked Basics, MUFE Nudes You Need, UD x Gwen Stefani.

What’s your go-to colorful palette? Depends on the types of colors and finishes I’m wanting. I own mostly colorful palettes. Brights — Lately, CP She’s a Rainbow. Neons — UD Electric. Pastels — KVD Pastel Goth.

Do you prefer palettes or singles? Palettes!

Lauren Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, neutral/cool

What’s your go-to neutral palette? The Rom&nd quad in Dry Buckwheat Flower. It’s perfect.

What’s your go-to colorful palette? I don’t think I ever bought a colorful palette. When I’ve gone for color I’ve picked out singles.

Do you prefer palettes or singles? Singles! I like “curating” little palettes of my own, though I don’t have many singles. I can also go for quads/very small palettes. The bigger the palette, usually the smaller percentage of shadows I’d use.

Deborah S. Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Under my name.

What’s your go-to neutral palette? Too Faced Natural Eyes palette and WNW Walking on Eggshells.
What’s your go-to colorful palette? Viseart Boheme and Coy palettes.
Do you prefer palettes or singles? I am fine with either when I am home but for obvious reasons, palettes when I travel.

brendacr1 Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: above by my name, dark brow hair w/highlights, hazel eyes
What’s your go-to neutral palette? Any of the UD Naked Palettes
What’s your go-to colorful palette? PM Decadence
Do you prefer palettes or singles? Palettes

Heather Dishman Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/Neutral with some Pink tones

What’s your go-to neutral palette?: Colourpop Bare Necessities

What’s your go-to colorful palette? I have so many colorful palettes, I just go with a color scheme that works best with my outfit.

Do you prefer palettes or singles? Palettes, I just cannot get into single eyeshadows.

Genevieve Avatar

Your skin tone/colouring: Porcelain, with pink undertones

What’s your go-to neutral palette? Generally for neutrals I reach for both my Naked palettes (1 & 2), ABH Sultry, Maybelline’s Burgundy Bar and Huda’s Smokey Obsessions. For a more bronzey/gold neutral look Pixi Beauty Reflex Light. I also use the neutral shades in Vice 2.

What’s your go-to colorful palette? I have quite a few of these: Lorac Pro Metal; bareMinerals The Playlist and Soft and Smokey; Dior’s Bonne Etoile, Lancome’s Jade Fever. To name a few…

Do you prefer palettes or singles? Palettes – so much easier to store and use.

Nikki Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: fair/cool skin (foundation matches: Fenty Pro Filt’r 110, Urban Decay All Nighter 2.5, NARS Natural Radiant Longwear 2.0 Mont Blanc, Kevyn Aucoin The Etherealist Light EF 02, L’Oreal True Match C3 Creamy Natural), gray eyes, brown hair with red highlights and scattered blonde/blue strands. My everyday base products are Fenty-Amber Match Stick as cheek contour and Pro Filt’r concealer and Soft Matte foundation in 110.
What’s your go-to neutral palette? The most neutral palette in my collection is the 6-pan palette-gold, 2 browns, peach, a shimmery charcoal, and a pop of red-from an old LA Colors FYX: Bronze gift set. I don’t know or care where the rest of the set got to, but the palette’s quite versatile.
What’s your go-to colorful palette? I don’t have an answer for this one. The vast majority of my palettes are a combination of neutrals and bright colors.
Do you prefer palettes or singles? Palettes, by far.

Carla Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Light-Medium Olive

What’s your go-to neutral palette? Custom Inglot and TF Mink Mirage

What’s your go-to colorful palette? Viseart Coy, Grand Pro III and a custom Inglot, ND and Colorpop pallet

Do you prefer palettes or singles? I’d prefer custom palettes, although most off all I love to mix and match pallets the most (today it’s Marc Jacobs Edgitorial and TF Double Indemnity, yesterday the original Norvina with TF Virgin Orchid)

DVa Avatar

Skin tone/coloring: Neutral light
Go-to neutral palette: Too Faced Natural Matte Palette
Go-to colorful palette: Hmmm… likely ABH Bybel or Riviera
Palettes or singles: Palettes, hands down.

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