Survey Says... October 28th, 2020

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  • Your skin tone/coloring:
  • Three products you couldn’t put down this month?
  • Favorite cheek products this month?
  • Favorite eye products this month?

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Nancy T Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Under my name (blue-green eyes, dark hair)

Three products you couldn’t put down this month? Purple everything, ie; Viseart Amethyst Theory, Coy, and CP Ur A Cutie, oh and Sephora Cream Lip Stain in Endless Purple! KVD Tattoo Liner. And, of course, lip BALM!

Favorite cheek products this month? UD Noho, MAC Double Gleam and Le Leyenda, DoC Miramé, and almost every shade in both Hourglass Ghost Quad and Dior Backstage Glitz quad.

Favorite eye products this month? Viseart Amethyst and Coy, CP UR A QT, PML Divine Rose II, and various MAC Pro Pan neutral singles like: Tete A Teint, Saddle, Arena, Kid, Haux, Folie. KVD Trooper, Smashbox Fishnet Always On Eye Pencil. Also, I am now a believer in L’Oreal Lash Paradise WP mascara!

Mariella Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: pale, cool
Three products you couldn’t put down this month? Elizabeth Arden Lip Fix (and I’m still wearing lipstick, despite masks – I’m not going down without a fight), Dior Jungle 5-pan, The Ordinary Glycolic Toner
Favorite cheek products this month? MAC Sweet Sentiment Mineralize Blush or their Glow Play blush in Rosy Does It.
Favorite eye products this month? The creamy, dreamy, all-together-wonderful Dior Jungle palette. I think it’s the best e/s purchase or the one I’ve enjoyed the most in quite a while.

Ana Maria Avatar

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

Three products you couldn’t put down this month? I’m in that loop of using the same things, the MAC Prolongwear Concealer, MAC Blotting Powder and MAC Veluxe Eyebrow Pencil (especially since I got my first eyebrow threading since March)

Favorite cheek products this month? I mostly used MAC Harmony, an old time favorite, but cheek products don’t get me too excited these days

Favorite eye products this month? I played around with most of my eyeshadows, I like them all in the end… but the standout favorite is always the eye primer, I can’t believe how much I still like the ABH eye primer even after all this time.

kjh Avatar

I’m always amazed at success w/abh primer. For Me: It didn’t set, even very thinly applied, the shadow flew off, I started to sweat, and i was left with melting milk of magnesia dripping from my yes. Three times, same drill. Something in it does not agree w/me. Pretty funny, except when i was away from home, and wiping off the MOM off my entire face.

Ana Maria Avatar

I am also amazed at success with other products people usually love. 😀 But it shows how different our preferences and techniques are.

I do apply a tiny amount (I agree that overdoing it basically covers the eyelid in milk of magnesia) on naked lids. But it dries fast, sets the eyeshadow in place all day long, no creasing or transfer, all colors are more vivid. It’s so good, I repurchased it even if my first tube oozed like crazy and I was wasting product (they seem to have fixed the issue).
I even dab a little on the bridge of my nose, to prevent eyeglasses moving around foundation.

janine Avatar

That’s a great trick with the eye glasses. I like the abh primer also but trying to use up the stuff I have first before purchasing any new eye primer. My Mac paint pot is on like 4 years? I can see the bottom. Lol. I heard hourglass one is good too?

Celesta Avatar

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

Three products you couldn’t put down this month? Missha M Perfect Cover BB Cream, Paula’s Choice Super Light Daily Wrinkle Defense Sunscreen (mixed with the BB cream), Em Cosmetics Infinite Lip Clouds in Rose Nude and Fades Clementine

Favorite cheek products this month? Pixi Sheer Cheek Gel in Flushed, Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush in Mood Exposure, Stuka Heaven’s Hue Highlight in Kitten… I use all three together and it is the prettiest mauvey/berry cheek.

Favorite eye products this month? My Clionadh shadows, specifically Kiln (it is so magical); PMGL MTHRSHP Mega Celestial Divinity palette (omg, I didn’t know I could love a palette this much, I’m SO happy I purchased it, it is truly divine); and Natasha Denona Metropolis palette (truly the perfect fall palette).

CeeBee Avatar

Your skin tone/colouring: Light medium, yellow undertones. Dark brown hair & eyes.

Three products you couldn’t put down this month? Perricone MD Face Firming & Finishing moisturiser, Laniege Lip Sleeping Mask in Grapefruit and Mecca To Save Face 50+ SPF superscreen… I went to the beach for a week holiday and the weather was glorious!

Favourite cheek products this month? Lorac LUX Diamond Golden Hour highlighter palette, By Beauty Bay blush in Blossom and Tarte Blush Authority Cheek Wardrobe Trio.

Favourite eye products this month? Essence Lash Princess waterproof mascara, Morphe 35XO Natural Flirt palette, Linda Hallberg Flash crayon in Whipple. I thought the Colourpop Sandstone palette was pretty great too.

Lucia Avatar

Skin tone/coloring – light end of light, cool undertones, I think I have olive overtones though
Products I couldn’t put down –
1) Too Faced Pumpkin Spice eyeshadow palette – I’ve really been enjoying this even more than I thought I would. A few of the shimmers, though gorgeous, are very dry and require a wet brush, but the mattes are vibrant and the color story is fairly cohesive). I’ve been supplementing with yellow golds or other shades, but I haven’t been this attached to a palette for this long in a while.
2) Clinique High Impact Mascara – I guess I got a sample at some point but this has been a really nice, lengthening, non-clumpy mascara. I *whispers* like this better than Better Than Sex (duh, it was only the most overrated product ever) and even L’Oreal Lash Paradise.
3) Lorac Eye Pencil – also a sample size. Just a really smooth, dark black to pop on the lower lash line. Great for making the eyes smolder for mask makeup.
Favorite cheek products – CoverFX blush duo in Spiced Cinnamon
Favorite eye products – Well, I guess I covered the eye products I couldn’t put down haha.

Dannell Avatar

Light/Med dry skin, green eyes and blonde hair (bleached!)
Three products you couldn’t put down this month? My Andalou Naturals Cannacell Dreamy Night Cream, the Maybelline Lifter Gloss in Topaz and VOIR A Walk in the Sun: Luxury Hair Oil (It smells dreamy and is helping my dry hair not look so straw like with the weather change!)
Favorite cheek products this month? OG Benefit Benetint! It gives me a lovely, fresh check that lasts all day even with my mask wearing!
Favorite eye products this month? I have been having SO much fun playing with the ELF bite sized pallete’s!

Erica Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: light, MAC NC 20

Three products you couldn’t put down this month? Chanel Ultra le Teint Velvet Foundation, Chanel Cuivre Rose eyeshadow and Bobbi Brown Face Base

Favorite cheek products this month? Tarte Exposed or MAC EDB in Hushed Tone

Favorite eye products this month? Lancôme Monseuir Big mascara, Chanel Cuivre Rose, MAC Tan pigment and Juvias Place Nomad

Arena Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: above, under name

Three products you couldn’t put down this month? Lisa Eldridge Lipsticks; Lisa Eldridge Lip Gloss; Hydrating Spray

Favorite cheek products this month? Cream Bronze (Chanel Soleil), Cream Blush (Ulta) in a peach shade from my project pan; has been a super pretty combo.

Favorite eye products this month? ND Bronze palette. Viseart Coy palette.

Rachel R. Avatar

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

Three products you couldn’t put down this month? Lip balms in general; Too Faced Shadow Insurance — on my eyes and my nose (to help foundation stick there); UD Born to Run Palette.

Favorite cheek products this month? Mauve blushes in general; BH Cosmetics Frosé 6-Color Highlighter Palette (stunning!!!); Sephora Collection Holographic Face & Cheek Palette (worked great for travel).

Favorite eye products this month? UD Born to Run Palette; Terra Moon Cosmetics Iridescent Chameleon Shadow in Red Giant; Baby Bat Beauty Pressed Multichrome Shadow in Amulet; SugarPill Cool Pros Mini Palette.

Shani Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: deep skin tone, neutral undertone
Three products you couldn’t put down this month? Hourglass veil translucent powder (I’m doing virtual therapy sessions for clients and I swear this stuff makes my under eyes look better lol), CoverFX setting powder, makeup Revolution bronzer!!!
Favorite cheek products this month? CoverFX blush duo in Mojave mauve
Favorite eye products this month? Ace beaute grandiose palette

Genevieve Avatar

Your skin tone/colouring: Porcelain, with pink undertones

Three products you couldn’t put down this month? Maybelline’s Copper Charge lipstick, Chanel’s Tisse D’Automne, Colour Pop Tea Thyme lipstick.

Favorite cheek products this month? Clinique’s Melon Pop

Favorite eye products this month? There’s been a few: PMG’s Sublime Mini palette, Naked 1 & 2, Pixi Beauty Reflex Light, PMG Lapis Luxury single,

Stephanie Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Pale, warm-yellow, blue eyes, dark hair

Three products you couldn’t put down this month? Juvia’s The Sweet Pinks & The Taupes mini palettes, plus the LA Girl Shockwave black eyeliner

Favorite cheek products this month? PUR’s peach marbled blush surprised the heck out of me

Favorite eye products this month? Juvia’s Place eyeshadows, even though they are now on my no-buy list. I will enjoy what I have, but I probably won’t buy any more from them for a while. It doesn’t seem like they’ve done much to fix their image after the JS debacle from last year.

Mel Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: Light Golden Medium
Three products you couldn’t put down this month? Hourglass holiday palettes, Fenty Slip Shines, Trish McEvoy’s foundation brush 76
Favorite cheek products this month? Hourglass Vibrant Flush, Chanel Rose Petale
Favorite eye products this month? EM Cosmetics Pick Me Up Mascara

Kimberly Avatar

Three products you couldn’t put down this month? Colourpop Super Shock Shadow in “Honor Roll”, MAC Matte Lip Mousse in “My Better Half”, and Colourpop Super Shock Highlighter in “Churro”

Favorite cheek products this month? Tarte Amazonian Clay Blushes, particularly “Shimma & Shake” and “Study Sesh”

Favorite eye products this month? The ABH x Jackie Aina palette and the Super Shock Shadow

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