If it’s going to be over 10 shades, it should be somewhat cohesive. I don’t necessarily need it to have the perfect brow bone or transition shade (because I feel those are very skin tone dependent and including a beige highlighter often makes it a less useful shade to many skin tones!), but I...
I like duos and trios but more than that is where shades become less functional/useful generally… that being said, I wear a lot of colors/undertones myself (by choice), and a lot of the larger palettes are trying to appeal to “most,” which ends up being a light-to-medium skin tone usually so a...
Oh, definitely! I do this regularly and continuously to some extent. As I receive press samples, I set aside products for donation that I don’t expect to cover (from products that aren’t a good to fit ones I can’t use to products I already have). After I’ve tested and reviewed products, I...
One of the keys is to cut through the marketing hype, whether what’s been creating on social media or whatever spiel the brand has along the product on the website. I like to read reviews wherever I can find them, and I look for longer reviews; I like to read a mixture of lower-rated reviews...
I like to use fingertip and sponges for more diffused application while sticking with natural finishes–like a satin blush, luminous base, and so forth. This helps to retain the “skin” like finish that naturally occurs for me while giving me some coverage and color. For me, I have to do almost...
Here are the top three things I’d like to see done more consistently by more retailers: 1) clear color/finish/pigmentation descriptions (not marketing speak!), 2) ingredient lists, 3) swatches that aren’t edited beyond belief (I get it, make them look pretty, but they should look real, not...
I have not attempted one, but I do keep my purchases in line with my budget so that I’m not spending everything I make on makeup. My first bit of advice for a more successful no- or low-buy is being hyper-aware of WHY you’re doing one and why some other goal is more important right now than...
I keep them in larger plastic bins, since they tend to be an assortment of sizes (width/height/thickness), so my regular chest of drawers doesn’t work well for anything larger than duos/trios/quads. I segment palettes by brand for a few (like Urban Decay) as well as keep permanent palettes in a...
Same as the rest of my products — first by brand, and then by formula! When there are quite a few, I try to alphabetize them.
I keep about five shades in my vanity, which are more go-to shades (easy to wear, go with a lot of looks), while the rest is stored by brand and then by formula. I have my MAC lipsticks and glosses arranged by letter (As, Bs, etc.).
