I feel like I use both equally! I use liquid/cream highlighters mixed with foundation all the time, but I use powder highlighter for highlighting my cheekbones.
I still find I reach for powder over cream, but I’ve really grown to love cream blush. I think if I wasn’t blogging, it’d be more of a 50/50 split.
If I’m JUST wearing gloss, I like medium coverage – enough that it looks like I’m wearing something on my lips but opaque gloss can be heavier/higher maintenance. That being said, the new breed of lipstick/gloss that lasts forever and is transfer-resistant… those are opaque and I LOVE!
I like opaque coverage, as I can always sheer them out if desired. I find that opaque coverage tends to apply more evenly!
Medium coverage and buildable, so that way I can build up if preferred but I tend to layer over blush so I want some translucency.
I don’t mind sheerer for one-and-done, which isn’t my style per se, so I tend to like something pretty opaque since I’m more likely to use it as a base or as one of several eyeshadows.
If it’s very sparkly, I don’t mind sheerness as long as there is some slip, but for the most part, give me very pigmented but blendable.
Semi-sheer to medium, somewhat buildable, but I prefer something that isn’t sooo pigmented that the faintest touch of the brush yields opaque coverage!
The undertones and depths need to have a mix that works together, so enough mid-tone shades to balance out deeper shades, enough difference in depth and undertone between shades to create gradients without being too close together.
Profumum Roma Ambra Aurea, Pierre Guillaume Coze, Urban Decay Rebel Lipstick, Dr. Jart sheet masks (saving my skin lately), La Mer The Soft Fluid foundation.
