What are your three most used matte eyeshadows lately?
Well, “lately” for me will be the past year and change… and I think they are: Sydney Grace Umbra, Pat McGrath Xtreme Aubergine, and Natasha Denona Freckle.
— Christine
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Probably Stila Puppy, Sephora Cashmere Coat and the right side of NARS Old Church Street duo (or maybe Mac Blanc Type – it’s a toss-up).
Hm, hard to pin down but I think Sydney Grace Beyond, MAC Soft Teddy and Urban Decay Limit.
I am looking forward to trying Umbra myself! Do you know what time tomorrow the release begins?
I’ve been addicted to my UD Naked3 Basics palette lately. My three most used shades are Frisk, Cover, and Primal.
Makeup Geek Peach Smoothie
That’s it! Everything else changes all the time!!
Sad about MUG, I think their shadows were great. : (
MAC Bamboo, Back to Surreality & Soft Teddy
Right now, Sydney Grace Cold Brew (Deep), Sydney Grace Daystar, and Sydney Grace Drift. Haha, you’ve definitely converted me to SG’s matte formula! 🙂
Drift and Daystar are two of my staples as well! And the Coffee Talk palette (but in Light) is my go-to when I’m in a hurry.
Also, wow, Cold Brew (Deep) looks like the perfect taupe!
Even though it’s not technically a matte, but applies and looks like one: MAC Orb is the main one, followed by MAC Soft Brown and Menagerie Cosmetics Squeak and Wingin’ It from Flight Club palette in equal measures whenever I lay a base for a purple eye look! Although to be fair, my eye looks have been all over the map color wise recently.
1. ABH Love Letter (I use it for my eyebrows).
2. Two Faced Milk Chocolate
3. UD Naked2
ABH Fresh—which I’ve almost completely panned on the Sultry palette and I actually purchased as a single last night lol, then probably Huda Beauty Crash & Huda Beauty Momentum from the Mercury Retrograde palette
MAC Cork, Georgia Peach and Quarry
Generally I don’t use matte eyeshadows at all, but on occasion I have used Buck in Naked 1 – mainly because I want a base for a shimmery shade on top. Another one I have used, for the same reason, is a similarly coloured shade from ND’s Glam – which was of really good quality I have to say.
MAC Wedge (huge pan, I think it will be the first eyeshadow I’ll actually finish in a long while)
MAC Quarry (recently hit pan)
MAC Print (my go to whenever I feel grunge vibes)
I’ve been wearing the Natasha Denona Pastel palette a lot in the last few weeks, so I’m going to pick a few of its mattes: Bora, Airy, and then Bubble narrowly beats out Brisk and Zest for the final slot.
Not an eyeshadow but coverFx Sunkissed Bronze, the left matte side. Blends well, good base, quick as I’m already using it on my face.
If I’m building a fancier look, the top two middle mattes from Viseart Solstice mini, Lodge from ND Gold mini, or Resistance from Viseart Libertine palette. I find using a bit of matte keeps sparkly shadows and (waterproof) eye pencils from migrating too far everywhere on my oily, hooded eyelids.
Mine are probably:
Sydney Grace Drift
Sydney Grace Frappe from the Coffee Talk (Light) palette
Sydney Grace Java from the Coffee Talk (Light) palette
Other staples include SG Beyond, SG Camel, and SG Daystar from the Summer Days palette
Naked Blush (PML – DR II), Sundown and Suntan (ND – Bronze).
Because mattes are like transition colors that I only think about just for that purpose, I usually choose whatever is in the palette(s) I’m using for a look or for some rare times a matte color that I remember I have that will help with a transition. That said, there is one matte color that I almost always have in my head that works with a lot of the peacock or cool tone looks I like and for a while it was in EVERYONE’s palette: a pale cool lavender grey (such as Kat Von D’s “Sarah” in the 10th Anniversary palette or a darker version in Natasha Denona’s “Per Se” (135CM) in the Lila palette. I I like eyeliner pencils in these colors (but more grey and darker) as well.