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What color family do you have the most eyeshadows from? Greens, blues, browns, highlighters…
Probably golds or greens!
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Probably browns and other neutrals. However I don’t own that many eyeshadows because I have a really difficult time trying to put them on. I love lavenders and purples though… I need to try on some more!
Brown…
I never realize this until you asked, but I have the most neutrals! Highlight colors, medium browns as transition colors, and dark grays & black for outer corners. But I love bright color eyeshadows, I swear! lol
Pink and purple.
Purples
Definitivly Blue. Many many
Browns and Taupes definitely!
me too! 🙂
I’m a sucker for purples.. I don’t even know how many I own.
I am the same way!! 🙂
Oh god too many blues and greens.
greys/browns/taupes & purples
Without a doubt coppers and purples.
same here, mostly grays and purples. I have dark hair and blue-green eyes, those colors seem to work best on me. I’m also older, so the really bright eyeshadows are harder to pull off these days.
I’d say dark taupes like BareEscentual’s Drama & MAC’s Satin Taupe. You can wear them w/any color on the color wheel and they make great crease/liner colors.
i wanna say brown? but i think purples come in fairly close
Browns, Taupes, Plums & Purples
Golds, bronze and browns!
purples!!
violet
Neutrals, Taupes, dark navy blues, dark browns, greys.
Browns and purples.
Tooooo many purples and turquoise 😀
in order of how much i have of each: purples, stormy blues, plummy browns, neutrals, smokey darks and highlight colors.
i stay away from brights and especially orange and yellow which i don’t think i can pull off.
golds/browns!
browns and neutrals. I think I have like all shades of brown so I’m covered for a neutral look =O)
Purples and browns.
i have blue eyes so probably reds, browns, and blues (not together)
Browns for sure…
lime greens! that’s if we’re whittling it down to specifics though. i have 2 greens that aren’t lime. 😐
but if we’re just going by general colour umbrella, it’d be… nope, still green, closely followed by pink.
Blues and violets
golds & neutrals.. i don’t own many bright colours!!
browns unfortunately!! I would like to own more colours but they never seem to look right on me..
Purples.
golds and taupes!
browns and neutrals…
Neutrals and browns for sure!
Blues & neutrals but only by a few shades.
It’s pretty even across the board (except for the pinks and oranges but are catching up). I have greens, yellows/golds, and purples in pretty close numbers.
browns,neutrals,gold,bronze!
Shades of blue, followed by purples, then greens.
Blues and Violets ^_^
Browns. And greens if it counts that I have a gazillion greens in pigment form but not so many in pan form.
i’m actually quite ballanced 🙂 i could easily have more blues if i didn’t watch myself. but i try to only have so much at any given time 🙂
Greens and purples.
Definitely greens and pale browns.
Purples definitely.
I decided I will not be buying another purple for sometime.
Purples for sure.
Purple, followed by bronze!
purples! my favorite
After browns it’s variations on blue and green and the colors in between, aqua, turquoise, seafoam etc.
Greens, blues and purples.
Purple and all nude ones (brown, white..) (I’m sorry, my “school-english” sucks..)
muted purples and grays… deffo need too inject some color here! 😀
About an even split green/blues and purples.
Brown or purple. I have red hair and very pale skin. I love green, but it doesn’t look right on me.
Purples ! I love them … I do have quiet a lot of blues & pinks too though .
Blue. Hands down.
Browns and purples.
Probably browns, golds and greens… 🙂
brown, taupe, gold. lot of warm colours 🙂
I’m such a sucker for purple eyeshadows!!!
I own mostly browns to brownish pinks, however lately I seem to be buying a lot of purple hues, even though I rarely wear purple just because they’re so pretty
Golds, nudes, and pinks 🙂
Browns and golds 🙂
hands down blue this brown eyed girl loves blues
Browns, taupes, neutrals in general…I own almost every neutral ;pigment done by MAC in the last 2 yeras or so…I actually have a boat load of naked which is my favorite colour EVER!!
Nude with shimmer and every gold under the sun
Browns & neurtrals
purples and browns
Grays, blacks, and charcoals. And any and all variations of them
golds, bronze and purples!!!
Gold/brown/bronze
Mostly wine and burgundy colors. I don’t know why that is because i really like browns and beige colors!lol
I have a lot of neutrals and purples … But I prefer teals and greens.
Browns on almost all variations of finishes and shades (muted, light, medium, dark, golden, reddish, coppery, peachy… champagnes, beiges, taupes, browns). I think I have like 30 ;-b
Make Up Store without a doubt.
Purples
Browns and neautrals.
lots of purples!
i have soooo many eyeshadows..it’s what i like to do the most (play up the eyes and play down the lips). my eye shadow spectrum runs all over the place even though i have green eyes and i should really concentrate on greens, browns, golds and such but i threw those rules out the window a long time ago and do whatever i like 🙂
Purples and golds
Purples! I just can’t help myself…
purple and blue lol
Good Question! 🙂
Prolly Browns, Violet (purples) and Blacks
Oh, definitely purples for me… obsessed with this color!
Definitely greens, followed by purples.
my purples/fuschias take up 2/3 of a Mac Pro palette. then followed by blues. i love my intense-colored eyeshadows!
From MAC, browns…neutrals. These are not including my UD and other palettes.
Browns,coppers and shimmery nudes/pinks! They seem to brighten my blue-green eyes the most!
But I want NARS Daphne soooo bad!
Purples because I am forever looking for good ones, haha.
Browns & purples
Pink/purple, no contest.
Black and blues I seem to have the most of. Followed by browns, purples, and greens. I should take some time and lay all my pencils out in a rainbow and do a huge swatch of them.
I’m a dork. I was reading the eye pencils article and thought it said eye pencils here. Shadows wise I prolly have a ton of browns and blues. Hmm I see a theme here. LOL
Purples. Can’t stop buying more and more purple saying “but i don’t have that specific shade!” Im fair with hazel eyes and dark hair, it makes the green in my eyes really pop and i love it 🙂
Oranges & coppers. I’ve got blue eyes and red hair and orange makes my eyes pop and almost looks like a neutral on me.
Purple, and I have a ton of shadow in the silver to black spectrum.
Highlights, Browns/Golds & Purples
Browns/neutrals, definitely.
Definitely browns!
blues/ greens/ golds
Mostly browns.
Neutrals/hilight colors.. after that blues
cool browns, blues and greens
Purples – everything in that color spectrum!
I have a great range due to collecting kits. I have the Urban Decay Book of Shadows II & III, and the Pixie Pin Ups set from Too Faced, as well as their Natural Eye kit. So I have a nice range of neutrals, but I also have lots of bright shadows and darker shades too. It’s nice to be able to be really dramatic with my eye make-up one day, and then go super neutral the next.
Not counting my Urban Decay Naked palette, I have the most blues and pinks.
Browns and purples!
Brown seems to dominate for me…Perhaps oranges. I don’t really know. I try and buy a variation! But when I can’t decide on a colour, I go for browns because they can be more subtle. xD
Purples! Next, would be blacks/greys/silvers.
i’d say the brown/taupe family. tons of brown/plum shades, neutrals
Smoky shades and greens
Browns and golds
Browns and neutrals…but not just the normal, flat matte stuff, I love neutrals with duochrome or sparkles or shimmer!
Browns and purples.
Definitely gold/bronze and purple, they’re my favorite colors and make my brown eyes look amazing 🙂
I have several green eyeshadows they r so pretty but I dnt use them as much as my neutral brown and blue shadow but for some reason I continue to buy greens
neutrals from champagnes to gold to multiple shades of browns.
and
Greens! I can never have enough dark forest greens. They are my alternatives to the boring black and dark brown smokey looks.
I have so many blues/greens/turquoises. No other colours come close.
Pink/taupe/violet/
purple-brown-teal
in this order
I’ve got my eyeshadows stored by colour family so I know my answer for sure: greens and violets followed by pinks. 😀
Crazy for neutrals, browns & grays. MAC Era is my favorite all around everyday color
Browns, silvers, peaches…and neutral colors.
Blues and teals for me 🙂
Purples!!!
Purples and greens and neutral colors in that order.
Ever since I gave away my Nyx Champagne & Caviar Palette, I seem to have a healthy mix of everything. I want more glowy peaches though. My eyes can do with all the bright they can get.
I have so many different greens but need much more! I also have a lot of purples.
Browns/Bronzes & Violet/Plums. I don’t even want to know how many I have…
for me its purples
Browns and taupes. Love them!!
Definitely neutrals and purples.
Browns/Coppers, Forsure.
Def..pinks!!! luv em!!! I have to say my all time favorite is Stars N’ Rockets by MAC!!!I heart it <3
Hmm. I gravitate toward blues and teals, but I think I honestly have more neutrals…which is funny, because I never wear brown shadows.
Definitely purples!
Purples or Aqua/Teal/Blues.
purple and pinks! (my favorite colors)
browns
neutrals but slowly starting to get into greens and blues…took me long enough 🙂
Golds, Oranges and Purples
I have mostly browns and neutrals, followed by grays, since I live and die by a chocolate or gray smokey eye. I really want to find more purples though, as I have bright green eyes I like enhancing!
Bronze, gold and beige. All shimmery, too.
reds, more specifically that shimmery cranberry color
I must have like 7 shadows like that including the most recent MAC Venomous Villians in Vainglorious. That metallic reddish color makes my eyes sparkle!!
Browns. I’m not sure why I can’t say no to them.
BEIGES, EGGSHELLS, OFF WHITES…ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT MY FAVORITE IN COLOR.
browns and golds.
purples purples PURPLES!!!! YEAH!
Scarlet, orange, and copper. My current favourite is Electro-Koi by Fyrinnae; it does fantastic things for duo-coloured eyes.