(The phrasing of the question is to avoid answers like sunscreen, moisturizer, etc.!) Natasha Denona Biba Palette (those super-sized eyeshadows would last me awhile!), Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara, Cover FX Warm Honey Blush Duo, Fenty Beauty Universal Glow Lip Gloss, Anastasia Ebony Dipbrow (guess it’d have to double as an eyeliner!).
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*Chanel Bronzer Soleil Tan
*Clinique Cheek Pop Blush in Melon Pop
*MAC Hug Me Lipstick
*Chanel Le Volum Mascara
*Huda Orange Obsession Palette
Honestly, I’d be fine on a desert island with an endless supply of 3 color products:
1. Cream Blush — I’m looking for a new one. Mine (Chanel, Burberry) are no longer readily available.
2. ABH Brow Wiz in Ebony
3. Givenchy Magnolia Organza lipstick
What a great choice of lipstick, I love it.
– Nars Exhibit A blush
– Game Face super shock shadow from colourpop
– Nightmooth lip liner from mac
– Cherry blossom from Coloured Raine
– Essence eye pencil in berry merry
I wanted to say MAC lip liner in Night Moth but since I went with my favorite peachy blush I didn’t think it would go well, but Night Moth is my favorite pencil and I have gone through at least 5 or 6 in my MAC career!
Thank goodness a palette is permitted (I see by your reply, Christine, that it is). Dior Rosy Glow Awakening Blush, MAC Craving lipstick, Sephora Cappucino eyeliner, either Urban Decay’s Naked 1 or 2 or the ABH Mario palette and I’m not sure what would be my 5th….I’m trying to keep one option open but either a highlight shadow if I take the ABH palette (something like Stila Starlight, maybe) or Too Faced Sweetie Pie bronzer or Dior 002 (Pink) Nude Air Luminizer if I take a Naked palette. I guess we can take it as a given that along with sun screen and skin care, we also have a mirror??? (and concealer?)
Desert island or deserted island or deserted desert island? Need to know.
Now, you’re asking the important questions!
For real! My “deserted Canadian island” (A la the fantastic novel Bear by Marian Engel) list is way different than my “deserted tropical island” list.
*My ABH brow pencil in… Auburn? I think that’s the color I wear.
*Some sort of mascara, I honestly don’t have a favorite right now.
*Urban Decay Moondust Palette
*Makeup Geek Glitz foiled highlighter
*Urban Decay Big Bang Lipstick
I feel like with enough glitter and shimmer, I should be able to catch the attention of passing ships or planes and get rescued 😉
Becca Prismatic Amethyst highlighter, Dior lip glow in Raspberry, Stila Glitter and Glow in Sunset Cove, Too Faced BTS mascara in waterproof, and Lancome Juicy Shaker in Berry
.1.) Because I don’t have ND Biba yet, I would choose my Lila palette or UD Born To Run palette. Both have one super dark shade I could use for brows, although one is a deep taupey plummy satin….
2.) Becca Chrissy Teigan face palette.
3.) Maybelline Full & Soft waterproof mascara
4.) Pat McGrath She’s Heaven Luxetrance Lipstick or MAC Marque Ultimate Lipstick
5.) Becca Beach Nectar lipgloss
Clé de Peau Radiant Fluid Foundation
Chanel Les Beiges Les Indispensables (2019 9-pan collection)
Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof in Noir Intense
Bobbi Brown Smoky Eye Mascara in black
NARS sheer lipstick in Dolce Vita
1. Ciate blush in Summer Love (It is an illuminating blush so I could do away with highlighter.
2. L’Oreal Luminous Shine in Luminous Coral (although my favorite shade is Map to Nirvana or Blackberry but since I went with a more peachy/coral blush I decided to actually try and co-ordinate!!)
3. Charlotte Tilbury lip cheat in Iconic Nude
4. Buxom Waterproof Mascara
5. Eye shadow palette is proving to be the hardest to nail down. I wanted to go with Viseart Coy but since it is all shimmers I would like a matte but I think the lovely, vibrant shades of Coy are perfect for a desert island. I have to say, I am really loving the Melt Impulsive palette and since it is a good mix of mattes and shimmers I would go with that. The palette is likely the reason I am stranded on a desert island since the weight of it probably made the plane crash. Oh, sorry, I guess it doesn’t say we are stranded, oops.
1. BH Cosmetics Carli Bybel Deluxe palette
2. ABH dipbrow in Chocolate
3. Ofra blush pro palette
4. Colourpop Lumiere lippie stix
5. Designer Brands Absolute Lash Mascara
Oh, you know I’m all about palettes! I may as well be entertained while on that island, so I’ll want lots of colors to play with.
1. Urban Decay Vice 3 Palette. I love the colors in it, and I’d have plenty of variety and a large mirror.
2. Tarte Pin-Up Blush Palette. All my basic shades, and I swear Tarte blushes take forever to use up.
3. Urban Decay Junkie Vice Lipstick Palette. It has a great variety of colors: Nudes, fuchsias, purples, warms, cools,…even a green. I can mix the shades, too.
4. Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye liner in Perversion. My HG black and most used liner of all time. Stands up to water and heat. It stays in my waterlines.
5. Urban Decay Troublemaker Mascara. I have to have a black mascara. My lashes just aren’t thick enough anymore to wear bare. Troublemaker makes my lashes look fantastic:.
Colourpop Fame Palette (Cool neutrals look the best on me, and this palette has a good range. I considered something more colorful, but this is the palette I pack most often for trips.)
MAC Mineralize Sweet Enough Blush (It’s such a natural shade on me.)
Tarte Light Camera Lashes Mascara (or Lancôme Definicils)
ABH Brow Wiz (I could use this as a liner, too, perhaps.)
MAC Hey Frenchie Lipstick (Any similar shade would do, but I love how this formula feels.)
•RMS Buriti Bronzer (bronzer/blush/eyeshadow)
•quad of four Tarte metallic eyeshadows: a plum, copper, taupe, and red for using on the lashline.
•MAC “Humour Me” Mineralize Blush
•Lipstick Queen “Frog Prince” or “Morning Sunshine”
•RMS “Sacred” lip shine
I can see now that I didn’t think of mascara or liner!
Scrap the eyeshadow and lip shine and make it L’Oreal Double Extend mascara and my Kryolan cake liner.
MAC Paint Pot in Groundwork
Aromaleigh Highlighter in Diana
Benefit blush in Dandelion
ColourPop brow liner in Honey Blonde
Maybelline The Falsies Navy Glam mascara
My choices would be:
L’Oreal True Match foundation in Porcelain Rose
EA blush in Sweet Peach
Colour Pop lipstick in Foolish
Eye brow pencil in soft taupe
Lorac Pro Metals palette/Stila in the Garden.
My favourites eyeshadow custom Z palette (probably considered cheating, but I depotted a ton of my single Lancome, Urban Decay, Make Up For Ever, and MAC shadows because I needed space).
Colourpop Heather Pop blush.
Urban Decay Rebel lipstick.
Urban Decay Liar lipliner.
Urban Decay Perversion mascara.
That should be Clinique Heather Pop blush. ?
These are literally what I had on my face on my honeymoon in Bali (think sun, heat and humidity):
– Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter – 4 Medium
– Kjaer Weis Cream Blush – Sun Touched
– Lancome Monsieur Big mascara
– Glossier Boy Brow – Black
– Origins Blooming Sheer Lip Balm – Honey Blush / By Terry Baume De Rose Nutri-Couleur – Toffee Cream
I’m hoping these do not include “base” products because I’d like to have my GA Power Fabric Concealer and CT Airbrush Flawless Finish Powder handy, too. ;D