Curious to know if there are any shades in palettes which you never seem to touch! Mine are definitely gold shades, any type of gold or light bronze shades are not my cup of tea and almost every palette I own has some form of a gold! My favorite colors are definitely dark shimmery browns and light shimmery highlight shades, and also a cream toned matte shade!
Nudes, cool browns, mauve shades. Purples and olive greens. Terracotta orange. Nothing too bright
I very rarely use the blacks. I have some gorgeous slates and deep browns if I need to deepen a colour. But black always seems to look very unpolished on me.
Black just feels like it can get muddy and messy very quick
oo I always use blacks for setting my liner, plus maybe even using it with a brown for my brows ☺️
I never use the ashy grey shades!
I almost always use white and pale nude shades, even with more colorful looks. Aside from those I’m using silvers, light blues, and light purples often recently.
I never use green or black shades - I don’t think that green suits me, and I can never get black to not look too harsh.
Greens or blues. Need warm tones
Reddish brown/burgundy/pink/orange. They are almost everywhere 🥲
Anything with pink or red makes me look like I’m a zombie.
Always go for: Taupe, mauve, burgundy, grey, cool brown, eggplant purple, lilac, pinks,
Avoid: White, overly saturated colors, super warm colors
i could’ve written that. thank you!!
Someone told me when I was young and just starting makeup not to wear pinks, reds, or mauves because they’ll make me look like I was crying. It’s totally not true, but I find myself avoiding them anyway. I love a good dark purple or lilac though…
I never use silver shadows or pale nude/whites- Doesn’t suit me.
I look for specific dark chocolate browns. Browns with chestnut, cool tones, warm tones. A good dark brown shadow can complete a whole look.
Wait omg how did I forget that silver shadows exist 🤭 thankfully I have like 2 silvers in my collection cause I definitely would never use them!
Oh lord I used to wear silver eyeshadow daily in 2008-2016 ish
I avoid cool tones shadows, purples, blues, etc. love me the golds, browns, warm nudes and pinks. I’m a ghostly pale ginger and any cool toned shades make me look ill, or like a clown
You hit the nail on the head! I’m a pale ginger and could never figure out why people recommend cool tones to light skinned people. It just makes the rest of my face feel super red, and my eyes look clownish.
The only colors that I’d add are orange and red. They just make my blue eyes pop so much. The 2010’s “sunset” look, with yellows, oranges, and deep reds just play so well with my hair and skin.
I love the oranges for more summery looks! They’re so good with the blue eyes, especially if I’m wearing green! 🙌🏻
Agreed!!! I’m an (unnatural) ginger but my skin suits it being pale and warm
That’s so interesting, I’m also a ghostly pale ginger and I look sick in orange - it has to be cool toned and dark or vibrant color, esp grey, purple and blue for me
Bingo! Taupes, lavender, grey all great on me- bronze, pinks, or browns? I will spend the day explaining to people that- yes, I feel fine, I just made a bad eyeshadow choice that morning.😁
I can rock peach blush, though.
Brown, although I finally began using it for drawing eyebrows.
The rest is quite fine except some shades of orange that make me look like a zombie.
I always go for cooler toned neutral leaning shades. Taupes, greys, mauves, light browns, pinks, champagnes, silvers
I avoid pretty much anything warm toned unless it happens to go really well with my outfit
Im not a big fan of shimmer shades tbh. I just prefer a more matte look. I tend to go for mauvy, rose colors, siennas.
Anything that is that very light tan or white blending/transition shades. I don’t like the silvery shades because they don’t look good either. I have no use for a black because I’m not a smoky eye person and use liquid eyeliner.
Give me all the browns and warm toned shimmers. It’s easy for me to pass up palettes because I can tell they weren’t made for people that look like me.
I never use cool shades, I love shimmery neutrals or warm shades, and love peach/orange since it brings out blue eyes
I hate glittery shades. Oranges and golds are my no no. It looks really fake on me. I don’t like the burgundy shades. I prefer matte shades that are lilac, mauve, light tans, dark browns. I prefer a more natural look.