Huda Beauty Silk Balm. Something about the pink shade looks so elegant but also 100% natural

I’ve found it’s almost impossible to find someone who can shade match perfectly until you go to very high end stores in very high end places (Bergdorf Goodman NYC).

I think you’ll be super interested in Seasonal Color Analysis. I am way too cheap to hire someone to do this for me so I just slowly figured out my season over about two years. You probably heard of it “are you a winter, spring, summer or fall?” But it’s become much more nuanced there are “warm summers” versus “true summers” etc. I’m a Soft Autumn. It’s super helpful to know my season and it’s made makeup and clothes shopping so much easier.

I know exactly what you’re feeling. So many lip products I never use bc the color just doesn’t look right on me.

I started just googling for reccomendations. So I’d put in the search bar “best lipstick colors for light neutral skin tone”. Got a great baseline from that. Then I got in to seasons and it took me a couple years but finally figured out I’m a Soft Autumn. Knowing this has made makeup and clothes shopping so much easier. I have a grid of colors that look best on Soft Autums so when I’m shopping I just check it to see if the colors are close enough. It’s always right 100% of the time. I love it.

Little things outside of makeup soften the look as well. I work on farms and like to wear earrings to make the look more feminine. I have a few pretty but small hoops and short dangle earrings that are safe for outdoorsy work but noticeable.

Also, I’m not sure eyeliner on the water line is helping to make a less androgynous look. Might be because I’m around an area where men wear eyeliner often enough but I also know quite a few men who have such beautifully thick and dark eyelashes that they look like they tightline their eyes. Eyeliner imo is such a unisex makeup look.

Also curling eyelashes and using a really good mascara formula makes a huge difference. I was not a fan of curling my eyelashes until a few years ago and it makes a big difference.

Nars. I believe it works great for the people who love it but I hate it.

Roen Mood 4 Ever quad. Bottom left glitter is the most perfect wedding glitter. It’s just right.