thoughtful makeup ideas

thoughtful makeup ideas

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Color for Blue Eyes:
Try a “ browny orange “. Also, taupe, gray, violet, purple, deep blue, silver. To emphasize blue eyes use brown and rose shadows. Warm hues will contrast the coldness of blue eyes, making them really pop.

The images used on this page do not represent the colors of the eyeshadow products, but rather the eye colors of the seasons.


COOL SKIN

Light Summer Eyeshadow: lavender, warm brown (makes cool blue pop); rose or yellow highlight

light summer 2/1
cool skin, light blue eye

can have neutral skin 
LORAC Pocket PRO Eye Shadow Palette
$15.00 
Color: Nude/Pewter/Espresso
N.Y.C. All For Me Eyeshadow Quad, 0067-08 Twilight Sunset, 0.14 Oz
$5.29 
light blue, light pink, two yellows

Soft Summer Eyeshadow: tan, warm brown or "browny orange" (makes blue eyes pop), lavender, blue-violet, possibly aqua and highlight with frosty peach, silver or taupe

soft summer 2/3
cool skin, soft blue eye


can have neutral skin 


another soft summer 2/3
cool skin, soft blue eye


can have neutral skin 

MAC 'Devilishly Dark' Eyeshadow Quad
$27.75 
Manila Paper: icy pale gold.- Goldmine: gold shimmer.- Honey Lust: bronze peach.- Devilishly Dark: deep red-brown gold frost.


Maybelline New York Expert Wear Eyeshadow Duo, Turquoise




$3.51 
Turquoise & Beige Duo

Highlights


Mary Kay Cream Eye Color SPRING 2013!!! (Metallic Taupe)Mary Kay Cream Eye Color SPRING 2013!!! (Violet Storm)Mary Kay Cream Eye Color ~ Pale Blush
Mary Kay Cream Eye Color SPRING 2013!!! (Me...
$4.75
Metallic Taupe Cream eyeshadow
Mary Kay Cream Eye Color SPRING 2013!!! (Vi...
$4.27
Violet Storm cream eyeshadow
Mary Kay Cream Eye Color ~ Pale Blush
$5.97
Pale Blush Cream Eyeshadow
Cool Summer Eyeshadow: blue, deep blue, warm brown (makes cool blue eyes pop), or lavender; rose, silver or frosty pink highlight




cool summer 2/4
cool skin, cool blue eye


can have neutral skin
Estee Lauder Pure Color Eyeshadow (7) 30 Sugar Cube Satin 13 Tranquil Moon Satin 68 Nocturnal Blue Satin 72 Amazing Grey Shimmer 26 Iridescent Violet Satin 09 Amethyst Spark Shimmer 45 Lavish Mink Matte
$3.97 
Sugar Cube, Tranquil Moon, Nocturnal Blue, Amazing Grey, Iridescent Violet, Amethyst, Lavish Mink


Cool Winter Eyeshadow: dark colors to match fan, in deep blue, gray; with a frosty or icy white, silver or pink accent

cool winter 4/2
cool skin, dark blue eye


can have neutral skin 

Maybelline New York Eye Studio Color Plush Silk Eyeshadow, Sapphire Siren 20, 0.09 Ounce (Pack of 2)
$22.26 
Sapphire Siren
Maybelline New York Eye Studio Color Plush Silk Eyeshadow, Pink Persuasion 80, 0.09 Ounce (Pack of 2)
$21.72 
Pink Persuasion







WARM SKIN

Soft Autumn Eyeshadow: light olive green, neutral browns; violet, warm brown (contrasts blue eye) or tan for highlight

soft atumn 3/2
warm skin, soft blue eye

can have neutral skin 
eyeshadow


Light Spring Eyeshadow: blue, turquoise, blue-violet, brown (contrasts eye)
 Highlight if there is yellow in your eye by using a pale creamy yellow under-eyebrow highlight, spring brown, or wearing your purples in jewelry.



light spring 1/2
warm skin, light blue eye


eyeshadow


Warm Spring Eyeshadowgreen, blue, blue-violet, with brown, yellow or gold; 
Highlight if there is yellow in your eye by using a pale creamy yellow under-eyebrow highlight, or wearing your purples.



warm spring 1/3
warm skin, blue eye
eyeshadow
Colors for Brown Eyes: 
Greens, champagnes, bronzes, golds, browns and blues are just some of the shades that play beautifully with brown eyes. You can also try shades of beige, peach, corals, copper, pinks, pale purples (pinky purples) and browns. Brown eyes also look great in grey, plums as well as burnt oranges.             

The images used on this page do not represent the colors of the eyeshadow products, but rather the eye colors of the seasons.

COOL SKIN

Deep Winter is the only 
brown eye with cool skin

Dark Winter Eyeshadow: green, turquoise, maroon, plum, gray with touch of blue, brown and light gray, lavender in frosted or pearlized versions


deep winter 4/3
cool skin, brown eyes

deep winter 4/3
cool skin, brown eyes


deep winter 4/3
cool skin, brown eyes



Maybelline Expert Wear Eyeshadow Quads Charcoal Smoke (2-pack)





4 stars, Charcoal Smokes

glittery black, silvery, gray blue, gray silver


Maybelline New York Expert Wear Eyeshadow Quads, 30q Seashore Frosts Perfect Pastels, 0.17 Ounce





$0.63
5 stars, Seashore Frost Perfect Pastels


pearly blue, pearly lavender, shimmery deep purple,shimmery green liner



Maybelline New York Silk Eyeshadow Quad, Smokey Night, 0.09 Ounce (Pack of 2)





$21.49

bronzed amber with pink, bronze and golden  sparkles, a blackened violet with fuchsia sparkles, blackened navy with cobalt and purple sparkles, and a deep gunmetal grey with silver sparkles


Highlighter
Mary Kay Cream Eye Color SPRING 2013!!! (Violet Storm)
Mary Kay Violet Cream Eye Color  
$4.27 
Violet Storm cream eyeshadow


          
WARM SKIN

Warm Spring Eyeshadowgreen, blue, blue-violet, corals, copper, with champagne, yellow or gold; Highlight any yellow light in your eye by using a pale creamy champagne, bronze, or yellow under-eyebrow highlight, or wearing your purples.

Clear Spring Eyeshadows: blue, blue-violet, navy blue, turquoise, green, gray; You might try yellow green as a highlighter if your eyes are brown, or creamy yellow eyeshadow highlighter is good


warm or clear spring 1/3 or 1/4
warm skin, topaz eye



warm spring 1/3
warm skin, topaz eye
Estee Lauder Pure Color Eyeshadow (7) 30 Sugar Cube Satin 13 Tranquil Moon Satin 68 Nocturnal Blue Satin 72 Amazing Grey Shimmer 26 Iridescent Violet Satin 09 Amethyst Spark Shimmer 45 Lavish Mink Matte
$3.97 
Sugar Cube, Tranquil Moon, Nocturnal Blue, Amazing Grey, 
Iridescent Violet, Amethyst, Lavish Mink



Maybelline New York Silk Eyeshadow Quad, Coral Oasis, 0.09 Ounce (Pack of 2)

Maybelline New York Silk Eyeshadow Quad, Co...
$21.49
Coral Oasis
see a blogger's review of coral oasis
 The Coral Oasis palette comes with light peach, 
pale yellow, bright orange and deep brown/burgundy 
shades. All the shadows are frosted.
Highlighter
Mary Kay Cream Eye Color ~ Beach Blonde
Mary Kay Cream Eye Color ~ Beach Blonde 
$14.99 
Beach Blonde cream eyeshadow
Maybelline New York Eye Studio Color Plush Silk Eyeshadow, Copper Chic 70, 0.09 Ounce (Pack of 2)

Maybelline New York Eye Studio Color Plush ...
$30.40
Copper Chic

Warm Autumn Eyeshadowviolet, plum, blue-green, forest green, pine greens, burnt orange, metallic browns, copper, bronze, with tan, rust, gold for contouring


warm autumn 3/1
warm skin, brown eye
Maybelline New York Expert Wear Eyeshadow Quads, 24q Enchanted Forest Modern Metallics, 0.17 Ounce
Maybelline New York Expert Wear Eyeshadow Q...
$3.73
Enchanted Forest Metallics, 4.1 stars
Maybelline New York Eye Studio Color Plush Silk Eyeshadow, Green With Envy 40, 0.09 Ounce (Pack of 2)

$21.72
Green with Envy



metallics leaning green

Dark Autumn Eyeshadow: cool pure violet, plum, browns, greens, light blue, navy blue, blue-green, highlight with Autumn tan, champagne, copper

deep autumn 4/3
warm skin, dark brown eye
 
Maybelline New York Expert Wear Eyeshadow Quads, 06Q Amethyst Smokes, 0.17 Ounce (2 Pack)
Maybelline New York Expert Wear Eyeshadow Q...
$8.20
4.5 stars, Amethyst Smokes
read a blogger's review
base is duo chrome purple apply wet for more vivid color
Maybelline New York Expert Wear Eyeshadow Quads, 50q Sunlit Bronze Modern Metallics, 0.17 Ounce, Pack of 2

$6.97
3.3 stars, Sunlit Bronze


Monday, September 22, 2014

Saturday, August 30, 2014

The prices really range on Amazon.  So just for fun, here are some cheap deals!


Warm Spring Lipstick:
Flame

$2.69

Light Spring Lipstick:
Always Lovely



RIMMEL LONDON Stay Glossy Lip Gloss - Alway... 
$1.28 
Always Lovely

Clear Spring Lipstick:
All Heart



Clinique Long Last Lipstick-All Heart 
$1.51


Cool Summer Lipstick:
On the Mauve - 3 pack!


3 Pack) Maybelline New York Colorsensation... 
$2.00 
On the Mauve(3 pack!)

Light Summer Lipstick:
Lilac - 2 pack!



Revlon Colorburst LipStick #001 LILAC (PACK... 
$4.47 
Lilac (2 pack!)

Soft Summer Lipstick:
Pinkberry


this does not look like swatch

Estee Lauder Pure Color Lipstick ~ Pinkberry 
$3.99 
Pinkberry

Warm Autumn Lipstick:
Touch of Gold


Max Factor Colour Collections Lipstick 770 ... 
$5.35 
Touch of Gold

Dark Autumn Lipstick:
Tiger Eye


Estee Lauder .13 oz / 3.6 gr Promo Size Pur...
$4.99 
Tiger Eye (works for Soft Autumn too)
Soft Autumn Lipstick:
Blushing Mauve



Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick, (PEARL) #46... 
$6.50 
Blushing Mauve

Cool Winter Lipstick:
Aftershock


Prestige Cosmetics Lipstick, Aftershock, 0.... 
$4.30
Dark Winter Lipstick:
Raspberry Glace


Clinique Different Lipstick, Raspberry Glace 
$1.50 
Raspberry Glace
Clear Winter Lipstick:
Electra



1 NYX Round Lipstick " LSS513 - ELECTRA " L... 
$5.37 
Electra (lipstick and free earrings)

More pics of Winter Lipstick colors