Color recommendations please

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Moonlight
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Color recommendations please

Post by Moonlight » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:05 pm

Hi!
I am I new customer and I total beginner who is experimenting with finding out my makeup-colors. I am dark blonde, have brown eyes (with a little green in them) and have quite a lot of color naturally on cheeks and lips. Hera are some picture´s with no make-up at all:


Indoors, no flash
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I am not even sure whether I am warm or cool? Yellow or pink etc undertones in my skin? Summer, spring etc... ? If someone can help me I would be very happy. I'd also be thankful for productrecommendations:

-Which foundation color and proportion would probably be best?
-Under-eye concealer color?
-Nosewing concealer color?
-Brow powder color?
-Eyeshadow colors?
-Rouge colors?
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Re: Color recommendations please

Post by Moonlight » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:08 pm

Oh, sorry for the huge pictures... You seem to need to scroll the pictures at the right to them to see more than my forehead...
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Re: Color recommendations please

Post by Silverfern » Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:58 pm

I'm not sure about most of your questions but I think you'd look really pretty with a purple eye liner or shadow.

And I'm totally using "nosewing" now. I'd never heard that expression before.
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Re: Color recommendations please

Post by JenW » Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:50 am

I wanted you to know I have seen this....you have several questions, so it takes a little longer.

For foundation and face :
I think Ebony 1 scoop color to around 8 or more white. For undereye concealer, try Extra Light Peach. For your general concealer you can mix up some foundation that is a little lighter than your foundation. If you ned up at 1:8, mix your concealer at 1:9 in the same coverage...if you go heavier coverage for your concealer mix it at the same ratio. Brow Powder, try Light Ash.

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Re: Color recommendations please

Post by JenW » Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:11 am

Blush/rouge- Petal or Climax

Eyeshadow- This is a tough category to narrow down for someone else without knowing a little more information. Do you like mattes or shimmers? Are there any other colors that interest you?

Lip gloss- I recommend trying at least one. For a color that enhances your natural lip color, try Gold Blush. For a color that is a little darker, but still not quite lipstick, try Breathless.
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Re: Color recommendations please

Post by Moonlight » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:11 pm

Thank you so much for your answers!

I tried the ebony 1:8. I think it melted in good on my forehead. On the cheeks and on my nose it first looked too white/grey but after a while it looked better so probably its right. I didn't have any daylight now so I have to try it again to be sure. Since enony is neutral/cool, does this mean I have a cool rather than warm skintone? Guess I have pink undertones rather than yellow or golden?

I have filled my wishlist with the colors I was recommended and look forward to trying them.

I am total beginner with eyeshadows so I don't really have any idea of what I like. I want to try an eyemakeup that make my eyes look larger, so if certain colors can help with that I'd prefer them. I think matte shadows will feel best to start with.

Again, thank you for taking your time with answering questions!

#2:Maybe nosewing is totally silly to say, it was just a direct tranlation from my native language ... :)
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Re: Color recommendations please

Post by JenW » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:45 pm

Our Ebony is neutral to slightly cool. I would not say your undertones are all out pink, but they are subtle pink.

For eyeshadows try Ballerina, Iris, Buttercup in the mattes. In the New Products, I think you need Tailfeather. In the satin shimmers, Sandy. I am going with lighter colors because they are the ones that tend to make you eyes look bigger..... If you do want to try a color that will add depth and contouring as well as usable for a liner, try Velvet or Eutaupeia.
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Re: Color recommendations please

Post by Moonlight » Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:29 pm

Thank you! :)
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