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Help me finalize my MAC shadow choices
Your comments in my previous post were very helpful!
I got rid of Seedy Pearl and replaced with Motif.
I decided that Naked Lunch was too similar to Shroom, so I ditched NL and added Brun to have another dark option for the v or crease.
This leaves me with:
Amber Lights, Woodwinked, Expensive Pink, Swish, Sky Blue, Shimmermoss, Plumage, Beautiful Iris, Motif, Shale, Sable, Cork, Brun, All That Glitters, Shroom
However, I'm kind of thinking that Cork and Sable are too similar. I love Cork, but may want to get rid of Sable.
Also, I think I may want to ditch Sky Blue and replace with a pretty green color. Any recommendations for a green color to replace Sky Blue? I already have a Dior palette with very light and springy green colors, so I'm thinking a non-pastel green.
If I get rid of Sable, what about a nice grey color to use a as crease shade? I'm pretty heavy on the browns right now. I would think that a nice grey would be a pretty crease color with the pastel lid colors such as Shimmermoss and Beautiful Iris. Any recommendations for a grey to use as a crease color (nothing too dark for daytime)?
I'm officially addicted. This cosmetics thing is like crack.
Re: Help me finalize my MAC shadow choices
Sable, All That Glitters, & Shroom are my faves.
I'm always making excuses to buy makeup. My excuse is it always fits no matter my size.
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Maybe Folie instead of Sable? See my FOTD today for the color. Also, Folie looks amazing with Amberlights as a smokey eye combo.
I also vote Humid for green. If not Humid, maybe Swimming or Juxt? Both on the lighter side.
Electra is pretty silver... and usually I pair silvers with black or alone. Possibly Plumage? When are you going to order? I would have to look at my colors and compare after work for you LOL!
ETA: Nehru, Scene or Print are more gray than silver. Scene is the lighter of the 3, and more of a "natural" gray
Yeah, that's not going so well. I don't NEED to cut back, but sometimes I think it's a little silly to be such a cosmetics junkie like I'm becoming. It's also so much easier to excuse the spending when I'm having a really good month like this month (I'm self employed)
Ooooo, I love Copperplate! That might be a winner.
CAB - I already have Plumage on the list. It's very pretty!
I like Humid and may replace Sky Blue with humid, but I'm going to google the other two green colors you recommended.
Cool - I'll google these, too
I may order tonight. Or tomorrow. IDK - it's not like I really NEED these right away
And to make it harder, I use Follie as a crease color and it is my favorite crease color ever. It looks like a cranberry/brownish color but is very neutral on the lid. SOOOOO pretty and I wear it with naked lunch, grain, all that glitters. Also I love to use cork in my crease and Follie in the outer v.
Sigh...love MAC
Okay, Humid is definitely my green.
Now I have to decide if I should keep Sable, or replace it with Scene or Copperlate (I love both!)
I'll PIP my palette so far
So, for my last color, should I pick:
Sable
Scene
or Copperplate?
That one is pretty, too! Crap. lol
My vote is for Copperplate.
spoken like a true MU junkie Dawgs
honestly I went through that phase too....now I feel guilty & silly focusing on it so much. Get some great stuff and be done with it minus things here and there.
lately I'm focusing on clothes a lot..mostly bc I feel so frumpy and feel like it's more of an investment for me right now....other times I spend too much on books. Depends on my mood
Yeah, it really does eventually have to end. I mean, I only have so much space, and one can only use so many different products, lol. I've been so boring with my makeup for so long, though, that it's like I'm discovering so many new fun things. I'm sure the novelty will eventually wear off
ETA: Until about six months ago, I had never even heard of Benefit, Tarte, Nars, MUFE, and so many other brands. If I went to Sephora, it was for something very specific that I'd been using forever. I don't know why I was so disinterested for so long. But now that I've started learning about different cosmetic products, it's like being a kid in a candy store!
I'd remove the yellowy-gold in the third row of your pictures. I think the yellow is much too strong, especially since you have red tones in your face.
Cooperplate looks a lot like the last color in the 4th row, just a smudge darker. I'd suggest something different since you could add a little black to Copperplate to get that look.
Here some that I like:
Knight Divine (lovely dark grey with shimmer)
Club (a beautiful brown/gold/green)
Fig 1 (rich purple, great crease color for blue/green eyes)