tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post8758194359760340117..comments2024-02-10T01:32:22.643-06:00Comments on The Quick Gray Fox: Those Goddamned Too Faced dessert-themed palettes—another rant by Auntie HaulPoppy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-18561998686226718512016-03-22T22:05:45.783-05:002016-03-22T22:05:45.783-05:00I'm that way with "eye colors." I ha...I'm that way with "eye colors." I have hazel/brown eyes and am magnetically attracted to dark olive green shimmery shadows. I have more than one unopened Jane Twilight Zone, which is the cheap drugstore shadow that started the obsession about 15 years ago. When they discontinued it, I bought a few backups. I also have a Lancôme version, as well as the Hourglass Modernist palette in Color Field or whatever it's called ... that's off the top of my head. I'm sure there are others, because I'm about olive green shadows the way a zombie is about brains ... will smash through shop doors and windows to get more.Poppy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-45031757175179880402016-03-22T18:22:00.930-05:002016-03-22T18:22:00.930-05:00I only buy single shadows and if you broke into my...<br />I only buy single shadows and if you broke into my home and looked at them they would all look the same ... what I call "skin tone" ... that shadow goes all around the eye and up to the brow and , like Jill March, I have eye pencils in different colours . If I want a touch of shine I have stila's Kitten single shadow to just do a tiny fairy dab on the eye or under the brow .<br />One eyeshadow for Jill March ... I do not know how she does it as I am too tempted to buy more "skin colours" when in the shops ! :)<br /> lady jickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013352537776588166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-15127359967578616632016-03-22T11:48:05.070-05:002016-03-22T11:48:05.070-05:00One eyeshadow. ONE. /thunk
OK, now I know where y...One eyeshadow. ONE. /thunk<br /><br />OK, now I know where your Van Cleef haul money is coming from. Because I haven't spent an Alhambra bracelet on eyeshadow, but I've definitely spent a couple of Hermes bangles. <br /><br />And yeah, this instinct for gourmand everything. Don't get me started on fruity/floral perfumes and everyone walking around smelling like a slice of watermelon. I'm partial to some of that stuff myself. I even have a soft spot for Bonne Bell Lip Smackers. Particularly the lemonade flavor. But I want to gag every time I open my Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette. The cocoa aroma is really too much. Poppy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-90939862603339627462016-03-22T11:42:02.906-05:002016-03-22T11:42:02.906-05:00I've tried the all-matte eyeshadow look, and f...I've tried the all-matte eyeshadow look, and frankly, I find it ageing. <br /><br />The thing is, natural skin isn't completely matte, so if you cover crepey lids with a matte shadow, you have wrinkley skin that looks like it's been dipped into a vat of flour.<br /><br />Cosmetics companies add light reflective ingredients to moisturizers, primers, and foundations manufactured for mature women, because a soft radiance blurs lines. <br /><br />Accordingly, my favorite eye shadow texture is a satin, rather than a full-on powdery matte. <br /><br />I also feel free to use actual shimmer, pearl or even microglitter—close to my lashline. Especially my lower lash line, because that's a crepe-free zone. And so, my arsenal includes some eye shadows and liners with actual sparkle. The nerve of me! ;-)<br /><br />YMMV, of course. Hope this helps!Poppy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-60137999819570491602016-03-22T10:46:31.553-05:002016-03-22T10:46:31.553-05:00I stick with one shadow--Chanel's "Lotus&...I stick with one shadow--Chanel's "Lotus" and do my best work with 3-4 different pencils in a range of taupes and browns! Why is makeup marketed as something you eat. I never want to buy something that is called "Chocolate" or "Peach." I did break down and buy a YSL sheer gloss called "Candy" but I did it despite the name! xJillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062587289685203227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-41830782129652943872016-03-22T09:46:47.320-05:002016-03-22T09:46:47.320-05:00So what's your take on the rule that (ahem) th...So what's your take on the rule that (ahem) those of us whose eyelids are beginning to get crepey (shudder) should not use shimmery eye shadows, but should stick with velvets sans shimmer?lisakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109928304657735676noreply@blogger.com