I've been out of the house all day and just got home, so I figured I still had time to post the Wednesday Question while it's still technically Wednesday! Here we go:
What factors motivate you to wear a particular shade of eyeshadow? Do you like to match your shadow to your clothes, skintone, mood, situation or something else?
Most of the time I match my eyeshadow to the situation. If I know I'll just be running errands all day, I'll probably stick to a taupe, brown, or some other basic earthtone shade. A night on the town and I'm more inclined to do a smoky eye and wear deeper, darker shades. I very rarely match my eyeshadow to my clothes, but I do try to make sure the colors I'm wearing on my eyes and face don't clash with my clothes (I don't wear olive green eyeshadow if I know I'm wearing a red top, etc.).
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I tend to go by my mood and/or clothing
Ok so this is a great tip because I love eyeshadow (my favorite part of make-up), but I often wonder if I'm wearing the right colors. I do avoid clashing, but sometimes I;m afraid to try the more risky colors. Any advice on that?
Going to Rite Aid tomorrow!! I'm sure they'll b as good as the higher end brands.
My everyday color is brown because of its simplicity and quick/easiness of applying since I'm always on-the-go. I'll add some shimmery gold to it if I'm feeling happy :)
Either mood or clothes, but keeping the situation I am dressing for a mind. I will not wear a full blown smokey eye to work even if I feel like it, maybe a dark taupe lid or I will find some level of compromise.
I wear shimmery neutrals almost always- gold, bronze, copper, or rose gold if I'm wearing warm colors and shimmery taupe if I'm wearing cooler colors.
I coordinate my shadow color with my clothing (as well as lip and cheek color) not to match but to "get along with", and choose tone/contrast of the color based on my expected activity of the day. So if I am wearing a bright orange top, and I expect to be home or running some errands, I may choose a peach shadow, but if I will be out at night or at an event, I may choose a brighter/darker color perhaps with a darker smoky accent.
I usually only wear it for a big night out, then I do a smoky eye in either silvers or blues... Every once in a great while I may put some on if perhaps I am having a bad hair day in hopes of distracting from the hair LOL
I go by my mood. somedays quick and easy, some days full on glam mode to pick up the kids. LOL
I actually spend more time thinking about my eye look than the clothes I actually wear- in fact, as I'm falling asleep, I like to think about the color combination I'm going to wear the next day (I know, super weird but it's relaxing!). I never match eyeshadow to what I'm wearing because 1) I so rarely wear color on my eyes and 2) I think it looks tacky (sorry!). It mostly depends on my mood/feeling- for example, I've been sick with a cold, and yesterday I wore darker colors that made me look worse/sicker. Today I opted for a lighter look (UD Virgin, Naked and Toasted) and that looks better on my sick-looking eyes.
Oof, long answer, but fun to think about!
I typically stick to neutrals, but when I do wear color, I tend to opt for pinks and purples, which seem to make my brown eyes appear a bit more gold.
At work I do a neutral eye look (champagne on lid with a light brown color in the crease) but when I go out I'll do a full blown gray / black smoky eye.
Sometimes I go with my clothes, but mostly my mood.
Where I am going really; I don't wear eyeshadow on a daily basis, so if I do it's either to try out a product or if I'm going to a party or event where I want to look a little done-up
Mood determines how much makeup I wear. I do "match" to what I'm wearing, or rather make sure that the eye colors coordinate with what I'm wearing and don't clash. I don't do matchy-matchy.
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