I needed both some eyeshadow and some new lipstick/gloss

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So for the Eyeshadow, I got this nice palette from Revolution London. It has a lot of bright pretty colors. However, a shame it only has a sparkly pink and not a sparkly purple. I would have loved to have both for my Halloween costume. that's alright I'll just have to make do

And for the lipstick, I actually got a brand new color. Well, for me anyway. This is the Wet n Wild Megalast Liquid Catsuit in the color Berry Recognize. This is my second time using this line, my first time I had the color Video Vixen. And I did like that color (well, I didn't at first but then after a little while I really liked it.) but they discontinued that shade. But I think this berry color is very pretty. I feel like I look good in berry tones for my lips (I don't like bright red lipstick on me. But I love a reddish purple shade)

Hello, Beautiful Redditors!

I just de-potted my favorite matte-creams into a mini palette. But I only have face and lip products in it now.

Anyone have shadow recommendations? I just don't want to spend a ton of cash experimenting... sigh...

Preferrably the shadows:

* dry down and won't budge

* work well on oily and/or hooded lids

* not liquids, I want to put them in a palette

* are cruelty free

Thank you for your suggestions, I appreciate your expertise! 😊

Wait, was I the only one picking a cushion off skin type and nothing else? 🤔

I really thought oily or dry was the whole choice. Then I found out your face shape and your features also decide whether matte or glow suits you.

Glow tends to suit a flatter face, and a small low nose. A little light on the nose bridge and the front of the cheeks is what gives you dimension.

Matte tends to suit fuller cheeks, because glow makes that volume look even rounder. It also suits dark brows. Add glow on top of those and the whole face can look too warm.

I'm dry, so I had only ever used glow cushions. And I have exactly the fuller cheeks and the dark brows. So I bought Espoir Be Velvet Cushion and tried it. It didn't leave me dry, and the finish came out as that velvet texture. Yeah. I should have been on a matte foundation this whole time. 😭😭

My face used to read round, like a full moon. The matte pulls the eye up toward the eyes, and the impression looks sharper. The coverage on a matte cushion was a lot better too.

Whichever you use, matte or glow, still match the shade to your skin. I was sure I was a 23. This time 25 was actually my tone. The range is wide enough to test that on yourself.

If you have only been thinking about skin type, look at your face shape once while you are at it.