I should be posting more often, since I am still totally addicted to AL and I read the board daily.. =)

Anyway, I love seeing all the FOTDs and wish I'd have the time and talent to try some of those incredible looks. However, these days I am pretty busy in the morning: a puppy and an adult dog that are now fighting for my attention AND taking most of my time. I still need to have a cup of coffee and something to eat before running to work.

My make-up for the day (workday) is usually just Voile 1YL, black out gel liner (if I have a few minutes, I tightline my upper lids, since it looks so good!) or marcasite gel liner if no tightlining. Then I do try to wear a shadow, but just one shade.

My current favorites are Wonder (OMG, I adore this one!), Psyche and Entangle, thought I have a bunch of others too, and they all look great.

I also love Wonderland and Teddy Wisp from the Gothic Lolita collection, and my older favorites are Basil, Circe, Edie, Sophie, Arielle and Suede.

I do not know what people think of a Starbucks/Target employee wearing this nice, fancy metallic/shimmering make-up, but I love it, and I am so happy to have found AL! =)

Happy Memorial day!


- Mint

I know that most Starbucks employees are really working towards other goals -- usually artistic... and I understand the desire to stand out while wearing a boring uniform. Metallic shadows in neutral colors should be fine.

But then, I'm a pretty lenient supervisor at my job...
--Natasha

Mint, we need to see some looks from you more often!!

I am sure that SB and T think you look pretty!
I love basil and teddywisp too.
Be sure to post some pictures so we can see the colors on you!
Have a super holiday weekend!

Hi Mint, always good to hear from you I for one think I would be cheered up if my barista had colorful, sparkly metallic makeup when she served my morning coffee. I like checking out good makeup, and it's always better to see people expressing themselves than wearing boring colors just to be safe.

I have had to be a little quicker in the morning too lately. So I usually go for a quick 1 wash eye color, liner and mascara.
My favorite go to shadows:
Guilt(wore it today with Penny liner) Fox, Sophie, Edie, Amelie, Fanclub (worn dry with no base), and Allure.

My go-to "I'm in such a hurry I only have time for one color" shadow is Circe. It's probably my favorite AL brown/neutral shade, and it goes with just about everything. A quick wash all over the lid with the flat shader and I'm good to go. I am definitely coveting one of the Fiber Optic e/s brushes for this purpose, too. Come on, IRS, where's my economic stimulus check?

I have a little kabuki brush for eyes, I love using this to sweep over the lids. I use Circe, Fox, Brownsugar,Le Mystere #12 to name a few. I then like to use a colorful liner. It's my quick and easy, but still noticed look.

Oh yeah, Flash and Entangle too.

I tried Circe today as a full lid with a bit of apricot frost eye cream as my brow highlight -- and it looked great! Very fast and out the door!
--Natasha

My favorite one-color shadows like this are Entangle (the perfect neutral, not too warm, not too cool, goes with anything!) and Adobe (my favorite warm neutral). Other good colors for me include:

Damask
Fox
Sophie
Suede
Wish
Spark
Angel Bouquet
Angelique

(Circe is pretty but is a bit too cool to be really flattering on me!)

I normally still wear an eyeliner with these colors -- usually a gel liner since that's much faster than wetlining! Penny goes well with Adobe; and practically any color looks great with Entangle (my favorites are Chocolate Mousse, Tanzanite, and Scuba Dive).

I also usually use the Ultra-Posh FO brush to swipe a sheer layer nude (or almost nude) color from crease to brow just to even out the look and make sure all my eyeshadow primer is covered up The best almost-nude-for-me shadows for this are Allure Perle (neutral), Marigold and Daphne (for warmer looks), Fiona and Maiden (for cooler looks). If I use the Nude Frost cream eyeshadow as a primer I can skip this step; unfortunately I haven't been using the cream shadows much since they *barely* last through a workday for me and defintely crease in the evening. (Likewise, Apricot Frost is a gorgeous lid for me, I think it's similar to Adobe, but it just doesn't last as long as I'd like on my super-oily skin!)

Wow! The cream shadows work better for me than the AL primer! Just goes to show how individual things are. Thank goodness for choices!!!

I LOVE the Apricot frost. It's so pretty. I might do just Apricot today... day off, feeling lazy...
--Natasha

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Originally posted by Hennagirl:
Wow! The cream shadows work better for me than the AL primer! Just goes to show how individual things are. Thank goodness for choices!!!

I LOVE the Apricot frost. It's so pretty. I might do just Apricot today... day off, feeling lazy...
--Natasha

Actually I will admit that I use a non-AL primer I haven't tried the AL primer because I'm doubtful that a creamy product would work on oily lids, and you can't order a sample of it first.... I am happy with my other brand so I've stuck with it! (Though I've converted almost all of my other mu to AL )

Only one color? Is that possible?
I don't know if I have ever done just one color. I might have to try that sometime...for a change of pace Sure would be quicker!

LOL Melissa, I don't even know how to compare that image to. Hummm... Melissa with one color, nope, can't picture it. But you can use another color to line with.