Recommend me some products please :)

[allzre]

Hiya, I'm now waiting for my first order to come, and I thought I might place another one to make the waiting easier (I'm in the UK and international shipping takes ages) .

To be honest, I'm quite clueless about make up... Could you please recommend me

- some eye shadows (normally I just use a brown or dark grey gel liner and want to use eye-shadows too! I can't really do blending yet, I'm learning to define the outter V) - I don't like matte much, prefer nice and shimmery shadows that I can use as a wash (I've noticed there's a one-colour wash category and the colours look all great, I don't know which ones would look best on me?)

- lip glosses/lipsticks

- blushes

I have ordered Infatuatuation and the foundation sample kit (JenW has already suggested Warm Gold for me).

Thanks a lot!!

Here's a picture of me (in fact my eye are a bit lighter, dark green with brown around the pupil)

[JenW]

I recommend keeping it simple for eyes. Purr and Vinyard would be good choices to start with for eyes in the non-brown or non-gray category.

For blush try Satisfied and Stardust.

For lippies......Maiden and Breathless.

[allzre]

Hi Jen, thanks a lot, all the things you've suggested look so pretty, I've added them all to my wishlist . I've never actually used a peachy pink blush before, so I'm excited to try that!

Would you have any suggestion when it comes to neutrals please? I didn't express myself clearly (edited the post now) - I have nothing about browns, it's just teh brown eye liner that's a bit boring on its own. And there are way too many browns to choose from! Thanks!

[JenW]

Ahh....

For the best browns......Brown Sugar and Soiree. Or anything in the Elegant Brown Quad.

The Mixed Metals Palette also has some wonderful neutrals. They are all sold seperately, too. I know that does not help with narrowing it down...at all!

[allzre]

Thanks I've just seen the Party Quad and it also looks absolutely gorgeous.. I want to keep my orders relatively small in order to avoid customs, how am I going to decide?

[allzre]

Hi Jen, I just wanted to say thanks for your recommendations . I think Vineyard is the prettiest e/s I've ever owned (I think that and a bit of e/l and mascara will be my everyday look from now on) and Breatless is so nice too!
Maiden and Purr are next on my list!
Sadly, I don't think I can wear Stardust - I think it's too pink for me (you can't really see it from the picture but I have tiny freckles on my cheeks). I ordered Cosmic some time ago but am thinking of Satisfied or maybe Climax

And your fooundation recommendation was a spot-on (1:14 olive) - I really can't understand how you can guess the exact ratio!

Anywya, thanks for all your help!

[JenW]

I am glad all of those things are working for you. I find Stardust a tad pink, too. I will wear it as long as I am in a pink mood, though. Climax works for me, but I like Satisfied better. I do use a fiber optic brush to apply Satisfied, where a traditional blush brush worked for me with Climax.

As for the foundation 'guessing', I think it started when nothing in traditional makeup ever matched me and I had very sensitive skin...both led me to mineral makeup. It also helps that it took me forever to find a match in another popular mineral makeup line, so I saw nearly half of the colors they offered in all undertones. I do have a weird affinity for detecting slight variations in hue, too. And I have played quite a bit with our product. Just like anything, it is a series of events that get you to one particular point in life. It also helps that your skin looks very much like mine.