Orange eyeliner or eyeshadow?
IcePixie1
it? Or heavily pigmented orange shadow? A friend of mine has blue eyes and I
tries some orange lipstick on her lids and it really made them stand out--but
the application wasn't precise enough so I'm looking for something preferably
in a drugstore line that she can use.
Michelle
Dedo 140
exactly recall it now, and although it did nothing for my brown eyes, it did
lovely things for my friend's blue eyes, so I let her keep it. It probably has
something to do with complementary colors on the color wheel. Good luck, and
have fun. I'm going to go rack my brains now for what color was opposite
brown.
Roseanne
cache_miss
It probably has
>something to do with complementary colors on the color wheel. Good luck, and
>have fun. I'm going to go rack my brains now for what color was opposite
>brown.
Brown is basically dark orange. Since blue and orange are opposites,
that would mean light blue would look "best" with dark brown eyes like
mine. I'm not sure I agree... :-) However, that does explain why
orange "does more" to blue eyes, but not brown.
I usually prefer colors that match more than colors that contrast (or
"clash," depending on your point of view). Sure, opposite colors can
make your eye color "pop out," but isn't it because it just clashes?
How far across the color wheel is too far? I bet browns might be good
for green eyes. but what about red eyeliner? (!) As for me, any shade
of blue eyeliner on my eyes just doesn't look right, but plummy colors
are a different story.
Actually, some might prefer to match colors (esp. eyeliner) to their
eyes---I don't think I look bad with browns, but which colors do
people think are best for their eyes? To match or to "pop"? :-)
Christina
rjk
The little Sephora pencils for eyes and lips come in several bright orange
shades. Also Mac seems to have about the brightest commonly available
orange eyeshadow. rjudith
Sabrina
check it out quickly (3 for 10). I used to use a Revlon Duo called
Avant Neutrals. It had in it what I call the absolute perfect orange
shadow. I fell in love... and it was disontinued. I picked some up at
an outlet.... but I ran out. Now it's gone.
Sabrina
On 20 Jan 1999 04:56:36 GMT, icep...@aol.com (IcePixie1) wrote:
>Has anyone seen a pure orange eyeliner or an eyeliner with a lot of orange in
>it? Or heavily pigmented orange shadow? A friend of mine has blue eyes and I
>tries some orange lipstick on her lids and it really made them stand out--but
>the application wasn't precise enough so I'm looking for something preferably
>in a drugstore line that she can use.
>
>Michelle
br...@gbd.com
brown according to the shade of green used. As for eyeshadow, I find
that lavenders work well for me.
S.P. Bragg
http://beauty.miningco.com
joolz
rjk <rju...@javanet.com> wrote in article
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> The little Sephora pencils for eyes and lips come in several bright
orange
> shades. Also Mac seems to have about the brightest commonly available
> orange eyeshadow. rjudith
MAC Rule is a wonderful true, matte orange. it's quite highly pigmanted,
too.
JSHeng1
bright in the pot, but goes on a bit more subtle.
Heather
吟pervixen
blue-purples, though, not plums.
cache_miss wrote in message <36a56e70....@news.princeton.edu>...
Grrlie
IcePixie1 <icep...@aol.com> wrote:
>Has anyone seen a pure orange eyeliner or an eyeliner with a lot of orange in
>it? Or heavily pigmented orange shadow? A friend of mine has blue eyes and I
>tries some orange lipstick on her lids and it really made them stand out--but
>the application wasn't precise enough so I'm looking for something preferably
>in a drugstore line that she can use.
Somebody mentioned this to me ages ago: Try using art store Aquarelles
as eyeliner. You can find them in any art supply store, they look like
crayons but you dip them in water to apply color. They come in all kinds
of bright shades. They are fun to try! (AND cost much less than real
cosmetics...)
LauraM
Linda Kim
makes both colours very vivid. Some might argue that too vivid is
jarring. That said, if you want your eye colour to seem vivid or
bright, you should try complementary (opposite) colours from the colour
wheel.
cache_miss wrote:
> Brown is basically dark orange. Since blue and orange are opposites,
> that would mean light blue would look "best" with dark brown eyes like
> mine. I'm not sure I agree... :-) However, that does explain why
> orange "does more" to blue eyes, but not brown.
>>some parts snipped<<
> I bet browns might be good
> for green eyes. but what about red eyeliner? (!) As for me, any shade
> of blue eyeliner on my eyes just doesn't look right, but plummy colors
> are a different story.
Blue is opposite orange but purple and green are on either of blue on
the colour wheel. So, purple or green might also be complementary to
brown. The colour wheel is only a theory and real colours are much more
complex than their representation on the colour wheel. Depending on
what tones your brown eyes have, purple or green shades might be "more"
opposite than blue.
ldk
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> In article <19990119235636...@ng-cg1.aol.com>,
> IcePixie1 <icep...@aol.com> wrote:
> >Has anyone seen a pure orange eyeliner or an eyeliner with a lot of orange in
> >it? Or heavily pigmented orange shadow? A friend of mine has blue eyes and I
> >tries some orange lipstick on her lids and it really made them stand out--but
> >the application wasn't precise enough so I'm looking for something preferably
> >in a drugstore line that she can use.
I've seen a bright orange eyeshadow from Courreges, haven't tried it
though. Don't think it would go too well with yellow based Asian
skin...
angie
Kathy Marie
PLEASE *DON'T DO THIS*!!!
*************PLEASE!*****************
I'm not a cosmetic chemist but I did get a degree in molecular biology,
made my living in labs for years and I've loved to draw and paint since I
can remember.
That said, lots of compounds that give the pretty colors in artist's
materials are toxic. *Really* toxic! Things like metals and heavy metals
(cadmium, lead, cobalt, mercury, copper, even strontium & arsenic way back
when) give colors which are concentrated and lightfast, but they aren't
allowed in cosmetics for very good reason--the same reason that the
requirements for labeling in artist's materials have been tightening up.
So please--spend the extra money and protect your health! You deserve
it!!!!
Kathy Marie
whose blood ran cold when she read this...I'm sorry to shout but this
terrifies me!!!
> >Has anyone seen a pure orange eyeliner or an eyeliner with a lot of
orange in
<snip>
Kathy Marie
Levin Family
Rachael
axo...@axionet.com
This was most-likely me. I've used the Caran Dache water-soluble
crayons as eyeliner for years now. I'm pretty sensitive, and it's never
bothered me, but I can't be sure. Your blood running cold scares me too,
but won't stop me from dipping into that perfect sky-blue (or emerald
green) crayon when I just want that extra omph of colour... eeeek.
Cathy
Grrlie
>Oh Gosh,
> This was most-likely me. I've used the Caran Dache water-soluble
>crayons as eyeliner for years now. I'm pretty sensitive, and it's never
>bothered me, but I can't be sure. Your blood running cold scares me too,
>but won't stop me from dipping into that perfect sky-blue (or emerald
>green) crayon when I just want that extra omph of colour... eeeek.
> Cathy
...and I'd hate to tell Kathy Marie that the cosmetics industry is
pretty much unregulated. We'd like to think otherwise, but all
HABA aside, health aids are regulated while beauty aids are not.
It's pretty much up to each cosmetic company to self-regulate.
I'm sure most of them do a reasonable job, if only in fear of
potential litigation.
LauraM
Yaz
Andrea Pound
The cosmetics industry may be unregulated, but I would hope that they are
not using pigments such as cobalts and cadmiums, which are hazardous and
contained in many art materials. The danger is not so much that art
materials would cause a rash, it's that over a period of time they can
cause cancer or heavy metals poisoning. Very little is required of art
materials in the way of labeling -- I'm not sure I have ever seen colored
pencils or crayons that listed their pigment content. Of course, many
pigments *are* harmless, especially ones designed for use by children.
But why risk it?
--
Andrea Pound
Dept. of Anthropology, Rice University
rjk
many colors and shades. But Sephora has dozens of small pencils for $3.50
in every color and shade - particularly those not usually seen in makeup
but in art supply. Also the pencils are the correct consistency for facial
application. I wish they sold a coloring box case that you would fill with
these little pencils. rjudith
Kelly MacDonald
orange and lemon-peel yellow shadows that are not available at the normal
counters. These are matte from what I saw.
--
Kelly in Va Beach
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