A couple questions: e/s colors & Face and Body White

[Anaphora]

Hi everyone!

I have a couple quick questions.

1)

I recently bought the Prolongwear Concealer in NC35 which matches me perfectly. The MUA told me I didn't need to use foundation, just blend the concealer over my areas with broken capillaries or redness with a 286 brush. It's been working pretty well for me.

My question about that is, I've gotten way more sun than usual this summer and will probably start to fade soon. I really don't want to buy 3-4 different concealer shades until I'm back to my NC20ish in the winter. Could I blend in a few drops of Face & Body in white and use my same technique as I start to lose color?

2)

The next is about eyeshadow colors. I'm wanting to get shadows to do a nice grey smokey eye, but I have smaller eyes so I've been told I need to really only lay down darker color in the outer portion of the lid and stick of something like a pink or peach in the inner portion. Basically, could you recommend a couple shadows and maybe a paint pot to achieve this? I realize it's a broad question, but I'm really just a mascara with a bright pop of lipstick girl, so e/s is still foreign to me.

For reference, I like this kind of look (not exact, but a good idea), but with a thinner liner to not close in my eye too much:



I hope this isn't too much to ask!

 

[shellygrrl]

1) Possibly. 2) Painterly or Soft Ochre generally work as a base for most people, regardless of skintone. For a grey, something like Print or Soot. You could even use Copperplate if you want a softer grey smoky eye. It's also a great crease or transition colour. (Scene is a lovely shade of grey, too, but it is a massive PITA to work with, IMO.) On the inner part of the lid, if you want to do a peach or a pink, there's Jest (peach), Pink Freeze (pink), Gleam (pink-gold), All That Glitters (beige-peach with gold pearl). For liner, you've got several options: a Fluidline (Blacktrack), a liquid liner, a pencil (Feline, Smolder, or the Chromagraphic Pencil in Black Black), or another eyeshadow (Typographic or Carbon would work). Then on the browbone you can use a colour that's a little lighter than your skintone, either matte or with a shimmer-sheen. Hope that's useful!

 

[Anaphora]

Thank you so much for your reply! I think I may give Face & Body a go and see if it works. Also, thanks so much for the e/s recommendations!

 

[ZombieHolly]

Face and Body is very liquid-y so it will sheer down the concealer quite a bit. You can try it though!