Favorite Fall 2009 eyeshadow palettes 17 August 09
It seems a bit early to be thinking about autumn makeup colors, especially if you’re still baking in the sun. But August is the month when we get the much awaited September issues of our favorite fashion magazines and they’re filled with clothes and accessories, as well as makeup suggestions, for the upcoming season.
This year the magazines are thinner than they’ve ever been due to the collapse in the advertising market. A number of them may not survive past Christmas. Many of us are also cutting back on our purchases. Instead of getting the full set of makeup for fall – foundation, powder, eye shadow, blush and lipstick, we will be sticking to one item, an eye shadow palette or a lipstick. That’s fine. We have too much stuff anyway.
To help you decide, I will be posting my favorite makeup items for the coming fall season, starting with eye shadow palettes.
We see the same makeup colors at this time of the year: gray, aubergine, chocolate brown and magenta (note that in spring, the cosmetics companies treat us to peach, pink, gold and orange). That means if you already have the colors shown in the palettes below, you should save your money and buy something else, perhaps a new lipstick. You might invest in a good foundation (I’ll be writing about that in the future).
Back to eye shadows. The palettes in the photo are not only beautiful, they are also made with high-quality ingredients. I have used eye shadows from all of the brands shown below:
- Bobbi Brown: her eye shadow palettes feature mostly neutral colors and seem boring to many people but the idea is to layer them if you want a deeper, richer but still natural look. The powder in the shadows is very fine so it goes on very lightly. I prefer very subtle eye makeup so I like Bobbi Brown’s approach. If I want something more dramatic, I simply layer on more eye shadow.
- Christian Dior: I have the Jazz Club eye shadow palette below and it is my favorite of the lot because it has an eyebrow powder plus a gel eye liner. This palette is perfect for traveling. It comes with tiny brushes to help you apply eye liner and brow powder.
- Guerlain: just about everything made by Guerlain feels luxurious. The colors are rich and they go on smoothly because of the high quality powders they use for the makeup.
- Yves Saint Laurent: for those who want a truly dramatic look especially for evening, YSL’s eye shadows are amazing. They go on smoothly and evenly, and the colors are gorgeous.
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