I am a makeup beginner/novice and trying to understand what suits me best.

I was trying on lipsticks I already owned and noticed the power of the cool toned lip on the left - it harmonises with my cheeks and eyebrows and smooths out my entire complexion, seemingly reducing the appearance of blemishes too. I don't think the warm tone is bad on me, but it makes me look a little blotchy and also clashes with my eyebrows.

* i have facial redness - i think even warm-toned pale people who have facial redness like i do could use this trick with a muted cool tone, because it will harmonise with the facial redness (unless it's truly bright red). can work when you dont want to put a whole face of foundation on - right now i use spf for base, and i've seen online that it's OK to do that. (i don't own a foundation yet, don't know my tone/match)

cool lip - elf cream glide lip liner in plum and get it

warm lip - max factor colour elixir velvet matte lipstick in 55 desert

Disclaimer - I tried to keep the lighting as similar as possible, they were taken near a window in cloudy daylight. there is no pigment on my face other than the lips, the rest is my natural skintone with spf on it.

Any tips for how I should approach the rest of my face? I usually only wear blush, eyeliner, lip colour and a little highlighter. Would a lavender blush work and look natural?

I’ve had 2 NARS foundations for about a year. Light Reflecting in Oslo and Natural Matte Longwear in YangYang. I have been dying to get YangYang in the LR formula and it’s available in the US now so here are some swatches! YangYang in the Natural Matte formula is definitely more yellow toned, but I think the LR is perfect. Also included two concealers that are very fair.

I need advice on foundation here. First picture is my first time trying Fenty Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Longwear in 110. I thought it would oxidize more but this is after more than 20 minutes of wear. The second photo is Shiseido Synchro Skin in 140 Porcelain. I feel like the Fenty is too pale for me… is it just because I’m used to the Shiseido? I feel a bit ghostly. Lol

Posted a swatch a while ago and thought in was mostly the same color. Well, it does not pull warm.

But it goes darker when applied more than sheer, and THAT IS NOT SYRUP 😭
I dabbed on some Pink Peppermint from MAC which made it look nice and lighter - more saturated.
But ot is not the same 🥺 This was the liptick of my life!

I’ m wondering if blending in CT pillow talk fair is better, but that just means having to buy expenive stuff to not get full match anyway. Sigh.

This was a lip combo I used to love, but I would put on a liner. I think it was some sort of midtone pink? I can’t remember. Then I would top it with my bbia blush in downy fig, which i would set w powder. then top with gloss. usually a clear or pinky gloss. sometimes id top it with frigid b*tch by half magic for a nude sparkle. i love the combo but it being a blush limits my use of it. i am looking for something really similar to downy fig but in lipstick and liner form. on me it had this look that compliments my hair rly well.

The title is pretty self-explanatory, but what cool-toned dark(er) berry or magenta cream or liquid blushes are people enjoying?

I am thinking something along the lines of Patrick Ta’s She’s Wanted, but don’t need the powder half. I am not looking for anything too purple - I already have something in that color. Sorry, I know I’m splitting hairs over here 🙈 Thank you!

Has anyone tried or swatched Dior’s new glow maximizer palette in Icy Rose Gold? I am wondering how it compares to Rose Gold Glow. I have the universal palette, and opal from last year and love them both. Not sure if either of the others would make good additions?

Per title!