u/Cautious-Finance-927

I went back from holiday lately, was getting out of the bathroom after washing my face and putting my sunscreen on and looked into the mirror and felt… extremely ugly:/ I’m not totally sure what it was, maybe because of my unevenly tanned skin with new surface redness, the pores, the shirt color, my hormones... I just looked super horrid and super tired. All my confidence literally vanished and it shocked me to look at my selfie that day 😭 Like usually I don’t feel that bad about myself barefaced. I went on to put makeup on a few hours later and felt much better.

And I believed the olive skin was one of the culprits. Some day in some situations I just turn extremely green and sick. My skin is muted so it looks even more sick. I don’t know. I don’t want to make up all the time and lie to myself that I have even skintone and my eyes are alive. No, it was eyeshadows and concealer and bronzer. Without them I feel dead outside.

Sorry people, just a rant on the weekend, but if it makes somebody feel better because they are not alone, then I’m doing the right thing I guess😭😭🥶🥶

Guys, I’m embarrassed. I completely forgot about a Milk makeup cream blush (shade Quirk) that my boyfriend gifted me in 2021, I used it on and off for a year or two and it stayed in the back of my drawer since. Now I remember about it and want to pan it seems to have a strange smell. Honestly I don’t remember how it smelled when new but I swear it was also not great. :/ Is it possible that it has expired? How do you guys use cream blush for so long, like years? Do you throw them out if they have smell or docyou disinfect and continue to use?

Thanks in advance!

I'm so tired of my skin being olive, I literally can't find a good eyeshadow palette for my eyes... I'm from Asia and has neutral , muted yellow dominent olive skin tone. The only palette I like is Natasha denona Mini glam but I don't want to look smoky everyday. And some days I feel like my skin pulls very yellow and I just give up on wearing eyeshadows. Anything that has a lot of red in it or pink makes me look like I got punched. Can anyone recommend a versatile palette that actually works for yellow olive skin that doesn't break the bank, with preferably a mixture of matte and shimmer? Any palette from Viseart works?

I use Catrice Instant Bright Serum Concealer in 032N, it matches my skin quite well. Bown eyes, dark brown to black hair. I like middle, muted tone and a limited range of purple, brown and green shadows.

Eyeshadows I have:

Viseart Minxette (too warm, the only shades I can use are the brown and purple shades)

Viseart Dark Matte (I use only Pinot shade, which is a plum shade. It compliments my eyes well. It's a good palette but I can't find use for it as I hoped)

ABH Fall Romance (bought this because I thought I'm Dark Autumn. Only used Smoke, Leather, Ember but I don't enjoy the powder quality very much)

Natasha Denona Mini Glam (my favorite, I use Anjo a lot which is the middle olive shade, also the gold shimmer, but not everyday I want to wear green)

Pepipera Ink Pocket in You Know what muted is (don't like the powdery texture, the colors are ok but also pull pinker on my eyes than in the palette)

Thank you

EDIT: Thank you girls for being super helpful with recommendations! I've been checking all the palettes you suggested and comparing them to pick out my next buy, potentially from Viseart, BBIA and Clio. I love this sub!