
Guys.
I did a thing.
I went and purchased a bunch of pot gel eyeliners, eyeliner pencils, and primers in an array of pastel shades. I used to be the Nile in Eygpt. I remember it well. It was Spring 2009 and the Shu Uemura Mirage Collection launched and I was convinced that soft, pastel colors were something I could actually wear. I remember really loving pastels for a long time. I remember thinking how soft, pretty, delicate, and feminine they were. I also remember when reality set in and I realized how in denial I was about how truly bad they looked on me.

I’m a light-medium skin tone with a peachy undertone and I think it’s fair enough to say light baby pink, baby chicken yellow, sky blue, and delicate lavenders just aren’t for me. I look a little like rigor mortis set in when I attempt these shades. Guys, I used to wear pastel green eyeshadow like it was a good thing.
But I went and did the weirdest thing and purchased a the Pastel Please PR Kit from Beauty Creations.
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