Travel Friendly Neutral Matte Shadow

[wawa]

My gym bag eye routine for a while now has just been to smear on some ColourPop Hanky panky and call it a day. (with mascara)
It's basically invisible - like a "my lids but better" shade.

I'd like to step it up a hair with something slightly more visible. 

I've fallen out of love with my various cream shadows - ulta color coat and maybelline color tattoo.  I just can't get them to go on smoothly - they're all patchy and shit.  Possibly because they're like years old and need to be replaced, but whatever.  Dont' want to right now.

Ideally I'd like something like WnW walking on eggshells - physically compact, budget friendly for when I inevitably break it by throwing the bag around - but I'd like it to be matte.  Or at least partially matte.

Might pick up the bite multistick based on ESF's FOTD pic with it, but it's not ideal for eyes so...no?  I dunno.  Maybe.  Not as my standalone solution anyway.

I still love the colourpop formula - so this is really two questions  -  
1. Does anybody have a suggestion for a favorite small and durable neutral duo/trio/quad with at least some mattes
2. Alternatively - suggestions for good base/transition colors from colourpop?  I have a hard time with their website and how the colors translate on me IRL.  I didn't expect Hanky Panky to be so invisible. Maybe To A-T?  Cornelius?  Or Bandit?  Anybody have one of those?

[ijack]

What about making your own palette at coastal? I've actually been pretty impressed with their shadows and they're so cheap.
www.coastalscents.com/

[wawa]

Aug 26, 2016 11:13:08 GMT -5 ijack said:

What about making your own palette at coastal? I've actually been pretty impressed with their shadows and they're so cheap.
www.coastalscents.com/

Oh, that would work.  One of those little 4-piece DIY palettes.  Except now I'd have to actually pick colors...

[Pippin]

Maybe bigger than your looking for but what about the Too Faced Natural Matte Eyes I think it's called. It's one of their 9 pan palettes.

[wawa]

Aug 26, 2016 11:38:12 GMT -5 Pippin said:

Maybe bigger than your looking for but what about the Too Faced Natural Matte Eyes I think it's called. It's one of their 9 pan palettes.

yeah, I suspect that's bigger than will work for me.  I need my whole face, including skincare, to fit in one bag.  And when I say bag - think like Ulta GWP sized bag, not like a traincase.

I'm not even sure the coastal hotpot 4-hole thingy will work - Also it works out to like $12 once you put a whole thing together.  hmmm...

[ESF]

What about those Cover Girl Naked palette knockoffs? I've heard those are getting good reviews.

Also Milani sells singles that are pretty good.

[stephm0188]

Naked Basics is my go to travel matte palette. I can do so much with that little palette, and the hard case stands up well. I even use it for my brows.

[litebright]

If you wanted to do a single, Buxom has some nice matte shades and single cases for them for that you can put together for like $14 total, IIRC. Maybe Spoiled Sexy?

www.ulta.com/customizable-eyeshadow-bar-single-refills?productId=xlsImpprod13561011#

www.ulta.com/empty-single-eyeshadow-compact?productId=xlsImpprod13631031

The nice thing about the Buxom singles is that they're easily removable, too. You could put together a custom palette with six shades for $40, buy a couple of the single cases for $2 a pop, and you can swap the shades in and out of the single cases.

[notasafeplace]

Aug 26, 2016 15:08:21 GMT -5 stephm0188 said:

Naked Basics is my go to travel matte palette. I can do so much with that little palette, and the hard case stands up well. I even use it for my brows.

I second this. I swirl my brush in the three light colors (one has shimmer but when mixed with the mattes it just gives a brightening effect). I use the light brown ( I think it's called naked) in my crease and on my brows. And the dark brown to deepen the crease. I rarely use the black because I prefer liquid liner but it's nice to have.

[secretlyevil]

I've seen mixed reviews about WnW's palettes. Dunno if they're too big but may be worth investigating further.

[secretlyevil]

m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ARb_lgmM1U

[centralsquare]

The Clinique quads are great. Compact, has a mirror, and mostly matte. I have it in Teddy Bear. Dumb name, nice range of Browns/beiges.

[kategm]

Aug 26, 2016 15:49:25 GMT -5 litebright said:

If you wanted to do a single, Buxom has some nice matte shades and single cases for them for that you can put together for like $14 total, IIRC. Maybe Spoiled Sexy?

www.ulta.com/customizable-eyeshadow-bar-single-refills?productId=xlsImpprod13561011#

www.ulta.com/empty-single-eyeshadow-compact?productId=xlsImpprod13631031

The nice thing about the Buxom singles is that they're easily removable, too. You could put together a custom palette with six shades for $40, buy a couple of the single cases for $2 a pop, and you can swap the shades in and out of the single cases.

This is a good suggestion. I think the color Mink Magnet would be a great single color choice, but it is shimmery. It's a very pretty pinky neutral.

[racegrrl714]

I love my Naked Basics 2.

[bsp36]

My go too is Clinique, Foxier. It does have a little shimmer.

[wawa]

ladies - apparently I am just THAT cheap.

I was in Walgreens and decided to peruse the makeup section (of course). turns out WnW has one of their little 5 pans (the naked truth) that's basically exactly what I wanted. (at least some mattes, all neutral, cheap, small)



I just couldn't bring myself to spend more than $10 on something that will be banged around in my gym bag day in and day out, and likely not last 6 months before getting broken. 

I might still pick up one of the little coastal interchangable thingies, but for now this works for my needs.

Wearing it today (ignore my eyebrow situation):

[pantsparty]

Make your own palette at MAC! I have a quad and it's the only eyeshadow I bring with me when I travel.

ETA: too late. LOL.