Answer Angel: Makeup rules?

In researching your question, I found the closest matches to your “grey khaki” question when I typed in “olive brown eyeliner” and “olive grey eyeliner.” Check out these options: Palladio Retractable Waterproof eyeliner (olive, amazon.com, $8.09); NYX Epic Wear Liner Stick, (All Time Olive, drugstores, amazon.com, $8.99); Maybelline TattooStudio Waterproof Mechanical Gel Eyeliner Pencil (smokey grey, drugstores, amazon.com, $6.79).

For the perfect shade you’re looking for to replace the discontinued product, your best bet might be a DIY solution of putting one shade on top another to get “grey khaki.”

One more thing: When you find a product you love, buy several. The ones you rely on most often are discontinued without notice. Sometimes you can find them on eBay.com but at inflated prices.

Angelic Readers 1

Sue D. writes: “To hopefully help Madeleine about her mascara clumping issue. On an episode of ‘Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,’ I watched hair and skin care guru Jonathan Van Ness wipe the end of the mascara wand with a tissue before the application to remove excess. Absolutely no clumps…been doing it ever since.”

Angelic Readers 2

From Ms. Bindy B.: “The letters you print asking ‘Can I still wear…’ something or other. I am a fairly chic (for a 93-year-old) woman with a substantial collection of items over 10 or 15 years old; items that still look good on me and therefore qualify as still wearable. I still get compliments wearing them. My mantra? If it looks good on you, wear it, and ‘fashion’ be damned!”

Reader rant

“Tight Squeeze Jam” writes: “Please tell the reader who wrote you about the resurgence of pointy-toed shoes that you have to go UP, possibly even a full size, to make pointy-toed shoes work. And if you have large, American feet, you may as well forget expensive designer shoes. They're extremely narrow.

Also, please BEG shoemakers to NOT use that stupid vanity sizing! I'm a size 10, I've been a size 10 since I was 12. No matter if my weight was 117 or 190, my shoe size hasn’t changed. I don't want to buy size 10 online and have to go play games with returns for a larger size because of this stupid sizing game.