New collections for spring 2012

Lately, I have read many blog posts where beauty bloggers present the new makeup collections for the spring 2012. I do not know whether they are getting paid for this or not and it really does not matter for me at the moment since I do not think that any of these presenting colllections blog posts actually encourages consumer behavior or not.
What bothers me is that for spring apparently pastel colors are in. I do not understand why spring is connected with pastel colors and why on earth, why should I wear really , and I mean really unwearable green and blue pastel shades on eyeshadows, like they did in the 80s, without the strong pigmentation. How on earth can you do a smokey eye with pastel green? and just because you combined it with a black eyeshadow inside the quad, it does not mean it is wearable. In my opinion, it is plain ridiculous. I have yet to see a proposal from a high-end cosmetic company that actually looks good. And I do not mean the photoshopped fake women we see on the ads , I mean a collection that will actually look good on the average looking woman.Because if I look so good, as they do in the pictures HELL i dont need makeup!

In Greece, we are going through an economic crisis. Apparently this spring we will go through a color crisis as well..... man it will make me laugh....