@Angie: thank you for posting your experience and thank you to your dermie! You did all the legwork figuring things out and my skin, and health, have benefitted in a meaningful way.

My skin is incredibly oily, so shine is a daily occurrence, no matter how much powder I might apply. I do try to keep the shine down, though, and have found that the brown paper towels often found in public restrooms often help with that. Even so, though, it is a losing battle. I'd prefer matte skin, but that is impossible for me; even anti-shine gels or primers don't work for me.

My skin is shiny too so I do find shimmery makeup works best although I go for matte powder and stay away from bronzer. I also like shiny accessories.

Clothes wise though I stay away from shine and sparkle. I can't pull it off. Shiny fabrics like satin emphasizes my bust and lumps in the worst way. And those wet look leggings make my legs look really wide. The one time I did look amazing though was at my wedding when I had an amazing purple silk charmeuse gown custom made and it draped beautifully. I do think some silks have a subtle sheen that can be really wearable though.

This is sort of blowing my mind. My skin has always been very shiny, not in a good way, and I have spent most of my life fighting it. My hair is not so much shiny but now is sparkly - only since I stop dying it. For years it was dry as straw. Hmm, this might be a huge aha moment for me.

very interesting question . I always seem to have a somewhat shiny face but prefer matte clothing.

I have oily skin which becomes shinier as the day goes on. Thank goodness for oil blotting tissues! I do like shiny makeup (I've never cared for the way matte lipstick looks on me), but as far as clothes and accessories are concerned, I prefer a more matte look.

Matte, lifeless and dull, hehe I prefer dewy, so I like mists and that sort of thing. Don't like frosted anything on me, maybe because it doesn't work with my natural matteness.

I am pretty shiny, especially my forehead. My cheeks are maybe more on the satiny side. I have to be careful with oily moisturizers, because they will make my skin feel greasy all day--they don't seem to soak in if I use even a tiny bit too much.

The timing of your question is good! I have been wearing mineral makeup (powder foundation), and I haven't been noticing shine. But I took a few days' break recently and went makeup free, and the shine has returned. So now I know what the mineral foundation is doing for me.

In general, I enjoy shiny things--coated jeans, metallic shoes, etc. But I tend to gravitate toward those more when my hair is straighter and sleeker, as opposed to when it is a little wavier. When it's wavier, I am more prone to choose textured fabrics.

Combo skin. Hair used to be super shiny and still is if air dried but heat tools and straightening suck it out. I actually like matte lipstick on and occasionally like a matte face with powder but I look best dewy. I do wear both shimmery and matte eyeshadows equally, though.
As for jewelry and metallics, I am down with shine and matte/texture.

My face is shiny, hair not so much because of the hair structure. Your comment about make up made me realise that my problem with unnatural looking lipsticks might not be that no color suits me but that they are never shiny enough... Food for thought. I go bare faced, so I have no idea about powders or whatever.

Team Velvet! And in keeping with what Suz says I was analyzed as an Autumn.
I am mostly matte or velvet with a bit of shine. Shiny hair, velvet skin with just a touch of shine and my lips are velvet with a small dose of shine. I prefer matte jewellery, clothing, stones, make up, etc.

I wear matte make up with just a small amount of shine on my lips. Glitter looks hideous on me.
I prefer amber over diamonds.
I like old gold and hammered silver jewellery.
I LOVE VELVET!!!!!!!

My hair use to be very shiny and neat. No need for shine products on my hair. If I teased my hair to make it look a little wilder within minutes the teasing would come out and my hair would be all neat again. I can go days without brushing my hair and it looks neat. I have made peace with my neat hair.

I think I'm mostly matte, but my nose and forehead get shiny. I like some shine but subtle in my clothes and jewelry. I would say sheen not shine. Does that mean velvet??? I like the words glow and sheen.

Wow, I have never even thought about this before! I guess I am velvety (love that word!). I'm with Staysfit, I prefer sheen over shine. I have fairly dry skin and use moisturizer religiously but would say I still have more of a matte finish. I prefer darkened silver and bronze over gold, love velvet and corduroy. I like to think my hair is shiny but its natural texture makes it hard to tell. Very interesting conversation.

Oh I like velvet on me, same as corduroy. I do love this kind of texture, maybe I'm also more of a sheen vs. shine person. Same with metals, I like brushed silver, bronze and old gold jewellery, but not so much shiny metals.

I don't know, I guess I'm a bit shiny? Despite the fact that my skin is getting drier, I still combat shine on my T-zone. I don't find it appealing in the least to see a photograph of myself with a shiny spot on my nose. My hair seems shinier some days than others, probably because it's color-treated and prone to frizz. I prefer lipstick and lipgloss that is moderately shiny -- I don't like extreme matte or extreme glossy looks on me, since I don't care to draw more attention to my lips anyway.

As far as my preferences for "shiny" in clothing and accessories, I love metallics but usually prefer to temper one shiny piece -- say, my silver tote or the metallic bomber jacket -- with other matte textures or subdued color in an outfit so the other items don't fight with the shiny piece. I also love fabrics with sheen like velvet, and of course the subtle sheen of leather too.

I have never thought of it this way before, but in reading through the answers I have realized that I am definitely a shiny person. I love silver and gold jewelry and prefer metallics as a neutral shoe.
I have had oily skin all my life which was a huge annoyance when I was younger and working full time because I could never get my makeup to stay on my skin for longer than a couple of hours. By lunch time it had disappeared. This may also have been a function of makeup technology back in the eighties!
I'm in need of long-lasting makeup at the moment and I think I have found a foundation that will work. However, it has been hard to get used to seeing myself with a matte face. To counteract the matte face I have gotten a wonderfully glossy lip gloss. I instantly felt more like myself when I added this lip gloss yesterday!

I'm not shiny - matte or velvety here. My skin is dry and I live in a very dry climate. In fact, I see very few people with shiny skin around here - maybe due to the extremely low humidity. My skin is shinier when we travel to locations with higher humidity (which usually makes me break out for a few days as my skin adjusts).