These “get started” kits have probably been around, in one form or another, since a few years after BE started. Currently, they exist…but they’re broken up more granularly (color depth as well as warm/neutral/cool) and the focus more on the foundation, mineral veil, and other face powders. When I started collecting BE, they were optimized for a skintone range, but were a combination of eyeshadows, blush, and lip color. It was a fairly good, comprehensive introduction to the greater breadth of BE’s product lineup.

Photos that show how the product actually performs...! See how I create my swatches

My own coloring is "Fair to Light", but I love the colors from all of these kits. I most like the looks I can make with the eyeshadows and blush from the Medium to Tan kit. Proving, I guess, that other peoples' designations for "what's best for us" are guidelines or suggestions, not limitations or Holy Writ.

This kit contained:

• Cream Soda — French-vanilla satin
• Rapture — soft nutmeg satin
• Tiger's Eye — golden copper satin
• First Class blush — warm rose satin
• buxom Sugar — sheer rose beige satin
• Angled Blush brush
• Double-Ended Contour Shadow & Define brush
• Eyeliner brush

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