I think this is the first Sleek palette that I've come across, that didn't have a black shadow in it. I do like the purples and greens, with a few orangeish and brownish shadows. I did have a slight difficulty with today's look, though, because I was trying to get the purple to show up a bit more…and then I overdid it. As in, “I didn't intend to have a smokey eye today, and I've actually got a quasi-shiner instead.” (So much for having an extra 20 minutes to beat the traffic. I had to wipe off my eye makeup and start over.) With my second go-round, I got the purple just a little bit lighter than I would have liked…but I did like how Gates of Eden looked! I wasn't sure if it would be just a little too warm a brown, but it works very nicely. (It is a warm brown; but I was using a softer purple and they coordinated well.)

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

Today's Featured Site: #BBloggerschat

Doing anything that involves a loosely organized community takes lots of work. You may say, "But how much work is there, really, to set up a weekly bloghop and to select chat topics?" And moderate the content. And screen the topics and contact the topic-submitters. And deal with justifiably upset people who don't like the topic. Sweartagod, it's like herding cats- half of whom are convinced that they've heard the "V" word. It took a while, but it seems like Nykki and Nia finally found a middle ground where they can provide people ways to get involved with a larger beauty-blogging community, without driving themselves utterly mad in the process. (And believe you me, that isn't an easy feat.)

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