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Eyeshadow Swatch Project: Browns

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On December 30th, I was sounding off that I needed to get back to work because I was creating too many blog projects for myself...and CydonianMU (she did purples) said that I could join her, KimmieKarmaLove (she did blues), jadecarver (she did blacks/greys), RobynHeartsSlap (she did greens), and Raerae (she did reds and oranges) in an eyeshadow swatching collaboration. ("Oh, I'm not helping, am I?" LOL) The general plan was that to start off, each person would pick a color and would make a list of their 10/15/20 favorite shades of that color...and then swatch them all. Since I was planning to do this for my entire collection anyway, this seemed a good way to get started! I've already begun adding the montages to some of my colors - several older, and some of the newer ones that I bought this winter but hadn't catalogued yet. I started with yellows and golds...and then just continued slowly swatching my way through my collection.

Going through my own collection, I've done:

Eyeshadow Swatch Project: Browns

My favorite brown/tan/taupe eyeshadow colors, alphabetically by manufacturer and then by color name, are:

  1. Aromaleigh v1's Angelique
  2. Aromaleigh v1's Champagne Toast
  3. Aromaleigh v1's Entangle
  4. Aromaleigh v1's Rockbottom
  5. Bare Escentuals' Fantasy
  6. Bare Escentuals' Fashionista
  7. Bare Escentuals' Retro
  8. Bare Escentuals' Starlight
  9. Everyday Minerals' Jane Eyre
  10. Everyday Minerals' Starry-Eyed
  11. Pure Luxe's PL Asp
  12. Shiro Cosmetics' Rapidash
  13. Simply Naturals' Nutmeg
  14. Simply Naturals' Sandy
  15. The SheSpace's Love Letter Lies
  16. The SheSpace's Moonlight Whimsy
  17. The SheSpace's Tattered and Torn
  18. The SheSpace's Touched by Truth

There aren't any duochromes in this group. A lot of companies seem to make brown/green duochromes, as if that's the only color combination consumers would want (or perhaps that's just what they think will sell best.) Bare Escentuals has done a few brown duochromes that are just not all that great, in my opinion - including Bon Bon, which has barely enough green to be duotone but still manages not to be a clear brown; and Creme de Menthe, which has some pigmentation issues. There are a few brown duochromes in my collection that do work well - Simply Naturals' Persia being a prime example, The SheSpace's Powder Burn being another - but weren't included on this list because while I like them, I like other colors better.

(But I'm still hanging on to my Duochrome Fetishist Merit Badge. Between my duochrome and duotone eyeshadows, blushes, face powders, lipsticks, and nail polishes...I've earned it!)

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

Eyeshadow Swatch Project: Browns Aromaleigh v1's Champagne Toast Aromaleigh v1's Entangle Aromaleigh v1's Rockbottom BareMinerals' Fantasy BareMinerals' Fashionista BareMinerals' Retro BareMinerals' Starlight Everyday Minerals' Jane Eyre Everyday Minerals' Starry-Eyed Pure Luxe's PL Asp Shiro Cosmetics' Rapidash Simply Naturals' Nutmeg Simply Naturals' Sandy The SheSpace's Love Letter Lies The SheSpace's Moonlight Whimsy The SheSpace's Tattered and Torn The SheSpace's Touched by Truth

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