I knew I wanted these three as soon as they came available! Well…definitely the red and the pale yellow. Maybe not quite so much the green, but it looked like a green I could wear. All three colors have the standard Shiro high pigmentation, and for those who may...
Bone and Camel are both warm-leaning neutrals that have a medium level of pigmentation; and Aubergine is a slightly cool-neutral blush. (I have no idea what color the lipstick was.) Released in August 2003 (...so over a decade ago…) this kit is long gone. The individual colors were available for individual...
This color leans just ever-so-slightly warm. I can't help but think that this is what Bare Escentuals was trying to create when it originally formulated their Warmth face color. That color makes almost everyone look like an oompa-loompa. This color can be applied at “regular” strength as an eyeshadow, or...
In its last weeks of operation, I managed to get several rather nice satin- and matte-finish eyeshadows from LaurEss - including this one. I have similar and almost-similar pinks, but none that have the mauve undertones! This finish looks like it's between a soft satin and a pure matte -...
All of the sizes were minis, and the colors were all neutrals…so this would be a great gifting kit, or “here’s some basics” kit to get someone started either using makeup, or using BE specifically. Add a mascara of your choice and you have everything to put together...
The color is pretty enough - deep enough to look bolder (or provide a nice base color) but not so deep that it's overpowering. And no outrageous intensity! The swatching was a little problematic, though. It would not swatch or apply evenly, easily. I had to go very slowly, and...
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