A bit less pigmentation than I would have liked..but that seems to be the case with Bare Escentuals' mattes. This is a softer green with fairly neutral tones, so I don't have any problems wearing it, even though it isn't an obviously cooler green. (Warmer greens and I have...
There's a very faint hint of duochrome in this polish - the color changes from a green-blue in the center to a blue-green on the edges. The polish does show brushstrokes a bit, though. Other than that, the texture is a bit roughened, similar to China Glaze's Icicle. The polish...
This kit wasn’t as attractive a value as the Ocho Loco kit, released at the same time for the 2012 holiday season; but with four pencil colors that are not part of Urban Decay’s regular line (two limited-edition repromotes and two new to this kit), this was still an...
I like the three colors in this kit…just not together. The darker Smoke anchors the brighter Raspberry and the semisheer Lavish; but I tend to wear Smoke and Raspberry with a highlighter shade like Whisper or Beautiful; or add a blackened navy or a medium brown to the set....
If Bare Escentuals' Mint eyeshadow actually had a decent amount of pigmentation, it might be the same base shade as this one. If that same color had a gold pearlescent finish, it would be very very close to this shade. I get effects that I like if I wear this...
Based on the collection images, I thought this might be a bit redder, and too close to colors like Lit (from Deck Your Halls) or Reckoning (from End of Days). Turns out…it's about in between those two shades. If you don't like wearing reds on your lids, you can...
This shadow is a cooler silver-pewter, not overt blue tones, but it's a cooler grey - close to the color of cement in the shade. Coverage is good, and even, and I don't get tons of fallout from this one. The sparkle is a bit scattered, but it's still there....
This is one of my least favorite colors in this line - aside from the orange-reds like Romantic that just won't look good on me no matter how hard I try or what other colors I wear. This is basically the balmstain-line equivalent of the nude lip: it doesn't lay...
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