This purple is dark enough that I don't know if it can be worn with lighter colors. It will overwhelm them! It isn't intense, it isn't bright, it's deep dark purple. It's swallow-your-soul purple. It takes no prisoners. Wet or dry application doesn't make much difference. Well, some. But not...
This is a really pretty bleached-beach-house periwinkle blue! This color has been discontinued - or at least, it's no longer visible on the site. I don't know offhand if this was part of the Great Reformulation Sweep, or was discontinued for other reasons. I like using this with a near-white...
A pale dusty green with medium opacity. The color payoff is not pastel, but it is a softer green. You'll see more of the silver, whether you apply this wet or dry. The green is incredibly soft - not sheer, just soft in terms of color intensity. This makes a...
This is a really gorgeous metallic vivid-blue-violet. It looks especially striking when used as nail art on top of a dark matte or creme nail polish. However…I'm not seeing any duochrome or duotone action on this one. (This was one of the least-shifting shades in the New Bohemian collection.)...
After so many of Meow’s recent releases’ focus on brighter shades (like Deck Your Halls), it was nice to get an assortment of deeper jeweltones with some lovely neutrals. My one and only complaint about this collection was that End and Indulge are very similar - so similar that...
I purchased both of the Smashbox cream eyeliner palettes this past Christmas season (December 2012), and took one on my trip to IMATS LA. I like the palette. But after reading this story of egregiously snotty customer dealings by a Smashbox makeup artist, I will not be buying or recommending any...
Works well as a highlighter, but there's enough color payoff that it works well as a colorblock-contrast, with muted jeweltone shades. (I like wearing this with graduated purples: a clear midtone lilac, and a medium-deep muted violet.)
A good softer shade, useful for blending or for non-smokey eye looks. (I think I'm almost overdosed on smokey eye looks, after the Oscars last night.) The color payoff is pretty good, this is just a softer brown color that doesn't deepen when applied wet. It's like cocoa powder with...
Whisper is a highlighter shade or a soft accent color. It isn't a bright vibrant white, but a super-pale pinkish peach with a blue-interference flash. Variants of colors like this have a sheer yellow-orange with the blue as the accent, or a more pink base shade with a bluer iridescence....
A medium orange-red with light gold shimmer. I like how it looks better applied damp, than applied dry - applied dry it looks more like a red-clay orange-red, but applied wet the red is a bit more visible. (And oranges and I have always had a rocky relationship. They can't...
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