Definitely softer shades…a medium-deep brown, a light brown, and a softer tan. I don’t know that I can really use the softer tan color for anything except maybe - MAYBE - as a “base” under darker powders, to define my eyes. I got this and the Smokey Eyes...
Rich brown with just a little bit of smoke…not too much, though, and the red undertones are very faint. Like all MAC pigments, it applies much the same dry as foiled. (Wet application actually isn't desirable, with this or with most other MAC pigments. They tend to clump up...
This isn't quite a “semisheer”, but for a matte color, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of pigmentation. Wet application does not help amplify this color at all - it seems to make it even less opaque! This color is decent enough, but a little on the boring...
Excellent color payoff (which isn't always a given, with BE eyeshadows.) This is either a cool medium-deep silver or a medium grey-blue depending on the lighting, but either way it isn't a color I would have automatically thought to pair with a soft tanned peach. Even though this color isn't...
This may seem like odd phrasing, but this shade is like a bright deeper mint green. It's got more presence than most mint shadows or polishes that I've seen - I don't know if it's brighter, or if the color is deeper, but I'll probably figure it out one day...
I think Benefit has a few cream shadows that are a similar shade, but none exactly this shade. The ones that I have are all shimmers, as well - not cremes. I think that one of MAC's Paint Pots might be close to this shade, but softer. I really like...
This color interested me when I saw the first promos, and it thrilled me when I got a bottle and applied it. A classy muted sage-mint green with excellent consistency and spreadability, I got even, smooth, fully opaque coverage with just two coats. I was amazed! The quality is great,...
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This is almost a cousin to Caitlin and Kelly. (In fact, I could probably do a really cool-looking ombre nail with those three polishes: Kelly, to Caitlin, to Carey. Or possibly Kelly-Caitlin-Kristen.) Application was smooth, but I did notice that the polish seemed just a bit watery. (Which, I suppose,...
This is almost an electric blue! In fact, this is nearly the same shade as the Electric Blue jumbo eye pencil from NYX…but in a cream shadow form. I'm not quite sure why this shade was named “teal”, since there isn't much teal or even green tones in the...
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