Exclusive to Ulta, this was definitely a warmer kit. I already owned all the pieces, so wasn’t really all that moved to buy it - though if you liked these colors and didn’t have them already, buying these items in the kit is a far better value than...
This color was briefly available through the webstore, early during my makeup-mania years (2008-ish); but currently the color is “back in the vault”.
MAC Cosmetics has been selling highly pigmented loose-powder colors for years. In early 2009, Bare Escentuals released its first “high-shine” color - a loose-powder shadow that was a bit similar to MAC's pigments, in that it adhered better and had a very bright finish. In late 2009, Bare Escentuals announced the release...
This is an older color, but it's only available for brief intervals - and only in kits. It appears to have originally been released in the Puppy Love kit, early in BE's history; then it seems to have vanished until early 2009, when it then made two appearances in as many...
Another color that moved to a new collection, and took a new name…one formerly held by another color. The original Emancipation Grid was also a light blue - but Manectric has a bit more heft to it.
The lightest-weight color of the collection, but it's a nice deep blue - so compared to Bare Escentuals' Glimpses (new nomenclature: glimmers) it's about the same level of opacity. Perhaps even more. Again, great adhesion. If you like Gigi but are still leery of using blue eyeshadow, give this one...
Looks just a bit like a softer version of Aromaleigh's Planetearth. The blue isn't as vivid, and neither is the pink shimmer - but it is similar. Sadly, now, both colors have been discontinued by their respective vendors.
I was not expecting a duochrome when I ordered these colors - but Spiritomb has hints of blue-green duochrome! This color is a bit like the frankencolor I made, Monday in Hades…except this one actually has pigmentation even if the color isn't foiled. In other words, it's done right. ...
NOTE: This color was discontinued in 2012. This is a wonderful neutral shimmer with pink accents. Like all the other Shiro colors in this collection, it applies very well and adheres great. If you regularly have problems with creasing (like I do - everything creases on me eventually) you'll want to...
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