Entries for Thursday March 25

Aromaleigh v1’s Tempted

• Vendor: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: available as part of the Rocks! Sonic Eyes collection
• Color Range: bright red matte (blacklight reactive)
• Staying Power: 4 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$6.50 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

Zoya’s Reece

• Manufacturer: Zoya/Art of Beauty
• Availability: originally released in January 2010 as part of Zoya's Reverie collection
• Color Range: metallic fuchsia-rose with gold duochrome sheen
• Staying Power: 4 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$6 for 14 ml / .5 fl oz
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

Entries for Wednesday March 24

Aromaleigh v1’s Flowersofromance

• Vendor: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: available as part of the Rocks! Sonic Eyes collection
• Color Range: dusky fuchsia rose sparkle
• Staying Power: 4 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$6.50 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

BareMinerals’ Exotic Destinations: Bora Bora kit

• Manufacturer: bareMinerals/Bare Escentuals
• Availability: beginning spring 2010 through QVC
• Contains: three eyeshadows and a bag
• Cost/Amount: USD$36
• Would you purchase again: yes

The latest in the “destination” kits (Wish You Were Here/New Orleans, Bali, Ensenada, Key West, Morocco, Costa Rica). Like the Morocco and Costa Rica kits, this one had three previously-released colors - but not colors that had previously been available as singles, so that’s a step up (sort of.)

Entries for Thursday March 18

Aromaleigh v1’s Lupine

• Manufacturer: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: originally released from March 2009 to April 2009 as part of Aromaleigh v1's Spring Solstice 2009 collection; made part of the regular line in January 2010
• Color Range: blue violet sheen
• Staying Power: 4 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$8 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

Aromaleigh v1’s Lisette

• Vendor: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: available as part of their Bête Noire collection
• Color Range: golden orchid-violet sparkle
• Staying Power: 4 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$8.00 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

Entries for Wednesday March 17

Aromaleigh v1’s Noreservations Lip Color

• Manufacturer: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: available as part of Aromaleigh v1's Sonic Rocks Lip Tints collection
• Color Range: bright watermelon-pink tint
• Staying Power: 4 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$6.85 for 2.76 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes, if it hadn't been discontinued
• Similar shades:

Aromaleigh v1’s Goldenrod

• Manufacturer: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: available as part of the Pure Eyes Matte collection
• Color Range: medium saturated yellow matte
• Staying Power: 4 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$6.75 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

Aromaleigh v1’s Wave

• Manufacturer: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: available as part of the Pure Eyes Matte collection
• Color Range: deep rich turquoise matte
• Staying Power: 4 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$6.75 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

TKB Trading’s Travel to Pluto

• Seller: TKB Trading
• Availability: part of the regular line / Interplanetary Traveller collection
• Color Range: White-gold that iridesces between green, gold, and purple.
• Staying Power: 3 out of 4
• Cost/Amount: $14 for one ounce
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

This is a true duochrome interference mica. It’s the ingredient that causes the colorshifting effects in Pure Luxe’s Oasis (added to an aqua base), and I really wish that other MMU companies used this in their products because I love duochrome shadows…but at the price per ounce for this stuff, and the fact that duochromes might have a more limited audience, I can almost reason why they don’t. At any rate, I’ve seen people use this to create frankenpolishes, I’ve used it as a highlighter and as an overall “colorchanger”, I’ve added it to a few matte colors I’ve purchased from this and that vendor.