Entries for Monday August 27
Victorian Disco’s Rowena
- Manufacturer: Victorian Disco Cosmetics
- Availability: part of the House Points collection
- Color Range: bright turquoise-blue shimmer
- Staying Power: 3 out of 4 stars
- Cost/Amount: forget the price; but quantity was 1 gram
- Would you purchase again: yes
- Similar shades:
The coverage of this color is actually a bit better when it’s applied dry. Foiling this shade didn’t do good things! The shadow ended up looking a bit…clumpy. I don’t know if a different adhesive or medium would have given me different results. I like the color, and as soon as I got my first set of the House Points collection I knew I wanted backups - chiefly for Rowena and Salazar. Sadly, Victorian Disco closed up before my order was processed.
The color reminds me slightly of TKB Trading’s Peacock Blue mica, but just a tiny bit lighter.
Aromaleigh v2’s Just Be-Clause
- Manufacturer: Aromaleigh v2
- Availability: released as part of Aromaleigh v2's Holly Days collection
- Color Range: warm medium-light brown shimmer
- Staying Power: 3 out of 4 stars
- Cost/Amount: USD$7 for 1.2 grams; $1.00 for a sample baggie
- Would you purchase again: yes
- Similar shades:
Shiro Cosmetics’ Dunsparce / Shiro Cosmetics’ Shield-Eater
- Manufacturer: Shiro Cosmetics
- Availability: originally released in the Super Effective collection; renamed in early 2012 and moved to the Legends collection
- Color Range: semisheer soft yellow shimmer
- Staying Power: 3 out of 4 stars
- Cost/Amount: USD$5 for 1.8 - 2.0 grams
- Would you purchase again: no
- Similar shades: My Pretty Zombie's Drunken Toast
A softer yellow, with low color payoff. Since most of the rest of Shiro’s colors have very solid pigmentation levels, and since this color’s been around for a while (and wasn’t outright removed when the new collection lineups were announced) I can only guess that this is intentional. It’s a little heavy to use as a browbone or inner-vee highlighter, but is a bit sheer for use as a regular-weight yellow. I have used this a few times as a “blending” or transitional color, with mixed results. There must be a trick to using this color effectively, except as “over colored shadow bases” but I haven’t found it just yet.
Everyday Minerals’ Still Moments
- Manufacturer: Everyday Minerals
- Availability: from the online storefront; part of the Elements: Water collection
- Color Range: light silver-grey shimmer
- Staying Power: 2 out of 4 stars
- Cost/Amount: USD$7 for a 10-gram jar with sifter / 2.5 grams
- Would you purchase again: possibly
- Similar shades: Aromaleigh v2's Maribou
NOTE: As of early 2010, most Everyday Minerals products contain lauroyl lysine. Info & links of interest
This color, along with Concentrate and Stay Cool (and Restful blush), made up the Water collection. Interestingly enough, none of the colors read as very blue on me. Still Moments is a light cool silver-grey; Stay Cool is a dark grey-purplpe matte; and Concentrate is a medium-dark grey-blue shimmer that looks a bit like a stormcloud: hints of blue, but mostly just a kind of roiling grey. There are other companies that do an eyeshadow of this shade and color payoff, so this shade isn’t necessarily unique. The shimmer is very nice, and the adhesion is about average for indie makeup. I’ve noticed that unless I foil this color, it does need a few more touch-ups throughout the day than other similar-shade eyeshadows.