The purple softens and lightens when applied dry; but use any mixing medium and you get a vivid deep purple. Perhaps not quite as red-leaning as it appears in the pot, more of a violet than a deep plum. But a deeper shade, nevertheless. This color will stain your skin unless you use a primer. (Found that out while doing the swatches.)
It applies just a little...thinner than I might prefer. It can't easily be layered, but it intensifies quite well over any cream base.
This really is a gorgeous green! It leans blue, but not too strongly into the teal range. It complements my eyes well, applies smoothly and stays in place for a long time. It was one of my final purchases from LaurEss, before they shut their doors. I have a few similar greens, and some of those are extremely similar, but don't know that any are exact dupes. They're either more definitely neutral or “true” green, or they're softer.
Roughened finish, not quite a foil because it isn’t metallic…completely…and it isn’t textured. But there’s definitely something granular in the polish. This is a very deep charcoal, not quite black but close. It leans a little cool, but just barely.
I like this collection more than the first volume. think it’s because I’m spotting more jeweltones…but also because both of the blushes are cooler colors. One is even an actual purple!! Wicked Wax Museum and Vampire Breath were the thinnest coverage - just a few thin spots on each, though they are closer to “semi-opaque” than fully opaque. Either will look interesting over any colored base.
This particular kit was long gone by the time I started buying BE…but all of the color-pieces (except the lipstick) were still around and fairly easily available. I can use the two eyeshadows together, but I really prefer using them alongside a lighter shade to balance them out. The blush is a bit too deep for use as a blush, but I can use it on my lids or as a lighter contour shade.
Sandy brown, or sandy beige - depending on exact lighting and whether it's applied wet or dry. It's a nice neutral that applies decently. Like most of the LaurEss shadows that I have, some kind of primer helps keep the colors from fading as the day goes along. I remember that I picked this one up years ago, when another indie vendor sold out of a color that I had really really wanted (it literally went out of stock a...
This is sort of red…but when I apply it, it leans much more purple. (For those of you who have never seen a living sand dollar, they're this color. Yep, sand dollars and some starfish are mauvey-purple.) The color lightens a bit, but doesn't lose much intensity. The shimmer is very soft, the particles are very small. It's not like a more solid duotone layer that you see with some shadows. It's just a softer, subtle highlight. This color...
I have zero information on when this was released or where it was available. I’m going to guess that it was yet another QVC-exclusive kit from BE’s earlier (pre-2006) years, but I could be totally wrong on that.
Another of the Get-The-Look kits that gave a slight discount when buying the eyeshadows (at the time, you saved $1 per shadow.) I like this trio, and think it will appeal more than a few of the other GTL groupings. Moss is more of a greened brown than a green, so it acts like a cooler neutral rather than a cool-toned shade.
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