Swatching, swatching, swatching….
July 19th, 2010
I haven’t been wearing makeup for the past few weeks, because it’s been Too Darn Hot. (That song has been stuck in my head for just about as long.) I haven’t changed my toenail polish from the Talullah/Hidden Treasure combo because I’ve been lazy and it still looks good. I have, however, swatched my entire Sassy Minerals sample collection over Pixie Epoxy for you. (Well, all of the shimmery Sassy Minerals.) It makes me wonder why I don’t use them very often, because the colors are lovely, much more complex than they look in the jar. All pictures can be clicked for embiggenment (and I’d quite recommend doing so, especially on the picture of the liners, because the smaller pictures don’t show the sparkle as well as they could).
I’d have to say my favorites are Solar Flare, Elusive (purple sparkle!), Break the Silence, Flash of Brilliance, and of course Gasoline Rainbow.
Now, question for you: Which of these colors would you combine for a look for my dark green eyes? I’m ready to try something new, and I don’t trust my color-combining skill, sad to say!
I’d try Opening Night as the all-over color, Sexy Nerd for contouring either in the innermost eye or the crease (or Skeptical [or both]), and something pale and soft for the highlight color. Possibly Elusive, if it’s very softly applied? (Though if you have an actual white or pale pastel color, that would possibly work better.)
I have some lighter matte shades that would work well for a highlight, which I didn’t swatch b/c matte shadows don’t work as well over PE. I did Elusive and Sexy Nerd together the other day, but didn’t get pictures.
Nice swatches
Thank you, Phyrra! I always admire your swatches, so I’m actually pretty psyched that you complimented mine.