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omorkaThe first three colors in the set I've tried on myself were Nidhoggr, Shimchong, and Coatlicue.
Nidhoggr is a metallic bronze-brown with brassy highlights in the bag. On me dry, it's just a plain cool-ish medium-brown with a bit of metallic sparkle; applied wet (I'm using a glycerin & rosewater blend as the moisture, but plain water should work just as well) the bronze/brass metallic aspects come to the fore. I like it, but I don't love it. I'll definitely use up the sample (a sample bag is enough for about ten applications depending on how much you use), but so far this isn't on my list to order more.
Shimchong is a very light salmon-pink with a gold shimmer in the bag. On me dry, it's all but invisible except for some green-to-aquamarine sparkles and a subtle gold shimmer; the base color spread thin is a remarkably close match for my skin tone. Applied wet, the pink base is more apparent, but so is the gold, which becomes something closer to rose-gold. (The website claims that there's some violet in the shimmer as well; either it doesn't show up on me, or it just looks pink against my skin.) I didn't expect to like this much at all, since I'm not a fan of pinks, but I was absolutely wrong. It's a lovely highlight shade on me, and I will almost certainly be ordering a regular jar at the end of the testing cycle.
Coatlicue is a soft rose-red with a tonal shimmer in the same hue in the bag. That's pretty much what it looks like dry on me, too, except that the rose darkens a bit and the shimmer takes on some gold highlights as well as the rose. Applied wet, the rose base hue darkens, the rose shimmer takes on more of a magenta hue, and the rose-gold shimmer comes more to the fore, making this a bit metallic, almost coppery. I'm on the fence about how I feel about this one; I have enough reds in my skin tones that adding more doesn't always look good. I have the feeling that this is a great shade, but not for me. On the other hand, I have a shade of nail polish that I think it would look great with, and layering it with Shimchong got me some interesting effects. I'll have to try it with a few other highlight colors, I think.
Nidhoggr is a metallic bronze-brown with brassy highlights in the bag. On me dry, it's just a plain cool-ish medium-brown with a bit of metallic sparkle; applied wet (I'm using a glycerin & rosewater blend as the moisture, but plain water should work just as well) the bronze/brass metallic aspects come to the fore. I like it, but I don't love it. I'll definitely use up the sample (a sample bag is enough for about ten applications depending on how much you use), but so far this isn't on my list to order more.
Shimchong is a very light salmon-pink with a gold shimmer in the bag. On me dry, it's all but invisible except for some green-to-aquamarine sparkles and a subtle gold shimmer; the base color spread thin is a remarkably close match for my skin tone. Applied wet, the pink base is more apparent, but so is the gold, which becomes something closer to rose-gold. (The website claims that there's some violet in the shimmer as well; either it doesn't show up on me, or it just looks pink against my skin.) I didn't expect to like this much at all, since I'm not a fan of pinks, but I was absolutely wrong. It's a lovely highlight shade on me, and I will almost certainly be ordering a regular jar at the end of the testing cycle.
Coatlicue is a soft rose-red with a tonal shimmer in the same hue in the bag. That's pretty much what it looks like dry on me, too, except that the rose darkens a bit and the shimmer takes on some gold highlights as well as the rose. Applied wet, the rose base hue darkens, the rose shimmer takes on more of a magenta hue, and the rose-gold shimmer comes more to the fore, making this a bit metallic, almost coppery. I'm on the fence about how I feel about this one; I have enough reds in my skin tones that adding more doesn't always look good. I have the feeling that this is a great shade, but not for me. On the other hand, I have a shade of nail polish that I think it would look great with, and layering it with Shimchong got me some interesting effects. I'll have to try it with a few other highlight colors, I think.
