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omorkaHere's the last two in the original order, Akurra and Ukasima - the next post will probably not be until the middle of the month, and will start the second order. Just for grins, I'm also doing the three free samples from the first order, which we'll get to in a minute.
First, an update from the last one of these: worn without a primer, Uktena breaks on me interestingly - the coppery note of the metallic migrates to the lid crease, but the olive and brass/gold tones don't, which makes it a satiny green metallic. I kind of liked the effect, honestly.
Okay, onward: Akurra is a golden chartreuse in the bag, with a lot of visible shimmer. On me dry, it's kind of hard to see; there's a gold shimmer with some green-gold sparkles, but the base color kind of blends in to my skintone, which I would not have expected. On me wet, it's mostly gold shimmer with a bit of chartreuse undertone and those same green-gold sparkles; the website describes it as more green than gold, but I'm getting the opposite ratio. Right now, I'm at "lovely color but not for me" with this one, but I'll have to wear it out instead of just hanging around the house to really get a feel for it.
Ukasima is grey-white with a soft luster in the bag; to be honest, it reminds me of chalk dust more than anything, although chalk isn't that satiny. On me dry, it's a very light neutral grey with a sprinkling of iridescent sparkle. On me wet, it's a soft silvery color, not quite as light, with a satiny finish, more of the iridescent glitter, and a tiny bit of gold in the shimmer. I really like it, especially the wet effect; it's on the "maybe" list to re-order, though, because I'm having trouble thinking of cases where I would want a shadow color this light for anything other than highlights. I might just order another sample bag.
The first sample is called Mass-Produced Sentiment, and it's a color I can only describe as cocoa plum in the bag, with a light shimmer but no visible glitter. On dry, it's a cocoa brown with light magenta-pink sparkles. On wet, it's a duochrome, with a dark-chocolate undertone and a shimmery plum overlayer, with a few pink sparkles. It's an interesting effect, but I'm not sure it looks good on me, and I doubt I'll order more.
The second sample, Cephisso, is a light silvery lavender in the bag, a little lighter than Tarasque was. On dry, it's a medium-to-light silvery grey with some light pink sparkles and a little bit of metallic sheen. On wet, it's silvery-pewter with a satiny pink highlight sheen. Nice, but covers a lot of the same territory as Tarasque, and the color appears to no longer be availalbe even if I did want to re-order it. I'll probably use up the sample bag, though.
The third sample, Neptunalia, is a deep-ish seafoam green with visible glitter in the bag. On dry, it's a little thin color-wise and the glitter is more clearly aqua and gold, but there's very little change. Applying it wet makes the color deeper and greener, and the glitter pops a little more, but of all the ones I've tried so far this one has the least change from loose to dry to wet. The shade is a little too cool to be really flattering to me, although I might be able to pull off the wet shade if I henna my hair again.
First, an update from the last one of these: worn without a primer, Uktena breaks on me interestingly - the coppery note of the metallic migrates to the lid crease, but the olive and brass/gold tones don't, which makes it a satiny green metallic. I kind of liked the effect, honestly.
Okay, onward: Akurra is a golden chartreuse in the bag, with a lot of visible shimmer. On me dry, it's kind of hard to see; there's a gold shimmer with some green-gold sparkles, but the base color kind of blends in to my skintone, which I would not have expected. On me wet, it's mostly gold shimmer with a bit of chartreuse undertone and those same green-gold sparkles; the website describes it as more green than gold, but I'm getting the opposite ratio. Right now, I'm at "lovely color but not for me" with this one, but I'll have to wear it out instead of just hanging around the house to really get a feel for it.
Ukasima is grey-white with a soft luster in the bag; to be honest, it reminds me of chalk dust more than anything, although chalk isn't that satiny. On me dry, it's a very light neutral grey with a sprinkling of iridescent sparkle. On me wet, it's a soft silvery color, not quite as light, with a satiny finish, more of the iridescent glitter, and a tiny bit of gold in the shimmer. I really like it, especially the wet effect; it's on the "maybe" list to re-order, though, because I'm having trouble thinking of cases where I would want a shadow color this light for anything other than highlights. I might just order another sample bag.
The first sample is called Mass-Produced Sentiment, and it's a color I can only describe as cocoa plum in the bag, with a light shimmer but no visible glitter. On dry, it's a cocoa brown with light magenta-pink sparkles. On wet, it's a duochrome, with a dark-chocolate undertone and a shimmery plum overlayer, with a few pink sparkles. It's an interesting effect, but I'm not sure it looks good on me, and I doubt I'll order more.
The second sample, Cephisso, is a light silvery lavender in the bag, a little lighter than Tarasque was. On dry, it's a medium-to-light silvery grey with some light pink sparkles and a little bit of metallic sheen. On wet, it's silvery-pewter with a satiny pink highlight sheen. Nice, but covers a lot of the same territory as Tarasque, and the color appears to no longer be availalbe even if I did want to re-order it. I'll probably use up the sample bag, though.
The third sample, Neptunalia, is a deep-ish seafoam green with visible glitter in the bag. On dry, it's a little thin color-wise and the glitter is more clearly aqua and gold, but there's very little change. Applying it wet makes the color deeper and greener, and the glitter pops a little more, but of all the ones I've tried so far this one has the least change from loose to dry to wet. The shade is a little too cool to be really flattering to me, although I might be able to pull off the wet shade if I henna my hair again.
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Date: 2014-11-06 06:12 pm (UTC)This sounds gorgeous.