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omorkaA couple of quick addenda to the last couple of these posts: First, Akurra does not work for me at all as a main shade but does work as a highlight color for some of the other greens. I probably won't ever need more than the current sample bag, though. Second, Gargouille is definitely on the re-order list now - having played with it a bit, it's pretty flattering and is neutral enough to match well with a number of other colors as highlights.
We're now into the second batch I ordered from Aromaleigh; this week's colors are Kolowissi, Kinabalu, and Ihuaivulu.
Kolowissi is a fairly deep raisin with some turquoise shimmer in the bag. On dry, it's a soft plum-brown with that same shimmer (sort of a lighter version of Mass-Produced Sentiment with turquoise replacing the pink). On wet, it's back to that deep raisin with a cocoa undertone and the turquoise as a satiny overlayer, much more prominent. The website claims there's some teal/green in the overlayer, but it looks more turquoise blue to sky blue to me. I like it, but there may be too much light blue to harmonize well with my eye color; this one may be outfit-dependent, which will probably mean as a practical matter I won't want to order more even if I like it. On the other hand, the base tone really is nice, so more experimentation will be required for sure.
Kinabalu is a soft shimmery violet in the bag. On me dry, it's a pinkish-mauve with a slightly frosty sheen and some pink and light blue shimmer. On me wet, it's a violet-mauve frosty underlayer and an overlayer of the pink and blue shimmer. I really, really like the underlayer color, but once again I suspect that the sky blue in the overlayer may make this one a "Lovely but not for me" color.
Ihuaivulu (or possibly Ihaivulu; the website doesn't match the label on the bag) is a medium reddish brown with a lot of pink and copper metallic shimmer in the bag. On me dry, it's a lot lighter brown but otherwise pretty similar. On me wet, it has a fairly deep brown underlayer, more medium roast coffee bean than chocolate, but the dominant color is the overlayer, which is a rich red-copper metallic with just a tiny bit of magenta sparkle. That sounds like the orange in the copper would fight with the magenta, but it really doesn't. It's delightfully complex, and while it would probably work even better on someone with slightly different coloring than mine, this is probably going to end up on the re-order list.
There are three more colors in the Serpens collection, all of which have fairly dark undertones. The next collection I ordered samples for is also mostly dark. I may have to rethink my color selections after these!
We're now into the second batch I ordered from Aromaleigh; this week's colors are Kolowissi, Kinabalu, and Ihuaivulu.
Kolowissi is a fairly deep raisin with some turquoise shimmer in the bag. On dry, it's a soft plum-brown with that same shimmer (sort of a lighter version of Mass-Produced Sentiment with turquoise replacing the pink). On wet, it's back to that deep raisin with a cocoa undertone and the turquoise as a satiny overlayer, much more prominent. The website claims there's some teal/green in the overlayer, but it looks more turquoise blue to sky blue to me. I like it, but there may be too much light blue to harmonize well with my eye color; this one may be outfit-dependent, which will probably mean as a practical matter I won't want to order more even if I like it. On the other hand, the base tone really is nice, so more experimentation will be required for sure.
Kinabalu is a soft shimmery violet in the bag. On me dry, it's a pinkish-mauve with a slightly frosty sheen and some pink and light blue shimmer. On me wet, it's a violet-mauve frosty underlayer and an overlayer of the pink and blue shimmer. I really, really like the underlayer color, but once again I suspect that the sky blue in the overlayer may make this one a "Lovely but not for me" color.
Ihuaivulu (or possibly Ihaivulu; the website doesn't match the label on the bag) is a medium reddish brown with a lot of pink and copper metallic shimmer in the bag. On me dry, it's a lot lighter brown but otherwise pretty similar. On me wet, it has a fairly deep brown underlayer, more medium roast coffee bean than chocolate, but the dominant color is the overlayer, which is a rich red-copper metallic with just a tiny bit of magenta sparkle. That sounds like the orange in the copper would fight with the magenta, but it really doesn't. It's delightfully complex, and while it would probably work even better on someone with slightly different coloring than mine, this is probably going to end up on the re-order list.
There are three more colors in the Serpens collection, all of which have fairly dark undertones. The next collection I ordered samples for is also mostly dark. I may have to rethink my color selections after these!
