Aromaleigh Intermission 2
May. 26th, 2015 03:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
omorkaAnother group of samples while I decide whether to do the Diabolique or Saturnalia collections next (they've both expired, so from a practical perspective it doesn't matter much).
First up, Chupacabra. In the bag it looks like powdered red gumbo clay, sort of a light brick red. On dry, it's a slightly orangy terracotta red with some lovely gold sparkle. On wet, it's a terracotta earthy-red with coppery and gold overtones and a little bit of a bluish shimmer. On over primer, it's wet gumbo clay red-brown with a coppery-metallic overlayer and a bit of gold and blue sparkle over that. All three effects are really pretty, and I'm honestly thinking this makes a better blush than an eyeshadow, although I'll try it with a contrasting liner as an eyeshadow and see if I like it better that way. I might end up ordering a full jar specifically to use as blush, though!
Next, Alcyone (the name annoys me; in English transliteration this should be Halcyone). In the bag, this is a slightly greyish shimmery medium blue, just a little bit on the purple side of the green-purple line. That's pretty much what it looks like on dry, too; a slightly lavender-y medium blue with some blue frost. On wet or on over primer, it's a smoky lavender-ish blue with a brighter and slightly greener blue duochrome overlayer. It's very striking and I like it, but I'll have to be wearing blue or purple for it to work on me. Right now it's out of stock, but it'll be coming back in the fall, so I have plenty of time to make up my mind about it!
Elisabetta is a discontinued shade, but it's still available on the website in the clearance collection. It's an interesting near-neutral buff-rose with rose-gold shimmer in the bag, and it's fairly consistent across dry application, wet application, and application over primer - the base color is a little darker buff in each case, and the rose-gold a little shimmerier in the wet application than in the other two. I might jump on this before it's gone - I don't normally get excited about neutrals, but this is really nice!
Vittoria is from the same discontinued group as Elisabetta and doesn't appear to be available at all anymore. On the one hand, that's a shame, because I like it; on the other hand, it's very close to Les Bon Temps Rouler, and I have that already. In the bag, it's a very shimmery sage green. On dry, it's a frosty green somewhere between a deep sage and a lighter pine green. On wet, it's a medium pine/forest green with a slightly teal-ish frosty shimmer. On over primer, the base shade tilts towards forest and the shimmer layer is a little more metallic. The biggest difference between Vittoria and Bon Temps is that the latter has more gold overtones and the extra red-violet sparkles; the undertones are also a little bit different (Bon Temps is warmer and has more brown in it), but not hugely so. I like this, and if it were still available I'd be tempted to get some, but I already have the Bon Temps, so I'm not too disappointed.
First up, Chupacabra. In the bag it looks like powdered red gumbo clay, sort of a light brick red. On dry, it's a slightly orangy terracotta red with some lovely gold sparkle. On wet, it's a terracotta earthy-red with coppery and gold overtones and a little bit of a bluish shimmer. On over primer, it's wet gumbo clay red-brown with a coppery-metallic overlayer and a bit of gold and blue sparkle over that. All three effects are really pretty, and I'm honestly thinking this makes a better blush than an eyeshadow, although I'll try it with a contrasting liner as an eyeshadow and see if I like it better that way. I might end up ordering a full jar specifically to use as blush, though!
Next, Alcyone (the name annoys me; in English transliteration this should be Halcyone). In the bag, this is a slightly greyish shimmery medium blue, just a little bit on the purple side of the green-purple line. That's pretty much what it looks like on dry, too; a slightly lavender-y medium blue with some blue frost. On wet or on over primer, it's a smoky lavender-ish blue with a brighter and slightly greener blue duochrome overlayer. It's very striking and I like it, but I'll have to be wearing blue or purple for it to work on me. Right now it's out of stock, but it'll be coming back in the fall, so I have plenty of time to make up my mind about it!
Elisabetta is a discontinued shade, but it's still available on the website in the clearance collection. It's an interesting near-neutral buff-rose with rose-gold shimmer in the bag, and it's fairly consistent across dry application, wet application, and application over primer - the base color is a little darker buff in each case, and the rose-gold a little shimmerier in the wet application than in the other two. I might jump on this before it's gone - I don't normally get excited about neutrals, but this is really nice!
Vittoria is from the same discontinued group as Elisabetta and doesn't appear to be available at all anymore. On the one hand, that's a shame, because I like it; on the other hand, it's very close to Les Bon Temps Rouler, and I have that already. In the bag, it's a very shimmery sage green. On dry, it's a frosty green somewhere between a deep sage and a lighter pine green. On wet, it's a medium pine/forest green with a slightly teal-ish frosty shimmer. On over primer, the base shade tilts towards forest and the shimmer layer is a little more metallic. The biggest difference between Vittoria and Bon Temps is that the latter has more gold overtones and the extra red-violet sparkles; the undertones are also a little bit different (Bon Temps is warmer and has more brown in it), but not hugely so. I like this, and if it were still available I'd be tempted to get some, but I already have the Bon Temps, so I'm not too disappointed.
