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Comments: This is not an exhaustive listing of Jane product color descriptions...for that you will have to go to Jane Color Descriptions from goddess.com or else the Jane site. This is my personal description of the Jane products I've actually tried.

Barely Lips sheer lipstick
Blushing Cheeks powder blush
Eye Zings powder eyeshadows
Gliding Eyeliners non-automatic pencils
Liphuggers lipstick
Megabites flavored lipstick
Staying Powder loose powder

Bareberry --elegant plum-brown creme. Staying power: same as Bye Bye Brown (below).

Bye Bye Brown --a very nice dark sheer red creme. Staying power: so-so. I melted mine down with some beeswax lip balm to make it last longer on.

Hardly Honey --bought this while looking for a lipstick version of L'Oreal Rouge Pulp "Exposed"--it is similar. Nude shimmer, slightly pink. Good staying power.

Out of Apricot --extraordinarily bad staying power, color is nice though...pinky-nude creme.

Partly Peach --interesting deep rose/peachy shimmer. Bad staying power. Back in my early mad science days, I tried melting it down with Chapstick and a Wet'n'Wild #663A lipliner pencil lead...the color of the #663A is similar actually. Came out so-so. One of these days I might repurchase this and melt it down with plain old beeswax (see Makeup Science/Making your own lipstick).

Rosy Outlook --one of my all-time favorite lipsticks. Pink-red-brown creme, truly "your lips but better," plus it lasts for hours on. Goes with everything, looks expensive!

I had a Liphuggers blow-out once...Walgreens had a major 2-for-1 sale. I thought I'd try all the Liphuggers I ever wanted to--which at the time were all the brown Liphuggers. :) I tried all the ones I could find. I still want to poke around the berry ones, like Best of Berries.

Name	Color	Texture	Finish	Staying power
Browned Down Red	deep intense red-brown	creamy	satin	unknown
Cinnamon Stick	brown in tube, beautiful soft pink-red shimmer on	creamy	satin	stinks! melt with beeswax (see Makeup Science)
Fired Up	almost pure orange, shimmery	creamy	satin	unknown
Haywire	almost pure medium brown creme	creamy	satin	unknown
Kind of Carob	stunning intense pink-brown	slightly dry	matte	OK
Kiss of Caramel	very shimmery, golden pink-brown	creamy	satin	excellent
Loco Cocoa	unique rose/pink/plum shimmer	dry	matte	OK
Nuts About You	bright orange-brown	dryish	matte	unknown
Penny Lane	deep plum with brown, bronze shimmer	creamy	satin	excellent
Really Russet	brightish pink creme	creamy	satin	unknown

Good blushes, actually. I would say L'Oreal makes the best drugstore blushes, but Jane comes a close second and they're much more reasonably priced. If you can find a Jane blush you like, more power to you. These are long-lasting on, much better than Maybelline!

Blushing Babydoll --one of the "new" Janes (card packaging). I tried it out as a possible low-end stand-in for Lancome "Rose Charmant." The color was good, actually...subtle matte pink with slight peach tones, nicely muted with brown...but the staying power was atrocious. I'm wondering if that's a characteristic of the new Jane blushes, or--not atypical of Jane--some of the colors last a lot longer on than others.

Blushing Glow --warm, tawny pink-peach. Gives an outdoorsy look. It doesn't look shimmery on.

Blushing Petal --another newbie Jane blush. Not as good a color as "Blushing Babydoll," rather a subtle, plain pink, and with that same el zippo staying power.

Blushing Shell --warm pink. Like Blushing Glow, looks more shimmery in the pan than it does on. Of the two I prefer Blushing Glow, the color is more complex.

One of my fave eyepencils. They're long-lasting...not as iron as L'Oreal, but better in price.

Blackest Walnut --a medium brown, but somehow different...I think it has a tiny touch of plum.

Rockin' Raisin --plum-brown. I ended up preferring Blackest Walnut, but if you're looking for something more raisin-y you might try this.

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I use these to custom mix with my Coty Airspun "Translucent" loose powder. Frankly I find them too much color alone.

#3 --a peachy-pinky medium beige.

#4 --deep, almost perfectly neutral brown.

I'm not too keen on flavored lipsticks generally, but these look to be interesting colors in their own right.

Bursting Berries --bright deep pink with some berry. Tastes/smells like a raspberry Bonne Bell Lipsmacker.

Grapefully --this is very purple, like concord grape juice, and tastes very grape-y as well.

These vary tremendously in staying power...from Shrinking Violet (less than an hour!) to Cola Nut (up there with the best of them).

Name	Color	Finish	Staying power
Cola Nut	dark brown with some red	matte	good
Coolest Coral	light yellowish peachy	shimmer	OK
Dream Cream	pale yellow-white	matte	unknown
Ginger Ale	light-to-medium orange-peach	matte	unknown
Grape Vine	medium purple/grey	matte	unknown
Heavy Metal	medium bronze-red	shimmer	good
Hip Bone	white	matte	so-so
In the Buff	light-to-medium yellowish brown	matte	good
Magical Mushroom	dark bronze with gold and green tints	shimmer	good
Plum Perfect	medium grey/purple	matte	good
Pretty in Pink	light cool pink	matte	so-so
Purple Heart	deep purple/grey	shimmer	good
Rising Sun (disc)	medium golden-red-brown	matte	good
Rock Star	medium cool brown/grey	matte	good
Shrinking Violet	light lavender	matte	terrible! don't buy.
Smart Cookie	medium bronze with gold and red	shimmer	good
White Lies	white	shimmer	so-so
Wild Oats	light greenish brown	matte	good

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