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Posted by Dain, Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:26 PM (Eastern)
A very quick haul indeed, nothing too impulsive, but long premeditated and honed. I'm trying to minimalize my stash, after a bout of manic Dior-shadow ebay-ing, and look for more versatile products that give a more polished, sophisticated look.
Trish McEvoy Eye Definer, Deep Aubergine $15: A lovely plum-stained, dark brown matte. It is, if you will, as if your cup of expresso has been flavoured with plum jam—perhaps not the greatest gastronomic experience, to be sure—but colorwise very intriguing. Who would this not flatter? Even someone such as I, who usually loathe browns, find this fantastic. The plum makes it special, and the product itself, "definer" as it is, is pigment-intense. As always, I like to layer it over Powersurge, but layering it over Heirloom (a silvery lavender) works equally well, and makes it cooler and more purple-y.
Trish McEvoy Eye Definer, Praline $15: You can use it as a soft liner, but it works better as a crease color. I got it because I liked the idea of having something to soften the line after Deep Aubergine. It's a complex color—rose-mauve shimmer muted brown with flecks of gold—similar to MAC Trax but more neutral and softer (softer on shimmer, softer on red, etc.). Lovely! I like it on the lid with Deep Aubergine, because it adds depth without looking the least bit harsh—an admirable feat, by my books.
NARS Mata Hari blush: I didn't purchase this, per se, just exchanged it. I had had Orgasm before—a lovely color, but the shimmer was too much for me, and I suspect it may have been breaking me out. Mata Hari I've always steered clear from, not because it seemed unflattering (indeed, it'd be exactly the sort of color that would be perfect for me), but because it seemed so very similar to NARS Desire. But under assurances that Mata Hari was cooler, dustier, mauvier, I tried it. And I'm glad I did. This may actually replace Desire in my heart, an unthinkable feat! This is still a clear, brilliant color (too many neutral tones tend to turn to mud on my skin, so I prefer clarity over subduedness), a bright pink at heart, but it's ever so slightly softer—slightly dustier, and made a little cooler with the addition of a tiny mauve undertone. Like Desire, it may easily be overdone, but as it is, this is perfection on my Snow White complexion (dark hair and eyes, pale skin). Just a flattering, natural flush.
YSL Rouge Pure Shine No°3 Precious Garnet $26: O. Wow. Don't be shocked at the price tag. You get your money's worth. Never before has a lipstick offered so much. Superglamorous packaging (you'd have to see it to believe it)—blinding gold tube that subs as a mirror under dire straits, with a YSL-logo cutout that lets you see automatically what color you're reaching for (so much nicer than the black dildoesque stylings of MAC's lipsticks). The formula? Sublime. It's a semi-sheer (more pigment that MAC Lustres, I'd say) with a semi-gloss shine (it's hardly lip gloss, don't let the name mislead you), as moisturizing as lip balm. It has a pleasant peachy scent (not the usual YSL rose). As for the color, I adore it. It's a dead-on replacement for MAC's limited-edition Red Haute lustre lipstick—it looks plummier in the tube, and it hasn't as much "sparkle", less pink-red rosiness and more neutrality, and is overall a more simple color, but it's very close. Close enough, when Red Haute has been discontinued (Red Haute is my favorite lipstick shade, period). Now I want more! I had the hardest time choosing between Precious Garnet and shade No°8, Plum Fusion, which is a polished, plummy sort of shade—gorgeous, what I always think MAC Sophisto is going to look like before I'm disappointed by its watery sheer mauve.
L'Occitane Incense Sticks, Miel $16: And I almost forgot! I got these, which have the same lovely scent of the L'Occitane Eau de Miel, except smoky where the perfume is green. It's wonderful. I had been using the Eau de Miel to scent my sheets (because as a fragrance, lovely as it is, it lasts all of half an hour), as a sort of refreshing way to scent my room, but now here's something infinitely more exciting, more cost-effective, and just overall more effective.
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