Changeling vs. Martian, Godiva, Deco, etc.?

[feyith]

Changeling has become by favorite subtle liner and I was wondering how it compares to similar neutrals with blue/green interference in terms of darkness, depth, sparkle, etc.?

Anyone have more than one of these?

Thank you, ladies!

[bellatete]

i have all 4 that you mentioned, plus a few more. will do a comparison once i'm home from work

[feyith]

You're so helpful, dear. Thank you!

[bellatete]

feyith, here's the swatches i took tons of photos because the colours are so hard to capture, which is also the reason why i'm posting 3 photos of them.

the order is:
changeling - martian - godiva - deco - hug me - spectre - groove - teacher's pet - dark arts - nighthawk (all applied without primer)







changeling - personally i don't see much of the plummy base, rather neutral brown with teal shimmer

martian - the mattest of all colours swatched, a cool toned browny plum with sparse turquoise shimmer, which disappears if buffed out (in the crease for example); i like it as a liner though

godiva - definitely too light for a liner, but very interesting one colour wash; complex nude-ish pink

deco - my favourite from the valentine 2011 collection (yes, i like it better than adorn ), it's essentially a nude one colour lid wash with fine green shimmer (product description says "gold and a lot of turquoise interference", but gold and turquoise almost always look like straight green on me (which i like)

hug me - i added this colour as it's from the same collection as godiva and deco and has green shimmer (which doesn't really show on my photos ); it's like deco but with a peachy base, and not quite as interesting

spectre - ooooh spectre, how i love you!! it's a murky mush of gold, brown, green, tan and on the lid it looks almost wet... for me the perfect non-boring but neutral one colour wash

groove - darker version of spectre, i would say; equally loved

teacher's pet - this one actually doesn't quite fit in this selection for some reason i thought it was more green than it actually is; still a nice neutral lid wash though, more taupe than the website photo would suggest

dark arts - even darker version of spectre and groove, this is a really good liner colour

nighthawk - website description says it's a "matte black base with a golden pearl sheen"; in my experience, the combination of black and gold almost always translates to dark green, but not in this case... in the swatch it looks like a blueish graphite colour, however, i am wearing it today as liner and crease colour, and as a liner it's pretty straight forward dark gray; in the crease, where i buffed it out, the golden pearl gives it a smooth shiny finish (don't know how else to describe that)

let me know if you would like to see some other colours swatched for comparison!

[feyith]

That's perfect! Thank you!

I was thinking about Spectre. Now you've made up my mind.

[bellatete]

you won't regret it glad i could help!!

[Oxana124]

oooh, I must get deco and hug me

[Die Marchen]

Deco and Hug Me are my favorites from that collection
Deco is my no brainer when I want something more special than usual beiges, but don't have time to create some complex combo. Huge me feels a ery spring color. Pink and green combine and create fresh yet tender look. Totally recommend to try.
Actually I love and own most of the colors from the swatch, waiting for Spectre to arrive soon.