Help me narrow it down/ what i ended up ordering

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Oxana124
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Help me narrow it down/ what i ended up ordering

Post by Oxana124 » Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:40 am

I am looking at quite a lot of different eye shadows and trying to narrow it down a little.
If anyone has any input, it would be greatly appreciated.

For finishes I like pearly, metallic, fine shimmer. The only thing I don't really love is large pieces of shimmer.
I love golden greens and khaki colors. Warm browns don't look good on me, especially anything with red/orange tones like bronze(but golden ones look ok). I also love purples, but they need to be somewhat cool to work for me(although if it has gold its ok). Anything too warm or red looks like a bruise.
I love unique colors and duochrome finishes.
Some favorites that I already own are Blessings, Doubloons, and Sonic.

So based on that, how does this list look? Any of these too similar?
4matic
brimstone
hint
idolize
jump
vineyard
nymph
danny
dark arts
olive you
posse
sari
serene
momentum
rogue
magpie
glory
nighthawk
fusion
alibi
duct tape

Rogue, Magpie, Nighthawk are all ones I am getting "just for fun", so if I need to I could always eliminate those.

Also, anything I missed that I absolutely need to take a look at?

Thanks!
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Re: Help me narrow it down

Post by Die Marchen » Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:11 pm

I'm a huge fan of Dark Arts, it is so rich, wearable, sophisticated, so perfect green :-) and thinking of Snape and Rickman (esp. Younger one) makes the pleasure of wearing it even more intense. I recommend this one.
And Glory is the color I hoped Fusion would be. Fusion looked dull while Glory comes in its glory and on my eyelids looks quite greenish.
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Re: Help me narrow it down

Post by Oxana124 » Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:11 pm

Thank you, I think I will get rid of Fusion then, since it sounds like Glory is similar but better :)
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Re: Help me narrow it down

Post by Springfairy » Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:10 pm

Oxana124 wrote:Thank you, I think I will get rid of Fusion then, since it sounds like Glory is similar but better :)
Oxana, I think Glory will be too warm for you, it has peach and copper. I'd pick Fusion based upon what you wrote in another post that warm colours tend not to look good on you.
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Re: Help me narrow it down

Post by Oxana124 » Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:49 pm

Oops, I ended up placing my order already and got Glory instead of Fusion. I guess I will see how it works out, maybe I will order Fusion later on if Glory is too warm. Thanks for letting me know :)
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Re: Help me narrow it down

Post by catlover » Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:06 pm

I have glory and I think its well balanced, the gold and coppery peach shimmers are very fine so they just add complexity to the taupe (there is even a little green shimmer in there :)) Its so beautiful and if you love doubloons I think you'll love glory, just my humble opinion!
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Re: Help me narrow it down

Post by Oxana124 » Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:39 pm

Thanks! I will post what I think of it once I get it :)

Here's my finalized list of what I ended up getting:
Sari
Posse
Dark Arts
Danny
Vineyard
Nighthawk
Serene
Brimstone
Magpie
Glory
Idolize
Hint
Momentum
Duct Tape
Rogue
Nymph

and a lip scrub :)
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Re: Help me narrow it down

Post by Oxana124 » Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:52 am

I got my order yesterday! :)
Love pretty much all of the colors. A few of the plums I will have to try on and see if they are too warm for me or not, I think most will be ok, not sure about Vineyard as that swatches with the most red.
Love Serene! What a pretty color, and the finish of it is like the perfect finish that I am after. I need to get more shadows with that finish! Some of the other colors I got had a little bit too many sparkles for me, or in some cases too large of sparkles.
Glory was the most sparkly one that had the largest sparkles. But I pressed it(I pressed all of them actually), and am hoping that will make it wearable for me, because I noticed pressing the shadows makes the sparkles kind of blend into it more and less apparent, if you know what I mean.
I look forward to trying these colors! I have so many looks I can do now!
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Re: Help me narrow it down

Post by Oxana124 » Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:00 am

I just realized Serene is a matte light, so now I want to get me more of those!
I am looking at more colors and making a wish list :)

Can someone tell me how shimmery Whimsy is?
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Re: Help me narrow it down

Post by Oxana124 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 11:29 am

I couldn't help myself and placed another order! :)
So excited! Should be set on shadows for a while now.

Howl
Chicane
Breathe
Fairy Dust
Alibi
Scream
Linen
Model
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