Trainer wrote:Xarata,
Thanks for the swatches! You're lucky you got your stuff already! I should get mine tomorrow. Can you describe bitten? I can't wait to try mine. Is it very red and glossy? Is it a casual day color? Also can you compare Mirage to negligee? I love nudes but I am wondering if there is enough of a difference between them to get negligee. Could you also describe swank? I want to get it but I'm wondering what it is like, it looks really nice in your picture. Lastly, is XXX too pale to wear by itself?
Thanks for your imput!
PS Have you gotten the new e/s yet? Are they awesome?
Bitten is a very popsicle color- true deep red. It's not as glossy as most of the kisser slickers- if you're pale, like me, it's not really an all the time color.
Mirage and Negligee are quite different, mirage and divine are both fairly true nudes with a hint of pink and tan, negligee is decidely more brown with more opaque coverage. if you don't like brownish/tannish lipsticks, i recommend cultured (pink nude) over negligee (brownie nude)
Swank is a fairly sheer grayish black with subtle sparkle- it's more glossy than the other lipsticks. for me, it cooled down my lipcolor to a more plummy mauve tone and was very wearable on its own. It was designed- at least partially- for layering, to darken other lip colors the way sparkle lightens them. I haven't played with layering it just yet as i only got them yesterday.
XXX is a true washout nude. It's a little pale but would be great if you want to do a really dramatic eye or are having a nudey day. My lips are fairly dark, so i need shades like XXX to tone them down in relation to the rest of my makeup. It's also good for the sheerer shades that don't really show up on darker lips, you can lighten your lips with XXX and then apply the shade you want over it to get a better color rather than having 10 lipglosses that all come out "my lips but darker/redder"
I do have all the new shadows and yes, they are absolutely beautiful and very very wearable or "SFW" Safe for work as Karen puts it. Today I'm wearing Tawny and Burnished and am very happy with the combo