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Re: Archetype Cosmetics
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Originally Posted by wolfsong View Post
These sound interesting, thanks for posting this link!
Can you tell me how well they wear when on (is primer a must?); and are they colour true in reference to site swatches, and pigmented when worn (i.e do you need to use a lot of the powder for application, or are they like fyrinnae etc)?
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I think, like any mineral e/s I've tried, primer keeps the powder in place, and makes them much more vibrant. I always use UDPP or a MAC Paintpot.

They are very pigmented and a little goes a long way. I haven't tried all the colors on the site yet (and she just put up a bunch of new ones) but the ones I've tried are fairly true to the swatches. She also includes a pretty vivid description of how the color looks when applied.

Like Fyrinnae and MAD these colors look great wet or dry.

Some of her newest colors are "custom pigments". She put up a contest of sorts and asked customers to send her a description of their dream pigment, and then she attempted to interpret these as powders. Mine was Old Eire which is a gorgeous green, both Integra's Dog shades, both Avael shades (midnight and sunrise) and several others came from this experiment of sorts.

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