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That's what the SA told a lady who asked about it.  She said it would be online October 1st and that the lady should look online to see what she wanted and then come into the store to pre-order.  I don't know why the lady wouldn't just order it online though.  Maybe they are planning an online preview or something.  I didn't think of that.  I was just thinking I could buy it online October 1st and the stores would get it later like has been happening a lot lately.  They seem to be releasing things online earlier and earlier.

I went in and swatched the collection today. Stubborn is insanely pigmented; I'm sure that would work on a full range of skin tones. Whole Lotta Love was beautifully pigmented as well. I came out empty handed, but I hadn't planned on buying anything in the first place. I can't say that anything tempted me.

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Originally Posted by Audrey C 

I went in and swatched the collection today. Stubborn is insanely pigmented; I'm sure that would work on a full range of skin tones. Whole Lotta Love was beautifully pigmented as well. I came out empty handed, but I hadn't planned on buying anything in the first place. I can't say that anything tempted me.

I feel like we have not seen enough swatches of these which is why I haven't gotten the blush bug (yet)

I got Whole Lotta Love on Thursday with my On The Hunt duo. Haven't used the duo yet, but WLL is nice. It gives a natural flush and it did last the whole day for me.

I got Stubborn today. I LOVE LOVE this color on! Its gorgeous. WOC - this shade would be stunning for you. Its not like Vintage Grape at all. Stubborn is a Reddened Raspberry Plum. I wore mine over Chanel Rose Ecrin blush along cheekbones then Stay Pretty on apples, & then I used Stubborn brushed lightly over those. It was the most gorgeous blush combo I think I've ever worn (other than my beloved Salsa Rose). And, I am going to order Blush All Day which was a great natural neutral rose.

Vintage Grape - left, Stubborn - right

Oh, & I highly recommend Chanel's Rose Ecrin blush. It is the prettiest elegant nude, natural rose blush ever. Its  perfect with smokey eyes.

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Originally Posted by Michelemu21 

I like the look of Blush All Day...I am so glad these are perm so I can take my time

Its really really pretty. Going to go order it now :)

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Originally Posted by elegant-one 

 

Its really really pretty. Going to go order it now :)

I like Blush All Day too. Eternal Sun does not look orange on me like I thought either. I love it!!!

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Originally Posted by kimbunney 

Thanks so much. I was struggling on whether I needed Eternal Sun, I'm just going to bite the bullet and pick it up in stores tomorrow! 

 

Did you like it? Once I got home I realized it reminded me of Coppertone, but I haven't swatched them side by side yet. I still love the texture though.

Does anyone know which, if any, of these are limited edition?

Thank you.

All the blushes are perm, but three eyeshadows are LE: Ever Ivory, More Amour and Endless Passion. Only one PLW Lipglass is LE and that is Everlasting Nude, 

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Originally Posted by duckrodeo 

All the blushes are perm, but three eyeshadows are LE: Ever Ivory, More Amour and Endless Passion. Only one PLW Lipglass is LE and that is Everlasting Nude, 

Thank you -- off to update my holiday wish list.

I decided to pick up Blush All Day today instead of ordering & waiting. Very pretty soft rose beige nude. Great for everyday, smokey eyes, & in the cheek hollows. Love it.

I am really excited about getting this.  Sounds lovely!

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Originally Posted by elegant-one 

I got Stubborn today. I LOVE LOVE this color on! Its gorgeous. WOC - this shade would be stunning for you. Its not like Vintage Grape at all. Stubborn is a Reddened Raspberry Plum. I wore mine over Chanel Rose Ecrin blush along cheekbones then Stay Pretty on apples, & then I used Stubborn brushed lightly over those. It was the most gorgeous blush combo I think I've ever worn (other than my beloved Salsa Rose). And, I am going to order Blush All Day which was a great natural neutral rose.

 

 

Vintage Grape - left, Stubborn - right

 

 

Oh, & I highly recommend Chanel's Rose Ecrin blush. It is the prettiest elegant nude, natural rose blush ever. Its  perfect with smokey eyes.

so agree :)

I could sniff my chanel blushes all day long :)

another good combo is Mac's Light Year MSF with Espilege blush over the top.

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Originally Posted by pemily 

so agree :)

 

I could sniff my chanel blushes all day long :)

 

another good combo is Mac's Light Year MSF with Espilege blush over the top.

true

Ooh, I love Espiegle ...I'll try that thanks!

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Originally Posted by elegant-one 

true

 

Ooh, I love Espiegle ...I'll try that thanks!

do tell me what you think :)

I think we have very similar taste LOL

Ok here is what I think about the items I got from this collection.

Ever Ivory- couldn't bring myself to return it because I know it would be thrown away. I have used it everyday this week and I still like other highlighters better. It disappears super fast and is not buildable.

Fashion Fix- darker than Moleskin, lasts all day for my brows. Ok as a crease color too. As a lid color it was more like a bruise because it was a wash of color but my skin was visible.

Endless Passion-pretty, sheer but doable. It can look like irritation if I am not careful.  It does stain my lids. This is a great color for a kit for creating a distressed, traumatic event just happened look.  I am not being mean, I do love it for this reason.

Eternal SUn- LOVE IT. So pretty and natural. One shot and done on NW15. This doesn't have to be built up with many layers.

Blush All Day-Again, love it. Very pretty, pigmented, sily smooth application. This does not need to be built up either for me.

Baby Don't Go-Lovely color, pigmented, applies and blends wonderfully.

Whole Lotta Love- I have to be careful not to get too much color from this one. I actually use the 184 with it. Great color!! I will use it more in the Spring though.

The shades I did not get seemed more sheer but these are one swirl and great color type blushes. They are softer but do not look cakey. I hope this helps!!

Just received Whole Lotta Love. I was worried it might be too much in real life but oh my it's perfect!  Definitely permanent right? 'Cause I would need a BU for sure

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Originally Posted by Copperhead 

Nice haul. Can you please describe Uninterrupted and Always Sunny? TIA!

Copperhead - I saw this post awhile ago but I wanted to wait to try the products before responding.  I really like Always Sunny.  It looks really good as a "natural" lid color for the "no makeup" look.  It pretty much looks like my lid color with a bit of oomph. I don't know if I would call it brown but more like a dark beige.  I really love this one and I'm glad its permanent as I can see myself wearing it a lot.  I makes sense that this comes in a larger size.  Looking at my newly created "Brown/Beige" palette, in the pan I would say it looked closest to Soft Brown. But Soft Brown is slightly darker and looked pinker next to Always Sunny.  I wore Always Sunny 2 days in a row on the lid with Uninterrupted in the outer V and one of the pressed pigments pressed lightly on the lid.

Uninterrupted - I was so enamored with Always Sunny that I put Uninterrupted on as an afterthought.  I just put it on the outer V but I didn't really get a good sense of the color when I placed it there.  I think I need to wear it on the lid or the crease.  I would call Uninterrupted a light very yellow brown.  Some people said it looked like Ochre.  I don't have Ochre but I have Ochre Style with I believe is virtually the same.  It is darker than Ochre Style and not frosty so I don't think they are the same.  I have recently become interested in using multiple brown/beiges matte colors to create an eye look.  I have been watching many Youtube videos on this so I think this color will work well with that look. 

In other Office Hours news, I went to a counter yesterday and picked up Ever Ivory, Endless Passion, and Mauveless.  As for Ever Ivory, I was disillusioned when I swatched it before because I couldn't get it to show up on my hand.  I decided to give it another try after a post here plus the fact that I felt I need a highlighter shade to go along with Always Sunny.  I just felt something was missing.  I think I just really liked the texture of these shadows.  Plus I wanted to try it with the 215 brush.

I really liked the brush.  It seemed to do a good job of applying Always Sunny.  It reminded me of the 239 but infinitely better.  I have been very slow to buy the 239 but due to the endless raves I caved about a year or so ago.  I have to say I haven't used it much.  It is not my favorite brush.  It just doesn't cover much lid space and I feel like I have to constantly dip the brush in the product just to cover one eye.  I do like the densely packed hairs do apply the color more vibrantly if I'm going for that look.  But I think the 215 does the same but the wideness of the brush made the application easier.  At least for me, anyway.  So I'm hoping I'll do better with Ever Ivory.  I guess we'll see.  

For a permanent collection, I've bought quite a few things.

I still haven't really tried the blushes.  I bought 2 but I didn't try any of the others yet.

I am so dissappointed with the two eyeshadows I bought this weekend. I got Fashion Fix and Linger softly.

Even with primer these had to be applied so many times to be visible and I am milky white.Once blended out they'd almost disappear.

I'm sad that the e/s released with OH aren't up to par with those from Styledriven - I've been wearing Pink Frontier and Sweet Satisfaction a lot lately and they last a good 15+ hours over a paintpot on me!

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Originally Posted by LoR 

I am so dissappointed with the two eyeshadows I bought this weekend. I got Fashion Fix and Linger softly.

 

Even with primer these had to be applied so many times to be visible and I am milky white.Once blended out they'd almost disappear.

I used Too Faced Primer Potion and FF was easily visible on me. After it set it wouldn't blend at all and when it wasn't set it was easy to over blend so I learned to just blend the edge. They aren't the greatest but I sort of made FF work. I do like it a lot for my brows and with a 263 applied great.

Swatches from my blog I got today of all the blushes at my counter. NW 20 for reference. I have to say I was a little disappointed with these and skipped this.

Stay By Me, Stubborn, Blush All Day, Stay Pretty, Baby Dont Go and Rosey Outlook

Stay Pretty keeps calling my name.... Does anyone think Lovecloud has better texture than SP?

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Stay Pretty keeps calling my name.... Does anyone think Lovecloud has better texture than SP?

10000x better!

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Originally Posted by HoneyMilk 

Stay Pretty keeps calling my name.... Does anyone think Lovecloud has better texture than SP?

Lovecloud is one of MAC's best blushes ever. Each time I use it I am newly impressed.

Stubborn swatches are growing on me...

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Originally Posted by Corally 

Stubborn looks great! I might buy that one.. the same for Whole Lotta Love. All the other things just look blaah to me. But I'm gonna buy them anytime soon.., with Marilyn and Glamour Daze coming up I need all the money I have lol.

we can see how badly those collections decimate our bank accounts before having to make decisions on these perm items, right?