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Got my black box!!
Well these are all gorgeous! Dominate is excellent, of course. The color itself is similar to Boyfriend Stealer, but with a touch more black, but the texture is heavenly - all 4 of the frosts are really superior; they feel weightless on the lips. Very impressive.
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LOVE Subverted!!! That is probably my favorite of all 4. It's such a deep, rich, vibrant color. Not your ordinary brown or chestnut at all - it's very complex and looks more red or plum or mahogany depending on the angle. If you only can get one and you already have other deep smokey purple lipsticks, go for Subverted!!!!
Pre-Raphaelite is a little less vibrant and multi-faceted, but again, it's still quite beautiful. It reminds me a little of Hipster, but with a much lighter feeling on the lips. Hipster has more of a red sheen, though, so it stands its own, just for the beautiful sheen.
I was hoping Show-All would be more clearly red - it's rather subdued, but it isn't totally brick red. I think the right lip pencil underneath or gloss on top will bring out its richness more dramatically.
I accidentally ordered 2 Brazenlys. It's absolutely stunning, but I doubt I need a BU of any eye shadow in the known universe. I'm going to see if any of my friends would like it. Otherwise I'll put it up here for someone who wants one. I'd rather do that than return it and have it be trashed.
Deep Fixation is MEGA-STUPENDOUS. It has sheen like the MegaMetal shadows and is almost a little duochromey with the soft brown base and copper-pink sheen. If I'd accidentally gotten 2 of these, I might have kept them both. I don't have another brown with this perfect amount of softness and warmness. I could probably wear it every day for the rest of my life and not miss other shadows. It's like brown, pink, plum and copper all mixed together. Love it!
Crimson Tryst and Love's Lure are very close on me, with Love's Lure being brighter, because it's redder and shows its sheen more strongly, and Crimson Tryst being a little more subdued with more cool undertones. I probably didn't need both, but it doesn't matter - all these colors are just phenomenal with my green eyes. I will just have to make sure to rotate my use of them - any of them would be perfect any time. These are the sort of colors that are my neutrals!
I also got Till Tomorrow Pro Longwear lip colour and it's beautiful - for anyone who wished Hot Chocolate was less red/brown and more mauvey, this is a fantastic color. It was in the Goodbyes section so I grabbed it. It looks fantastic with all these shadows, with a little Hip 'n Happy to line.
Gah, you're making me second guess my decision to skip Brazenly and Deep Fixation. Well, swatches were already making me regret Brazenly, but Deep Fixation wasn't really on my radar. Your description makes it sound soooo good! Till Tomorrow also sounds great, I do like Hot Chocolate but mauvey colours are pretty much my HG, so I might have to check that out too. (It's still showing as perm on the UK site)
