Ok, I am back from my counter. *sigh* I am a bit disappointed. I'd share pictures of a few comparisons, but my laptop with my camera software on it crashed, so I can't
I only swatched the products that I was interested in, as to not tempt myself with things that I didn't consider.
For reference I am NW15 in SFF.
First up,
Universal Mix Pigment, which I purchased. It is very pretty, but VERY sheer. On my hand, there is practically NO base color, just finely milled shimmer/sparkle. It will be pretty patted over other shadows to give a shimmer/sparkle effect. The sparkle is very faint, and much more subtle than the reflects glitters (though I can see this pigment being used like you would the reflects glitters). In comparing it to my other pigments, here are my thoughts...
UM compared to White Gold: White Gold is much chunkier, has a much frostier, much more obviously white base and green reflect.
UM compared to Your Ladyship: UM has the same sort of faint sparkle that UL has, but UL has ivory peach base. If you take the base color out of Your Ladyship, and add multicolor sparkle as opposed to gold, you pretty much have Universal Mix.
UM compared to Vanilla Pigment: Nothing alike. Again, Vanilla has an obvious pink/gold duochrome base. And much more frost.
UM compared to Solar White Eyeshadow: UM is sort of similar, less white, more sheer, and with the sparkle that Solar White does not have.
With the change in pigment size for the same price, and based on the sheerness if this pigment, I am just not sure that is is worth it. I will try it tomorrow with a base, or over darker shadows, and see how it goes. I was shocked by the size of the pigments. The jar is smaller than a MAC nail polish jar. SO tiny. One thing I do like though, is that they have added a little tab on the top of the plastic disk that sits under the lid. You can pick it up so much easier than before. I did not look at the other pigment. Brown is just not my color.
Personal Style BPB is a beautiful neutral, barely there, blush for fair girls. It would be a good contour shade for those with fair or mid-tone skin tones, and I can see how it would be show up or it may be chaulky for WOC. It has very faint mauve tones one applied to the cheek (I am wearing it as a cheek color, not a contour). It is buildable, soft and smooth like all BPBs. I got this one, and really, really like it. I didn't compare it to Blushbaby, but is it lighter, I think. Compared to Blooming, it's is much more brown, but it's not so brown that it looks dirty. The mauve tones make it very wearable. It looked brown on my hand, but differently on my cheeks.
All's Good BPB is very pretty. I think it will be gorgeous for darker skinned girls and WOC. I think fair ladies can wear it, but with a VERY light hand. I may go back for this one. I passed on it, but I may need it eventually. It is warm toned, and slightly red on me. I can see that with too much, it would give a ruddy look. It reminds me of something, but I can't put my finger on it... MAYBE Gleeful Mineralize Blush? I swatched it on my hand at the counter, and left it there, and as it started to wear off, I really liked the color.
Both of these colors are very deceptive in the pot. They look nothing like the pot color when applied to the skin. Please don't just pass them by without swatches. What you see is NOT what you get
I swatched
Equality l/s. Seriously, NO color on my hand. Looked like I applied chapstick. Faint lustre shine, with no pigment.
Myself l/s wasn't much better. Barely there pinky mauve shine on my hand. I doubt it would show any color on the lips.
I didn't swatch the other lipsticks or the lipglasses or eyeshadows. None of them looked special to me...
Hope that helps some of you
I plan to go back next week (when my kids are back in school so I can actually look
) and check things out a little better