Is there a particular reason you're on a no buy, OV? Waiting for Marilyn?
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I'm really excited for Stratus too - I don't care if it's very dark on me. I'll be fine going ultra dramatic for that color, especially since as far as I can tell, it may be one of the more sheeny ones (my MA was telling me half the MBs and MSFs have a similar texture to last year's SP MSFs and the other half are more glittery). Stratus is actually my #1 most anticipated product from this whole collection, followed by Earthshine MSF and Supernova MB. Actually, even with all the gorgeous blushes we've had this year, this is the one that gets me the most hot and bothered.
I wish I was better with swatches - I only have a really junky camera and am a complete failure at getting correct color repro from it. I did OK with that picture of Elude on my face way back when, but believe me, I had to take a ton of pix and happened to have the perfect light at the time. I swatched last year's MB collection almost a month before the release but my swatches and photos were so awful I didn't even post them - just blurry and terrible lol.
I'll for sure describe everything though, and will bring along anything I own that I think may be a dupe for an in-person comparison. If there are particular eye shadows you want me to look at, let me know, because I know I may pass too rapidly over a few, unless I know in advance to specifically keep them in mind. Special shout out to my buddies at my store - we have a lot of fun together and going in there to check collections out always becomes a multi-hour party time.