I know everyone's been getting their things by now. I only had a chance to see everything yesterday and won't be able to snag my bag until next Thurs. A few little observations from moi: Nocturnal Instinct is fantabulous. It was creamy on me and didn't have that weird dry thing a lot of last year's pale mattenes had on me. My MA laughed because it was the first one I tried - he thought I'd zoom straight to the purple. :lol: I have to pat Fresh Amour into my lips to make it work (it then looks great), but NI I don't even need to bother with that; it goes right on perfectly with no muss or fuss. I BU'ed it, although I've already got a BU of Fresh Amour and a BU of Quite Cute...it may take a while to get to the BU, and there will probably be more grey lavenders in the future, but this one is pretty darn excellent. All I can say is, I'm glad I can pull these colors off without a hassle. I didn't think I would care about Night Blooming, but unfortunately for my pocketbook, it reads really purplish on me and very vibrant. I definitely prefer it over Pink Pigeon and even Petals & Peacocks. If a total stranger saw me in all three of these, I think they'd say they liked me in this one the best. Seductive Intent is so super too, I honestly feel like it's more all-year round than Heroine, because it's that little bit lighter. Unconventional finally gave me what I've been looking for in a light lavender blush - such a beautiful sheen and smoothness. Same thing goes for Passionately Tempted. Part of me was saying "sweetie, you already are very happy with Supernova and Vintage Grape", but the sheen and blendability were what I've been hoping for for a long time. Temptalia saying it was too stiff was really not correct at all. I was going to pass on all the glosses. I never cared for RIS on me - it goes old lady red plum when mixed with my lip color. My MA demanded I try Perky, though and yep, it made my lips look huge and lush, so I had to get it. It's going to look amazing on top of that Archie Girl's lavender pink pigment!! The blue np applies really well, but it's not as vibrant as Breezy Blue, so hasta la vista! Same for the quad - it's pretty nice, but really pales in comparison to Frost At Midnight MES from Apres Chic - you could get the look of that entire quad just out of judiciously applying Frost At Midnight in the right combo of wet and dry over a good blue base like Imaginary p/p. I am SOOOOOOO GLAD I was really restrained with Glamour Daze - I knew this awesomeness was on its way!
I think the only item I didn't like was the one pale lipgloss and the purple np ( only because I have "In the dark" which is almost the same as For Fun). Glad this came out this year because I'm going to try n not buy so much makeup next year. TRY lol
