I'm happy for all the folks who got in on the blush boo boo because both SS and Simmer are really great and otherwise a lot of people would have only gotten one or the other!
Also, the brown in Bossa Blue is a really nice shade with a great, non-sparkly texture - it's very sexy but not too much for daytime at all! At least at my store, I pawed through some boxes of them and they were mostly very good about having a nice big blue half and a nice big brown half. I mentioned this before, but some of the colors won't even matter about swirl hunting - Dare To Bare, Carribbean and Tropica are very blended together just naturally, but there's always swirl perfection - I don't think it's too much to worry about with these particular shades though - the colors are very close to begin with, unlike Cha Cha Cha or Bossa Blue. Time To Tango is sort of halfway between the extremes and can go either way.
As for the MSFs, you REALLY won't need to swirl hunt on them - they're all blended together quite well and are also sheer. The very colorful part is just in the highlight when they catch the light anyhow, rather than being very opaque like a blush. Adored was maybe the most swirl-hunty of them, but the style of these makes swirls much less important. Trust me on this!
The blushes I saw were all quite good about being pretty much half and half - i looked through some boxes. Plus again, they're better when you use the whole pan to take product because the more sparkly color half that's used for adding sheen to the finished result is quite sheer - even though they look colorful in the pan. If you took from that half only, you're not going to get much color - it'll be highlight only.
I still think people should try this collection in person - I still haven't seen any swatches that really capture the full beauty of any of the products or even the true color effects. Xasperadastra's come pretty close, though - especially on the blushes! These are going to be incredibly difficult to photograph in a swatch - even full face is going to be tricky! The good news is everything is very special and people are going to be happy with their blushes and MSFs for sure, since I'm pretty sure the people who don't do metallic have already gotten plenty of warning from me
This collection is a special child that does better with special love!
