GOOD NEWS! The collection arrived at my counter. I picked up Rose Popilla, Violet Scarabeo and lipstick #611. All are stunning and this is certainly only the first of several trips to the Armani Fall well.
Bad news... For some reason, my counter only got the lipsticks in three colours- 410, 611 and 612. No bright orange and, most importantly, no gorgeous purple 610... I have no idea why, but it's not the first time that this has happened. I'm peeved, but I'm very happy with the shade that I got and unexpectedly fell bum over noggin for #612. It pulls red on me rather than brown, so it's a glorious plum colour.
I was quite smitten with both palettes as well. The only shade which seemed a little lacking to me was the dark purple in the Mystic Blues palette. It's kind of dry and powdery. Reminded me a lot of Mac Shadowy Lady in both positive and negative ways. The texture on the blushes, especially the one in the Venomous Green palette, is incredible. Since I was only handling the testers, I didn't get a chance to see the overspray issue.