I was playing with the icon collection today...

[PrettyKitty]

Who saw the peachy Pro Longwear Lustre?

I'd like to know if it's similar to Luv-4-Ever or lighter?

 

[SARAHluvsMAC]

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Originally Posted by brandiisamonkey how do you like the 169? Is it soft? or is it kind of scratchy?

its AMAZINGLY SOFT

i totally need both of the brushes just cuz im a brush freak, its very nice for contouring

maybe i can get those chiseled cheekbones raquel is sporting on the display

 

[f1rewater]

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Originally Posted by SARAHluvsMAC its AMAZINGLY SOFT i totally need both of the brushes just cuz im a brush freak, its very nice for contouring maybe i can get those chiseled cheekbones raquel is sporting on the display

I don't have the 168 or the 222 but i have been meaning to get them. Should i indulge in the 169 and 223 instead?

 

[prinzessin784]

It annoys me that there is always one or two shadows in the premade quads that I just won't ever use! Sometimes it's worth it but sometimes it's not. I have to check these out in person before I spend too much on this. Barbie is coming!!

 

[liquidsirenhoney]

i went to check it out today and i have to say this is the first collection that i won't be buying anything from....none of the colors would suit me and i was really disappointed with the quad. but i really like the packaging and i was trying to justify buying something just for that reason but just couldn't.

 

[SARAHluvsMAC]

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Originally Posted by f1rewater I don't have the 168 or the 222 but i have been meaning to get them. Should i indulge in the 169 and 223 instead?

i've only touched testers, never actually used them with product so i couldnt tell you

 

[Ms. Z]

Love Racquel as an Icon, love the packaging, but I am disappointed with the colors in this collection. I was hoping that the colors would be wearable for day/consertative atmospheres but for the exception of the e/s quads, the lip stuff was too frosty and the blushes too bright & dark. I had expected to spend about $150 on this collection, but I only purchased
Ø Tiger Tiger l/s
Ø Sultress Eyes quad
Ø Peaceful Beauty Powder

 

[rouquinne]

i had gone in expecting to spend about that much too, Z. and, in the end, came away with only the Amazon eyes quad and Roleplay lippie.

Roleplay is similar in colour to VGV, VGVI and Entwined.

i was planning to get Screen Queen, but to be brutally honest, that colour is sooooooo pale, i can't see it showing up on anyone's mouth unless they are paler than me (NC 15) with no natural pigment in their lips.

Raquel lipglass was the only one of those i was planning to get, but i already have Pink Lemonade, Lychee Luxe, Pink Grapefruit and Tartlette and it's in that colour group.

i won't wear the beauty powders, i have more false eyelashes than i'll ever need, i only buy brushes at the art-supply store....

i may reconsider my decision to pass up Goddess blush, because it does go on so sheerly, but that's about it!

however, i am THRILLED with the Amazon quad!

hope this helps someone considering a purchase!

 

[Ms. Z]

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Originally Posted by rouquinne i had gone in expecting to spend about that much too, Z. and, in the end, came away with only the Amazon eyes quad and Roleplay lippie. i may reconsider my decision to pass up Goddess blush, because it does go on so sheerly, but that's about it! however, i am THRILLED with the Amazon quad! hope this helps someone considering a purchase!

I’m a little

but the letter/number people use is from their foundation color, if yes, mine is C3.

I really wanted Goddess, but that color looked like bright hot pink on me; on my MU who is like Naomi Campbell, it turned magenta when she used her fingers to rub it in.

I’m gonna have to go back & try on that Amazon quad.

 

[rouquinne]

the purple shade (Roustabour) is the best red-purple i've ever tried. you know how so many red-purples make you look like you've been crying? this one isn't doing that!

 

[Winthrop44]

That's good to know about Roustabout. Maybe I'll still consider the Amazon quad if it's still in-store when (and if) I go to look at Barbie. I ordered Icon online as I'm an hour and a half away from my nearest counter or store and don't get there very often.

 

[archangeli]

Are the new brushes full-length handled or are the short like the Diana Ross ones?

No one has posted a full photo of the brushes yet, just their heads

 

[Ms. Z]

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Originally Posted by archangeli Are the new brushes full-length handled or are the short like the Diana Ross ones? No one has posted a full photo of the brushes yet, just their heads

The brushes are full size.

 

[greatscott2000]

I love the lipstick case and blush packagin.. is it new. It looks really sleek. Was the Danse collection like that too?

 

[SARAHluvsMAC]

Danse was regular packaging, the lip set packaging for formal black was the same though, sans the tiger print

 

[BlahWah]

Are the brushes worth getting? Do they function much differently from their permanent cousins (168 & 222)? If not, I'll pass and save for Barbie...

 

[styrch]

My thought on it was that if the brushes were really vital to have they'd be in the perminant collection.

*shrug* They are "tools" - I have a different thought about LE shades of makeup.

 

[BlahWah]

^ Good point, styrch. Thanks!

 

[rouquinne]

i was able to do a fairly passable re-creation of the ScreenQueen lip look using Test Pattern liner (long-ago discontinued) all over the lips, Bare Venus carefully painted on, and Tartlette lip glass.