duckrodeo
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Leave it to Mac-Guy to make my thoughts on Crew go 180 degrees! Want want want! Sooooooooooooo stunning!
BAH! Infinity! LOLThe question is: How many BU's of Crew are on your list?
Our European Specktra beauties are so wonderful for posting swatches! I'm used to us getting collections first but it's soooooo neat to see the shoe on the other foot. hehe thanks for helping us U.S. gals out! After seeing swatches, I still want Emerald Sea, Orange Tempera and Riviera Life. Now I'm thinking about Red Racer since it's a super bright red. I don't have anything like it!
Hope that helps xx
I'm loving this collection!
The MA at the counter i went to yesterday did my make up. She used Nude on Board bronzer and i liked it, but when i swatched it on my hand with Sun Dipped next to it we agreed that Sun Dipped would look better. I tried it on today and the texture is wonderful and the colour is perfect for me. Nude on Board was a lot more yellow. I'm thinking about a back up of this one.
She also used Fleet Fast blush and that one is perfect for summer. It's a muted reddish corally sort of colour, i don't really know how else to explain it. I tried Launch Away today and i like that one as well. It shows up as a light peachy pink on me. I'm not sure if it will show up on darker skin, but for me it's a great everyday blush.
On my eyes she used Jaunty e/s on the lid over Painterly Paint Pot, Feeling Fresh e/s in the crease and a bit of Plumage e/s on my outer lash line. Today i used Jaunty again over Painterly on the lid and i lined my upper and lower lash line with Emerald Sea e/l and Feeling Fresh e/s on top. Jaunty is a neutral to slightly yellow version of Naked Lunch. I use Naked Lunch a lot, but i think i like Jaunty more, because it compliments my skintone better. It also works great as a neutral shade with Feeling Fresh, because of the slight yellow undertone. I love greens so i had to get Emerald Sea and Feeling Fresh. I didn't have a green eyeliner yet and Feeling Fresh is quite unique i think. I didn't compare it with the pro longwear shadow, but i don't think i would use up such a big pan so this is better for me.
The lip the MA did on me was Shore Leave l/l with Salute l/s and Blessedly Rich l/g. Today i'm wearing Sail La Vie l/s. I also tried on To Catch a Sailor l/s yesterday. Salute was actually quite nice on top of Shore Leave. I'm still thinking about it, but i was already getting so much that i left it there for now. I'm loving Sail La Vie. It's not nearly as bright as Morange. I don't think Morange would suite me. Sail La Vie is darker a bit more red and has some sort of muted quality to it. I got To Catch a Sailor, because i wanted to be trendy. I like it, but it's very different from what i normally wear. We'll see how that one works out. I don't have my Viva Glam Nicki with me, but i'm really curious to see if Shore Leave would work with it. I don't wear lipgloss a lot, but i had to get Blessedly Rich and Riviera Life. Riviera Life i believe is a bit darker than Morange and it has these awesome shimmers in it. It screams summer to me. Blessedly Rich is a nice rose copper shade with a lot of shimmer. I don't think i have ever seen anything like it.
And then there is Crew. I tried it as a highlight today and it maybe is a bit dark on my skin for that. I think it would be really gorgeous as a soft blush. The sheen on it is so pretty and subtle. It reminds me of the pearlmatte powders from the Vera collection.
I also liked Red Racer l/s, but i have Scarlet Ibis, Russian Red and Runway Red, so i'm trying to skip red lipsticks for now. Send Me Sailing l/g was also very pretty, but i think it's similar to Wicked Ways l/g and i don't use red lipgloss that much so left that as well.
I'm still thinking about Barefoot e/s, Nautical e/s and Blue Stripe e/l. They all swatched nice. Barefoot reminded me of Goldmine, but Goldmine is more yellow. I don't use shades like that much so i'm not sure if i need it. I have Naval e/s, but i think it's more on the purple side of navy and a bit lighter than Nautical. I do not have a navy eyeliner yet, but i'm also thinking about the blue pearlglide liner, so i skipped Blue Stripe for now.
I'm sure i'm not done with this collection, but i don't know what i'm going to get besides the back up of Sun Dipped.
Thanks now i understand why i didn't see it yesterday.Just in case anybody is wondering: According to the latest update for the US, Gold Knot n/p has been pulled from this collection.
Your welcomeThank you so much for your review Pinkdollface!
I totally agree with you on Sun Dipped.It is so pretty and the texture is very nice.I ordered a BU immediatly yesterday.
And I also agree on Riviera Life....the sparkles are gorgeous and I love the opacity of it.