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The longer I play with the products from Style Black, the more I'm liking them, especially the eye products. I am really liking how pigmented the mineralize eyeshadows are compared to their predecessors. Granted that they are not that impressive when applied dry, just wait till you try them foiled. The metallic marriage of the black base and the edgy colors in blue, gold, silver and blue is simply amazing. But wait till you try these dry with just the greasepaint as the base. It will totally blow you away.
Greasepaint in Intense Black, with "V" and "B" from the DSquared collection.
First of all, let me say that the greasepaint is definitely one of those WOW products I haven't seen MAC come up in a long time. This has got to be one of the best if not the best eye primer I've tried. The Intense Black greasepaint has a purple tinge to it when held up against the light, but it applies very dark, very pigmented, very smoothly. It glides like a dream on the skin, and even non-pigmented shadows become vibrant when the greasepaint is used as a base. I also used this as a liner today and it has been 14 hours after application and it stayed put and didn't smudge at all. Amazing, I must say! I really believe the greasepaint is the winner of this collection. I can't rave enough about it.
The glimmerglasses are a pleasant surprise too. Granted that they are not very pigmented, but they have sheer black bases with glass-like finish with sparkly reflects glitter that would darken a lighter lipstick and make the outcome a deeper, richer color. It is sheer enough for it not to create a goth look; just enough to darken a lighter lippie. If you like dazzleglasses, you might like these glimmerglasses as well. The black lipstick might be a bit too goth for my taste, but a clean face and just a dab of this on the lips would make a definite statement.
Seriously Hip and Baby Girl Goth are amazing as well. I had said in my previous review that the latter is the nail lacquer version of Beauty Marked eyeshadow. I will be doing swatches next time.
The other winning tandem from this collection - the volcanic mask exfoliator and thermal mask. I heard they are selling like hotcakes, and people are probably just drawn to the word "volcanic ash". Sounds truly exotic, eh? I have used the exfoliator before and as I said, I loved the product except the smell. I also like the new squeeze tubes instead of the messy tubs from last year.
If I can recommend a few items from this collection, I would say the greasepaint, the thermal mask and the exfoliator. The mineralize eyeshadows are pretty too, very fall and festive. I will be coming up with a look featuring some of the products in the next entries.
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