Oh how I coveted this collection, from the initial news and a description of the colors to when the first official promo pictures appeared I was officially in "saving pennies" mode. When the early swatches appeared I was in full lust, luckily I arranged a swap with the divine JJ and saved the money for the rest....
Ah yeah not so much when I finally had it all.
The packaging is amazing and the case for the blush is lovely beyond words especially with the Dirty Plum glowing behind the bird. I returned the Petals and Peacocks and Bough Grey a few days after taking this picture, they just were not making me happy.
The Dirty Plum blush, Blooming Lovely lipstick and Birds & Berries eyeshadow were all sent by JJ in swap and while I like all the colors I really think I could have BoBo'ed the blush and shadow with items already in my collection. The Blooming Lovely was corpse like (not entirely a bad thing, especially when I topped it with Lancome Rose Jolie gloss) on me until I paired it with the Barry M lip pencil Jennifer brought back from England it sorta pinked it up.
I think I will tuck it all away until late August and start wearing it then, I want a darker look at the time of the year but as it is summer here until mid November, it will be perfect for a fallish look... I just think a lot of the darker heavier colors of fall look wrong in this climate even as I wear darker clothing colors they are still summer weight.
Bottom line.....I basically fell in lust with packaging!
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