Stila Mambo.
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product_junkiesMy thanks to Dain at Ars Aromatica for (re)introducing me to periwinkle - that beautiful, versatile blue-violet colour, so complementary to brown eyes. On a recommendation from Dain, I tested and bought today Stila Mambo, a pearly periwinkle with pink and blue duochrome.
Stila Mambo at bottom right, with my custom Shu Uemura 8-pan palette from several years back.
The bottom left shade in the Shu Uemura palette, which I don't know the name/number of (it being printed on the back of the shadow, which is glued into the palette) is a very close dupe for Mambo. Both are stunning, in the pan and swatched:
Top-Bottom: Stila Mambo, unknown Shu Uemura pressed shadow, NARS Jolie Poupee I (matte violet).
If I had to point out the differences between the Shu Uemura shadow and Mambo, I would say that the Shu Uemura is softer and more pigmented, while the shimmer in Mambo has a greater complexity; at certain angles, they look identical, but at others, Mambo takes on a sky-blue cast, and they look completely different. Jolie Poupee is one of the most pigmented and blendable duos from NARS, and if you are after a matte version of Mambo, you could do no better.
Which is your favourite? Do you wear violet eyeshadows?
Stila Mambo at bottom right, with my custom Shu Uemura 8-pan palette from several years back.
The bottom left shade in the Shu Uemura palette, which I don't know the name/number of (it being printed on the back of the shadow, which is glued into the palette) is a very close dupe for Mambo. Both are stunning, in the pan and swatched:
Top-Bottom: Stila Mambo, unknown Shu Uemura pressed shadow, NARS Jolie Poupee I (matte violet).
If I had to point out the differences between the Shu Uemura shadow and Mambo, I would say that the Shu Uemura is softer and more pigmented, while the shimmer in Mambo has a greater complexity; at certain angles, they look identical, but at others, Mambo takes on a sky-blue cast, and they look completely different. Jolie Poupee is one of the most pigmented and blendable duos from NARS, and if you are after a matte version of Mambo, you could do no better.
Which is your favourite? Do you wear violet eyeshadows?
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Date: 2011-07-03 04:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 09:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 08:18 pm (UTC)I have a satin violet from CARGO that looks like it might be a dupe for that Shu Uemura color you have up and a violet-brown called Dusk (which I need to refind - it has been renamed) from Estée Lauder I like to put in my crease and have an all purple eyeshadow day.
I'm a brown-eyed person, of course ♥
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Date: 2011-07-03 09:29 pm (UTC)I ordered the Surreal Violet palette from Estee Lauder last week, which should be arriving this couple of days. I think I'm just on a purple shadow binge at the moment. :)
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Date: 2011-07-17 10:25 am (UTC)I have that same problem, my local Ulta and Sephora carry hardly any CARGO anymore and the only things I can pick up from there are the Blu-Ray Mattifier and the Essential Palette.
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Date: 2011-07-17 10:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-17 10:44 am (UTC)Well, there went my bright idea.