Swatches of the Week

A quick summary of our Pure Luxe Chocolate swatches of the week. The only chocolate Pure Luxe shades I'm missing are Chocolate and Godiva.


Click any shade to link to the individual swatch and mini review:
Pure Luxe Chocolate Oranges - Usable brown
Pure Luxe Chocolate Cherries - Staple reddish brown
Pure Luxe Chocolate Grapes - Nice violet color
Pure Luxe Chocolate Blueberries - Only real 'miss' of the bunch, washed out and colorless
Pure Luxe Chocomint - Really unique and interesting color

Swatch of the Day: Pure Luxe Chocomint

Brand: Pure Luxe

Shade: Chocomint

Cost: $1.00 for 1/8 teaspoon sample,$5.00 for 5g jar, $9.50 for 10g jar

Where to get: Here

Official Bulb: Medium brown with a mint green interference.

My thoughts: This is one of the most unique colors I've ever seen. It truly is both a light coppery brown AND a minty green at the same time. The pictures DO NOT capture this one very well at all. In the artificial light one you can see a hint of mint green, but in real light it is much more noticeable and shiny bright. It's like you are seeing 2 layers at once, as the mint green is not just a sparkle or glitter but almost looks like it is foiled on top of the brown. The name is a wonderful descriptor! I struggle to use it a little because it's just so unusual, but it's just so one of a kind!

Swatch of the Day: Pure Luxe Chocolate Blueberries

Brand: Pure Luxe

Shade: Chocolate Bluberries

Cost: $1.00 for 1/8 teaspoon sample,$5.00 for 5g jar, $9.50 for 10g jar

Where to get: Here

Official Bulb: Muted brown base with blue interference.

My thoughts: Muted it right. Of the chocolates I own this is the dullest and least intense. The color is a bit drab and sort of a greyish washed out purple. It might be good for a conservative neutral but I find it boring.

Swatch of the Day: Pure Luxe Chocolate Grapes

Brand: Pure Luxe

Shade: Chocolate Grapes

Cost: $1.00 for 1/8 teaspoon sample,$5.00 for 5g jar, $9.50 for 10g jar

Where to get: Here

Official Bulb: Medium brown base with violet/purple interference.

My thoughts: This shade seems the least 'chocolate' to me. The brown is pretty much gone and light lavender color is much more predominate. Sunlight or with flash capture the color well. If anything I would describe it as a light silvery violet color with a very light reddish amber undertone. Still a wonderful color, good for spring, but not your traditional lavender.

Swatch of the Day: Pure Luxe Chocolate Cherries

Brand: Pure Luxe

Shade: Chocolate Cherries

Cost: $1.00 for 1/8 teaspoon sample,$5.00 for 5g jar, $9.50 for 10g jar

Where to get: Here

Official Bulb: Medium brown base with reddish/pink interference.

My thoughts: I love this shade. It's a slighter darker brown than the Chocolate Orange with a reddish overtone. The with flash picture is the most accurate. Slight shimmer and good for lid or crease. I find it a pretty unique twist on brown and would get it again.

Swatch of the Day: Pure Luxe Chocolate Oranges

Brand: Pure Luxe

Shade: Chocolate Oranges

Cost: $1.00 for 1/8 teaspoon sample,$5.00 for 5g jar, $9.50 for 10g jar

Where to get: Here

Official Bulb: Medium brown base with subtle orange interference and orange/copper glimmers.

My thoughts: The site description is pretty dead on accurate here. I don't have much to add. This was my first color of the chocolates and it got me hooked and coming back for more. It's very easy and wearable and a good light brown color to have in your collection. Sometimes the orange almost looks coppery, but I love it. Pretty and subtle. The photo with flash is the most accurate in my opinion.

Swatches of the Week

Here's a review of the Swatch of the Days for this past week.

Click any shade to link to the individual swatch and mini review:

Coastal Scents A More'
Pure Luxe Dubloon
Pure Luxe Ultimate Rockstar
Pure Luxe After Hours
NYX Yellow Marigold
Pure Luxe Peach Champagne
Pure Luxe Ultimate Amber

Swatch of the Day: Pure Luxe Peach Champagne

Brand: Pure Luxe

Shade: Peach Champagne

Cost: $1.00 for 1/8 teaspoon sample,$5.00 for 5g jar, $9.50 for 10g jar

Where to get: Here

Official Bulb: BEAUTIFUL medium peach with yellow gold interference.

My thoughts: Soft pale peach with a strong yellowish gold shine to it. Really POPS in sunlight. Great for using above crease and blending into a highlight, or using lightly for a highlight on the brow bone.

Swatch of the Day: Pure Luxe Ultimate Amber

Brand: Pure Luxe

Shade: Amber (Part of the Ultimate Liner Collection)

Cost: $1.25 for 1/8 teaspoon sample,$6.00 for 5g jar, $11.00 for 10g jar

Where to get: Here

 

Official Bulb: This is a beautiful amber with black undertones.

My thoughts: Really nice meduim chocolate brown with a copper sheen to it. A staple I reach for a lot. Really pops in the sunlight too, but not necessarily glittery or frosty, just a metallic shine. Smooth, good strong pigmentation, and intense. The Ultimate Liners collection is meant to be applied wet, when foiled seems a bit lighter and more on the coppery side but intensity is about the same for both. Really recommend as this works great for a neutral eye for can be worked with other colors colors for something more intense and dramatic.

Swatch of the Day: Pure Luxe After Hours

Brand: Pure Luxe

Shade: Dubloon

Cost: $1.00 for 1/8 teaspoon sample,$5.00 for 5g jar, $9.50 for 10g jar

Where to get: Here

Official Bulb: Warm orange shade. Metallic highlight

My thoughts: WOW! WOW! WOW! This color pops and has incredible intensity. It's a bright orange yellow gold. It looks foiled even when not. Smooth, creamy, amazing pigmentation. Metallic finish. I'm loving this and it looks great as a liner (use it recently in a EOTD in the inner corner). Beware: Only for the BOLD! The picture does not capture it's intensity and brightness. A bit more yellow gold in person.

Side note: When I applying this I thought it reminded me of my new NYX eyeshadow in Yellow Marigold, however when swacthed next to each other you can see the difference. After Hours is MUCH more intense, brighter, and more yellowy gold. Yellow Marigold (which I still love) looks a little duller in comparison and has a more antiqued gold color to it.

Swatch of the Day: Pure Luxe Ultimate Rockstar

Brand: Pure Luxe

Shade: Rockstar (Part of the Ultimate Liner Collection)

Cost: $1.25 for 1/8 teaspoon sample,$6.00 for 5g jar, $11.00 for 10g jar

Where to get: Here

Official Bulb: Ultra deep burgundy/black with a 24kt. gold metallic overlay.

My thoughts: Looks more gray or slate to me. Has a little purple glitter in it. Good for a smokey eye, but seems to fade a bit. The Ultimate Liners collection is meant to be applied wet I believe. When foiled seems a bit more burgundy, but still on the gray side, and gold and purple interface slightly more noticeable. Not a major difference however. Slightly gritter than some of the other Pure Luxe formulas.

Swatch of the Day: Pure Luxe Dubloon

Brand: Pure Luxe

Shade: Dubloon

Cost: $1.00 for 1/8 teaspoon sample,$5.00 for 5g jar, $9.50 for 10g jar

Where to get: Here

Official Bulb: Deep khaki in jar. Once applied you will get a smoky antiqued gold.

My thoughts: I don't use this much because it accidentally got sorted with my browns! Not sure how that happened. A dark, mossy natural looking green. Can look a little muddy, but has some nice gold interference with perks it up and keeps it from looking too dirty. Looks lighter in jar but applies a bit more khaki brown.

Swatch of the Day: Coastal Scents A More'

Brand: Coastal Scents

Shade: A More'

Cost: $7.95 for 2g ($0.95 samples)

Where to get: Here

Official Bulb: A More' shadow has an intense satiny feel when applied with slight lustre shimmer. Rosewood in shade.

My thoughts: Looks like a dark peach in the jar. Applied is a dark pinky peach with red undertone. Nice shimmer. Pigmented, smooth. Swatch picture looks accurate to me.

*This was a free sample I got as a gift with a paid order.

NYX Single Eyeshadow Swatch

As promised from the other day here is my new NYX Single Eyeshadow in Yellow Marigold and first Swatch of the Day. I've only had it for 3 days now but I'm already in love with both the color and the NYX shadow in general. I see this becoming a favorite in no time. The color is a beautiful light yellow metallic gold. The formula of this shade is great, soft and pigmented, no fallout and little fading, plus it build to super high intensity really quick and easy on top of a base. I hope all the NYX colors are this great and I can't wait to go back and make a haul on CherryCulture where they're only $3.50 a piece and so many colors to pick from!

NYX Single Eyeshadow in Yellow Marigold

NYX Single Eyeshadow in Yellow Marigold
Left is with no base
Middle is with Urban Decay Primer Potion
Right is foiled/applied wet (pretty much same as with a base)

Get Ready for Swacth of the Day (SOTD)!

I have a zillion eyeshadows, as they are the most colorful and fun to shop for so I think I'm going to try to swatch and do a mini summary/review of each one everyday (it should last me awhile). No promises on never missing a day but I'll try to do my best. And if you ever see any shades that look pretty similar and want me to do a side by side swatch and comparison just holla out! Also, since I don't want to say it every time I'll always swatch on Urban Decay Primer Potion.

Some of my many, many eyeshadow pigments

As a heads up a ton of them are from Pure Luxe because it was one of the first mineral make up lines I discovered when I was first building my collection and had money to blow. I find it to be a a fun mineral makeup line. I've heard some speculation about repackaging of pigments, but honestly I don't follow that stuff much (and don't really care, sorry I'm a bad consumer). What I love most about Pure Luxe is they offer samples for $1 that come in nice little 5 g jars (not little plastic baggies where you waste 80% of the product). The sample is supposedly 1/8 a teaspoon but they are almost always much more generous than that. I hear some people say that the sample will last a couple applications but I get a lot more than that out of them!!! More like 20+ if you are good about tapping your brush in the lid and not spilling.

Anyways, wish me luck!