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I know I'm about ten years late with this, but I still wanted to write my review about this collection. I was really excited about this collection after reading the description on SPECKTRA.NET:

"This collection brings us to the Ziegfield Follies by way of Grey Gardens, a bit dishevelled, a little Girl Interrupted, both dramatically hip and dangerously sexy. It starts with a strong, sooty, blackest-ever wild-child eye...a new Greasepaint Stick also in blue and violet versions, and Pro Gloss to create it. Neutral and perfected skin will get more drama with highlighting and low lighting from Sculpt and Shape Powders and the 165 Tapered Cheek/Highlight Brush all the better to achieve it. And finally, the totally nude Pro Lip Erase does its stuff, followed by a light Lipstick and Lip Conditioner to put the lilt and lift back in."


Now... I love myself a glossy dark eye, a nude lip, and a floating head on almost everyone. But just looking at the promo pictures I became a bit hesitant. The end result looked a bit sloppy? So I decided to try them out before I started judging the entire collection based on one photo.

-I didn't really need the help of Dean and Dan to make my eyelids glossy when I could just slap on some clear lipglass over them myself. I don't understand the gloss texture creme at all really, if it would give the eyes a glossy shine but prevented creasing then I'd be all over it, but....it doesn't. So I stood clear from that.

-The nude lip erase was next on my agenda seeing as I've been on a nude obsession since October but when I went to put this on my lips, it instantly felt like I was globing on concealer that was two shades lighter than my skin tone. Not to mention it didn't condition my lips at all. If anything, it made my lips even more dry. I have Studio Tech in a color that matches my skin and I have Siss lipstick, so no thank you.

-I had such high hopes for the Studio Sculpt since I'm crazy for a contoured face, but...no. This one didn't do it for me either. Accentuate was too shimmery for my liking since I'm not a fan of shine to begin with, and Sculpt was too light for my face. I had to go with Blunt in their permanent line which wasn't as exciting as a new collection.

And everything else I didn't really care for since I prefer the 138 and 168 brushes over the 165 brush. Pretty disappointing in my opinion. All in all its a pretty dupeable collection. So if you missed out when it launched, don't worry, save your money. You're not really missing out on anything amazing.