So, I'm back from the counter 
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Full disclosure: I'm lucky enough to live in NYC, and so "my" LMdB counter is in Bergdof Goodman. Today, when I went, I had the pleasure to find and meet the famous Dustin. And this is a sweetheart of a man! Super nice, super patient but not arrogant or patronizing, truly a pleasure to interact with
. He gave me his full attention the whole time I was there, and never made me feel hurried, even when other clients came to see him and that he obviously knew. I have to say, I'm totally won over, lol!
Anyway, we talked quite a bit, about my preferences and comfort zone, and what would suit me best. Dustin agreed that silver toned rather than golden would indeed work well for me, and that purple/plum would fit best with my green eyes - at least to start with
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So he went through the whole couches de couleurs concept with me, and decided to build on the Corinthian, as this was already what I had. This would be the first layer. He then asked me to make a fist with my hand, and chose the color of my knuckles for the second layer/color. That was Fire Lily (a color I've loved since I first saw it on line, but decided I could never do anything with, lol). Then, he said, you needed to add the accent color: in my case, we decided on Fig - good call on all you ladies who recommended it, you were spot on! And finally, to finish, the depth color. The depth color is the last, that gives the whole thing, well depth (lol), but on its own, is pretty sheer. We went with Thunder, which is actually surprisingly sheer (and which I was attracted to in the first place, so I was very pleased that Dustin thought it a good fit).
He said that based on the above, and no matter what, I would always start with Corinthian followed by Fire Lily. I could then get other colors instead of Fig and Thunder, change just one, or both, and the variations are endless! I'm going to have so much fun
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He also showed me how to play with them, and how to also integrate the use of the dualist crayon. You can integrate it in the beginning and keep the exact same color scheme as above, or use it alone with one of the colors - with those I have, best one on one combos were crayon/Fig and crayon/Thunder.
So in the end, I came home with 3 new e/s: Fire Lily, Fig and Thunder, and the Dualist crayon in black. It's way more than I had planned on getting (and spending!) but I can't help being very happy with it all
Now my only question is the following: do 4 e/s justify the purchase of an Unii palette???? How many do you think I could fit in there anyway (I'm partial to the Unii)?
...Full disclosure: I'm lucky enough to live in NYC, and so "my" LMdB counter is in Bergdof Goodman. Today, when I went, I had the pleasure to find and meet the famous Dustin. And this is a sweetheart of a man! Super nice, super patient but not arrogant or patronizing, truly a pleasure to interact with
. He gave me his full attention the whole time I was there, and never made me feel hurried, even when other clients came to see him and that he obviously knew. I have to say, I'm totally won over, lol!Anyway, we talked quite a bit, about my preferences and comfort zone, and what would suit me best. Dustin agreed that silver toned rather than golden would indeed work well for me, and that purple/plum would fit best with my green eyes - at least to start with
. So he went through the whole couches de couleurs concept with me, and decided to build on the Corinthian, as this was already what I had. This would be the first layer. He then asked me to make a fist with my hand, and chose the color of my knuckles for the second layer/color. That was Fire Lily (a color I've loved since I first saw it on line, but decided I could never do anything with, lol). Then, he said, you needed to add the accent color: in my case, we decided on Fig - good call on all you ladies who recommended it, you were spot on! And finally, to finish, the depth color. The depth color is the last, that gives the whole thing, well depth (lol), but on its own, is pretty sheer. We went with Thunder, which is actually surprisingly sheer (and which I was attracted to in the first place, so I was very pleased that Dustin thought it a good fit).
He said that based on the above, and no matter what, I would always start with Corinthian followed by Fire Lily. I could then get other colors instead of Fig and Thunder, change just one, or both, and the variations are endless! I'm going to have so much fun
!!!!He also showed me how to play with them, and how to also integrate the use of the dualist crayon. You can integrate it in the beginning and keep the exact same color scheme as above, or use it alone with one of the colors - with those I have, best one on one combos were crayon/Fig and crayon/Thunder.
So in the end, I came home with 3 new e/s: Fire Lily, Fig and Thunder, and the Dualist crayon in black
. It's way more than I had planned on getting (and spending!) but I can't help being very happy with it all Now my only question is the following: do 4 e/s justify the purchase of an Unii palette???? How many do you think I could fit in there anyway (I'm partial to the Unii)?
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. Any way you can save it? I wonder what it is about it though, it's the only one I had a problem with too.