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Shiro: The End is Nye - February 2016 CoTM

I love color of the month items, and I was really excited for this one! An awesome taupe-y eye shadow and Bill Nye? The only way it could be better is if it was all over my face.

Swatches & review under the cut!

Swatches were taken in overcast daylight over WnW Fergie Primer and PE.

The End is Nye: a fairly unassuming taupe in the jar, but rubs down to a smokey purpley-brown-bronze gleaming with metallic copper.

I was surprised by how grey this one pulled over just primer, but I definitely wasn’t complaining! I’ve been on the hunt for a good grey-taupe and I think this one will fit the bill. It’s also totally stunning over a sticky base- I wouldn’t necessarily call it metalic, but the copper shimmer is just gorgeous <3

One thing I noticed was the this color wasn’t as rich as the site swatch (which I’m honestly okay with) but I imagine that a similar effect could be achieved by either using extra sticky base, or applying the shadow before the base has properly dried down, but that does tend to sacrifice the quality of any shimmer.