Nice brushes to use! Well at least you know what you like and don't like. I hear good things about Burberry shadows but I have not purchased any yet... What's your favorite shade? They have a taupe one that's in my nordies basket but I never have the courage to get it because I have never owned any. It's sort of like you almost dont want to try a new brand because you will fall in love and need every single one. At least that's how my mind works lol
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I know what you mean. I dipped my toe into Burberry, a couple at a time, but then liked them enough that I bought any that looked good after lots of research (looking at blogs/swatches online). I bought from Nordstrom's so I could return them.
I really like most all of them. I didn't get the dark brown (#23) one because I already had other dark browns, but I'm tempted to get it. I didn't get any of the lighter ones because I'm picky about what works under the brow. Here are my findings for what I did buy/try, using some notes from what I found online, taken from a spreadsheet (did I mention that I'm a bit anal?), with my notes to you in brackets. The number preceding the color name is the number assigned by Burberry:
01 Pale White satin bright-white Don't get [would be too light for me, even under brow]
02 Trench cool, greyed, dusty, satin-matte “skintone” beige Don't get. Will likely match skin tone; is like a whitish gray
03 Porcelain softly shimmery peach Don't get [peaches don't work for me under the brow]
04 Gold Trench warm, golden, terracotta peach-brown sand Don't get [doesn't look like it would work for me]
05 Chestnut soft, deer-colored red-brown
RETURNED: This appeared reddish-gold brown with gold glitters in it--not flattering
06 Almond soft fawn-brown Don't get. Probably too similar to Taupe Brown except has a little sheen, so can pass on this. Also Inglot 160 very similar but bit darker (better)
07 Taupe Brown slightly deeper and warmer to Almond
KEPT This has a little fallout if not careful but is pretty neutral - is matte
08 Khaki cool green-grey-brown. Don’t get. Olive green with subtly warm-toned, brown undertones. Since MUG's matte olive green was no good, don't get this [greens like this make me look dead]
09 Rosewood softly shimmery silvery rose-purple Got Antique Rose instead [but see notes about this--it's now on my Nordie's wish list]. Has mauve tone to it and similar sheen as Pale Barley
10 Antique Rose deeper than Rosewood (but still very gentle) red-purple
RETURNED -- very light plum, not flattering, accentuated eye wrinkles
11 Tea Rose very muted candy pink Don't get [pinks look bad on me]
12 Pale Rose very pale, cool white-pink with a subtle pink duochrome Don't get [too light to work, plus is pink]
13 Lavender Blue lavender, a dusty blue-purple Don't get [is too light, plus is more blue]
14 Lavender is faded denim-purple (more blue than Lavender Blue)
RETURNED: supposedly a tint of blue purple with slight shimmer, but on me is matte slight bluish gray w/very little purple—just a common matte blue gray
15 Slate Blue dusty denim, faded cornflower blue (more blue than Lavender) Don't get. Is pretty sheer; Midnight Blue is probably enough
16 Pearl Blue sheer, greyed ice-blue This may be good for cooler shaded skin like mine per one YouTuber, but probably too white for me maybe?
17 Pearl Gray shimmery steel grey
KEPT 18 Midnight Black rich, pigmented blue-black satin Don't get. Not a Matte black, more of a charcoal gray depending on lighting But creases like crazy per one makeupalley reviewer and I have other matte blacks
19 Midnight Plum a blackened purple
KEPT Tricky as all-over-lid shadow, is semi-matte satin, has some copper flecks in there
20 Midnight Blue a blackened sapphire
RETURNED: supposed to be a dark navy blue with a satiny sheen and a barely-there purple tint, it looked good on whole lid (but brought out blue circles a bit) but was horrible in using as a crease color or outer-lid color because the sheen just blended away too easily
21 Midnight Brown shimmery warm (golden) brown
KEPT This has gold shimmer but looks okay on entire lid (at night) or as a crease/outer lid color with Taupe Brown during day; mid-tone brown
22 Pale Barley a frosty/shimmery gold-brown duochrome
KEPT 23 Dark Sable matte dark brown similar to Taupe Brown No. 07 but slightly warmer and deeper. Don't get. Dark Sable is probably too close to Taupe Brown to justify owning both, with this being a little warmer -- can pass on this for now [maybe will get someday though..]
24 Mulberry rich autumnal shade w/shimmer finish, maybe preferable to Dark Sable, but looks good layered over Dark Sable (which I don't have).
KEPT A beautiful complex deep dark wine plum shimmer with a reddish base. One blogger says is like Midnight Brown and Midnight Plum mixed together
25 Porcelain White soft white shimmer with a blueish flash. It has the same intensity as Pearl White No. 01 however Porcelain White No. 25 has a slightly sheerer base with more shimmer and more blue Don't get [too white to work for me]
26 Gold Pearl pale, yellowy beige with subtle gold sparkle Don't get [doesn't appeal to me]