VIE: Friday the 13th Collection

Can you tell I love me some Virus Insanity?? lol! I purchased the Friday the 13th Collection while it was available, and I'm a little late posting (super sorry!). Anyway, the Friday the 13th Collection is ONLY available for one week immediately before and after Friday the 13th (there was one in April) - so it is only available for 2 weeks at a time. It is another duochrome collection, which is amazing! Anywho, I have lots of pictures for you <3

 Step On A Crack, 13, Bad Luck, Black Cat

 Step On A Crack, 13, Bad Luck, Black Cat

 Step On A Crack, 13, Bad Luck, Black Cat

 Step On A Crack, 13, Bad Luck, Black Cat

Aren't they pretty and fun???  I love this collection. Here is how VIE describes the colors:
Step on a Crack: Duochrome color. Earthy green with iridescence that shifts from bronze to reddish gold.
13: Duochrome color. Warm pink with iridescence that shifts from bronze to red to purpleish.
Bad Luck: Duochrome color. Pinkish purple with iridescence that shifts from purple to blue to teal.
Black Cat: Duochrome color. Deep blackened blue with iridescence that shifts from red to copper to gold.


I swatched them for you, too... over Crazy Primer, bare skin, and then foiled.

 Black Cat, Bad Luck, 13, Step On A Crack

 Black Cat, Bad Luck, 13, Step On A Crack

 Black Cat, Bad Luck, 13, Step On A Crack

Black Cat, Bad Luck, 13, Step On A Crack

It is SO stinkin hard to capture the color shifts on camera!!! I really love Bad Luck and Black Cat (I think it's just that I really love purples!) Okay, so... I'm trying to do comparisons, to really "review" the colors, per se, although I'm not very good at it [[yet]]. Let's see... Step On A Crack is similar to Ireland, but Ireland is a more yellow base with very light shifts. 13 is far more pink than I Love You (I don't own any other released pink duochromes).  Bad Luck, a first glance, reminded me of a duochrome version of Heaven's Mirror (from Markie's Video Game Collection) which is a medium purple with turquoise glitter - but Heaven's Mirror is NOT a duochrome; it is similar to Mischief, which is a more muted purple with warmer shifts; it is also VERY similar to Lafayette, which is a darker, cooler purple color with very similar shifts (almost a dupe). Black Cat has a couple colors it is similar too: Luxuria which is far more blue and silvery; Full Moon which is an ever so-lighter, more blue color, and more silvery/shimmery with teal specks [not a duochrome, either]; Haunted (from the 2011 Halloween Collection) which is FAR more rosy. Overall, these colors are gorgeous, and next time there's a Friday the 13th - I would totally check these out!!

 Bad Luck, Black Cat, and 13

Bad Luck, Black Cat, 13 (sry again for my eyebrows...)

Did you get the Friday the 13th Collection while it was available? Will you be purchasing it next time it's up for grabs? And do you like this comparison-style review/swatching? Please give me some feedback in the comments or on my facebook page - when people read my blog and give me feedback, it makes me want to write more!!!


~Painted Nymph


Disclaimer:
All thoughts and opinions expressed are solely mine and all products were purchased by myself. I was not compensated for this in any way.

Virus Insanity: Seven Deadly Sins

Soooooo.... Virus Insanity created a "Seven Deadly Sins" Collection and I bought it as soon as I could afford it! Its a gorgeous collection of 7 duochromes. The names are in latin, but she translated them on her FB page:


Superbia = Pride
Luxuria = Lust
Ira = Wrath
Gula = Gluttony
Invidia = Envy
Avarice = Greed
Acedia = Sloth


So it's not like every other collection, and the colors are just so pretty! Would you like to see them? huh? huh? huh??? :)

 Superbia, Luxuria, Ira, Gula, Invidia, Avarice, Acedia

Superbia, Luxuria, Ira, Gula, Invidia, Avarice, Acedia

These are all duochromes. Here is how Virus Insanity describes the colors:

Superbia: Duochrome color. Pinkish purple with iridescence that shifts from red to copper to gold.

Luxuria: Duochrome color. Deep blue with iridescence that shifts from reddish gold to bronze.

Ira: Duochrome color. Brick red that shifts from a pinkish red to coppery red, to golden red.

Gula: Duochrome color. Golden orange with iridescence that shifts from green to rose.

Invidia: Duochrome color. Deep green with iridescence that shifts from lilac to red to silver to greenish blue.

Avarice: Duochrome color. Yellowy green with gray tones. Iridescence shifts from blue to golden green to silvery green.

Acedia: Duochrome color. Very light blue with iridescence that shifts from silvery green, to blue, to golden green.

I did swatches and took several pictures in an attempt to capture some of the color shifts (which are really, truly, incredibly difficult to photograph!) The top is over Crazy Primer, the middle is swatched on bare skin, and the bottom is foiled.

 Superbia, Luxuria, Ira, Gula, Invidia, Avarice, Acedia

 Superbia, Luxuria, Ira, Gula, Invidia, Avarice, Acedia

Superbia, Luxuria, Ira, Gula, Invidia, Avarice, Acedia

I don't really know what else to say about these colors, except that the more duochromes Virus Insanity makes, the better they seem to be getting!! I do think Ira is one of my new favorite colors - it's like the red I've been searching for!!! Not a very strong, bold color shift - but I'm totally okay with that because it is a beautiful deep red color that doesn't look muddy. Superbia is similar to Be Mine, but Be Mine has more blue shifts; also similar to I Love You, but I Love you has a more muted, mauvey base and Superbia is a very true medium purple base with very warm shifts. Luxuria is similar to XOXO, but XOXO is a lighter blue with cooler shifts and Luxuria is borderline indigo-blue with warmer shifts. Gula is darker than Childish, which is almost more of a peach base, and Gula is more orange; also not as gold as Pinch Me. Invidia just doesn't even compare to any other colors she currently has, it's such a beautiful, rich deep green. Avarice is a cooler light green than Ireland, which has warmer shifts, as well, and not quite as bright as Zombie Bitch (from the 2011 Halloween Collection). Acedia is a lighter, almost icy-blue in comparison with Foolish, which is more of a turquoise, and has much cooler shifts than Trickster, which has very, very (strong) warm shifts, and much paler than Bill (from the True Blood Collection).

 used Gula, Avarice, and Invidia over Crazy Primer (I had a small amount if Ira on my lower lash line that I didn't realize wasn't removed completely until after I had taken these pictures - sorry!!!)

sorry I was a lazy bum and didn't do my eyebrows... but these colors were SO easy to blend!

Overall, a beautiful collection. Unique colors with unique names. I'm happy I got them! What do you think? Have you purchased the collection yet? Do you plan to? Don't forget to check out the new Virus Insanity Website - it's a work in progress for now (still adding colors), but there are a lot of items on there!

Also, the comparison of each individual color with other colors VIE has made - do you like that? yes or no. I'd really love some feedback!!! Leave a comment or let me know on my facebook page. Thank you!

~ Painted Nymph

Disclaimer:

All thoughts and opinions expressed are mine and mine alone, and all products were purchased by myself; I was not compensated in any way.