Our Starry Night

Our Starry Night is a bright, sapphire blue base with flecks of gold sparkle over metallic finish. This is the most sparkly shade and most prone to fallout from all the 42 shades developed, but it was fine-tuning that balance between having visible, gold micro-sparkle coming through and being both embedded but still visible on top and getting totally lost and overwhelmed by the blue base. It is very workable with a dry brush but will have light to moderate fallout, and it works better pressed/patted more firmly to the lid. I would recommend using it with a dampened brush or fingertip, though.

Inspiration: I wanted something to represent sapphire blue, and I loved the idea of it also being an ode to the night sky with gold through it to represent stars. The trick with this shade was finding the right balance of amount of sparkle (so it wasn't overwhelmed by the blue base) and the press (so that the sparkles were visible but didn't have tons of fallout during application).

Behind the Name: One of my husband's favorite pieces of art is Starry Night by Van Gogh, so much so that we had elements hand-painted onto our wedding menus and place cards.

Development

From the beginning, it was described as "rich, cobalt blue base with flecks of warmer gold and light blue shimmer/sparkle."  The first loose color sample came through and was perfect in base color but not quite as sparkly as I wanted. The next round included two more versions, and I ended up leaning into the third version (still loose).

The fourth version, which was hand-pressed, wasn't as creamy nor as sparkly as I wanted. The fifth version, which was machine-pressed, seemed to strike the right balance of press while allowing the sparkle to come through while minimizing fallout.

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview, which is a detailed review of the range as a whole.

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