hurl: tarte x grav3yardgirl swamp queen palette

hi guys! this swamp family member was finally able to get her phalanges on the swamp queen palette today!!! it was so close yet so far on saturday...and then yesterday was a holiday.............. i've been watching bunny's videos for maybe a year or two now, and get most of the references to the shade names, except for a few...but i'm not watching her hour-long video talking about the palette...who has time for that, especially since i ordered the palette before that video even went up.. click photos to view larger! ~Lin-chan ^.~
anyway! omg this palette. it is beautiful. fan of grav3yardgirl or not, you should definitely check it out. the pigmentation is freaking phenomenal and will work with fair to medium skintones (maybe darker, but i'm not sure by how much..). these shadows are super gorgeous, most containing some kind of sparkle, and a few satins. the bronzer, i'm a bit on the fence about because of the sparkle, but the rest of the palette makes up for it. the included brush seems like it will be a pretty good, stiff flat shader brush.

believe in yourself, love yourself, embrace your individuality

cheeks

1. sweet tea -- this is a more orangey-brown bronzer shade, with gold shimmer. it does kind of look like iced tea, not gonna lie, "sippy sippy...ahhhh!". but i'm not sure how this will go on me because it's so orange, but i can try using it other ways.
2. does this thing really work? -- this blush reminds me of nars orgasm. now, orgasm is a lot pinker than this, where this is more rosy-mauve, and it also has some golden shimmer to it.
3. gator wings -- this is super pretty! it's reminiscent of becca moonstone, but more yellow-gold, and appears to have multi-colored shimmer to it. 

sweet tea, does this thing really work?, gator wings

eyes

1. #sfs -- well, since i'm on the dupe train... manna kadar's shadow/highlight in fantasy that i got in my ipsy bag is very similar to this. this is a really pretty peachy-pink golden shimmery shadow.
2. natural peaches -- this is one of the satins, and it's a really nice orangy-peach transition shade. i'm not sure with my skintone if i can pull it off full-color, but i can see this working really well sheered out.
3. dogman -- i'm not sure if i 100% feel like this would be dogman's 'color' but i guess, relative to the others..maybe? anyway, this is a really interesting shade. it's a satin finish rusty color with multi-colored shimmer. i'm not sure how much use i'd get out of this shade but if i do, it'll probably be something i blend a lot and will probably lose the glitteriness.
4. big baby -- can you even see this one on my skin?? i had to swatch this one a few times to get it to show up. it is basically my skin color, maybe leaning slightly orange. this is the other satin/matte shade in this palette. which will work really well as a brow highlight.
5. sassy bun -- "so sassy, sassy saaaassy!" omg you guys. this is one of the prettiest metallic coppery golds ever. cannot waiiiiit to use it!
6. sippy sippy -- this is another that i'm not so sure i'd envision as the name...but whatever. this is a very dark chocolate brown, satin finish with multi-colored shimmer. like i said with dogman, if i ever end up using it, the pretty shimmeriness will get lost in the blending probably.
7. haunting -- omg you guys, can i get a larger one of these as a single?? this is such a pretty lilacy-nudey-pink with tons of multi-colored shimmer. this one does seem fairly appropriately named, i mean, it's a ghoulish color!
8. uncommon -- also, can i get this as a hyooj single??? this is probably my absolute favorite shade in this palette. contrary to the fact that i'm not as interested in the uncommon objects hauls--those are kinda weird..but ughhhh! i know why i love this shade so much. it's another take on urban decay's liar (naked 3), and slightly less so, inglot 402. this is such a pretty mauvey taupe shade with tons of sparkle and shine. looooove it.
9. mancat -- this is a very nice deep purple with a satin finish. i don't see myself using it much, maybe in the outer corner or lower lash line, but i'm not sure.

#sfs, natural peaches, dogman, big baby, sassy bun, sippy sippy, haunting, uncommon, mancat (swatched over lorac eye primer)