Let's start with swatches of this bad boy, shall we? One of my absolute favourite palettes in my collection!

Follow up:

Beautiful Iris, Crystal, Digit
I think these are all still part of the permanent line? Love the bit of duochrome to Beautiful Iris, and the grey tones to Crystal make it fun to play with. Digit is trickier, and I like to build it up to get good payoff.

Parfait Amour, Little Minx, Dovefeather
I love the colour of Parfait Amour, but I wish the payoff was a bit more intense. Hmm. Little Minx is so pretty and smooth and delicious! And, oh man, Dovefeather? Being veluxe, it's hella creamy and amazing. It can pull more grey or more pinkish-toned depending on what it's paired with. Absolutely lovely, and one of my favourites.

Mystical Mist, Indian Ink, Poison Pen
Dudes, I'm so sorry you can't see this here, but Mystical Mist has the most gorgeous blue sheen to it. It blends out so well and, though it's a frost, you'd think it was a veluxe pearl. Indian Ink is a (pro) super smooth perfect purple matte. It's what pops into my head when I think "purple". Poison Pen looks so unassuming, but goes well with so much! Matte2, an amazing crease colour, and lovely too for a more tamed pop of colour (for work, yes?). Mmmm.

Thunder, Top Hat, Au Contraire

Ok, I realise these come out looking a lot alike here. They blend out differently though, damn it! Thunder has not a blue sheen, but just... is blue-purple. It's unusual. Not the easiest to work with, but beautiful. Top Hat is much more blackened in its base than the similar blue-purples I have here. I feel ambivalent toward it. Ever seen Royal Hue shadestick? Make that a shadow. That's Au Contraire.

Urban Decay Asphyxia, Graphology, Blu-Noir

Urban Decay Asphyxia is a delightful blue-lilac duochrome. Nom nom nom. Graphology is a very dark purple matte2 that is amazing for smoky eyes. Going for the sooty smoky purple look? This is pretty much a necessity! Now, that brings us to Blu-Noir. You're probably thinking, "This is blue. Not purple. Even the name indicates it is blue-black. Are you stupid?" Another veluxe (<3!!), this actually shows purple on my skin to the naked eye. I've never seen it show up so blue as it does here. It may be in part because I'm so pink? Anyhow, it's purple on me, so it's with my purples.

And that, my friends, is purple palette number one swatched. Any questions or comments? I'd love to hear them!