Meet the new love of my life, and my single biggest makeup purchase ever:

Yes, dear friends, I am that insane. This is the limited edition collector's tin of all 25 shades of Make Up For Ever's aqua eyes pencils. Oh dear goodness. It's no secret I love this pencil formula dearly, and given the price point (particularly during the Family & Friends sale!), it was hard to argue: by having a lovely friend assist a Canadian with a custom purchase during the sale, this set effectively saves me over $300 compared to the price of buying them all individually at full price. Whoa!

If you have a sharp eye for detail, you may notice the pencils pictured on the outside of the tin correspond to the arrangement of the shades inside. Nifty! Rainbow order, not numbers order. Mmm, yum. Now... how about some swatches?

Follow up:

Look at them all, eeeeeep! I'm smitten. Let's go in for some close ups:

I failed to capture the true sparkle of the metallic shades (especially silver!) and missed the shimmer/sheen of some, but the colours are quite true.

According to Sephora's website, the colour names corresponding to the numbers are as follows:

So what do you think? What did you end up snagging from the sale? Anything? Also, as always, hit me up with any questions!