Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Get Creative with Your Product Names Y'all

Hi there!
Happy New Year!
I guess. I'm not very festive so I have nothing to really show or do on the first day of the new year. For example, I'm sitting here typing this out while letting some Directions silver toner(review coming soon, y'all!) sit in my hair and some eye masks sit on my pretty eye bags.
I just wanted to finally type out this review that I was supposed to put out before Christmas but I was hauled away from civilization by family and had no wifi for 10 days.
Anyway, this is a review of the Lunatick Cosmetic Labs KromatiCK silks. I got a custom stacker with 6 sifter jars of loose eyeshadows. The colors I chose were Occult Classic, Zombie Nation, Franken Lime-stein, Killer MayBEE, Basketcase, and Dr. Jekyll.
This is the stacker. I was a bit disappointed with the appearance. On the site the packaging looks more professional with the name of the company on the lid and the stacker was a different model with the sifters labeled. Here is the link to the custom stacker.
This is the first silk in the stacker, Occult Classic. The site's description of the color is "Blackest matte black infused with tons of pink *color shifting to violet* ultra fine glitter." This is accurate. I used this for my makeup and the black is very intense and the glitter has minimal fallout. However, I suggest patting this on as an all over shadow or at least not buffing it out. The glitter is very fine and disappears when blending the shadow.
The second color in the sifter is Zombie Nation. The site's  description is "High shine royal green with gold glitter iridescence." I have no idea what royal green is but I want to say this is more of a sea foam green. It's a unique color and  I can't wait to find a use to show it off.
The third silk is Frenken Lime-stein. There is no description for this color but it is essentially a lime green with gold iridescence. It's a very pretty color that isn't too bright and can be worn casually or packed on to look super bright and OUT THERE.
This is the fourth silk called Killer MayBEE. The description on the site is "Yellow with fine orange glitter". In the jar it looks like a true canary yellow and  I love  it. Once applied it turns into yellow with a fine gold iridescence. I was not able to see any orange glitter when swatched or applied.
This is the fifth silk called Basketcase. The description on the site is "Orange with fine gold glitter." I don't know if it's just me but that glitter is not gold. To me it came out as a light blue and silver. Honestly, just because of that I fell in love with the silk. It's very unique and I hope to find a way to keep the glitter visible
The last silk in the sift is Dr. Jekyll and it's my absolute favorite. The description on the site is "Your fools gold color- high shine with fine sliver glitter iridescence." I don't know about any silver glitter but I love how dark the gold color is. It reminds me of what a doubloon would look like. It's also one of the more neutral colors from LCL.
Here is a swatch on my arm of all the silks in the same order they are in the stacker. This was also taken in natural sunlight and with no primer underneath. I think the pigmentation is pretty impressive, especially for Killer MayBee since yellows usually have terrible color pay off. You can also see a bit of glitter fallout from Occult Classic.
In this picture I'm wearing Dr. Jekyll all over the lid. I took this picture by a window so the color looks like real gold instead of the darker shade it is in the jar. Either way I love it.
I want to say that I am pretty satisfied with these eye shadows. I'm fully aware that lighting changes the look of the glitters and shadows so I can't say anything bad about differences in descriptions.
Also I would like to point out that $35 for 6 sifters jars with 2 grams of product is a great deal. LCL KromatiCK Silks usually come in containers with 20 GRAMS for $12. You're essentially getting a sampler for a great price.
The closest thing I can compare this to is when I went to the SJ Beauty Show and found a cosmetics company trying to sell their last bits of loose eye shadow and they were sifter jars with about 6 grams of product. They were selling 5 for $35.
Anyway, I would reccommend buying products from LCL. They sell pretty unique named products an array of colors. They also sell cosplay and special effects(SFX) stuff!
On my next round of purchases from them I want to try out their primer, pick up some more KromatiCK silks and some of their ApocalipSTICK.
From the KromatiCK silks I'd get My Bloody Valentine and Mint Night Magic. The ApocalipSTICKs look amazing and come in a unique packaging. I really want to try out AK-47, Violet Shock, UZI, Saint and Dreamsinful.
I love the names of all their products. I think that is very important and companies should take note of that. People will buy more of your products if the names are cute or just unique, but still tasteful. I know there are companies that sell bright lipsticks with cheap packaging and their lackluster naming of their products leave much to be desired.
You might actually get away with cheap packaging if the names are great and the product works.
Anyway, I'm going to go make dinner and play some video games. At some point I'll take off this toner and write a post about the results.
Thank you for reading!