Mica Comparisons- orange, green, pink, red, purple

[newbie]

WIll do two colors per window, because they won't all fit otherwise.

First pics are outside, then there are pics from inside.

Oranges and greens. There are two different outside pics of greens, then one from inside.

I apologize about the dirt but one of the dogs really wanted to get involved with some of the outside shots. Honest to Pete.

On the inside Green sheet. I changed the one in the top row to Apple Martini but it was correct before. IT was 3 am. Sorry.

 

[newbie]

Purples, outside, then inside, then each row. Caught an error. In the first shot of the purples, the outside one, I had the Conservatorie Violet and Nurture Purple Vibrance mixed up (bottom row, the last two on the right). The Violet is slightly lighter than the Purple Vibrance. It's correct in the second whole page shot and the close ups of each row.

Reds outside then inside. Very very difficult to catch the rather subtle difference between them. Colorona Bordeaux has the reddest hue, kind of slightly pinkish red. The other are more of a rusty red. I don't know if I would be able to pick out which was which if they were mixed up, although I could pull C. bordeaux out in an instant.

One outside shot of the blues.

 

[OliveOil2]

Thank you for taking the time to do this and share!

 

[newbie]

I don't know if it will help anyone. I just hate trying to shop from different sites because you can't tell how different micas are in comparison to one another.

 

[snappyllama]

Thanks! This is very helpful to me.

 

[CaraBou]

Nice, thanks for sharing this. I didn't see it before.

I notice you don't show any micas from Brambleberry. Just wondering if you've avoided them for some reason (cost, experience, etc). I just bought a bunch while at Otion in Bellingham, so it's too late for me, but maybe you could help some other fool spend their money more wisely? I bought purely for convenience purposes, since I could see them in person. Ok, I'll be honest: I simply had no will power to resist them!

 

[DWinMadison]

Ah...took me a while, but now it makes sense. Very helpful comparison. I'm amazed at how much variability there it between brands and shades.

 

[newbie]

I haven't gotten from BB because they don't have as much variety as TKB or Conservatorie and if I'm going to get micas, I usually get a bunch of samples to try out. I also think that many of their colors are the same as some from these other places and may not give me the variety I want. I got a few from Nurture after seeing some people post a combo that made red, and after seeing some colors on their site that would plug a few holes potentially. TKB used to have some excellent variety on purples that were stable in CP but they all seem to have disappeared over time, which just breaks my heart. A green they had is also lost and I have never seen another mice anywhere that looks like it. Sniff.

 

[CaraBou]

Well that's decent news for me anyway. I got their merlot mica because I recollected seeing posts that it makes a nice red color. But I did zero research on micas before my visit, so who knows, I might not be remembering correctly or possibly didn't read enough to get to the truth. Guess I'll just have to see what happens (imagine that).

BTW, that's a pretty impressive array of powders. I know you are an admitted FO ho, but have you fessed up to being a mica-mess??

 

[newbie]

For pity's sake, woman, keep your voice down! Must you air all my dirty laundry?

 

[CaraBou]

Don't worry, your dirty duds are so saturated in fragrances, no one will sniff you out.

 

[C_Rose]

Thanks!! This will come in handy.