Sometimes two wrongs CAN make a right

The Wet n Wild limited edition DreamWeavers collection has been one of the most sought-after drugstore collections of 2011, and the palette most people wanted above all the rest was Dancing in the Clouds (DITC).

With a gold, purple, and copper shade, this trio is one of the more unique and special of the collection, but also the hardest to find! I had to turn to my favorite "Wet n Wild pimp" Lena* again for help, and she very kindly CP'ed the 2 palettes I wanted along with some awesome extra goodies just cuz she's so awesome like that!

Forever 21 rose hairpins, L.A. Colors palette, We're Blasting Off and Dancing In The Clouds, plus chocolates and a lovely note :)

Now, anyone who's found this palette or seen reviews and swatches of it online will know that the purple shade is a huge letdown. It has a funny texture in the pan, like ancient velvet, and is nearly impossible to transfer to your skin, even over good primers.

BUT - beauty genius Emily Noel of Beauty Broadcast has figured out how to make this color work! In her Dancing in the Clouds tutorial vid, she used the Wet n Wild Idol Eyes cream shadow pencil in Techno as a base for the purple shade, and the combination worked beautifully, bringing the purple up to a much better level of pigmentation. Since I happened to own Techno, I decided to show you how this works!

Dancing In The Clouds palette; Idol Eyes cream shadow pencil in Techno

I don't use Techno much on its own because it's really streaky and liquidy and difficult to apply evenly. For this experiment, I scribbled it onto my hand and gently patted it with my finger to try to even it out. Then, apply the purple from DITC over it and - voila!

L: Purple from DITC swiped onto bare skin; C: Techno applied to bare skin; R: the two combined over bare skin. Direct sunlight, no flash

Two fail products, combined to make a totally acceptable color :) It's still not going to be THE most vibrant color ever, but it's much closer to what we've come to expect from our Wet n Wild shadows. And since Techno costs only $1.99, and is part of the core collection available at most drugstores, it's easy to add this to your routine! I highly recommend you go pick it up if you want to get some use out of your DITC purple :)

*Lena doesn't have a blog, but she's a Twitter regular and will be doing a giveaway when she hits 500 followers, so if you're on Twitter you might want to check her out :)