Swatcharama - Morgana Cryptoria Lipsticks (Take 2)

Morgana Cryptoria (formerly Morgana Minerals) is a great little indie company that is famed for it's vegan lipsticks. I have quite a few and some samples and for the most part I really love them. They now cost $12 (though the pastel formula are only $9) which is a bit pricier than most indie companies. However these come in proper lipstick tubes and (for the most part) are a lovely, long lasting creamy formula. They come in lots of colours from more neutral tones to really unusual shades. Great for finding really unique colours.

Samples are now only available for a short time after each new lipstick is released (I believe) which I think has to do with them drying out more quickly... Or something. Some of the ones I had (which were bought ages ago when the samples were still in baggies, now they're in clamshells) were very hard to apply and that can give you the wrong idea about the full size lipsticks, the vast majority of which have a fantastic formula so I do understand why they have basically been discontinued. However It's a shame. I very rarely buy any makeup without getting samples first (or if it's not indie then testing it in the shops) and while I could afford to take a chance on, for instance, an Evil Shades or High Voltage lippie which cost $4.25 and $6.50 respectively I couldn't really spend $12 on a lipstick that I couldn't be sure I would like. And that makes me really really sad because I love the Morgana lippies I have and there are so many new colours I like the look of :(

Having said that, Morgana has a lipstick membership program where for $25 a year you get all lipsticks for $9 plus extra exciting things. And Morgana is currently having a  25% off sale of the lipsticks. So they're $9 for everyone or $6.75 for Coven members.
So at this price I can afford to buy some new ones and will have new swatches soon :)

Sadly a lot of the colours I have are now discontinued which sucks cause there are great colours. I'm sharing them all anyway.  Another thing to mention is that some of the colours were recalled. Melissa was absolutely fantastic about this (you can see her post about it here) she made the recall as widely know about as possible  and offered a refund or exchange items without anyone having to send back her products. The problem was that the manufacturer gave her misinformation and it turned out some ingredients contained either carmine (making them not vegan) or pigments that weren't lipsafe in the US (they're fine in the EU and Canada though, oh you crazy regulations!). As soon as she found this out the recall was announced, the lipsticks with the non FDA approved ingredients were discontinued and the non vegan ones were moved to a separate section of the website and marked specifically as being non-vegan. I have some of these colours and still use them, if they're classified as safe in the EU I will assume they're fine and the FDA is just being picky :P

Anyway here be tonnes of swatches!

 Azalea - Fuschia pink (discontinued):

 

Cauldron - Very opaque black with silver glitter (disconitnued):

 

Coraline's Kiss - metallic slightly muted reddish coral colour:

Lillian (lurve that name :P ) - metallic bluey lilac (discontinued):

Metallic Maiden - Lovely coppery metallic red (Discontinued):

 

Glittering Poinsettia - deep 'bloodish' red colour with a smattering of gold glitter (Discontinued):

 

Raspberry - muted dark raspberry colour, smells like raspberries. (Discontinued):

Serenity - Cyan blue with a tiny amount of shimmer (discontinued but close in colour to Sub-Zero which is still available):

 

Shrieking Violet - true and gorgeous vivid purple. Sadly this one is very very dry and I can't apply it properly, which is a shame because I love the colour most of all. I don't know if I just got a dodgy tube:

 

Slime - Lovely slightly metallic lime green (discontinued):

 

Turquoise - Blue based deep turquoise (Discontinued):

 

Watermelon - Lovely light pink with a slight green sheen/shimmer (discontinued)

 

Valentine - metallic and glittery bright pink (Discontinued):

 

Mini Pots (now discontinued):

Medusa - deep green/gold colour (discontinued):

  

Azalea Blue - fuschia pink with a blue sheen:

  

Violet's Kiss - This one had some application problems and was just a bit of a perculiar colour on me. It's sort of a reddy-browny-purple with a touch of grey and a metallic finish. (discontinued)

  

Russet - Lovely red brown with a strong green shift (discontinued)

 

Samples (now only available for a brief time when new colours are released). Some of these had application problems due to the samples drying out, the actual lipsticks would not have these problems. Also I took these photos a while back before I got really good at lip swatches, so sorry if some are a bit out of focus and things.

Blood - deep dark brownish red, the colour of dried blood :P (discontinued)

 

Blueberry - Lovely very slightly metallic deep blue (discontinued)

Devilish - Deep brownish red colour (discontinued):

 

Grape - blue based bold purple (discontinued):

 

Ice Queen - light greenish frosty turquoise (discontinued):

 

Margerita - muted red raspberry colour (discontinued):

 

Mistress - deep dark slightly blackened red:

 

Pumpkin - coppery reddish metallic orange (possibly discontinued or possibly renamed either Pumpkin Eater or 24K Pumpkin):

 

Gunmetal Blue - deep metallic grey blue (discontinued):

 

Nightshade - dark blue based purple (discontinued)

 

Ravenna - Black/red:

 

Red Licorice - creamy smooth true red (discontinued):

 

Serpent - metallic dark green with blue tones (discontinued):

 

Silverwitch - a darkish silver colour:

 

Very Cherry - Lovely true red with a hint of red glitter:

 

 

Spellbound - metallic denimish blue (discontinued):

I hope you liked seeing these and that your favourites are still available!