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The Sangria Set came with the shades Pasadena, Ultimate Red, Mina, and New Orleans.

 

Reference: I'm an NC40/42 in MAC.

Pasadena | One of my favorites in this set. It's such a good nude, as I can see it being a darker nude for paler skin tone and a less offending nude for darker skin tones as well. I would describe it as a neutral browny pink, which are colors that I usually like to wear.

Ultimate Red | Not a big fan of this one, but it could be because I have always hated how orangey lip shades look on me. It says Ultimate Red, but it definitely leans a bit orange. I also had a bit of trouble applying this color evenly over my lips. When I did one coat, it looked fine but I wanted to build it up to it's full opacity so I tried going in with a second layer. That's when I started experiencing a problem with the color skipping over my lips. I don't know if you can tell in the picture, but there a spot on my upper lip that I couldn't quite cover completely no matter how much I swiped. 

Mina | My other favorite in this set. It's a deep burgundy that has a hint of a berry tone to it. It applied perfectly! This was the color I decided to test it's staying power throughout the day. It was weird because as I was drinking a cup of coffee, there was definitely transfer BUT the color stayed on my lips. The only part of my lips that had faded a bit was the inner rim of my bottom lip as I ate and drank throughout the day, so I only had to reapply to that inner rim. Every other part of my lip looked fine. 

New Orleans | A mid-toned purple that can definitely be layered to look vampy. It looks like a more slightly darker, berry leaning version of MAC's Heroine. I didn't use any lip liners in the lip swatches above, but if I were to wear this again, I'd line with a lip liner. It applied smoothly.