Notoriously Morbid’s Goatman of Hogsback Road

A soft taupe base with blue-silver "flakes" (or over-large shimmer particles, choose your naming terminology...but since up close they resemble reduced-size mylar flakes, I'm sticking with that term.) Using this color alongside more than one other shade might be problematic, since a lot of blending and too many blending...

JD Glow Cosmetics’ Liquid Gel Liner in Venom

JD Glow Cosmetics’ Liquid Gel Liner in Kelly

The quintessential kelly green, with a metallic finish. Like the other liners in this collection, it goes on smoothly and stays on all day.

NYX Cosmetics’ Shout Loud Satin Lipstick in Strut My Stuff

I was kind of hoping for a deeper, or slightly teal-ier, shade than this ended up being. I was fooled by vendor photos. Still, even though it isn't a color that I'd imagine wearing often, the quality is excellent. (Finding a good liner for it is nigh-impossible, though.)

Maybelline’s Super Stay Ink Crayon Lipstick in On the Grind

This shade is one of my favorites. It's a medium-light purple-brown...which sounds weird, but is a singular shade, something that looks very good on me and is unique in my collection and in lip color shades that I've seen.

ILNP’s Greatness

An autumnal multichrome - metallic maroon that shifts to orange, brown, and gold. This is very similar to Ludurana's Fascinante, but it's a little deeper a shade and takes fewer coats to get full coverage and the most striking shift effects.

Zoya’s Asia

I originally held off on buying this color because I wasn't entirely sure that I wanted a brighter, neutral red like this. Cool berry-reds? Deeper, rich reds? Gimme! But your stereotypical "primary" stop-sign red? Eh...maybe no? (I know the vendor photo makes it look purplish, but...trust me. It...

Milani Cosmetics’ Gilded Flora Eyeshadow Sticks kit

I was thrilled to see these, because I loved the Shadow Eyez jumbo pencils. I was hoping that these would be quite similar. While they have the same format and a similar price, they don't lay down color as smoothly, and they're not as pigmented. The purplish-pink one actually stung...

Makeup Revolution × Tiffany Illumin_Arty Kaleidoscopic Dreams Kohl Eyeliner kit

Makeup Revolution's collaboration with Illumin_arty included a palette, but I initially only knew about the pencils...which works out, actually, because the palette was arranged in a way that irritates me AND because the pencils are amazing. They apply so smoothly, even the neon yellow; they stay in place...

My Pretty Zombie’s Boo Berry

Wendi says that she "loves blue eyeshadow, so she made this new one." It's a medium-light washed-denim blue with a very minute shimmer. It reminds me of BareMinerals' Praise, but with a smoother finish.