CND’s Vinylux Dreamcatcher (286)

This feels like a winter or early-spring shade - it’s slightly “candied”, but it’s an overall richer color. The formula was a little on the thinner side for a Vinylux polish.

ColourPop’s Moonlight and Magnolias kit

This trio is on the warmer side: a coral pink, a tangerine, and a gilded bronze. These are all among the more pigmented of the blush and highlighter stix, so these might show up well on deeper skintones. I was definitely interested in 25/8 and in Star Brite. Hooked is just...

Makeup Revolution’s Regeneration Bronze Age palette

I was initially interested in this palette because it looked like it had two richer deeper cool shades, some coppery-bronze shadows, and some lovely reds and maroons. I wasn’t too sure about the marbled shadows, but was willing to try them out. (I thought that the marbling was only...

L’Oréal’s Infallible 24HR Eye Shadow in Eternal Sunshine (997)

This is a very pale shade - it’s almost a pastel except it’s almost more white than yellow. It’s not one of the easier colors to work with - but that could be because, on my skin, the color is all but invisible at some angles, so...

ColourPop’s Blush Stix in Aviary

Maybelline’s Color Sensational Lipstick in Chocoholic (785)

This is definitely a brown, but it has purple undertones and so can look like a very deep red. The formula is among the better of the Loaded Bolds lipsticks, giving great coverage with one, perhaps two strokes. It looks okay without a liner, even through longer days, though for...

Sephora’s Pro Demi Fan brush #72

I picked this up on a whim. I was looking for good foundation brushes, and the shape and thickness of this brush head caught my attention. It looked like something that I could use to broadly apply face or cheek colors. It also looked a bit too large for how...

L’Oréal’s Unlimited Lift and Length Waterproof Mascara

I think this is one of the very few L’Oréal mascaras that I’ve purchased that is NOT part of the “Voluminous” mascara line. It is kind of gimmicky, with the bending wand. I don’t know that I love paying extra for a bendy wand that I...

ColourPop’s Blush Stix in Flamenco

This is a sheer soft pink / light red. It’s not baby- or ballet-pink, more like “tulip-pink”. It’s a neutral-ish pink - no strong warm or cool tones. These blush stix are firm enough that it isn’t easy to draw on a line of color and then blend...

ColourPop’s Lippie Stix in Daydream

I thought this would be a bit more pinkish. It’s not so much pink as lightly ruddy brown. That said, it’s a decent color, though the formula seems a little watery. This color was also part of the Persuade Me kit, and is the only color in that...