Jordana’s Classic Color Lipliner in Mulberry

This is a cool-ish color, but it leans more red than a purple or cabernet, that many might think of when they think “mulberry.” I was hoping that this would be more purple-leaning; but even so, it’s a nice liner color for me to have. It isn’t the...

Aromaleigh v2’s Prisma highlighter

This is a very subtle highlighter. The color is very light, there’s almost no light reflection, and on deeper skintones I would worry that this might look ashy or dusty.

ColourPop’s Lux Lipstick in Moody Bloom

This is almost a pink…but not quite. It’s just a bit too mauvey. It’s a very “floral” color, in my opinion. To me, this is a spring or possibly late winter shade. It’s a good deeper color for people who are very fond of pink, but...

Color Club’s Favorite Flannel

BLOOD ORANGE NAIL POLISH!! (Sorry. Just had to get that out.) I initially didn’t care for this color because in the vendor photos, it looked like a deeper orange-y orange. Turns out it’s very close to an orange-red, and deep enough (barely) to be “blood orange”. You can...

Color Club’s It’s All In The Attitude

I don’t know if this can be considered a “neon” polish, but it looks awfully close! It’s a medium bright cool green. The first coat went on a bit patchy, but the second coat gave me full coverage.

Maybelline’s Color Sensational Lipstick The Loaded Bolds collection

Sometime in late 2018 I went from not being a huge fan of bolder, vampier lip colors to wanting a deep red, a bold wine, a rich deep rose. I turned 50 in early 2019, so that might have been a trigger: I've never been one for 'rules' about makeup, but I just...

Color Club’s Wild Mulberry collection

A collection of mostly purples, with one cooler pink. All are creme finishes, and the formula is fairly uniform - standard Color Club creme formula. I originally chose three of the shades, then later got two more purples with the Cool Down kit. These polishes are good for people who...

L’Oréal’s Infallible 24HR Eye Shadow in Eternal Black (999)

Shiro Cosmetics’ It’s Getting Dark

A softened silver, created as a tribute to the NASA Rover Curiosity, which sent its final message to NASA in February 2019 after 15 years exploring the surface of Mars. The message was data, not words; but science writer Jacob Margolis interpreted the data and poetically rendered it as “My battery is...

Emily de Molly’s Distance to the Sun

This was one of the first polishes I bought from Emily de Molly. It’s a darker thermal that shows heathered violet when cool, and turns aged-copper when warm. It does have scattered larger white particles - they almost look like sea-salt crystals, but they’re a bit more two-dimensional...