Color Club’s You Grow Girl

A soft pink that isn’t a white-based pastel, but doesn’t have strong buff tones. It’s just a nice pink that looks a little salmony in some lights. The formula is just a little thin. I had some thinner spots, even with two coats - and a few...

Maybelline’s Volum’ Express Mega Plush Waterproof Mascara

Maybelline calls this a “gel-mousse formula” mascara. It’s supposed to give volume without making the lashes crunchy. Thing is…I don’t necessarily see more volume than most mascaras that I use. The formula can make lashes a little more prone to sticking together, if you’re not careful...

ColourPop’s Lite Stix in Flying High

This highlighter is a near-clear base with blue microglitter. The base color doesn’t show up much at all on my skin, but the glitter does. I was initially interested in this, but the actual highlighter itself reminds me of Nyx Cosmetics’ Arctic Crush - which was most visibly scattered...

Maybelline’s Super Stay Ink Crayon in Stay Exceptional

Color Club’s Factory Girl

This is definitely blue, possibly approaching light turquoise. I don’t see any aqua tones in this, which is partially what you might expect from the vendor photo. The formula is a bit on the thick side. It goes on thicker and takes a long time to cure; and it’...

CND’s Vinylux Coquette (309)

I didn’t initially think that I’d want this one - it looked like a milky light pink, and I don’t love light pink nail polishes unless they’re neon or holographic or something similar. Then, from looking at online swatches, I realized that this was a cool...

Aromaleigh v2.1’s Matte Quad: Brunhilde’s Ride kit

This set of colors is easier to coordinate than the shades in the Betrayal quad. The colors are neutrals and cools, and any two can work together in a single eye look fairly easily. Nanna is a pale yellow, so while it technically is a warmer shade, it’s close...

Makeup Revolution’s Wild Animal Integrity palette

This is my preferred palette from the Wild Animal trio. The shades are more my colors: clear saturated cooler shades, or brighter clear warm shades with cool undertones. There are some neutrals, and one near-pastel, but no candied or whisper-soft tones. None of the colors have names, only numbers. (Why...

Notoriously Morbid’s Boca del Infierno

I was hoping that this would be a deeper red. Unfortunately, there’s this white layer that shows up with wet or dry application (though it’s much more visible when the color is applied wet.) The base color is a neutral, and it almost looks like a mauve-red. This...

Notoriously Morbid’s Bones of your Sins

I really love this color! Well…I love the first jar of this that I got from Notoriously Morbid. I ordered additional jars, but they didn’t match up 100% and didn’t have the same base shade. This was my first experience in a long time, with an indie vendor...