KBShimmer’s Mermaid in the Shade

This one reminds me of Polish Me Silly's Glow Party. I think these two released right around the same time (summer 2020), so there may have been a trend in the indie-polish world. (Or a certain set of ingredients released close to the same time, perhaps?) They each have their separate...

Zoya’s Jolene

I held off purchasing any colors from the Flash collection for the longest time because, in my mind, they were too similar to Zoya colors that I already owned. That is still true...a bit. But Robyn (the blue) and Jolene (this pink) are such lovely shades. And I picked...

Zoya’s Sunset Palette collection

ColourPop’s Such a Flirt kit

I first tried some lip liners from ColourPop in 2015, shortly after the brand launched. They were alright, but I was not using lip liner a lot, so I didn't buy more than the two that I'd initially gotten. Then in early 2022 I heard Candace Victoria raving about these, and saw...

ColourPop’s Bring the Heat kit

Another of ColourPop's lip liner kits. This is the reds, so this kit will probably have a wider appeal than the purples-and-pinks kit that I personally love so much. Some of these colors have been in the ColourPop lineup since day one: Bossy, Bichette, Frenchie, and I Heart This were...

Notoriously Morbid’s Black Candle Flame

This was shown as having a really lovely rainbow interference effect over a dark background. Instead...I get something that very closely resembles TKB Trading's Chameleon Fine, but with a green shift instead of blue. It's a nice enough color, and I'll be able to use it as an eyeliner,...

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.)