TKB Trading’s Radiant Gold

The application is a little patchy, even for an unblended colorant. It doesn’t love mixing with water, and so the dry-over-primer application is actually smoother and more even. I think this is too thick by itself to work as a highlighter; but maybe this would make a good effects...

ColourPop’s Lippie Stix in Jam Sesh

This shade is a bit brighter than I expected. (What can I say: ColourPop, photos, don’t trust.) I was expecting a deep rose rather than a barely-softened candied red. The coverage is good, the exact shade just doesn’t work for me.

Sally Hansen’s Silver Storm (625)

Zoya’s Gardner

Wet n Wild’s Fantasy Makers Paint Palette: Smokey

This palette was completely new. It looks like it was made up of half of the shades from last year’s “Neutrals”, and three others (the white, the purple, and the light grey) pulled in from I-don’t-know-where. This definitely looks like “vampire” makeup! I like using them as eyeshadows,...

L’Oréal’s Infallible 24HR Eye Shadow in Cherie Merie (343)

Shiro Cosmetics / Detrivore’s The Red Gallows

This color acts one way applied dry over primer, and differently when mixed with water and applied wet. Possibly the color would have been deeper if there was less water mixed in…but this was a formula that didn’t want to mix with water very much. I was hoping...

Pour one out for indie vendors past

I myself don’t know what happened to Shiro. I was also fortunate enough that my final orders placed with Shiro were delivered within stated TAT and with all items present. I could armchair-quarterback and point out ways that the closure could have been handled differently, using things that Shiro...

ColourPop’s Lux Lipstick in Brick

This looked a little more neutral on ColourPop’s site…and I really should know by now, Do Not Trust Their Photos. Still, even if it’s a little warm, it’s not outside of my wearable range. Of other lipsticks I own, this is a little similar to Nude...

NYX Cosmetics’ Suede Matte Lipliner in Whipped Caviar

This is such an interesting shade! Pink, but with a slight buff or greyish undertone. It’s a late-summer MLBB for me. Sadly, this color did not get made into a lipstick when NYX launched that line. I thought - and kind of hoped - that it would actually lean...