NYX Cosmetics’ Suede Matte Lipstick in Violet Smoke

I like this color, but as an eye shade or a blush instead of a lip color. It’s just barely too light to work as a lip color for me. The application is easy enough, but without a primer of some kind, it transfers and fades away fairly quickly.

Nails Inc’s Fizzical

Nails Inc’s DRTY GIRL

This is a VERY dark color, bordering on blackened purple. The red appears at certain angles of the light, and shows best with a multi-coat manicure. I get full opacity with two coats, but I found that if I wanted more red tones, I needed that third coat.

Nails Inc’s Always On Top

Nails Inc’s Nail Porn polish duo

Contains one solid color and one effects polish, like so many other polish duos from this company. Drty Girl, the opaque shade, is more of a dark blue-red with deepset shimmer. Always On Top is the “topper” that can be nearly opaque with three coats…but not entirely opaque. It’...

Sigil Inspired’s Wanderer

Very close to TKB Trading’s Sparkle Gold, but with finer particles and a stronger yellow base. The color shades to tanned orange when the light hits it at an angle.

Kiko Cosmetics’ Long Lasting Stick Shadow in Purple (16)

L’Oréal’s Voluminous Butterfly Waterproof Mascara

This was the first of the “Butterfly” mascaras that came out. The formula is not the best I’ve bought from L’Oréal, and the brush is not comfortable or easy for me to use. I’m not fond of the longer bristles on one end. I’ve poked...

Zoya’s Debbie

A darker brown polish that isn’t a near-blackened brown. Of the other polishes in my collection, this is a near-exact match to Color Club’s Positively Posh. China Glaze’s Ingrid is close, but it’s just barely lighter and a little bit warmer. It spreads very well, and...

NYX Cosmetics’ Suede Matte Lipstick collection

I have used several different lipstick lines from NYX, with varying degrees of success (love the colors and cost of Round Lipsticks, but the wear-time is not great; love several of the Black Label Lipsticks, which were more expensive but lasted pretty well; the Diamond Sparkle lipsticks were sparkly as...