In 2012, on Twitter, I begged companies to release burgundy eyeliners. Not pink, not red, but burgundy. They listened! (Who am I kidding. It was overall trends, not anything that I said or did. But I’m cheering anyway!!) This is in a stick/crayon form, so if you want a...
Why are more companies not releasing medium-deep purple mascara? The color looks closer to “natural” lashes unless or until someone looks closely, but it does have visible coloring. The color is great, but the overall formula is a bit clumpy with two coats, and a bit patchy with one. I’...
This color is nice enough, the pigmentation is good, and there is a very soft duotone shimmer effect. But the vendor photos made the duotone look a bit more pronounced. (Even when the foiled swatch was still wet, I couldn’t see as much of the peach-gold shimmer.)
This color is simlar to China Glaze Pearl Jammin’ (of which I have several bottles.) But…I like Pearl Jammin’ much better. Element of Surprise is still not opaque after three coats! You can clearly see the nail line, and also those areas on my thumbnail where the polish fills...
This set didn’t change in composition when the whole Real Techniques line got a makeover. The only change is the case. The material color is different, and the corners are rounded. I like having five eye brushes of varying sizes - all in a collection-price, rather than $5 or more...
When applied dry, this is a blackened-brown that works very well as a liner. Mixed with water and applied wet, it dries to a medium-dark (almost a medium) that’s definitely brown - so I prefer to apply this one dry. (Usually with these oxides, I prefer to mix them...
I use this more for finishing powder than for foundation; and I apply my (cream) foundation with my fingers. But the bristles are dense, giving the brush head enough body to smoothly and evenly apply cream products over wide areas. It does also work to apply powder products, but you’...
Originally I thought that this color would just be too brown. It’s more of a fig or muted plum shade, though! I like how it looks on me - a bit deeper than my natural lip color (even when I was a teenager), so it’s a bit elegant-looking,...
Partway between a darkened navy and a blued charcoal. I like using this shade either as a liner or as an outer-crease shade with a cleaner smokey eye. It doesn’t have a blackened base, like some darker colors do - which is why I call it a “cleaner” smoky...
This went on a bit browner than I anticipated from the various swatch photos and videos that I saw online. It is still a light shade, a solidly opaque warm near-neutral. It’s just a bit more mauve than pink.
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