These were the first FaceStudio highlighters that Maybelline released - and at first it was just Gold, Peach, and Topaz. Rose Gold was a slightly later addition. (Kind of surprising, since rose gold has been “the” color for makeup collections to have for the past four years.) All of these...
Could lean more yellow or brown, depending on your coloring and any other shades you’re wearing. The base is white, so if you’re looking for an under-brow highlight, this would probably be fairly good.
Years ago I fell in love with this formula when it came out. Good separation and definition, lays down visible thickening without making the lashes outsize, no clumping…and waterproof! I like this slightly better than Flawless Definition, and I like the fact that a waterproof formula was available almost...
This is almost right on the borderline between blue-violet and violet-blue. It’s an unblended matte colorant, so it requires special measures to stay on…and it may not blend as easily or apply as smoothly as most eyeshadows that people are interested in. It also doesn’t layer well....
A nice enough color - not a personal favorite, but lovers of pink would like it. It wants to be a bit streaky, and a little uneven. I think a third coat may have made the mani fully opaque, but two was close enough for my preferences. The polish itself...
Last year I picked up the Metallics palette, but never got around to using it. This year I picked up a second Metallics, and a Brights. (The metallic-finish colors appealed to me more, which is why I picked one up last year.) This year I finally got around to swatching...
This was another SNAP cat benefit color, released a year after the SNAP Cats Benefit Collection. This has a undercolor of soft smoke silver with a green-gold interference. The color almost looks like a heavily-patinaed yellow.
This is a very subtle, slightly-cool, elegant blush shade on my fairer skin.
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