Real Techniques’ Get Gorgeous kit

One day I was travelling overnight for work, and realized that I’d left several things at home - including all of my makeup brushes. I headed to the store to pick up what I needed, and…well, I was kind of forced to buy this set of Real Techniques...

Sleek Makeup’s Midas Touch highlighter palette

I bought this and the Solstice palette at the same time, but this one is my favorite. Part of it is because the colors are cooler, and so they look better on me. But part of it is because these colors seemed a little more pigmented than the ones in...

Dawn Eyes Cosmetics’ Love’s Eternity

I bought this shade because it was supposed to have some softer multichrome effects. It does have multichrome effects…but they’re extremely subtle under normal lighting. Knowing what I know now, it isn’t a color that I’d necessarily buy again. It’s decent quality; but it’s...

BareMinerals’ Flawless Definition Mascara

For quite a long time, this was my go-to mascara. It gave me definition but didn’t clump, didn’t try to add a whole lot of volume…it was subtler than most other mascaras. It took a few years for BE to introduce a waterproof formula for this mascara,...

TKB Trading’s Periwinkle Blue II

Zoya’s Gina

Zoya’s Selene

Kiko Cosmetics’ Smart Colour Mascara collection

I’ve long kept an eye out for colored mascara that provides a strong tint rather than a bold color; and a few of the shades in this collection meet that requirement. They lengthen a little, and define, but they do not add volume, and I had to use multiple...

TKB Trading’s How Big is the Universe? collection

By the time this group of colorants was released as a collection, I’d long since owned all of these colors. Most are warmer shades, and so Emerald does look a bit odd mixed in with the others. However, the two reds and the orange make a decent trio, as...

TKB Trading’s True Red Orange

Like the other “Trues”, this is intended for soapmaking, nail colors, and/or facial cosmetics, but not eyeshadow. (It’s possible to use it as an eyeshadow, just don’t apply it dry and don’t apply it near the lash line to minimize the chance of it getting into...