ColourPop’s Lippie Stix in Rooftop

I am still a bit disappointed that this color wasn’t ever available for individual purchase! It’s one of the reasons that I bought the Over Brunch collection. For me, it’s a good “casual-dressy” shade - it gives me more color than a tint, but not something too...

Shiro Cosmetics’ I Didn’t Vote For You

Dawn Eyes Cosmetics’ Teal Chrome

Zoya’s Melodie

Part of the discontinued Sirens collection. Melodie was discontinued in 2012, but I haven’t actually worn it until recently, when I was methodically going through all of my Zoya polishes to see which might be similar to polishes they’ve been releasing in the past two years. If Melodie looks...

CND’s Vinylux Nude collection

Sometimes you need a subtler manicure - kind of a visual palate cleanser. (Or a good backdrop for some simple nail art.) Zoya’s Naturel collections were a nice collection of neutrals, and they did a better job of spanning a range of “natural” shades than this collection. Still, these...

Fyrinnae’s Dressed to Kill

Shiro Cosmetics’ Tempered Chocolate

The yellow shimmer finish is much more apparent than the base color. I like the dry application a lot, but the colorshifts along the “sides” of where the brush-pressure is the greatest can’t easily be replicated across an entire lid. This can work as a liner shade with the...

Urban Decay’s Vice lipstick in Sheer Rapture

I like this shade, but I do like the non-sheer version a bit better. The sheer version has color, and it’s a softer, less intense version of the non-sheer shade. I can see using this version as a summer lip, when I don’t want a lot of color...

Meow Cosmetics’ Shine

The dry application is pretty pale. It’s almost sheer! The upside is that this can double as a highlighter. When applied wet, the shadow is opaque, and has fairly solid color payoff, as well as a near-metallic finish.

Scaredy Cat Cosmetics’ Pleiades+Anemone

Applied dry, the shimmer is virtually invisible. (It really doesn’t like sticking around without some encouragement beyond primer.)