Shiro Cosmetics’ Into the Unknown collection

I’m only guessing, but I think I know what Shiro’s color-pixies were working on, when they created the colors that eventually ended up in Recipes for Human Food. A lot of these shades look similar to shades in that collection. (That’s my explanation for not spotting any...

Everyday Minerals’ Flourish

This shade isn’t as saturated as other blackened browns, so it’s a softer-looking liner shade. Another advantage of not being so saturated: using it as a contour shade doesn’t automatically mean having a quasi-smoked-out eyeshadow ensemble.

TKB Trading’s Matte Red Pop

This might be a neutral red…or I might just be fooling myself. Either way, it’s great to get a ready-to-wear red! (Like all the various Pop colors, this has additional ingredients to help with application. This isn’t just pure colorant.)

Shiro Cosmetics’ Green Baked Stuff

Urban Decay’s Vice lipstick in Fireball

I got this in a kit, paired with its lipliner. I wanted something that leaned a little orange-red. I didn’t do much crosschecking, though, or I might have learned that this was a sheer color and skipped it. (Sheer deep or bold colors work for me, sometimes. Sheer mediums...

Shiro Cosmetics’ Beasy Mist

Sobe Botanicals’ Goodnight

A pretty enough color, but this formula was a bit patchy in some areas. I have other similar shades from other indie vendors, and while those didn’t have much or any sparkle (except one), they performed better and lasted longer.

Zoya’s Wyatt

I picked this up during the Earth Day 2017 promo - for nearly three years there weren’t any Zoya collections that made me sit up and take notice (and I was very pleased with CND’s Vinylux polish for application and longevity) but when I had a chance to get...

BareMinerals’ Buxom Purrfectly Plump kit

One of the holiday sets from BareMinerals/Buxom. All of these are softer shades, and all of them are established colors in the Lip Polish collection. On the upside, this is a fairly nice “introductory” collection for someone who’s wanted to try them out, but hasn’t had the...

TKB Trading’s Bronzed Gold

I have a few other similar shades, but not too many exact matches. This is a warmer brown than I usually reach for, but it isn’t so warm that I have to struggle to find colors that I can wear with it. It applies very smoothly and evenly -...