Pure Luxe’s Grand Finale

Looks brown in the pot, but DEFINITELY applies purple. This is not a trick of the light. This is just…sorcery.

Pure Luxe’s Strut

NYX Cosmetics’ Faux Blacks eyeliner in Obsidian

The darker of the two obviously-blue liners in the Faux Blacks collection. This is similar to the dark-blue liner shades available in many collections. It almost leans just a little towards purple. This was one of the least-cooperative pencils, in terms of formula and ease of application. The product seemed...

Maybelline’s Color Sensational lipstick in Almond Rose (565)

TKB Trading’s Jill

White frost-finish that tends to want to apply a bit chunkily. The application choices were either very sparse, like a subtle highlight; or clumped and chunked up but looking like a somewhat-opaque white eyeshadow.

Fyrinnae’s Sea Turtle

Fyrinnae’s Baby Beluga

I was lucky enough to get this and a handful of other shadows when they were re-released briefly in early summer of 2017. Baby Beluga was at one point (I think) called Beluga Whale. It’s a pale greyed blue - or a pale cool grey. It depends on the lighting,...

Zoya’s August

This is almost the exact color of wet cement! The formula was a little on the thicker side, and tended to want to hang on to brushstrokes - not too usual to see in a creme polish. The coverage was good, though, and the nail polish is pretty durable. I’...

Meow Cosmetics’ Mayhem Mattes collection

When Meow’s new matte collections came out, I was…dubious. The brighter color palette was somewhat interesting, but I was more concerned with the shadows themselves. Meow’s matte formula applies well if you use some kind of mixing medium (water, alcohol, whatever) but applied dry, even over a...

Shiro Cosmetics’ Genius Billionaire Playboy Philanthropist