TKB Trading’s Scarlett O’Hara

TKB Trading’s Titanic Silver

NYX Cosmetics’ Faux Blacks eyeliner in Burnt Sienna

This is the brighter of the two red colors - Oxblood is the other red. It definitely looks like a red liner, so it’s easier to accidentally make you look like you just got off a night-flight and headed straight into work. It applies fairly smoothly, but the smudging...

Aromaleigh v2.1’s Fortuna highlighter

Bite Beauty’s Matte Crème Lip Crayon in Truffle

This is definitely a deeper lip color than I’m comfortable wearing. Even blotted out, it was pretty saturated.

Shiro Cosmetics’ Sugar Plum Harry

This was the December Color of the Month, and it was popular enough to be put into the permanent High Scores collection. It softens a little upon application, so it’s a faded plum; but it’s not transparent. It does seem to want a little bit of help adhering,...

Femme Fatale Cosmetics’ Land of Tea Parties

The combination of the base color and a pretty solid layer of turquoise shimmer makes this look like a dusty purple instead of a brick-ish mauve.

Zoya’s Troy

I’ve developed a bit more appreciation for foiled polishes. You get visual texture without the “removing glitter nail polish” nightmares. Troy gave me even coverage in two coats, and was pretty durable even without a top coat. I wore this manicure for five days with my normal base coat...

Shiro Cosmetics’ Color of the Month / High Scores collection

In 2012, Shiro Cosmetics began releasing a color of the month every month. Customers would vote on the selections on Facebook. The colors were available for one month, and then were gone. In 2015, Shiro opened its High Scores collection - which made the three best-selling shades available permanently. In June, final...

NYX Cosmetics’ Simply Lip Cream Set #4