Shiro Cosmetics’ Up All Night To Get Loki

One of the greener eyeshadows I know of. The color softens - just barely - when applied, but it’s still pretty close to what you see in the pot. It’s a medium green, looks like a neutral-cool green (doesn’t lean overtly yellow nor blue), and the pigmentation...

Polish Me Silly’s Toe-tally Cosmic

Wanna know what this color is? Watermelon. I’m serious. It’s a watermelon. The metallic bright green of the rind, the flashes of pink-red of the heart. It’s a watermelon. A metallic, shifty watermelon. The red shows brown in some lights, and more pink at other angles. The...

Meow Cosmetics’ Merry and Bright collection

This is an interesting collection. The colors are “early spring” and “early autumn”, rather than being shades I traditionally associate with Christmas. It’s nice to have a seasonal collection that isn’t another red-and-green, though, or even another “auld holiday” palette like the Holiday Wishes collection. (Which I dearly...

BareMinerals’ Get The Look: Sultry Siren kit

Another of the two-color eyeshadow pairings released in 2010. These two colors are both useful and fairly versatile, and they actually coordinate fairly well. The brush…I don’t know. I’m not personally a fan. Then again, it’s always nice to see brands putting brushes other than the standard...

Aromaleigh v2’s Voodoo

Shiro Cosmetics’ Constant Vigilance

This isn't necessarily unique. But it's pretty! It's not a brighter, “yellowed” gold, it's more of a slightly aged gold. The coverage is excellent, it applies very smoothly and easily, and there's no “sooty” residue like some metallic eyeshadows can sometimes have.

LaurEss’ Prissy Princess

BareMinerals’ Buxom Karen

There is - just BARELY - a sparse gold shimmer to this. It’s a new definition of “subtle highlight,” though.

BareMinerals’ Buxom Julie (II)

Sleek Makeup’s Eau La La Liner in Red Sky Night