NYX Cosmetics’ Simply Nude lip cream in Sable

The darkest of the “nudes” - a pinked brown that’s an excellent MLBB color for me. Disrobed is a bit peachy, but Sable is a closer match for my own lip color…just a more saturated version of the shade. The product has the same texture and characteristics as...

Aromaleigh v2’s Lorelle

Shiro Cosmetics’ Too Old Too Poor Too Dangerous

A good grey color to use as a standalone color. This is a bit too pigmented to use as a blending shade, deep enough to use as an “under-contour” color. It is close to truly neutral, no overt warm or cool tones; and the pearl finish is a softer pearl...

Shiro Cosmetics’ Grow Home Douglas You’re Trunk

The color has a very slight black base, to add a bit of color depth. The green is nearly greyed, but it does lean to golden, in some lights. The foiled application looks almost metallic, but is also has much patchier coverage than dry application.

CND’s Vinylux Honey Darlin’ (218)

Just barely deeper than Sunbleached. The coverage is a bit more even than most yellow creme polishes, but it still isn’t the easiest, smoothest-spreading polish. When I did my second manicure with this color, I went much slower and paid more attention to applying my nail polish, and it...

Bite Beauty’s Best Bite Rewind kit

I didn’t really latch on to the Bite Beauty brand and hype. The colors looked nice, but the price tag was a bit on the high side for lipsticks, no matter how lovely the colors looked. I did get two of their holiday kits, to try the lip colors...

BareMinerals’ Tropical Getaway kit

A kit assembled out of existing BE colors. The blush was, at the time, the HTF (hard to find) discontinued color. I look at this color palette and…it needs a cool eye color. A medium grey or brown, at least. Coconut Palm, maybe?

Aromaleigh v2’s Drama Queen Copper

Shiro Cosmetics’ Don’t Hurt Me

If BE's recent-ish eyeshadow Heart's Desire had more pigmentation, it would have been this. The purple is just the slightest bit smoked, and the color shows cooler when applied than it appears in the pot.

BareMinerals’ In Bloom

This looks like a shimmer finish (or possibly rougher pearl?) when applied dry, and it shows more of the gold. The foiled application is a peachy-pink near-satin finish. I can almost use this as a highlighter shade - or, more easily, I can use this as a near-neutral complement.