This is a little brighter than I thought it would be. I was expecting more of a bright neutral red than a brightish rose-red. This has the standard Shout Loud Satin formula ease of application. It doesn’t fade quite as noticeably as some of the deeper reds, but it’...
There’s a lot going on with this polish, and all of it is gorgeous. It’s a deep blue base with copper/gold/green interference and scattered holographic particles. I only bought one bottle of this polish, and I’m KICKING myself for not buying two.
A subtle neutral base color with green-gold flakies throughout. This is nice for me to wear when I’m looking for a non-neutral neutral.
I have never been a huge sheet-mask user, for two reasons: first, while I do have a skincare routine, I started it relatively late in life (in my 40s), and I’m very conscious that a) I know some about skincare, but not huge amounts of information, and b) marketers...
I bought this color a few years ago when I was consciously trying to add some orange shades to my collection. This one's almost more of a brown than an orange, but since a lot of what we perceive as "orange" is technically a warm shade of brown, that does...
I did buy more palettes in 2020 and 2021 than I have previously, but for the most part I still prefer to buy loose-powder makeup. It just works better for me: it’s easy to put together looks using colors from different vendors and years; and since they’re inert, they are...
This has a stronger base shade than you'd think, looking at the powder in the pot. It's not a strong base color - it's still a soft, pale pink - but it's not white. Applied like most facial highlighters, the white can mute blush colors slightly and the gold is...
This mascara shade is right on the border between indigo and violet. The shade intensity reminds me of the blue mascara that I wore quite a lot in high school, though it’s a bit less intense than shown in the vendor artwork. This formula is quite a bit better,...
If you had Polish Me Silly’s Mermaid Glow with less shimmer and a less saturated base shade, this might be it. I love Mermaid Glow, but some folks might want something that’s turned down from 11. It applies easily and self-levels very well, like many Zoya creme polishes. The...
I initially wasn’t too interested in a pair of near-neutral palettes, but then Along Came A Sale and I got the set for $16.00 - just $2.00 over the price of one of the palettes by themself. While I like a good matte eyeshadow, some of these lighter mattes won’t...
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