BareMinerals’ Glimmer and Glam kit

Another of the “put-together” kits available from the BE webstore at year’s end 2015. It included several items I already had, but I was glad to get a chance at Gem and Beam.

BareMinerals’ Perfectly Lovely kit

Three travel-size color items, all kind of “standard” to the line. It’s highly possibly that anyone who has bought a large amount of BE has the ingredients for this kit in their collection. At $19, this was a nice way to introduce people to the lineup without buying one of...

Aromaleigh v2’s Garter

BareMinerals’ Faux Fox

Not a color I would have picked out as a good color for me to wear, but…it looks really good! This is an older BE color, and I had the same reaction with this one that I did with Ta-Dah: I thought it would be too warm, to yellow-toned...

Shiro Cosmetics’ Because We Can

Discontinued…sadly. Because look at this color! Such pink! Many sparkle! It applies well, but it works better dry over a primer, than it does wet. That's not because the shadow's hydrophobic so much as…larger sparkle particles, and it's overall very granular.

BareMinerals’ Face Fashion: Urban Vibe kit

Another of the “Face Fashion” kits. I like the buff-gold and stormcloud-purple combination, and the blush was also nice - it had depth and pigmentation, which isn’t always the case with BE blushes. The eyeliner was such a rich color…I’m glad I was able to get a...

elf’s Smudge Pot in Ain’t That Sweet

ColourPop’s Crème Gel Liner in Punch

Supersaturated primary yellow that applies super-smoothly. I get better application than Sephora's Banana Split or Stila's Canary. There's just a little bit of depth to this color - so it's a vivid yellow, but not screamingly bright.

Meow Cosmetics’ Flamboyant blush

BareMinerals’ buxom Rebecca (I)

The barest amount of shimmer in this one - more just for faint highlights than for any kind of shimmer finish. Not my favorite shade, because it's so very sheer and so very neutral. It's basically a paler, sheer version of my lip color - so, My Lips But Less.