Beauty from the Earth’s Limeaid

Really really similar to BE's Key Lime…but a bit more opaque, and a little bit brighter. The texture is a bit chunky, but the coverage is fairly even.

Color Club’s I’m Gonna Luge It

I can’t decide if this is more of a microglitter or a foil finish…proving that I think way, way, way too much about these things.

Rimmel’s ScandalEyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal collection

I’ll give just about any decent-sized eyeliner collection a try - especially if it’s easily available and inexpensive. (If it’s good quality, I’ll actually use more of the colors.) I was especially glad to see a light color that I might be able to use on...

BareMinerals’ Face Fashion: Earthy Chic kit

A more neutral, softer palette - all useful colors, but not a group that I’d necessarily wear together. Sugar was one of the regularly-available Buxom lip polishes, but all the other items were new. I wouldn’t wear these colors together because the resulting look is more subtle than...

Aromaleigh v2’s Odiane

BareMinerals’ Spice

The pearl finish really washes out so much of this color. It's most noticeable when I apply the color wet! Applied dry, you still see the base shade, plus the scattered blue microglitter. There are browns with more color payoff in BE's lineup, even this particular shade of brown. There...

Shiro Cosmetics’ NOMNOMNOMNOM

A highly pigmented distant cousin of Winterveld Mica…or, what I thought (hoped) Winterveld Mica would actually be. The base color is much stronger - the color could stand on its own without the violet interference layer. It's also cooler than WVM's terracotta-leaning base. This is definitely a berry red. ...

First Impressions: NYX’s Simply Lip Creams

Turns out, not only do some of the deeper pinks work better, the color stays longer. I don't know that I'd call them “stains,” but the color stays in place a bit longer than the palest pink, which was one of the first colors I tried.

BareMinerals’ Get The Look: Dramatic Flair kit

In 2013, BE retooled their Get the Look kits to include just two colors, and one brush. The price dropped as well. You were still saving money, but they weren’t taking as big a hit The pairings were shadows that were part of the regular lineup. Tan Lines and Bloom...

BareMinerals’ I Love BE kit

I think this might have been considered a “grand” kit - just going by the composition. The color items were all infused with something called Happybelle…which didn’t show up in the rest of BE’s lineup, so I’m guessing that they decided that aggressive marketing pushing this...