Kiko Cosmetics’ Long Lasting Stick Shadow in Light Taupe (25)

This was another of my first Kiko shadow sticks. A good taupe makes a great base, and so I wanted to try another one out. The color is as neutral a taupe as I've seen in any makeup: it's the perfect neutral brown with just a bit of ashy undertones,...

L’Oréal’s Infallible Silkissime Eyeliner in Cobalt Blue

This blue is pretty intense! It isn't neon, it isn't necessarily bright (though it's not dark or dull) “Intense” is the best word I can find for it. “Saturated” is perhaps technically correct, but that doesn't really do it justice, I don't think. This is a blue so blue that...

TKB Trading’s Crescent Crimson highlighter

This has one of the stronger interference shifts of all of the Moon Dust colors. I use it over cheek colors, to soften them or to warm them up a little bit.

NYX Cosmetics’ Simply Pink lip cream in XOXO

This one was definitely deeper than I thought it would be! I do like the color, and as a bonus, this color seems to stain just a bit. It stays on longer, and stays bold longer. The shade leans a bit warm, not totally orange, but if you have very...

Aromaleigh v2’s Elie

BareMinerals’ Halo

I can't quite recall…I think this color may have been available for individual purchase when I started buying BE. It's been “in the vault” for a long time now, though. Lighter purple with a satin finish, decent payoff but not spectacular. The color falls in between Princess and Joeli.

Mon Ennui’s Soft Rain

I picked up this shadow because it looked like it might be duochrome. It isn't. (Hard lesson learned, kids: without swatches, don't trust any eyeshadow vendor that calls their product “duochrome,” and even with swatches, be leery.) It's an interesting-enough blue. The texture reminds me of MAC's Crushed Metal shadows,...

Aromaleigh v2.1’s Tamar

Persephone Minerals’ Crass Green

This color seems to lose a little bit of its vibrancy when applied. It doesn't soften, it just kind of…lacks.

Color Club’s What’s Your Sign?

One of four pale silvery shades in the 2015 wave of Halo Hues colors (the others were Just My Luck, Fingers Crossed, and Star Light Star Bright.) If you decide to only get one of these four colors, because otherwise they're so similar…I would not blame you a bit. What's...