My Pretty Zombie’s Drugs Like Me: Dextromethorphan

A deeper red blush with a light shimmer.

NYX Cosmetics’ Epic Wear Liner Stick in Pink Spirit

This color applies very well: smooth, even coverage, no skipping or thin spots. The pencil is a little firmer than some in this collection (like Dusty Mauve) but it is still a soft liner pencil. I ended up not enjoying this color on me as much as I thought I...

NYX Cosmetics’ Shout Loud Satin Lipstick in Cherry Charm

This red isn’t bright like the Dairy Queen cherry dipped cones, but…it almost does.

Zoya’s Lisa

A blood-red creme! Not a brighter holiday red, not a springy red, not deep enough or quite cool enough to be called “oxblood.” This polish goes on so smoothly, and the formula levels out so well. The finish isn’t quite “mirror-bright”, but it is extremely smooth. I can see...

CND’s Vinylux Cocktail Couture collection

This holiday collection from CND had a lot of reds…so many that I outright had no interest in half the collection. I know that red nail polish is a perennial seller, so it makes sense that companies keep releasing reds as a chunk of their polishes. I personally have...

Concrete Minerals’ Jem

Concrete Minerals’ Burning Skies

Ibcccndc’s Xpress Control Waterproof Mascara in Blue

I have missed my 1980s-blue mascara. (Okay, not necessarily, because bright blue seems to be the mascara color that brands use when they want to snag a portion of the “edgy” market without holding onto their average-glam users.)

NYX Cosmetics’ Shout Loud Satin Lipstick in 1999

This lipstick is good quality - a little wetter formula than some of the other lipsticks, but it still applies evenly and easily. I remember makeup of the 1990s, and brown lips was most definitely a thing! This is a neutral brown that leans a little cooler, but not strongly...

Zoya’s Teresa

This is a color that I really enjoy, but I keep forgetting about it until it surfaces again. Whenever I think if purple nail polish, I generally picture deep violet, or grape. It’s not until I see one of these warm-but-not-warm purples that I realize how good it looks...