Two repromotes, and four from the “new” regular lineup. This kit is another good way to try several of the buxoms…especially if you already know that you prefer the lip polishes to the lip cremes. These were mostly semisheers, though two have a bit more color to them.
Not a hot pink, despite the name. It’s close, but it leans a little cooler and it’s not what I consider a true neon. (Which is a bonus, because neons don’t always work so great for me.) The formula was a little thicker than I would have...
For the longest time I resisted the idea of using any primers at all. It added more products to my routine, it added more time required, and what did they really do anyway? Well, now I know. If I don't use primers, my makeup will go on, but it won't...
This and the Gorgeous Eyes Unlocked were both great to see this year - both loose-powder kits, and both with over half of the eyeshadows were new! (Tiramisu and Virtue had both been released before, but were never available for standalone individual purchase.) All of the face colors were repromotes...
This feels like another “put a bunch of items together and see if we can get rid of this remaining inventory” kit. Everything had previously been released - some items had previously been part of the regular lineup available for individual purchase, and had been either discontinued or rotated out...
Who's me? I am female, 46 years old (yep, I'm older than the internet) and thoughout my life I've had several short-term relationships with makeup. It never lasted, because I didn't have money to buy quality products and so, naturally, I wasn't thrilled with the results. I'd go from trying to...
Sequined Master can lean more blue at times, but it's a violet-blue. The color is medium-ish, in terms of purples. It's almost an Easter-candy shade. I have many other purples that I like more - I was really hoping to get more of a prominent blue shift from this color,...
Pretty shade with a little extra twist, but…it's a bit on the patchier side sometimes. Applied as either a highlighter, or an all-over color wash, it works very nicely. The fact that the top layer stays rather lightly in place, and most of what stays behind is kind of...
Straightforward-enough color trio of rose-pink, semisheer iridescent violet purple, and a dark brown for lining or very light crease color. (I say very light because Carnival is pretty pigmented, and can easily overwhelm Mystic…though Blush matches it better, at least in terms of color payoff.) Parfait lipstick was, I...
These “get started” kits have probably been around, in one form or another, since a few years after BE started. Currently, they exist…but they’re broken up more granularly (color depth as well as warm/neutral/cool) and the focus more on the foundation, mineral veil, and other face...
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