BareMinerals’ Precious Pearls kit

I first spotted these on the Ulta website, but they’ve since turned up through other BE channel partners. If you bought the Pearls AD kits from a few years back, you’ll have all of these shades. Cultured Pearl was a longstanding part of the singleton-purchase lineup, though recently...

BareMinerals’ Getting Gorgeous kit

One of the earlier BE kits. There wasn’t foundation in this kit, but it had all the other components. I’m going to guess that the price was between USD$55-75, just going on comparative prices for Grand kits. The three soft-focus colors work as face or eye shades,...

BareMinerals’ Exotic Sandra

In the pot, it looks like it might almost be a deep olive shade…which it is, sort of. When applied, I saw a deeper, cooler green shade. The color payoff is really good, and with the satin finish, it's something that women with less-than-smooth-skin can wear quite easily without...

NYX Cosmetics’ Space Chrome

The finish on this one is almost a frost finish. Actually…I think it is a frost finish, since it leaches out so much of the base color and turns this eyeshadow from a deep blue into a medium-light to light blue. The “pearl” version of this color has more...

BareMinerals’ Escentual Grand Vanity kit

I am listing this kit as something that I own, because I have all of the color pieces. I probably have most of the brushes, too…I just don’t know what brushes were included with this kit.

BareMinerals’ Cabanarama kit

Oranges, yellows, neutrals…not a color combination that would look good on me. I could possibly make Butterfly-Playful-Summer work, but Sun pulls the entire look far too warm for my coloring. Playful is the least easy to apply smoothly and well. Summer, Butterfly, and Sun all go on very evenly...

Jordana’s Cat Eye Liner in Future

This gold eyeliner doesn't swatch too well, but it applies great! Solid coverage that stays in place, has a nicely reflective surface, and doesn't flake away after an hour or several. At least a dozen companies that I can think of offhand, have gold eyeliners (pencil, creme, liquid.) This is...

BareMinerals’ Big and Bright eyeliner in Bronze

Meow Cosmetics’ Crystalline Cat Moonstone glow powder

This one almost qualifies as a sheer blush. The color is very nice, a softened neutral-leaning red. This isn't so much of a “glow powder”, as I personally think of things; but it's great for layering. I've used this to slightly warm up too-neutral blushes (like BE's RSVP, which is...

Milani Cosmetics’ Color Statement Lipstick in Rose Femme