Sephora’s Colorful Shadow Liner in Black

Black matte in a large-crayon form. Nothing terribly unique or earthshattering, just really good quality eyeshadow pencil that stays in place all day and costs less than many similar-type pencils from other lines. It's more than NYX's USD$4.50 pencils, but those don't have this line's utter staying power.

Sephora’s Contour Eye Pencil in Rooftop Party

I expected a slightly lighter green than the swatch gave me. I also, based on the performance of so many other pencils in this collection, expected a bit more of the color to actually be deposited. So it's kind of a two-fer of “nope.” (Sephora is discontinuing some of the...

Fyrinnae’s Seduce blush

I have a thing for purple blushes (blushes, not contour powders…though I like those too.) I'm lucky enough to be able to wear purple blushes very easily and well. They give me a faint flush, but also complement the cooler undertones in my skin.

Wet n Wild’s Megaslicks Balm Stain in Made You Pink

I love these lip stains, but for a long time there hasn't been a medium, rose-pink rose. They added one to the permanent lineup in spring 2015 - Made You Pink is a great shade, the quintessential pink-rose.

Femme Fatale Cosmetics’ Choose Wisely

Beauty from the Earth’s Burst

This was part of the regular line…for a little while. I remember first seeing it in mid-2014. Then, in early 2015, it quite quietly moved to the “baggy samples only” section. I don't know if this was an “oops” color - it looks awfully similar to Tough Men Wear Pink...

Color Club’s Pearl-spective

This is almost more of a multichrome effects top coat. I've seen other photos around the web where people have applied this over different colors, in different lighting, and seen flashes of green along the nail curvature…but to be honest, I never saw that. Still, it's a nice enough...

CND’s Vinylux Couture Covet (200)

A wonderful fall color…and a great shade! Unlike some deep purples or blues that are so dark they may as well be “black with hints of”, this is more like an extremely saturated deep teal. It’s dark, but it isn’t black. The polish goes on very clean...

My Pretty Zombie’s Husbandry Affliction collection

Three purples of various shades, with different duotone shimmer effects. I got two of the colors rather than the entire collection because I was already on purple-overload. (But I still kept buying them from other places, including MPZ…)

BareMinerals’ Exotic Destinations: Sydney kit

Not all of the “destination” kits coordinate as well as these three do. They’re all pretty versatile colors - I reach for them pretty often, except for Treasure Island which is just a color that I don’t love very much (it’s got warm tones, and so it...