Dance Legend’s Proturbance

Like Knight, but with sparsely scattered large-ish white…somethingth. They look like flecks of salt on a pretzel. Or like early-winter, light snowfall, if you want to be more poetic. They do add a little texture, but not much; and once the polish is on and a top coat applied,...

CND’s Vinylux Bicycle Yellow (104)

I have a long and not-so-happy history with yellow nail polishes. They’re either too watery, or they’re chalky, or they’re overly fragile. Or a combination of all three. Finally, I’ve found a primary-yellow creme nail polish that will actually cover completely and evenly in two coats,...

My Pretty Zombie’s Injurious collection

These three colors…coordinate surprisingly well. They’re each very attractive on their own. The colors are about medium to medium-light in depth, but they’ve all got very good payoff. The Blue Period Trio is still my favorite collection from My Pretty Zombie, but Injurious is a close second.

BareMinerals’ Give and Get Gorgeous kit

I have a few of the color pieces from this - specifically, the loose colors (and the lip colors. Couldn’t resist picking up Cranberry Rose on Ebay.) Most of the pieces in this kit had previously been released, but here they were released in “mini” form, so if someone...

BareMinerals’ Smoky Sage

Soft brown that leans cool. This is a brown, not a green like the name hints; but it leans cooler. Folks with very gold tones in their coloring may not have the easiest time wearing this shade. The coverage is good, but it's a soft enough shade that I can...

Meow Cosmetics’ Wendigo

This one looks more green in my photos, but it's a teal-green. It can lean more blue in different light (standard indoor lightbulbs, as opposed to daybulbs) and with different colors around it. The shimmer is definitely in effect, though.

BareMinerals’ Cocktail Hour kit

The makeup is pretty similar to the Simply Seductive kit. Only one shared color between them - and this one has a face color rather than an eyeliner. Based on the prices of the other two-eyeshadows-one-blush kits, I’m going to guess that this one was $34.00 or thereabouts. I don�...

BareMinerals’ Fashionista kit

More browns and gold-browns. (This is seriously A Thing with BE. But, on the other hand, they’re almost universally versatile, where purples or greens or even pinks/mauves are not. But…DANG.) Gold Dipped is a warm gold-brown, and Fashionista is a fantastic liner shade. Pure Radiance and Trendsetter...

Sephora’s Colorful Shadow Liner in Brown

The shimmer is very faint. This is almost a satin finish, with red and gold highlights in the brown.

Urban Decay’s 24-7 Eye Pencil in Smokeout