Three items, all of which were part of the regular BE lineup. (Or, in the case of the lipstick, I’m assuming that it was at some point. Both of the eyeshadows were available through nearly every single channel partner.) City Lights and Skyline do pair nicely together, though if...
Probably not the first all-brown kit. And definitely not the last. Coffee Bean and Queen Linda were available for individual purchase in 2008 when I started buying BE. Starlet Casey made appearances on Ebay and in kits, but I don’t recall that she was available from the webstore. (But I...
Just slightly deeper and warmer than Petunia Punk…but still not my favorite color. It's a bit too soft for my preferences. It reminds me of a less sparkly, slightly more even-applying version of MAC's Let's Skate paint pot.
Similar to Charming Black (from Milani) or Stila's Black Cat smudge pot, except that the base color applies much more evenly. (Yay!) The glitter can tend to fall away after a few hours if I don't lightly mist with fixative, after application; but that's “a few hours” not “thirty minutes”...
I love the color of this pencil! A little bit of sparkle, but more of a medium-deep turquoise-teal base that kind of belies the color this was described as. To me, it doesn't look quite as green as the description would suggest; but that's okay because this isn't a color...
This is a bit more subtle than Pure Radiance - the closest relative to this, in the regular BE lineup. There's about the same base shade, with slightly less overt shimmer. Calling it a “glow powder” or a “radiance” seems a bit of a misnomer. It isn't anywhere near dark...
Very summery!! Not bright enough to be vivid strawberry, but a little bright for straight-up watermelon. (I must be hungry, I'm describing everything in terms of food…) The color stays put well, and the satin finish doesn't look overly glam or attention-getting. It's just - for those of us with...
Not as vivid a blue as the vendor pictures would indicate, it's still a fairly intense shade. It's some variant of periwinkle, with green duotone shimmer. Definitely not a shadow for extremely warm toned folks, or for the visually conservative. I like pairing it with a cool grey and a...
You want red nail polish? This is red. Not vampy red, not muted red, not brick or orange-red or wine-red. Not candied or neon. It's…red. Almost the stereotypical “red nail polish” shade. The formula was fairly good. I got a little bit of unevenness on one nail, toward the...
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