Meow Cosmetics’ Seafoam

Concrete Minerals’ Sugar Skulls kit

This is one of the few kits where not all of the colors were available for individual purchase. I don’t think that Calavera has ever been available for individual purchase; and while Los Angelitos hasn’t been individually available for a while, it was…for about a year. Sweet...

BareMinerals’ Cast Away kit

Two eyeshadows - one rarely seen, one that I think was designed for this kit, both fairly sparkly/shimmery. The kit was put together by contest-winners Katherine, Kimbra, & Linnea. I like the colors…but together? The kit lacks a deeper shade with lower to no shimmer, to provide contrast...

Femme Fatale Cosmetics’ Unholy

I cannot pin this color down. In the pot, it looks like a deep blue-green. Foiled, it appears more purple, while applied dry, it looks blue with purple edging. It looks like a more successfully-multichrome version of Lost and Lonely, from HiFi Cosmetics. (This color may be what Lost and...

BareMinerals’ Treasure Island

This color is a bit…odd. It's nominally brown, but there are definite greenish tones to it. It reminds me a bit of Shiro's I Am Groot, but with slightly less color payoff. It would look at home in a collection like Meow's Stripped, with its range of neutrals and...

Scaredy Cat Cosmetics’ Flounce

BareMinerals’ Absolutely Radiant kit

Warmth is a color that was in just about every BE “get started” kit. It was something that the company thought would be wildly popular. Unfortunately, it was very orange-ish. Not good at all. Warm Radiance is the golden-tan that I think they intended Warmth to be. It isn’t...

BareMinerals’ Birthday Bag kit

All of these items were part of the BE regular line in 2007, so I’m guessing that this kit just put these colors together for the first time. (Or maybe not. But looking back through the kit-list, I’m seeing Cupcake and Flowers both in pre-2005 kits, so…) This was...

Milani Cosmetics’ Shadow Eyez pencil in Lovely Frost

A metallic silver that has really good coverage!! (Not all of them do. The wider pencils usually have better payoff than the thinner line-pencils, but…it's not a guarantee.) I managed to grab a few of these when I had the chance, and while I don't use silver liner a...

Stila’s Waterproof Smudge Stick in Ladyfish

Mostly dark purple with faint, scattered red-sparkle highlights…that don't show up too much when applied. The color is nearly blackened. This makes a good alternative-to-black eyeliner for folks who don't care for jeweltone or bright liner shades.