Sally Hansen’s Cute-ture (831)

Color Club’s Wild and Willing

I grabbed this because it looked so similar to OPI's Pros and Bronze…and personally, I feel that one can never have too many bottles of either of those polishes.

Meow Cosmetics’ Obedient

Milani Cosmetics’ Shadow Eyez collection

I’d seen these in drugstores, but I didn’t know if they were any good. Gianna often talked about her favorite pencil Champagne Toast, and enthused over all of the Chic Nude pencils when they came out…so I made a purchase from Cherryculture one time during a summer...

BareMinerals’ Trend Report: Frill Seeker kit

I bought the pieces of this kit, rather than the whole kit; and did so piecemeal. I wasn’t overly thrilled with the kit itself when it came out. It looked like a neutral orange, an orange-brown, a blush, a gloss, and a black liner. There wasn’t much there...

Meow Cosmetics’ Catty

Meow Cosmetics’ Sinister

It's a warm-ish deep brown with red tones…so, yep, “burnt red” works as a description. Many people may see this as a straightforward deep brown, some a slightly warmer brown, some a deeply browned dark brick red.

Lost in Makeupland’s Trunks

This has a smoother finish that I was anticipating. It's also a little bit less deep of a shade than I was expecting. It's a nice color, though, good near-neutral red that I think will look great on all but the most golden or olive or complexions. I think I...

My no good very bad winter of 2014

I have members in my extended family who are bipolar, and members in my extended family who are clinically depressed. I had never had clinical depression before, but knew that it could happen to me with the right triggers. I found out what those triggers are. Luckily I was aware...

Looking back, looking forward: 2014/2015

Job First this one, because it's given me the most headaches recently. I think that I'm at a point where I can clock one full year at this job, and will then be able to start jobsearching. I'll have a year of employment at the same place under my belt,...