Sally Hansen’s Himalaya (836)

Sally Hansen’s Fall 2014 Complete Salon Manicure Runway Trends collection

Originally I was only interested in two of the polishes from this collection. Then I thought (as they began to appear on the shelves of “we only ever have things out four months after whenever these were supposed to release” drugstores near me) “Well, maybe a few more.” And some...

Femme Fatale Cosmetics’ You Choose the Scare collection

Femme’s third Halloween release is a bit larger than the other two: fifteen eyeshadows (one of which is limited-edition), one highlighter, and two blushes. Most of the eyeshadows are duotone, with a few duochrome and two sparklebombs.

Silk Naturals’ Impact

TKB Trading’s Antique Gold

Concrete Minerals’ Calavera

Fyrinnae’s Bonfire Spirits

Maybelline’s Sunwashed Sky Color Tattoo cream shadow

Maybelline released two shadows in summer 2014: they were two of the same shadows that they released in summer 2013, with different names. Sunwashed Sky is Cool Crush redux. It's a slightly greyed iridescent blue frost, senisheer coverage, attractive enough, but unless you're looking for iridescent blue this won't be that thrilling...

Milani Cosmetics’ Shadow Eyez pencil in Midnight Romance

A vivid violet that can be softened a little by using a lighter application…while retaining the sparkle. And the sparkle does fall out after a while if you don't use a fixative spray; but it doesn't fall out super fast, and it's not like some pencils where the sparkle...

Sephora’s Contour Eye Pencil in Eccentric Diva

Metallic violet that…well, I do wish that it applied more evenly. But it's not as rough as some other metallics, and the color's extremely saturated. Another piece of great news: if you've been mourning the loss of Urban Decay's Lust eyeliner pencil, this makes an excellent dupe. (This color...