TKB Trading’s Reflection highlighter

This highlighter is almost invisible on me, it's so close to my skintone. On the one hand, it's nearly invisible, so I can't get much effect. On the other hand…it's nearly invisible, so it's great for subtler highlighting effects, or even for using over the top of a too-dark...

Concrete Minerals’ Vamp lip tint

When looking at the color in the tube, remember: these are semisheer. This does add color, but not an overwhelming amount. It applies well, and - like most lip tints and balms - requires reapplication after eating or drinking, or after a few hours of wear. There’s an earthy-minty...

Black Rose Minerals’ These Things

This shadow is attractive, and I like the scattered small red glitter particles. The coverage…is a little bit on the patchy side, though. It's a bit too pigmented and too visible to easily use as a brow highlighter, though I have managed to use it on my inner vee...

Morgana Cryptoria’s LE 116

Meow Cosmetics’ Neurotic

I love colors like this: a really deep, rich base with an almost-solid layer of contrasting-color metallic shimmer. (The downside is, it's harder to pair this shade with other colors since the others have to match both the metallic top and the base color.) This does stain just a bit,...

Concrete Minerals’ Gossip

There's really good color payoff on this one! The color actually looks just a little richer applied, than it does in the pot - which doesn't often seem to happen with jeweltone shades.

Zoya’s Normani

A medium-weight neutral brown creme with coverage that isn't quite up to Zoya's previous standards. They seem to have both raised their prices, AND lowered the product quality just a bit. With two coats of this polish, I had complete opacity, but not even coverage. There were a few thinner...

Sally Hansen’s Wine Not (480)

Definitely a maroon, not a burgundy. But very attractive, halfway between a high-shine scattered finish and a metallic (...or, a ‘Zoya-metallic') with very even coverage and full opacity in two coats. The drying time was a little long, for some reason; but not excessively so. The manicure was just a...

Zoya’s Naturel collection

This was the first regular Zoya collection to have the price-per-bottle increase to $9. So while I was attracted to the colors, I wasn’t thrilled about paying so much per bottle. The Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure lineup had many similar polishes in its core line, and while I couldnâ€...

Physician’s Formula Shimmer Strips Glam Hazel Eyes Gel CreamLiner Trio kit

This trio…was not the easiest to come by. It wasn’t available from the main Physician’s Formula web site, but I was able to pick it up at drugstore.com. (It was also available in local stores like Rite Aid and Fred Meyer.) The colors were black -...