Beauty from the Earth’s Foam On Top

Very soft color, matte finish…this one almost disappears on me in certain lighting; and when swatching it, I had to look very closely to see if the color was applying at all. That said, I'd imagine this working well as a non-shimmery highlighter or brightener on deeper skintones. The...

LaurEss’ Pucker Up

Softer color with solid pigmentation.It won't disappear on you, or fade away when used alongisde more-saturated shadows. Folks with gold undertones to their skin may find that this applies less visibly, just because it more closely matches their own coloring. (Kind of the same way softer peach colors are...

The SheSpace’s Champagne Moon

One of the few face powders I got from The SheSpace, and it has enough pigmentation to be used as an eyeshadow. (Granted, it's close to my skintone, I don't know how it would show up over darker skintones or over a dark cream shadow like Blackground or Indianwood.) When...

Star Crushed Minerals’ Black Hills Gold

BareMinerals’ Splendid

BareMinerals’ Plush

Stila’s Waterproof Smudge Stick in Blue Ribbon

This one almost has a metallic finish! And despite the thinner-looking spots in the swatch photo, the on-the-lid application was straightforward, even, and clean. It set fairly quickly, like all the Stila Smudge Sticks; but it does stay ‘editable' for about a minute after initial application. I did not have...

Initial swatches of Femme Fatale’s Post Apocalyptic collection

I have eight of the 21 eyeshadow colors swatched so far (okay, actually I have ten; but I haven’t cropped the last two images yet. Be patient.) Poor Sophie and the rest of the Femme Fatale crew have had some bumps in the road - first her ISP didn’t...

Urban Decay’s 24-7 Eye Pencil in Desperation

A rather soft cool grey matte. This applies VERY softly, I see almost nothing on my lids even after applying a second layer. In that, it kind of fit with most of the rest of the pencils in the Black Market kit: uneven coverage and ultimately disappointing results. I do...

Saturday Soundtrack: Apparition (Delerium)

I think that's one of the reasons that I enjoy bands like Delerium: the music is interesting, the mix of layered vocal sampling over electronica is very well executed, and yet in a given album, the tempo doesn't vary much from song to song. It's perfect for walking, large amounts...