Aromaleigh v2.1’s Rose Without A Thorn

NYX Cosmetics’ Sweet Cheeks Creamy Powder Blush Glow in Day Dream

This isn’t the absolute best shade for me because it’s just barely too warm, but it applies and blends so very well. It is shallow in the pan, and fragile; but those issues hit every blush in this collection. There’s the slightest subtle glow when it’s...

Polish Me Silly’s Camo Queen

An “evergreen” holo? Yep! I wish that the holo effects were a little smoother (this is not quite as smooth as typical linear holos from the major brands, but it’s nowhere as thin as the scattered holos from Zoya), but I love seeing this base shade as a holographic...

Zoya’s Naked Manicure Rescue and Repair kit

This is a pretty nice kit - not only as an intro to the Naked Manicure collection, but as a good way to get two pretty key components at a decent discount. The Rescue Serum ($30 for a .5oz bottle) is a liquid that you apply to bare, freshly-cleaned fingernails once...

Zoya’s Splash collection

This was Zoya’s Summer 2020 collection. We were all in lockdown, makeup was still being released (because it had been in the pipeline for probably at least six months by this point, there was no stopping some things) and…I was not really thrilled by this collection. The colors didn’...

TKB Trading’s Vivid Indigo

This color is vivid, but…indigo? Not quite. This is another of the neon-matte colorants from TKB Trading - the same group that contains Vivid Rose, Vivid Cardinal, Vivid Tanager, and others. Unlike many of these other “Vivid"s, this shade is eye-safe in the US. Also unlike many of...

NYX Cosmetics’ Epic Wear Liner Stick in Intense Teal

This is such a rich color! It’s got wonderful color payoff, it goes on smoothly, it stays in place all day, and - bonus for me - there is enough green in this color that it really complements my green-blue eyes without totally overpowering them. This color is often...

CND’s Vinylux Fuji Love (361)

This color is kind of hard to define. It’s sort of pink, but not tulip pink or even candied pink. It doesn’t totally match up with the vendor artwork for this polish, either. It has stronger brown tones - deep enough that “buff” doesn’t really work as...

Color Club’s Take a Hike kit

This is not my favorite of Color Club’s 7-piece kits. The color palette doesn’t seen quite as cohesive: orange creme, green creme, slate-blue creme, a couple of off-whites, and an odd…greenish taupe? It seems like someone’s idea of the colors you might find in a hunting...

My Pretty Zombie’s Molded Shrimp Salad

A medium green with a hint of olive. It’s not a “primary” green, not totally a forest-green either. It isn’t the avocado-green color that I most commonly associate with the 1970s…which is a good thing, because that is not a color that’s totally made a comeback...