Beauty from the Earth’s Tipsy blush

Maybelline’s Color Sensational lipstick in Parisian Pink (100)

An attractive shade, but it doesn't lay down much overt color. Instead it just seems like it concentrates and lightly amplifies my natural lip color. I think this was part of the 2012 Spring limited-edition collection…but I can't be sure. All I do know is that this color was limited...

Beauty from the Earth’s Lace

Silk Naturals’ Fete

Fyrinnae’s Jaguar

Shiro Cosmetics’ Beyond the Fence

Color Club’s Model Behavior

I think this shade might work best on me as an accent color - too much orangey bronze can make my fingers look a bit reddened. That said, I do love this shade! It does have an unfortunate tendency to show brushstrokes fairly well, but it looks amazing when I...

Zoya’s Karina

A deep cool red, not a fuchsia-red like the professional bottle photo would suggest. I personally love this color, and don't know why it was removed from the Zoya lineup so quickly! I don't know that Zoya has another shimmer polish in this shade - that's the only reason I...

OPI’s Shiny Dancer

Colors like this are great for folks who want a roughened visual texture without the “chunky glitter” of larger glitter-particle polishes. They can work decently with some nail stamps, too - provided you use the ones with larger patterns rather than lots of fine lines. I have a few that...

Beauty from the Earth’s Green with Envy kit

For folks who love teal and green eyeshadows, this was a great kit. (I love them…I just, oddly enough, don’t love wearing quite so much of it together, without a neutral or a red or purple as an accent shade.) All of these colors were available in other...