MAC’s Let’s Skate paint pot

If you're expecting a full-coverage paint pot, the ones from Glitter and Ice would have been a bad choice. But if you're looking for a sheer or semisheer wash of color with a good sparkle effect, you would have loved these.

Urban Decay’s 24-7 Eye Pencil in Lust

This pencil is so very, very, very similar to Ultraviolet, from Ocho Loco II. The base color is a tiny bit more purple than the blue-violet of Ultraviolet, but it's such a small difference in shade. Unfortunately, this also shares Ultraviolet's less-than-lovely application. The pencil doesn't lay the color down...

Beauty from the Earth’s Zinger blush

Sheer, a bit muted, but it's easy to accidentally deposit too much of this color, if you're super-pale (or even as pale as I am.) I have to use my fluffier fiber-optic face brush, rather than my more-densely-packed Sephora Professionel blush brush, to avoid applying too much color.

Beauty from the Earth’s Dollface blush

This one is gone from BFTE's inventory - so sad to say, if you're placing your final order today, you won't be able to get this blush. (But they've got others that you should check out!!) Dollface is halfway between Aromaleigh v1's Beauteous and Sweetheart blushes - not as...

Beauty from the Earth’s Sleepy Hollow blush

Purple blush can actually look very good, very subtle and understated, almost elegant…on someone who has cool undertones to their skin. (Warm-toned folks should just say “pretty, but no” and step away, like I do with deep melon or golden-bronze blushes.)

Makeup Geek’s Lipstick in Luscious

Make Up For Ever’s Star Powder 942

When I started buying mineral makeup, I went on an interference-color bender. I'd first run across these shades in the very early 80s, when a relative gave me the Dior Moonstones quad with four interference colors. I kept that palette for just over 20 years, and hit pan on three of...

Beauty from the Earth’s Romp

MAC’s Starless Night pigment

Released as a limited-edition in the 2011 Fall Color Collection.

Femme Fatale Cosmetics’ Eternal Trance

Incredibly rich, highly saturated color! The green shows up far more when it's applied dry. Foiling makes it look more turquoise-sapphire than turquoise-jade. The sparkle factor isn't too high, but this is definitely an intense shade! There is a bit of staining after removal, unless you use either a cream...