Mattese Elite’s Star Dust Powder collection

I first started looking for these when I noticed another blogger using what looked like the perfect orange eyeshadow. I found the name, went looking for the producct…and found a whole collection of these colors. Apparently this is the house-brand of makeup of Ricky’s NYC. The Star Dust...

OPI’s Skyfall collection

This collection was released as OPI’s 2012 winter holiday collection, because the timing worked to have this released during the Skyfall movie hoopla *and* be that year’s holiday release. I was originally interested in Goldeneye, The World Is Not Enough, and Live and Let Die. The others looked like...

Meow Cosmetics’ Cookie Dough

Looks exactly the color of Toll House cookie dough just after you've mixed up the bowl, before you start spooning it <strike>into your mouth</strike>onto the cookie sheet.

Meow Cosmetics’ Spiked Eggnog

I have a few pale yellows in my collection, but so many of them are semisheer. This one actually shows up without having to apply multiple layers - which is a nice change of pace. I don't know how often I'll use this color only because I tend to use...

Meow Cosmetics’ Beach Bonfire

I really love this color! It's a rich deep orange bronze with pink highlights, and an excellent color payoff. It reminds me a bit of MAC's Pink Bronze pigment. In Beach Bonfire, the orange is a bit deeper and the pink highlights are less prominent. Either look really good with...

Beauty from the Earth’s Zaniah

Zaniah is like a slightly warmer, slightly softer version of Lotus, another Pro color from BFTE (or perhaps, Lotus is the warmer, slightly bolder version of Zaniah, since this color was released first?)

Beauty from the Earth’s Always a Bridesmaid

Beauty from the Earth’s Deep Thoughts

Beauty from the Earth’s Blackberry Sorbet

BareMinerals’ Big and Bright eyeliner in Granite

Fairly straightforward medium-deep slate grey retractable eyeliner pencil. This was one of the core colors in the lineup. Application was about on par for these liners, and the color was a favorite of mine. I like wearing subtler liners - partially because I don't personally love the starkly-defined looks that...