A palette of reds and pinks - most with buff or brown undertones. For a predominantly red palette, there are few warmer-leaning shades. Shades 11, 14, and to an extent 13 are coral- or terracotta-toned. This makes it a great palette for people with cool and neutral undertones, though folks with close-to-neutral golden...
An interesting duotone shade: raw sienna covered by an aged-gold shimmer. When blending this color I lost some of the gold shimmer, but not all of it. It can work nicely as a softer liner, or a non-metallic metallic (if that makes any sense.) This is similar to MPZ’s...
This can look like it might lean warm in some lights, but it’s a truly neutral purple. There are widely scattered blue microshimmer particles that pick up and reflect some light, but don’t significantly change the color of the liner. This is a very creamy, smooth-applying formula. It...
The shimmer on this blush is nice and soft - no “strobelight” effects, just a gentle glow. The color does show a little more orange than I thought it would. It’s almost a faded brick-red. It isn’t warm enough to not be wearable on me, but my undertones...
A really lovely bright copper foil with red, gold, and silver micro-sparkles.
Originally started in September 2016 and intended to be a series of six monthly releases…it got stretched out a little bit, as releases were delayed. The sixth and final wife (Catherine Parr) finally got her collection-release in July 2021. The first three subsets were initially released with twelve items each, then...
This is a rougher, wetter shimmer. I think it’s one of those “semi-loose” formulas. I don’t love these because I can’t apply them the way I apply most of my other shadows. The color is attractive, and I like that this isn’t a pure pink -...
This primer is advertised as offering “the perfect curl/volume/waterproof solution in any climate.” I wonder a bit about that. The product I got was a soft gel-consistency, not very thick at all. I had difficulty getting it on my lashes, and it didn’t seem to help my...
I bought three shades from Cocktail Couture (the non-red ones partially because CND has released more creme than metallic polishes, and because of the scattered silver flecks visible in the green and the fuchsia. She’s a Gem! is a medium-deep near-neutral green (doesn’t lean strongly yellow or blue)...
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