Urban Decay’s Ocho Loco kit

I do like Urban Decay’s liner pencils - they apply very smoothly and adhere well, they stay put, and there are some really lovely shades in the line. But they’re so costly!! $22 per pencil - that’s nearly twice the cost of the Sephora Flashy Liners that I...

OPI’s Thanks a Wind-Million

OPI’s Wooden Shoe Like To Know

A really nice rich-milk-chocolate brown with faint red-gold flakies. The base color is just a tiny bit darker than Zoya's Dea; and the red-gold scattered shimmer looks a little like Warm and Fozzie. Application was wonderful, but the polish is just a tiny bit thinner than I'd like. I think...

Beauty from the Earth’s Fall 2012 collection kit

This kit was supposed to be limited-edition, available for a short time only…but it’s still available for purchase. This is a nice color quad, and none of the colors are currently available for individual purchase. I like Sweetgum and Sycamore the best. Sassafrass is the “green” in the...

Beauty from the Earth’s Some Girls Bite

Not quite an orange-red, but more so than Pasqua or Aldebaran. The shimmer is a bit more noticeable in this color than in those two, however. Pigmentation is excellent, and while the color is very saturated, there was no skin-staining, not even when I swatched this foiled with no primer. ...

Fyrinnae’s Ethereal Éire

One of the eight colors released in Fyrinnae's Samhain 2012 collection (which will remain as part of the regular line. Like its other collections, Fyrinnae doesn't do LE colors, instead only discontinuing a color when its ingredients are no longer available…or, presumably, when a color just doesn't sell.) Ethereal Éire...

BareMinerals’ And Away We Go kit

Neither the most nor the least fascinating kit. I picked up the color-pieces on Ebay. Luxury blush is a very nice gilded coral-tan, and the primer shadow is very interesting - it reminded me, just a little bit, of Sally Hansen’s Opulent Cloud. I had the hardest time finding...

BareMinerals’ Rethink Remarkable kit

2nd kit in the “Rethink” autodelivery series, released autumn 2010. I liked the color combination in this kit a bit better than the final installment, these actually look somewhat autumnal - but I tend to wear these colors with other things, instead of as a group. The dark grey eyeliner gets...

BareMinerals’ Rethink Radiant kit

The final kit in the Rethink A/D series, released winter 2011. I picked up the color pieces for this kit from Ebay - the usual suspects - and ignored the “basics” like the foundation, primers, and brushes. The colors don’t coordinate well on me - a soft pink eye,...

Friday Flash Giveaway: eye and lip goodies from Revlon

Just a quick giveaway, open to everyone - but you have to register with the site as part of the entry. This giveaway is for two pieces from Revlon: a Just Bitten Balmstain (similar to Clinique's Chubby Sticks or Tarte's Lipsurgence pencils) and a cream eyeshadow palette from the Shanghai...