This is almost a red base, but the gold shimmer is so thorough and heavy that the color appears to be orange-brown. The wet application looks more red-leaning, but the gold shimmer is still strongly present. The dry application appears to have more of a red-rust base color, but -...
I really am not fond of these “weeble” tubes. They fall over and roll at the slightest provocation. One side of the lid is flattened, though, which means that if you set the mascara wand down, it will only roll so far. I like this mascara brush: bristles spaced but...
A plum-red that I kind of wish was a bit more pigmented. I have other lipsticks in this shade - some more pigmented, some more sheer - and while it is possible to layer this one until I get the color intensity that I prefer, that doesn’t stay for...
One of the three Thermal Pop polishes that I chose to get. It applies fairly smoothly, but it does require three coats for full coverage and maximum color saturation. The colorshift looks nicer on longer nails, but even with fairly short nails you can get a nicely visible colorchange at...
After my positive experiences with their Suede Matte lip-color collections, which I have also used as eye and cheek colors as well as lip colors (try at your own risk, especially with the purple, blue, and green shades), I was interested in seeing how these performed. (I’m still a...
This rich midrange purple has a faint gold shimmer…or, when applied wet, a warm purple with a stronger gold shimmer. This works so well for me as a liner and an inner-vee accent shade, especially blended out into softer plums or light, cool neutrals. This can overwhelm softer colors,...
This mascara does a lot of the things that I want it to. It defines and separates, it adds length, it doesn’t add tons of volume, and it’s waterproof so there’s no smudging. It does clump a little - you can see it on the ends of...
This is the yellow nail polish I’ve been waiting for! It’s a bold, bright yellow with a smooth, perfectly-balanced formula: it’s not thin enough to be watery, but not thick enough to glop up. Unlike many other yellow polishes I’ve used, this one applies evenly and...
This is glitter in a light-whipped medium. The glitter particles aren’t large, and they’re rounded - no sharp corners. Each of the shadows has a doefoot applicator, but despite that I have gotten best results when I’ve patted and dabbed, rather than tried to sweep the wand...
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