This is, in many ways, a fairly straightforward, no-frills, pink. I haven't compared it to the pink from the Kawaii collection, so I don't know how similar they are. What I can tell you is that the finish is a soft satin (not a shimmer, not metallic, not frost), the...
Muted olive with minimal shimmer. The color payoff is on the lower end of the shades I've purchased from My Pretty Zombie, though it isn't semisheer, and it can be increased. (I barely have patience for two coats of nail polish. Two coats of eyeshadow, I really don't have the...
A little smokier than TKB's Deep Blue - with a bit of a blue-violet shimmer. Another straight mica, so it won't adhere without some help (either a primer or a cream shadow base) it applies fairly smoothly. I get best results from this and just about any other mica if...
When the collection was originally released, I mentally passed on both Lotus and Tru, because while they're prettier colors, I'm not a huge fan of deeper purple nail polishes (completely a personal preference.) Then I saw someone else's swatch photos of Lotus, and liked the base shade: it was a...
I got these during the 2011/12 winter holidays, when the set was further reduced to $15. I’d relatively recently begun trying this and that Stila items (beyond their liners, which I’m utterly in love with) and wondered how their brushes would stack up to the ones I’d tried. This...
Sweaty Paws looks very very similar to Drama Silver. It isn't a blackened shade, like the Pure Drama shades were; but the blackening wasn't very visible on Drama Silver. In my swatch-application, Sweaty Paws looks better when patted on dry than when foiled. The color payoff is better, the finish...
This is…well, the wording's going to sound odd, but here goes: it's a rich blackened red. Not necessarily a ruby red, but a deep velvety red. The blackening is pretty apparent whether it's applied wet or dry; and like many Fyrinnae shades, this color does not seem to look...
This color is a little bit sheer-ish. It's a straight mica, so really excellent color payoff would be a bonus, not an expectation. In the pot, this looks like a bright navy. Upon application, the color softens a bit and loses some of its shimmer. TKB's Sapphire is a lush...
I've received my orders placed during the various Memorial Day sales. I've got a whole bunch of mascaras to review now! CoverGirl, L'Oreal, Revlon, Black Radiance, Physician's Formula, Wet n Wild, Lumene…black, dark black, tinted, colored… I chose items that were BOGO, or heavily discounted, or inexpensive in the...
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