Zoya’s Beach collection

The counterpart to the Surf collection - five cremes and one shimmer, in summery near-neons and brights. The correspondence isn’t quite exact: Arizona is a softer, less red shade than Myrta; and Reagan is more fuchsia and less purple than Carly. Still, for the most part, they match up.

My Pretty Zombie’s TaraYvonne

Fyrinnae’s Sake & Sashimi

This is dark and pigmented enough that it could easily be used as a liner. I tend to use it most often for contouring, though - there's enough shimmer to make things interesting, but enough pigmentation that easily blends out, that to me it's a natural contouring shade. I do...

Morgana Cryptoria’s LE 101

This color is…hm. Not really “muddy”, not really “greyed”. It's a deeper gold-yellow, not a bright sunflower shade. It appears to lose a bit of color payoff when applied, but not as much as other shadows (both from Morgana and elsewhere.) My skintone shows through, so this isn't an...

Everyday Minerals’ Passion Passport

I have an uneasy relationship with Everyday Minerals. Their colors were fairly decently priced, and while the quality was hit-or-miss, if you carefully played within the rules that the owner set out, you could get a nice discount…so that if the products weren't all that great, at least you...

Interview: Fauxlivia, of Into the Palette and Unknown Beauty Blog

You actually work in the beauty industry, correct? How did you get started? What sparked your interest in working in that field? Worked in fashion first in the 1980's, hung around a group of people and starting helping wardrobe people then learned some things from the make up people. Also,...

Redesign Notes: Summer 2012

Aside from the visual redesign (which takes advantage of CSS3 to add drop shadows, gradients, and rounded corners...yes, I Had Fun), there's changes to how things work. Here's a quick summary: New stuff Facebook login / registration capability (registrations must all still be manually reviewed...so your registration won't be...

BareMinerals’ buxom Jackie

OPI’s Going Nude, Eh

This particular shade doesn't work for me for two reasons: 1) it's a creme, and it tends to want to be a bit streaky; and 2) it's just a little bit too yellow for me. It makes my fingers look more red (the infamous “lobster-hands” effect.) I got it for half price...

Scaredy Cat Cosmetics’ Snow Bird

This color looks lovely...in the pot, or applied wet. Applied dry, it's still a gorgeous blue, it just lacks coverage.