Aromaleigh v2’s Holly Days collection

I started out not wanting any of these. I ended up getting all but four of the colors. The whole collection had fairly good pigmentation, and a mix of jeweltones, brights, and softer-but-not-pale colors. My early favorites from this collection were Poison Poinsettie and Pass the Glogg. I didn’t...

TKB Trading’s Periwinkle Blue

I bought an ounce of this shade about a year ago…and I'm really glad that I did! The color isn't available any longer. It's a periwinkle with hints of aqua. The dominant color is that interesting blue shade, but there are hints of purple and even what looks like...

Fyrinnae’s Koala

Soft, subtle, slight hint of rose but not enough to really pull this into being a tan-pink. The ‘matte' initially concerned me, but then I thought: how can I go wrong with taupe? Unless it's got too much yellow in it, which would push it out of ‘taupe' and into ‘...

Aromaleigh v1’s Heliosphere

Old-gold shimmer with a slight metallic finish. This shade didn't have quite as much opacity as I would have preferred. That seemed to be symptomatic of many of the “last hurrah” colors sold by Aromaleigh v1 - even if they were bought in the early days of Aromaleigh v2's...

My Pretty Zombie’s Bridezilla

A white with some iridescent shimmer and scattered glitter particles. Similar to Whitewedding, but with a little less glitz. Coverage and opacity is good, which doesn't always happen with white eyeshadows - so that's a definite plus! I don't know that this collection is available from My Pretty Zombie any...

Benefit Cosmetics’ Get Figgy cream shadow

A nice softer purple that actually looks a lot like Concrete Minerals' Smut. I think this might be dark enough for occasional use as a liner, but it's really almost too light to provide good definition. It makes a good base color, though. Same caveats as always, because of my...

NYX Cosmetics’ Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

I would see people using this as a shadow base in many of their looks, talking about how they loved it, and I wondered: “What's the big deal? I mean, I'm not completely getting it.” Ah, pure bright white creme - okay, got it. It acts as a base, to...

BareMinerals’ buxom Heather (I)

One of my lesser-favorites from this collection. It's a very neutral soft color with almost no effects, shimmer, or iridescence at all. I honestly don't know that I'll use this one too much…

Stila’s One Step PrimeColor in Capri Coral

Meow Cosmetics’ Hope blush

This was a little bit more orange-y than I had expected. It's not my least favorite blush, but it is just a little too orange for me to wear easily. I have to be careful about what other makeup I wear with it, and what clothing as well, so that...