NYX Cosmetics’ Debutante Black Label Lipstick (180)

The tube makes this look like a screamingly bright color…but it applies very softly, almost sheer with a coral-gold shimmer. This is a good “debutante” color - something pretty for a sixteen-year-old being presented at her first major social event. (If such things were still commonplace, that is.) This...

Aromaleigh v2’s Grazia

In hindsight, not the best color for me. I had that idea even when looking at the pictures - it looked like there would be a little too much yellow for me to wear this color easily. (Sometimes, I hate being right…) The color reminds me of Bare Escentuals' Oasis,...

Scaredy Cat Cosmetics’ Insomnia

This color leans just a little cooler, and has just a bit better payoff, than Sunny Day Chrome. (This one also stays in place a little better.)

BareMinerals’ Chocolate Suede

I picked this shade up when it was in the outlets, at $6.50 a jar. I didn't know what collection it had come from; the completist in me just made a kneejerk judgement call. The color isn't super sheer, but the payoff isn't the best in the world. It's a good,...

BBAC 2011: Day 19

BBAC 2011: Day Eighteen

The colors look different than the ones in my long-gone Dior quad - looks like ELF's has peach, gold, pink, violet - and I have no idea if these will be the white-iridescents, but at $3 I had to get one. Partially because of utter nostalgia. I looked and looked, and...

NYX Cosmetics’ Nymph Chrome

Slightly lighter and a more neutral than Exquisite. Exquisite is a red-orange with hints of pink iridescent shimmer, this is a tanned-orange with gold iridescent shimmer. Either shade is good - though Exquisite has just a little bit more color payoff.

NYX Cosmetics’ Mocha Chrome

NYX Cosmetics’ Beanie Chrome

This applies much softer than it appears in the pot. It looks very dark purple, almost black; but applies as a dusty violet. Coverage and opacity are a little bit better than most other NYX Chrome shadows. It's almost an elegant purple - it's what I think of when I...

NYX Cosmetics’ Exquisite Chrome

Kind of an autumnal shade, in my opinion. It's the color of fall leaves: a rusty orange with faint pink iridescence. Opacity is good, application is easy and even, and this is one color that I'm glad it didn't apply as dark as it looked in the pot. The 70s-rust...