LaurEss’ Lyrical

I'm not normally a huge fan of blackened colors. The blackening almost always overrides the color (in my experience). When Lyrical is applied dry, you do see a bit more of the blackening than the spruce-green; but foiling emphasizes the green undertones with blue sparkle.

Concrete Minerals’ Smut

For me, this was the standout shade of the Pretty Chick kit. Since my personal makeup style is “subtle” (not subdued, not demure, just more of a stealth-color-assault), darker-based or greyed duochromes are great finds. I honestly am not quite sure if I own any colors like this. Possibly I...

NYX Cosmetics’ Geisha Chrome

When I first saw this color in the pot I was very happy - excellent, another deeper cool red!! Turns out, though, that the shadow isn't too pigmented. While this is good in that you can get a red without getting an overly harsh red…it's easier to make a...

Concrete Minerals’ Deviant

Brown with cool dusty purple undertones. Not deep enough to be easily used as a liner shade, though you could probably get some interesting liner effects if you layered this over a dark liquid or gel liner.

Concrete Minerals’ Detox

Low color payoff and rather sparse sparkle-particles (similar to the gold sparkle in Unity.) This isn't as sheer as Bare Escentuals' Faith - which is so very sheer that, once applied, you have to take it on faith that the color is actually there - but it doesn't have much...

Concrete Minerals’ Lolita

This almost seems to have a metallic finish to it. The main color is a soft taupe (PinkSith, if you don't already have this color, you might want to check it out…) that's a very slightly cool shade - so people with overtly warm skintones might not like how this...

Concrete Minerals’ Bruised

Applies a little lighter than expected, based on how this color looks in the pot. It applies with more overtly visible brown than red. It's almost a counterpoint to Blood and Guts, from the Zombie Girl collection. (Though wearing both at the same time…I don't know that it would...

Concrete Minerals’ Vanity

Concrete Minerals’ Lithium

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