Make Up For Ever’s Aqua Cream 5

Maybe I applied it a little heavily; but this is almost too bright a color for me, for my lips. I wish that this color could be worn on my lids, because I think it would look great (a bit like Rubenesque, but a little brighter and with a touch...

NYX Cosmetics’ Peach Round Lipstick

I like this shade! It doesn't seem to match with the color name, though (there are quite a few NYX Cosmetics colors, across the line, that seem to have a serious disconnect between color name and actual color). I would like to find this equivalent in the Black Label collection,...

LaurEss’ Wanton Disregard

Interestingly enough, this is very much like another product I recently swatched. Wanton Disregard is the loose-powder mineral match-up for Make Up For Ever's Aqua Cream 16. Yes, it's a little less pigmented…but cream versus powder? Not too surprising that the mineral powder is less pigmented. Some of Sassy's colors...

Meow Cosmetics’ Resisting Arrest

It's a vibrant red with slight pink tones. It isn't garishly bright, but it's not a jeweltone red, either. I think it could be amped up if applied over a dark primer base, and if I use a light hand I get a stroke of color that looks more like...

BareMinerals’ High Shine Copper

There's surprisingly little “copper” in this color. It's a good, solid metallic gold-brown with some hints of copper, but the main color doesn't show as “copper” to me - either applied wet or dry. As with all of BE's high shine colors, depot the shadow and use a regular brush...

Meow Cosmetics’ VandalEyes collection

I held off on trying these colors from Meow for the longest time - but I don’t remember why. (I hate that.) The collection isn’t large, but these are some of the most colorful eyeshadows I’ve seen from Meow. The color payoff’s surprisingly good, too -...

BareMinerals’ Naughty Girl kit

Zoya’s Re-Cher-Che collection

I like a few of the colors in this collection, but most of them are a little too soft and sheer for my preferences. (Arielle and Fawne are the only colors that are not 3-opacity, meaning “semi-sheer”. For the longest time, none of these colors appealed to me. The shades...

NYX Cosmetics’ Pearl Mania collection

I have about 10 colors from this collection, all bought from Cherryculture during their NYX mega-sale in late April. I actually bought two of some shades, because I can’t do math and so ordered some twice so that I’d have my “traditional” full ten-gram jar. One of these tiny...

Orly’s Lunar Eclipse

I can see why this color disappointed people as much as it did: it's a gorgeous deep blue microglitter, but in the bottle you see hints of purple duochrome that just don't translate to the nail. I used four coats in a manicure, and while the blue is stunning, I...