This was the first In Fashion kit with a brand new color - Steel (which was featured in another Nordstrom-release kit, Drop Red Gorgeous, just a year later.) It also included a blush which hadn’t been in regular rotation nor released in any kits for quite some time.
This collection was a partial re-release of a previous collection, but also included several new shades. I only have three colors from this collection, and won’t be looking for the others. Awakening, Optimistic, and Cafe Mystique are pretty enough, but Optimistic and Cafe Mystique are both on the thin...
One of QVC’s exclusive kits, with no new items…and just one color that had been recently pulled out of rotation (Chardonnay). Kits like these are good for beginners, because they include a mix of products: eyeshadow, blush, lipstick. The retail price for these QVC kits is the same...
The shimmer on this is very faint…but it's there. The color is not quite aqua enough to be a Miami Vice 1980s color, but it's darn close. This is almost a one-coat polish! However, this also has a rather strong smell. It's not so strong that it will knock...
About a month back, I followed a link off of Prime Beauty 50 to trial the Stages of Beauty skincare cream, for just the cost of shipping and handling. What I didn't realize is that this effectively signed me up to receive a month's supply of the cream every month, at...
I'd been looking for a good rich non-blackened green creme for nail art, so was glad to see this. Then I was glad that this applied so smoothly and wore so well. Then I was un-glad to find out that Sally Hansen had discontinued this color. So I went on...
I love this color! It's such a bright green without being neon. It's almost a “new leaf” green without the yellow. The one caution I have about this color is that it tends to need three coats for fully opaque coverage…or one coat of a colored polish beneath, and...
The Store / The Site By now, if you've read any of my other reviews, you know that I don't love web sites on black backgrounds. I don't love them, specifically sites that sell makeup or something that I judge primarily by color, because I'm far more familiar with judging colors...
Definitely a “spring” color…in my mind, at least. It's the perfect rose-pink for my coloring, brightens and warms my lips without being too obnoxious about it (like bright vivid pinks or bolder fuchsias.) As with all NYX Round lipsticks, this color will wear off fairly quickly (one to three...
This is less pigmented than most Shiro colors I've tried. Applied dry, it's barely visible unless it's packed on heavily. Applied damp it shows up a bit better - a very pale, butter yellow with a slight shimmer. There isn't quite enough shimmer for this to make a good highlighter...
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