Revlon’s Rosy Nude Colorburst Lipstick

Looks like a slightly warmer version of Gelato (which wouldn't seem obvious from the color descriptions…but there you go.) Looks like a just-slightly-off-of-natural lip color - perfect autumnal or winter “natural” shade for me. It also reminds me of Buxom San Francisco. (I'll have to swatch the two colors...

Morgana Cryptoria’s Peach Daquiri lipstick

When Morgana released the pastel lipsticks just before Christmas, I got this one. It's a very bright-pastel peach. I like the color, I'm just not entirely sure how I'll wear it quite yet. I can easily top it off with a buxom lip polish, especially one of the darker colors....

BareMinerals’ Italian Ice lipstick

This shade is fairly close to Revlon's Raspberry Colorburst lipstick, but Italian Ice is just a little bit brighter.

Morgana Cryptoria’s Brew HaHa

This color is a bit darker than I imagined, based on the pictures from Morgana's website. It's definitely a deep blue-grey. I can probably use it as a contour or accent shade, but it's also dark enough that I can probably use it for a non-“bright” liner color.

Morgana Cryptoria’s Skeletons in your Closet

Orly’s Cosmic FX collection

I jumped on this bandwagon late…but I jumped on it nevertheless. Maybe that's a good thing, though: I had the supreme luxury of looking through the hundreds of photos, swatches, nail wheels, indoor and outdoor pics, dupes and near-dupes…and was able to steer clear of the least interesting...

Orly’s Cosmic FX collection

I jumped on this bandwagon late…but I jumped on it nevertheless. Maybe that’s a good thing, though: I had the supreme luxury of looking through the hundreds of photos, swatches, nail wheels, indoor and outdoor pics, dupes and near-dupes…and was able to steer clear of the least...

Physician’s Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Eyeliner Trio kits

I haven’t had the best of luck with retractable eyeliners. I’ve tried Sephora (difficult to apply, uneven application) and Bare Escentuals (pricey, crumbles when sharpened) with less than satisfactory results. I’d just about decided to write off the whole “retractable eyeliner” thing as Something That Did Not...

Zoya’s Gemma

This is going to sound really odd, and possibly triply so considering that I chose to buy this color…but here goes. When I was a smallhuman (around 6 or 7 years old) there was a toy that was a monster-figure that was kept in a plastic green barrel - along with...

Fyrinnae: Round II

They behaved a bit like my Aromaleigh colors: similar pigmentation levels, similar adhesion, similar behavior when I applied them wet. All of these are good points, the product quality is definitely strong and it's excellent value for the money…but since I was half-expecting something dramatically different from Fyrinnae because...