Morgana Cryptoria’s Get Medieval collection

Almost two dozen shades varying from bold to mid-soft with a handful of pastels and neutrals. This collection contains some of my favorite eyeshadows from Morgana. While most of the shades in this collection are strict mineral / vegan colors, the site lists a few caveats: Stonekeep contains slight amounts of...

Morgana Cryptoria’s Joust

This is one of the less-pigmented of the Morgana shadows that I own. Pigmentation-wise, it's about on par with Bare Escentuals' Trophy Wife (which is one of that brand's more pigmented glimmer-shadows.) It's still a good clear yellow, and it foils well. If you're looking for a richer and more...

Zoya’s Colbie

There are colors that Zoya calls “metallic” that make me wonder how they define the term. This color actually does look like it's got a metallic finish, not just a “high gloss creme” (and definitely not a frost). I got this color because Zoya's blog mentioned how a fashion show...

MAC’s Viva Glam Cyndi lipstick

On the one hand…yay, there's a less costly duplicate (and one that's easier to get than VG Cyndi, which is periodically out of stock)!! On the other hand…this is part of MAC's Viva Glam line, and all the money from the sale of Viva Glam lipsticks and lipglasses...

MAC’s Viva Glam Cyndi Lipstick

Morgana Cryptoria’s Coraline’s Kiss lipstick

I had seen several bloggers rave about this color as being coral but not too coral, so I ordered it. I was concerned that it would be more orange-toned, like the Coraline eyeshadow (which I love). It's a great color, though!

MAC’s Big Bow lipstick

Big Bow was the first color to catch my eye from this collection. It's a much brighter, almost-neon hot pink in person. The promotional photos made it look more sedate! Like all of the Hello Kitty items, it has HK-branded packaging, and Hello Kitty is actually stamped into the lipstick...

Morgana Cryptoria’s Rose Plum

I selected Rose Plum on a whim: I wanted a cooler lip color, was trying Morgana's lipsticks for the first time…and there was a sale going on. I fell in love with the color almost instantly. It looks like it might be similar to BE's Buxom Fresno - which...

MAC’s Most Popular lipstick

This was the “sedate” red released with the Hello Kitty collection. Big Bow, a semisheer hot pink, and Strayin', a deep fuchsia, were good colors…but not necessarily work appropriate (at least, not for meeting with clients or higher-ups.)

MAC’s Strayin’ lipstick

I don't own Morgana's Azalea, and so cannot make an accurate visual comparison; but based on the similarities between Strayin' and Azalea Blue, and the differences of the photos of (and descriptions) of Azalea and Azalea Blue, I'm going to guess that Morgana's Azalea is a fairly close color-match to...