BareMinerals’ The Gift

One of the two previously-released colors in the All Wrapped Up collection. It's a fairly soft, slightly-warm brown sheen. The color reminds me of graham crackers. (This could mean that this color really does match graham crackers, or that I'm hungry. Either one, really…)

Benefit Cosmetics’ Purple Snap cream shadow

If you took Sephora's Flashy Mauve pencil, added a little more pigmentation, and made it into a cream shadow...you'd get this. It's not easy to get opacity out of this color. I had to apply more than I normally do, and then I had to wait longer for the...

BareMinerals’ Present

This color looks promising in the pot…but it applies nearly invisible unless stippled over still-damp primer or still-damp cream shadow. I think this will be best used as a blending shade. It isn't the worst color I've seen from Bare Escentuals (Faith takes that distinction, because it's so unpigmented...

Benefit Cosmetics’ Tidal Rave cream shadow

I was really excited when I saw this color! I loved the shade, and looked forward to using this as an eyeliner and a cream shadow. Unfortunately, this (and Purple Snap, which was released at the same time) is semisheer, and doesn't build easily.

BareMinerals’ Mistletoe

This color is actually similar to <a href=”/such/obsessive/addictions/bareminerals_oasis/”>Oasis</a>, but a tiny bit cooler.

EoTD: First Frost(bite)

It took me long enough to get it posted…but, finally! Today it snowed - not the first snow of the season, that was yesterday, but yesterday's snow had melted by evening. Today's snow kept falling, and now we've got that interesting lighting which is the streetlights, reflected off the...

Benefit Cosmetics’ Silver Spoon cream shadow

One of the newest shades (along with Tidal Rave, Purple Snap), this is a true silver. Not grey, not pewter…silver. This one is a bit more pigmented than the other two new colors I bought; and I don't know why that's the case, but I like more pigmentation. It...

BareMinerals’ Garland

BareMinerals’ All Wrapped Up kit

This was the one 2010 “holiday” kit that I purchased, or even wanted to purchase (aside from the Buxom Rock Stars, which was more of a fall release; and the Buxom City Slickers, which was also more of a fall release than a strict “holiday” release.) I think that Present and...

Benefit Cosmetics’ Femme Metale kit

I was interested in this kit when it originally came out in late summer 2010, initially available only to VIBs (Sephora customers who had made over $350 in purchases the previous year.) I held off, though, because I was saving for other expenses…and because Aromaleigh was closing, and I wanted to...