This looks very red in the pot, and you would expect a bit more coloring. This is very sheer, though - it’s definitely more of a “faint tint” than a blush, and I had to keep reminding myself of that. I have tried using this layered over a too-light...
If you’ve been looking for a Barbie-pink lip color…here you go, this is the one you want to pick up! It has the standard highlights of all the Super Stay Ink Crayons: ease of application, color payoff, and staying power. I didn’t initially intend to pick up...
This polish is, ostensibly, a blue-to-purple duochrome. The formula is good, the polish applies smoothly and evenly, and the coverage is lovely. However, this polish doesn’t do much color-morphing.
A limited-edition blush brush and makeup bag from IT Cosmetics, and a charm bracelet from Alex + Ani. I was far more interested in the blush brush! These didn’t really do well, because at one point they were on sale at Ulta for $7. (The first ones I bought were $14.97; the...
An autumnal collection of creme-finish nail polishes with an apple theme. Red, pink, warm buff tones, and one out-standing-in-the-field green. I picked up all but one of the colors - Pacific Rose, the carnation-pink. Crisp Green and Cherry Apple are a little less than perfectly opaque. I still have a...
A “smoky-eye”-like shade with slightly less smoke. This has average color payoff - it dislikes sticking to bare skin, but applying either a cream base or a primer helps it keep from slipping right off. Once the color has something to hold onto, it can be built up or...
This is called “cool red”, and it is…sort of. It’s cooler than the other “monochrome red” sold by TKB Trading. It just isn’t as overtly blue-toned as I mentally prepared for. There are some fuchsia tones in this - so it leans toward rose red, but cooler...
I was interested in this one because I wanted a red-to-clear thermal. I was hoping to layer this color over neutrals and get the neutral-to-red colorshift. This does turn a lovely shade when it’s extremely cold, but the midrange temp gets me a lighter raspberry-rose. The polish itself self-levels...
Why we think of greyed brown as a somehow slightly more refined color I have no idea, but…there it is. This is a lighter color, and on folks with paler skin it adds just enough color and depth to edge out of the “nude lip” category. Like the other...
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