BareMinerals’ High Shine Sand Dune

This is an interesting color…but I have my reservations. It's kind of damp-ish, and I didn't keep the original jars/labels, so I'm not sure what's in it that makes it seem damp-ish…so I don't know if this is something that will harbor bacteria more than my other...

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The SheSpace’s Astrology - Virgo collection

This is a fall collection, which means less brilliant, bold colors - so while this collection didn’t hold a lot of items that interested me personally, there was a good selection. The colors weren’t jeweltone, but they weren’t drab, either: there were some of the more neutral...

Aromaleigh v1’s Bête Noire collection

I initially held off purchasing any of the colors from this collection - frankly, they unnerved me. I wasn’t sure how well the different colors would actually show, and since I don’t often wear smoky-eye looks I didn’t want to end up with several colors that would...

Meow Cosmetics’ Lost Rainforest collection

I’m used to Meow’s other colors being fullsize in 10 gram jars, not fullsize in 5 gram jars. The fact that I got these at 20% off doesn’t remove the sting quite so much…but these colors were going to retire soon, so I bit the bullet. This collection has...

The SheSpace’s Absolutely Fabulous

BareMinerals’ Beautiful at 60 kit

Another interesting note on the composition of the “Beautiful at Any Age” kits: the finishes are more toned down for the older-decade kits. All the colors in this set are matte, with the sole exception of the all-over face color. So apparently older people should abandon both color and sparkle?...

BareMinerals’ Beautiful at 50 kit

It’s interesting to compare the various at-any-age kits BE assembled and see how the color range changes as the decades progress: 20s get pinks and lavender, 30s get purples, 40s get orange and brown, 50s get soft browns and a golden, 60s get two “soft focus” colors. So apparently...

EoTD: Fight Fiercely Huskies

The school year starting up. Yes, I remember that madness...been out of the rush for a while, but certain things still affect me, especially as I live in a college town: no decent apartments available; and LOTS of new neighbors (doesn't affect me quite so much now that I...

BareMinerals’ Summerfest kit

I’m going to assume that this kit was available through QVC. I’m unsure of the original release date - I don’t have a premium Delphi membership and wasn’t able to find the mention of the kit by manually trolling the forum archives at BEA. (If someone...