BareMinerals’ Luminous Topaz

This color is very similar to Bare Escentuals' Flawless Diamond (from the Champagne Diamonds kit). The similarity is all the more striking when you consider how very similar those two kits were…and they were released at nearly the same time. This color is right on the border between “pale...

BareMinerals’ Bare Ruby kit

This was the Sephora-exclusive “jewel-infused” kit released in Autumn 2008 - all of these products were infused with crushed rubies. I knew going in that I would be pitching the makeup bag and at least one of the brushes (yet another damned Soft Sweep Cheek brush). Still, I had high hopes...

BareMinerals’ Bare Topaz kit

Bare Escentuals released several “jewel-infused” kits around the same timeframe: September to November 2008. The kits were Bare Ruby (a Sephora exclusive), Bare Topaz (an Ulta exclusive), and Bare Crystals (all other channels, including Nordstrom’s and the BE webstore.) The price points were very similar, as were the palettes (more...

BareMinerals’ Champagne Diamonds kit

This kit was the first of four “diamond-infused” collections from Bare Escentuals, available on an autodelivery program through QVC (this kit, Pink Diamonds, Black Diamonds, and Canary Diamonds). The kit included the ubiquitous brushes, mineral veil, and the “BE formula”: two eyeshadows, one eyeliner, one blush, one lip color. The...

First look at Aromaleigh’s White Riot

In my last Aromaleigh order, I received a sample of Whiteriot, from the Sonic Eyes collection. (Nice timing, since I had been debating buying either of the white shades from that collection.) Today, with an entire day spent sitting at the computer as my one and only plan, I decided...

BareMinerals’ Wild Ruby

BareMinerals’ Golden Ruby

EoTD: Navigators of Fortune

Yesterday when I was posting the look I'd done, I realized that I'd never actually used Joy (from the Pure Bloom collection). I decided to give that a try, see if I actually liked the color. I “broke in” a few other items today: MAC's Cash Flow paint pot, which...

BareMinerals’ 100% Pure Bloom kit

I bought this kit because I’d been given a sample of Petal and liked it. So when I saw that (at that point) Petal was only available in this kit…I jumped. I was in the midst of my Mad Acquisition Spree, and didn’t realize that I already...

BareMinerals’ Petal

This color looked so pretty and promising in the jar! Sadly…it does not look good on me. (Interestingly enough, I had received a very small sample of this color as a ‘freebie' gift from an Ebay seller. I then purchased the 100% Pure Bloom kit on the strength of getting...