Pure Luxe’s yellow and peach eyecolors

Pure Luxe’s green eyecolors

Pure Luxe’s purple eyecolors

True Love’s Lament

In the midst of my organizing last night, I found several colors that I hadn't properly labelled...and one color that I had never, ever used. The sifter seal was still in place. Tragic, I'm telling you, tragic.

Good reasons to occasionally clean out the stash

You'll find colors that you haven't used. Ever. (I had bought Mystic Night from Everyday Minerals about seven months ago. The sifter-seal was still in place.) You'll discover colors that you had wanted, but didn't realize you already owned. Double bonus if it was a limited-edition color (TSS' Chasing Whimsies)...

TKB Trading’s Antique Silver

A neutral, midweight grey that works equally well as a liner, contour shade, main color, or layer to dim or deepen lighter colors. This is light enough that I’ve been able to apply it as an outliner accent to my lower lids, yet can be dark enough to apply...

The Hoard

I need to reorganize and collect things - while I've got a few storage solutions, they're a bit scattered at the moment. I've got one three-drawer dealio for my paint pots and cream shadows/liners, one slick drawer-and-organizer setup for my face colors and lip glosses; and several craft storage...

China Glaze’s Romantique collection

These metallic-finish polishes apply well, but they show brushstrokes very clearly, and they chip rather easily without a top coat. That said, they make excellent nail stamping polishes. When you apply these, be prepared to apply very smoothly, and with more than the usual amount of polish on the brush...

EoTD: Sound(ers) and Fury

Today is the first game of Seattle WA's football club (soccer team), the Sounders. People have been waiting for this for quite a while. Local soccer enthusiasts have apparently been holding their first-season tickets for the past two years. Bar crawls are arranged. The Seattle Space Needle has been lit...

BareMinerals’ Ocean