Concrete Minerals’ Party Monster

A medium-light, slightly warm brown with a strong shimmer finish. The undertones of yellow and gold in this color make it less easy for me to grab and use, even though this is a near-neutral. Those faint warm tones make it less easy for me to use this color with...

Color Club’s Blue Crush

Emily de Molly’s Not This Day

This is such a pretty polish! The green and gold shimmer dominates in most cases, with the purple showing only at extreme angles. (Yes, there’s that much shimmer!) The formula is excellent - self-levels very well, with no thin spots for either the base color or the effect layer.

Maybelline’s Color Sensational Shaping Lip Liner in Raw Chocolate

The color has a good amount of depth, but it’s a bit too “warm-brown” for my preferences. It’s a very creamy formula, the stick doesn’t dry out quickly but the color does cure quickly when applied.

ColourPop’s Lux Lipstick in C’mon Clover

I thought that this color would be a little deeper, with fuchsia tones. It’s not translucent, but it isn’t the deep red that I thought it might be. It applies well, does stain my lips just a bit, and doesn’t have a tendency to bleed or feather.

Maybelline’s Volum’ Express The Colossal Cat Eyes Waterproof Mascara

This has nice length and definition, and a little volumizing…but it’s a bit wet. It transferred to my upper eyelid, and got on my lid down near my lashes. There’s also a little bit of clumping - including that one big clump toward my inner eye. Other...

Aromaleigh v2’s Gaussa highlighter

The pearl finish in this is the prime highlighter. I use this as a paler red blush-with-slight-highlighter - with my fairer skin, this is a great summer blush color for me. I also use this on my eyelids occasionally. It has nice pigmentation, and blends out very nicely. It does...

ColourPop’s Lux Lipstick in Pencil Me In

I picked this up when I suddenly started wanting to wear darker lip colors. This isn’t a vampy dark red, but it’s not bright nor pale. It applies very well - not quite one-coat coverage, but not a whole lot of skips or thinner spots. It does lean...

Color Club’s Natural Wonder

Depending on surrounding colors, this can lean peach, pink, or brown. It covers well, but the formula’s a bit persnickety, like all of the other colors in the Sedona Summer collection. They do NOT have much in the way of spreadability. If the first coat is uneven, subsequent coats...

Sally Hansen’s Garage Band (626)

This was released with the Spring 2017 Rebel Glam collection. I picked this up in either late 2018 or early 2019 - I don’t quite remember when. The first coat looks a little thinner, but the 2nd coat makes the color totally opaque. This was a limited-edition polish that some may have...