Entries for Wednesday September 30
The SheSpace’s All About A Little Glitz collection
- Manufacturer: The She Space / About Face Cosmetics
- Availability: beginning September 2009 through TSS' online storefront
- Contains: 14 mineral eyeshadow colors
- Cost/Amount: USD$4.50 for the four jars (3-gram jar, no sifter), $.50 for a sample baggie
- Would you purchase again: yes
The first collection released with a new iridescing/sparkling ingredient contained fourteen eye colors, all in brights (some VERY bright). Hopefully this will kick off a whole new spate of goodies for us to drool over :D This collection is limited-edition, but Heather plans to keep using this sparkle-additive in future colors - just look for the word “glitz” in the name or description.
Entries for Tuesday September 29
BareMinerals’ Black Diamonds kit
- Manufacturer: bareMinerals/Bare Escentuals
- Availability: beginning October 2009 through boutiques, webstore, and all channel partners
- Contains: three eyecolors, one blush, one face powder, one lip gloss and three brushes (and a vanity box)
- Cost/Amount: USD$54
- Would you purchase again: yes
One of the kits in the QVC diamond-infused AD series (Champagne Diamonds, Pink Diamonds, this kit, and Canary Diamonds).
I bought the pieces off of Ebay sellers - I already had a goodly supply of Bare Radiance, and the blush color looked a bit too burnt-orange to work well with my coloring. The eye colors all looked interesting. Heavenly Diamond was the first color I picked up, and while yes, it’s a plain base, the sparkle was very nice - apparent without being in-your-face-glam, just a bit extra.
BareMinerals’ Secret Radiance
- Manufacturer: bareMinerals/Bare Escentuals
- Availability: was released as part of The Surprise kit
- Color Range: diffuse golden-tan sheen
- Staying Power: 4 out of 4
- Cost/Amount: USD$18.00 for .85 oz
- Would you purchase again: yes
- Similar shades:
Entries for Friday September 25
BareMinerals’ Suspense
- Manufacturer: bareMinerals/Bare Escentuals
- Availability: was released as part of The Surprise kit; was also available as part of the Pure Luxuries Vol II kit
- Color Range: soft charcoal sheen
- Staying Power: 4 out of 4
- Cost/Amount: $13 for .28 grams
- Would you purchase again: yes
- Similar shades:
BareMinerals’ Visualize
- Manufacturer: Bare Escentuals
- Availability: was available as part of the Dream of BE kit
- Color Range: bright sea-blue matte
- Staying Power: 4 out of 4
- Cost/Amount: $13 for .57 grams
- Would you purchase again: yes
- Similar shades:
Entries for Thursday September 24
Make Up For Ever’s Star Powder 940
- Manufacturer: Make Up For Ever
- Availability: manufacturer's web site and Sephora
- Color Range: iridescent orange sheen
- Staying Power: 4 out of 4
- Cost/Amount: $19 for .09 ounces
- Would you purchase again: yes
- Similar shades:
Entries for Monday September 21
BareMinerals’ Sweet Obsessions kit
- Manufacturer: bareMinerals/Bare Escentuals
- Availability: beginning October 2009 through the webstore, all channel partners
- Contains: nine eye colors
- Cost/Amount: USD$49
- Would you purchase again: yes
I ordered these on BE’s Holiday 2009 preview night. They took a while to reach me - folks on forums were gleeful about receiving their packages while I had to wait an additional week - but they finally got here. Nine colors, seven of them new, all of them in “mini” jars (.01 oz / .28 g).
Aromaleigh v1’s Les Papillons collection
- Vendor: Aromaleigh v1
- Availability: September 2009 to November 2010 from the company's webstore
- Contains: 20 eye colors
- Cost/Amount: USD$8.00 for 1.2 grams. Sample baggies also available at $1.00 per baggie.
- Would you purchase again: yes
20 colors inspired by the colors of butterly wings. All have multicolored sparkle and shimmer. This kit contains:
- Air and Light — soft silvery metallic white
- Butterfly Kisses — cool pink shimmer
- Crimson Mimicry — metallic true-red sheen
- Dormant Dream — vivid metallic magenta
- Earthly Delights — metallic warm taupe
- Emergent Beauty — deep smoked metallic burgundy
- Ephemeral Violet — bright metallic candy-purple
- Flutter-by — vivid metallic coral
- Flutura's Cloud — brilliant metallic true-blue
- Flying Flower — cool mauved pink sparkle
- Fragile Charms — softly muted metallic fuschia
- Glowing Luna — bright metallic yellow-green. Looks almost neon or blacklight reactive.
- Golden Chrysalis — muted metallic wheat-gold
- Morphing Moon — softly smoked metallic teal
- Spread Your Wings — bright tangerine orange
- Soul Takes Flight — deep smoky metallic grey
- Thalia Returns — warm metallic medium orange-brown
- Vigil of Change — deep smoky metallic purple
- Winged Psyche — cool metallic green
- Zephyr's Breeze — slightly warm muted metallic green
Swatches were applied dry over cream shadow (Crystalline, from YourNamePro Cosmetics - purchased from TSS), then gently blown on to remove extra loose powder. They were then photographed in full late-afternoon sunlight.
Entries for Sunday September 20
BareMinerals’ Buxom Babes Winter Escapade kit
- Vendor: Bare Escentuals
- Availability: beginning October 2009 through the webstore and all channel partners
- Contains: four sheer buxom lip polish colors (mini size)
- Cost/Amount: USD$28
- Would you purchase again: yes
Right off the bat, you should know: I have a deep and abiding love for the sheer buxoms (and for a few of the full-color ones). This is saying something, since before I encountered the buxom lip polishes I rarely wore any lip color. So nearly any buxom lip item, color, or kit will get my attention and careful consideration, if not a purchase. I was eager to see these as soon as I heard about the release, and I’m glad I got them a month before their general release - to give me more time to play with them!
BareMinerals’ buxom Joy
- Manufacturer: bareMinerals/Bare Escentuals
- Availability: originally released in 2009 as part of the Winter Escapade kit
- Color Range: sheer soft champagne golden with cool iridescent diamond sparkle
- Staying Power: 4 out of 4
- Cost/Amount: USD$7 for .07 ounces
- Would you purchase again: yes
- Similar shades: none
This is the only yellow buxom I’ve seen - leaving the buxom lip tint out of it for a minute. I like the fact that it’s golden, so it’s not a full-on warm; the sparkles, so that it’s not just golden; and the magic-factor. What magic-factor, you ask? Why, this one: while I was up battling the demons of insomnia, I was rearranging my makeup and decided to try layering Joy buxom over Gingersnap lip color - a color that I’d gotten, but wasn’t able to wear often because it was so very close to being outside my “easily wearable” range. Kind of brown, a little warmth, not too dark, but not anything that really pulled a look together. I tried these two colors, and was really pleased at the result. I never would have thought I’d get this effect from that combination…but it happened.