Entries for Thursday September 15
BareMinerals’ Thoughtful kit
- Manufacturer: bareMinerals/Bare Escentuals
- Availability: initially released through QVC in March 2011; later available through the webstore
- Contains: two eyeshadows, one face powder, one blush, one eyeliner, one lip color, and one mascara
- Cost/Amount: USD$44.50
- Would you purchase again: yes
Second in the Perfect Gift kit series, released in March or April 2011. These colors were a little more interesting: a blue and a green eyeshadow, instead of a brown-purple and a straight brown.
Meow Cosmetics’ Taboo Blush collection
- Vendor: Meow Cosmetics
- Availability: part of the regular line; available through the company's webstore
- Contains: 14 blushes
- Cost/Amount: USD$15.25 for 4 grams; $8.25 for 2 grams; $1 for a sample baggie
- Would you purchase again: yes
Back when I first got Canna blush, I was thrilled with the duochrome iridescence. So when this collection came out (some time in early 2009, I think?), I drooled for years until I could afford to get several samples and a few full-size blushes. The blushes that I got initially looked like they’d be too dark, in the jar, but they all applied quite nicely…with the duochrome iridescence that I’d looked forward to! I’m still trying to figure out if I can legitimately use a color as deep as Promiscuous, because it looks like such a gorgeous, rich wine-red! There’s got to be a way, there’s got to be a way…give me enough time. (Maybe these are lip safe? I have no idea; but if they are…I think I’ve found a new set of toys!)
Zoya’s Vibe collection
- Vendor: Zoya/Art of Beauty
- Availability: beginning July 2008 through the webstore and salon retailers
- Contains: 6 nail colors
- Cost/Amount:
$36.00$48.00 - Would you purchase again: not the whole kit; but individual colors, yes
Vampy cremes for the 2008 fall season - partner to the Pulse metallics. This collection had a much narrower color range, though: red and brown, no purples like Pulse had.