Revlon’s Dramatic Definition Waterproof Mascara

This was another in Revlon’s revamped line of mascaras. I’ve tried four of them, and the consensus is…they’re dreadful. The mascaras are a bit watery, they transfer like nobody’s business, and their waterproof properties are not as good as other mascaras - not even previous Revlon waterproof mascaras. This one does not clump. There’s that in its favor. I also do like the tubes, which are ovals rather than cylinders. They will not roll...

NYX Cosmetics’ Suede Matte Lipliner in Copenhagen

I love this color, but I do not love its application! (I so very much wish that this shade had been made in the lip stick format as well.) It’s a cooler red with good depth, but it applied very patchily. Possibly the intent was never to apply it over the whole lip…but if that’s the case, why do I se feathering with this shade that I don’t notice quite so much with the other lip...

CND’s Vinylux Psychedelic (312)

I love this color, but I do not love the opacity. Four coats to get this color? I do not have that kind of time! The formula was fine, the resulting color is beautiful. The semisheer, though…that was not a happy thing. It is possible to only apply two coats and get something that’s a little closer to a cool pink than a magenta. However, you’ll need to be okay with VNL.

Sally Hansen’s Orchid Around (549)

I saw this once while shopping. It was on a sale-item endcap, marked down to just over $1.00. I found it completely by chance. I love this shade! I don’t often wear lighter pink nail polishes - I want a little more depth, and truthfully, I’m more fond of cooler pinks, which (in my experience) aren’t often as easy to find. This is a purple, but it’s on the border between purple and pink. It has the...

Color Club’s Desert Valley collection

CND’s Vinylux Prismatic collection

The collection is an interesting color palette: the deeper green and medium-deep blue and purple alongside a more-saturated medium-light pink. All four are creme finishes, no foils or pearls or duotones. My personal favorite is Dimensional, and the semisheer Psychedelic is my least favorite - I love the color, but I don’t love that it takes four coats to achieve that color.

Sigil Inspired’s Mountain Herbs Collector

A light taupe base with silver shimmer. This is very similar to TKB’s Moon Stone mica. It can be a very nice “basic” shade for fair and lighter complexions, and almost might be a heavier highlighter on medium-deep skin. If this color interests you, though, get it from TKB Trading. It will cost you a lot less.

Sephora’s Contour Eye Pencil in Sun Tan

When you want gold liner but not yellow-gold, this is an excellent shade to use. It does try to get a little skippy at times, and I had to apply this in multiple short strokes and go over a few places twice or thrice.

NYX Cosmetics’ Suede Matte Lipstick in Moonwalk

This would make a nice eye color for me, but it’s too ashy for me to use on my lips. It applies decently, and the color does look great as a lid shade.

Color Club’s Grand Dame

This looks more like a greened silver than a metallic green. (Or possibly a sage-green metallic…?) Either way, it’s a lovely color, it’s not something I’ve seen often before, it applies well and is nicely durable. It does show brushstrokes, and I wish that it didn’t. It almost looks like it has a little bit of colorchanging going on: silver-gold at the center of a nail, then green, then a near-blue at the curves. It reminds...