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Happy holiday weekend!: late May musings
Meow Cosmetics has re-released one of its summer-seasonal collections, Caribbean Escape. No additions this year to this collection, but they’re holding a Memorial Day weekend sale. Register for... Continue reading »
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Bare Escentuals’ buxom Olivia
A gorgeous cool fuchsia-red sparkle finish. There isn’t quite as much sparkle as in the various Diamond Buxoms (Sarina, April, Clair, Starr, Dominique) - the sparkle is a little sparser (though... Continue reading »
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Morgana Cryptoria’s LE 102
To my eyes, this is a neutral green: no overt blue or yellow tones. The shimmer isn’t very strong, and it’s a little less opaque than I expected - especially when applied wet. Continue reading »
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TKB Trading’s Smokey XXX
I agree with TKB’s description that says that this is a complex color. Overall first impression is cement-mauve or warm grey…but that’s not quite right. The pink and mauve are definitely more... Continue reading »
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TKB Trading’s Smokey XXX
I agree with TKB’s description that says that this is a complex color. Overall first impression is cement-mauve or warm grey…but that’s not quite right. The pink and mauve are definitely more... Continue reading »
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OPI’s Pink Before You Leap
I was attracted to the color and shimmer of this one - the SA told me that it was semisheer, so I knew about that aspect of the color before I purchased it. I was able to get full coverage in three... Continue reading »
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OPI’s Fireflies
If you took Sally Hansen’s Hidden Treasure flakie polish and made a non-flakie version…Fireflies is what you’d get. It’s got enough pigmentation that I didn’t have any VNL after three... Continue reading »
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My Pretty Zombie’s MDMA blush
This was in my first purchase from My Pretty Zombie. In fact, this is what got me to buy from My Pretty Zombie in the first place! I saw a swatch of this on another beauty blog, and fell in love.... Continue reading »
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TKB Trading’s Athena
The shimmer is definitely muted, on dry application; and is even a bit softer on wet application than it appears in the pot. Compared to Aladdin’s Lamp, which displays a warm red-silver-gold... Continue reading »
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Lost in Makeupland’s Them Bones
The shades from the Alice’s Chains collection didn’t really appeal to me much. I’m not quite sure why - perhaps because they were mostly warmer shades, when I tend to prefer neutral and favor... Continue reading »
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Review: Rockeresque Beauty Company
I bought from Rockeresque when they first opened, a full year ago. I’ve placed a handful of orders with them, I’ve watched their inventory slowly grow, and they seem to have maintained the... Continue reading »
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NYX Cosmetics’ Jumbo Lip Pencil in Iced Mocha
I tend to be leery of nude lip colors. They sometimes work well on me, and sometimes just disappear. This almost disappears, but does leave a slight tan-gold shimmer on my lips. It's similar, in many... Continue reading »
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Thursday Thoughts: my latest acquisitions, and plans within plans
I love indie eyeshadows, blushers, and foundation…but some products (like mascaras and lipsticks) most indies don’t do, or don’t do often. I loved Aromaleigh’s lip balms and tints (and... Continue reading »
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Zoya’s Surf collection
The shimmery counterparts to Zoya's Beach collection. I liked the look of these polishes a bit better than the mostly-creme Beach colors, but in an interesting turn of events, I own more colors from... Continue reading »
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Zoya’s Beach collection
The counterpart to the Surf collection - five cremes and one shimmer, in summery near-neons and brights. The correspondence isn't quite exact: Arizona is a softer, less red shade than Myrta; and... Continue reading »
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Fyrinnae’s Sake & Sashimi
This is dark and pigmented enough that it could easily be used as a liner. I tend to use it most often for contouring, though - there’s enough shimmer to make things interesting, but enough... Continue reading »
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Morgana Cryptoria’s LE 101
This color is…hm. Not really “muddy”, not really “greyed”. It’s a deeper gold-yellow, not a bright sunflower shade. It appears to lose a bit of color payoff when applied, but not as much... Continue reading »
