Reviews

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Bite Luminous Creme Lipstick in Fig

Bite Luminous Creme Lipstick in Fig is a creme finish medium rose with cool undertones, available at Sephora for $24.  Even though it’s a rose, which I normally think of ... Read the full article →

After shot with Better Than False Lashes

Too Faced Better Than False Lashes mascara

Too Faced Better Than False Lashes (Sephora, $35) is a mascara system that claims to give you a 42% increase in lash length and a 90% increase in volume, making ... Read the full article →

Summer Eye palette, open

Too Faced Summer Eye eyeshadow palette

Too Faced’s Summer Eye eyeshadow palette (Sephora, $36) is a colorful collection of nine eyeshadows in varying finishes. This palette strikes me as a departure from Too Faced’s other 9-pan ... Read the full article →

Closeup of Golden Sage eyeshadow in its pot

L’Oreal Infallible Eye Shadow in Golden Sage

L’Oreal’s Infallible eye shadow in Golden Sage (Ulta,$7.99) is a cream to powder formula that claims to stay on your lids for 24 hours without budging, fading or creasing. As ... Read the full article →

Closeup of English Oak eyeshadows

Rimmel Glam’Eyes HD in English Oak (002)

Rimmel Glam’Eyes HD eyeshadows are possibly the best example ever of poor packaging compromising a high quality product (Ulta, around $6). I won’t say it “ruins” the product, but it ... Read the full article →

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L’Oreal Infallible Eye Shadow in Bronzed Taupe

L’Oreal’s Infallible eye shadow in Bronzed Taupe (Ulta,$7.99) is a cream to powder formula that claims to stay on your lids for 24 hours without budging, fading or creasing. I ... Read the full article →

Closeup of the eyeshadows

TheBalm’s Nude ‘Tude eyeshadow palette

TheBalm’s Nude ‘Tude palette (available at theBalm or Amazon) is a neutral palette of twelve eyeshadows. TheBalm has one of the best eyeshadow formulas I’ve come across, and that quality ... Read the full article →

Bite's Sante Lip Shine against white

Bite Lip Shine in Sante

Bite’s Lip Shine in Sante is a coral pink gloss (Sephora, $20). It’s supposed to “hydrate and illuminate” your lips. I do find it hydrating and very comfortable to wear, ... Read the full article →

Closeup of Too Faced Natural at Night shadows

Too Faced Natural at Night eyeshadow palette

Too Faced’s Natural at Night palette (Sephora, $36) features nine eyeshadows that are on the glam side of neutral. They’re all in the brown family, but unlike a lot of ... Read the full article →

Closeup of the eyeshadows

Cargo’s Egypt Eyeshadow 5-palette

I picked up the Cargo 5-palette eyeshadow in Egypt not long ago on Hautelook, and they’re on sale now. This is a stunning combination of blue, green and copper that ... Read the full article →

Closeup of the powder of this bronzer

Tarte’s Amazonian Clay Bronzer in Park Avenue Princess

Tarte’s Amazonian clay bronzer in Park Avenue Princess (available at Sephora or Tarte) is a pearlized golden tan bronzer. While it’s certainly not matte, nor does anything about the finish ... Read the full article →

Sigma's E60 Large shader brush for eyes

Sigma Brushes review, part 2 (E series)

I reviewed a number of Sigma face brushes yesterday, and you can read that review at the link. It also goes into more detail about Sigma and the brushes, but ... Read the full article →

Book of Shadows with drawer open to show products

Urban Decay Book of Shadows IV

At its initial price of $64, Urban Decay’s Book of Shadows IV may have seemed overpriced compared to some of their other palettes, especially if you had a chance to ... Read the full article →

Closeup of the I'm Getting Sunburned shadows

Wet N Wild I’m Getting Sunburned eyeshadow palette

The Wet N Wild I’m Getting Sunburned palette ($2.99 at Walgreens and Amazon and many drugstores) is a trio of bold, bright, high shimmer colors. Like the rest of the ... Read the full article →

Closeup of the colors in the Knock on Wood palette

Wet N Wild Knock on Wood Eyeshadow Palette

The Wet N Wild Knock on Wood eyeshadow palette ($2.99 at Walgreens and Amazon and many drugstores) is a collection of three eyeshadow shades designed to work together. Wet N ... Read the full article →

Nude Shimmer Strip palette packaging

Physicians Formula Shimmer Strip eyeshadow palette in Nude

The Physicians Formula Shimmer Strip eyeshadow palette in Nude (around $10 at Rite-Aid, Walgreens and others – I haven’t found it online yet) is a collection of nine shimmery eyeshadows ... Read the full article →

Interior of the Comfort Zone palette

Wet N Wild Comfort Zone Eyeshadow Palette

The Wet N Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow palette in Comfort Zone is a collection of eight roughly earth toned shadows (more on this in a minute). The formula Wet N ... Read the full article →

Closeup of colors in Inspired quad

Revlon Colorstay eyeshadow palette in Inspired

If you read my review of the Revlon Colorstay Precocious palette yesterday, you’d better hold onto your socks: the Inspired palette just blows it out of the water (available at ... Read the full article →

Closeup of the colors in the Precocious quad

Revlon Colorstay eyeshadow palette in Precocious

I’ve been curious about the new Revlon re-done Coloystay eyeshadow quads, but I wasn’t sure what quality to expect. Revlon’s old Colorstay quads had been okay – decent pigmentation and ... Read the full article →

Closeup of Santa Fe palette

Hedy’s Ma.nish.ma eyeshadow mini-palette in Santa Fe

Like the Hedy’s Ma.nish.ma Tahoe palette, their Santa Fe palette is highly pigmented, blendable and velvety in texture. Since Tahoe was so strikingly reminiscent of the coolest colors in Urban ... Read the full article →

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