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Make Up For Ever Aqua Creams

Make Up For Ever Aqua Creams

Make Up For Ever Aqua Creams:  #5 Peach, #7 Fuchsia, #18 Purple, #21 Turquoise

Make Up For Ever Aqua Creams ($22.00 for 0.21 oz.) have finally debuted at Sephora. These are AMAZING. There are twenty-one shades in total, but some are designed for the lips and cheeks while others are...

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MAC To the Beach Collection - Blush Reviews, Photos, & Swatches

MAC To the Beach Collection - Blush Reviews, Photos, & Swatches

MAC To the Beach Collection - Blush Reviews, Photos, & Swatches

Wow, these two blushes are at totally different ends of the spectrum--which isn't a bad thing--but not something we usually see in a single collection.

  • Get-Away Bronze is a lightened, metallic bronze with a frost...

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MAC To the Beach Collection -- Hipness & Refined Golden Swatches & Photos

MAC To the Beach Collection -- Hipness & Refined Golden Swatches & Photos

MAC To the Beach Collection -- Hipness & Refined Golden Swatches & Photos

I reviewed these originally with the sneak peek from last week. I'm re-posting what I said about both in this post, but the photos are of the products in the limited edition packaging.

  • Hipness Blush is a soft pink...

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MAC To the Beach Collection -- Marine Life High-Light Powder

MAC To the Beach Collection -- Marine Life High-Light Powder

MAC To the Beach Collection -- Marine Life High-Light Powder Review, Photos, Swatches

MAC To the Beach is much anticipated, but I think the Marine Life High-Light Powder is easily the item most coveted.  With its raised seahorse pattern and metallic look, I'm not at...

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NARS Enchanted Cream Blush

NARS Enchanted Cream Blush

NARS Summer 2010: Enchanted Cream Blush

NARS Enchanted Cream Blush ($26.00) is a new shade of cream blush launched with NARS' Summer Collection. NARS describes it as a "soft peach," and I'd completely agree with that assessment.

Enchanted is a sheer, soft peach with soft golden shimmer and a slight...

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Make Up For Ever Smooth Talker (13) HD Blush

Make Up For Ever Smooth Talker (13) HD Blush

Make Up For Ever Smooth Talker (13) HD Blush ($25.00) is a soft, pale petal pink. This is a very, very cool-toned pink that looks and applies quite sheerly. On my skin, it makes me look a little corpse-ish, but I can imagine it looking incredible on my fairer friends. It reminds me a bit of MAC...

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MAC Pret-a-Papier Collection: Blush & Mineralize Blush

MAC Pret-a-Papier Collection: Blush & Mineralize Blush

MAC Pret-a-Papier Collection: Blush & Mineralize Blush Review, Photos, Swatches

For whatever reason, I must have spaced, because I did not realize that Pret-a-Papier was such a large collection.  I kept thinking it was a dinky little collection, but it's a full collection.  It...

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Two-Minute Reviews: CoverGirl Eyeshadow Palette, Physicians Formula Healthy Glow, Smashbox Heartbreaker

Two-Minute Reviews: CoverGirl Eyeshadow Palette, Physicians Formula Healthy Glow, Smashbox Heartbreaker

Two-Minute Reviews: CoverGirl Eyeshadow Palette, Physicians Formula Healthy Glow, Smashbox Heartbreaker

The concept behind two-minute reviews is mostly products that I photographed, swatched, but I never ended up reviewing.  Rather than just bury the photos into the "Unlikely to Review" folder and...

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Make Up For Ever HD Blush -- Nip Slip, Star Struck, First Kiss --

Make Up For Ever HD Blush -- Nip Slip, Star Struck, First Kiss --

More on Make Up For Ever HD Blush

A few weeks ago, I reviewed Make Up For Ever's HD Blush in three shades (#3 Truth or Dare, #4 Walk of Shame, and #6 Quickie). Today, I'm sharing with you three more shades and a run-down of them, but this is less a review as it is...

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Laura Mercier Zen Face Palette

Laura Mercier Zen Face Palette

Going Zen with Laura Mercier for Spring

Laura Mercier Zen Face Palette ($60.00) is a new-for-spring (into summer!) palette that includes one blush, four eyeshadows, and four lip glazes housed in a metal-rimmed palette with a cushy, dusty blue cover.

I was surprised at how much I liked the palette...

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