Here's how I know I could never have a minimal collection (in a non-blogging world): I just find... I love it all. I love variety! I love sheer gloss as much as I love a really richly pigmented gloss (see this year's favorites here), and I really wear all kinds of shades, undertones, and finishes.
As...
I'm hopeful that as we see more luminous lip color formulas gain popularity that we'll see some resurgence in glosses, too! If you like your gloss more pigmented, this list of favorites is for you (there's a separate one for sheerer glosses). I tested and reviewed just over 130 lipglosses over the...
It was a good year for cream and liquid eyeshadows--I reviewed almost 150!--and I've definitely felt there was more of a drought in the past (with mostly ColourPop dominating with few other players). Based on some of the early spring 2020 releases, liquid eyeshadow is making a bit of a comeback!
That...
In 2019, I reviewed 216 eyeshadow palettes (which does include duos, trios, and eyeshadow sets), so you can imagine that narrowing that down to a digestible list of favorites ended up being harder than anticipated! ColourPop was responsible for 44 additions (again, it would also include offerings...
As I mentioned in my post on my favorite highlighters under $15, I reviewed over 200 highlighters in 2019! I love highlighters and blushes that have a two-in-one effect (not quite a duochrome), and Marc Jacobs Jet Girl was a massive favorite (keeping it in my vanity for now!). The new Milk Flex...
In 2019, I tested just over 200 highlighters, and I've broken out my favorites by price point! I loved the ColourPop Lite Stix, which was a cream-based highlighter formula that performed quite well (surprisingly long-wearing for as dewy as it was!). Sydney Grace didn't let me down after working...
As I mentioned in my favorite blushes under $15 post, I reviewed just over 200 blushes in 2019! These are my more mid-end and high-end favorites from what I reviewed. BUXOM's Wanderlust Blush was a nice one, and in all honesty, I forgot all about it until I saw it come up as reviewed in 2019, so I'll...
With over 200 blushes reviewed in 2019, it takes some ruthlessness to whittle down a list (thank goodness I can at least split between under and over $15). With the addition of ColourPop's Blush Stix this year, there was a nice influx in cream blushes available, and it was just icing on the cake that...
2017 was the first time I put together a post featuring my favorite cheek palettes from the year, which was mostly a result of there being enough variety to merit picking favorites, and 2019 didn't see a slowdown. I reviewed 62 cheek palettes from duos to trios and larger. Once you read through...
As 2019 winds down, it's time to kick off my best of 2019 posts! (You can check out best of 2018 if you missed it.) Bronzer is a category that doesn't get a lot of love throughout the year; there are more reliable, holy grail permanent favorites (like Benefit Hoola) but not a lot of new-for-2019 kind...
