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Maybelline Silver Starlet Baked Eyeshadow Duo

Maybelline Silver Starlet Baked Eyeshadow Duo

Quick Review: Maybelline Silver Starlet Baked Eyeshadow

Maybelline Silver Starlet Baked Eyeshadow Duo ($7.29 for 0.09 oz.) is a baked eyeshadow (similar to MAC's Mineralize Eyeshadows), and one side is solid while the other is marbled. When...

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Wet 'n' Wild MegaChrome & H2o Proof Eyeliners

Wet 'n' Wild MegaChrome & H2o Proof Eyeliners

Quick Reviews: Wet 'n' Wild MegaChrome & H2o Proof Eyeliners

Wet 'n' Wild MegaChrome Eyeliners ($2.99 for 0.04 oz.) and Wet 'n' Wild H2O Proof Eye Pencil ($2.99 for 0.03 oz.) were both products that did not work for me. Both formulas smudged...

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NYX Crystal Gold Liquid Crystal Liner

NYX Crystal Gold Liquid Crystal Liner

NYX Crystal Gold Liquid Crystal Liner

NYX Crystal Gold Liquid Crystal Liner ($4.50) are glitter eyeliners with a clear base and colored glitter. The one I'm reviewing is a true yellow gold glitter suspended in a clear base. While you can definitely wear the...

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Maybelline Khaki Green Define-a-Line

Maybelline Khaki Green Define-a-Line

Maybelline Khaki Green Define-a-Line

Maybelline Khaki Green Define-a-Line ($4.49 for 0.01 oz.) is a tarnished olive green with soft gold and green shimmer. Interesting enough, while the black eyeliner in this same formula is too creamy and ends up smudging all...

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e.l.f. Studio Minty Lip Gloss

e.l.f. Studio Minty Lip Gloss

Quick Review: E.L.F. Minty Lip Gloss

e.l.f. Studio Minty Lip Gloss ($3.00 for 0.08 oz.) are sheer to semi-sheer glosses with a sweet mint scent and a slight minty tingle. The tingle only lasts for a few minutes, and it isn't painful...

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NYX Lip Pencils (Natural, Plum, Auburn, Dolly Pink)

NYX Lip Pencils (Natural, Plum, Auburn, Dolly Pink)

Quick Review: NYX Lip Pencils

NYX Lip Pencils ($3.50 for 0.04 oz.) are excellently pigmented lip pencils to enhance, mute, or neutralize your lips. If you can't find the shade you need amongst NYX's 53 different lip pencils, I don't know you ever...

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CoverGirl Bronze Glow (770) Continuous Color Lipstick

CoverGirl Bronze Glow (770) Continuous Color Lipstick

Quick Review: CoverGirl Bronze Glow (770) Continuous Color Lipstick

CoverGirl Bronze Glow (770) Continuous Color Lipstick ($5.49 for 0.13 oz.) is a coppery orange that applies nearly opaque with a slight frosted sheen. It's creamy enough to apply...

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Milani Bing Cherry Lipstick

Milani Bing Cherry Lipstick

Try Out a Subdued Red!

Milani Bing Cherry Lipstick ($4.99 for 0.13 oz.) is a subdued cherry red--it's like a sheer cherry red but it's actually opaque on lips. There's still the brightness of a cherry red, but I think this is a much tamer way to wear one if full-on cherry...

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NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils vs. Urban Decay 24/7 Shadow Pencils Comparison Swatches & Dupes

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils vs. Urban Decay 24/7 Shadow Pencils Comparison Swatches & Dupes

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils vs. Urban Decay 24/7 Shadow Pencils

Though they seem rather similar on the surface and even at first glance, I think the shade ranges differ enough where there is less overlap than expected.  For instance, I could not find...

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NYX Vixen Lip Gloss

NYX Vixen Lip Gloss

NYX Vixen Lipgloss

The Sultry Season: NYX Vixen Lip Gloss

NYX Vixen (116) Lip Gloss ($5.50 for 0.53 fl. oz.) is a semi-opaque, brown burgundy shimmered with muted red sparkle. It's not totally opaque, so it does have a tendency to settle into lip lines, but it looks pretty good from a normal viewing...

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