2nd Love was founded by a fellow UC Irvine alumnist Terry Hsiao, who graduated in 2005, and is now working on developing her own cosmetic line. When Terry first approached me, I started to get excited as soon as I visited 2nd...
Let's dive into some of Make Up For Ever's orange and yellow eyeshadows! Personally, I skipped on some of the more intense, straight yellows, just because I tend not to look good in those shades (Chrome Yellow, anyone?), so I need more time to swatch and play with them in person...
Make Up For Ever Eyeshadows ($19.00 each) and Diamond Eyeshadows ($20.00) each are sold individually in single-sized compacts. What's nifty about the compacts is that they're already magnetized and there's no depotting necessary. If you need to pop one out, just take a...
YSL for Fall 2009 sees the introduction and limited release of three cream blushes, available in Velvety Peach, Powdery Rose, and Silky Praline ($38.00 each). YSL describes them as...
Velvety soft, airy, as light as a cloud… A delicious texture that melts...
Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick for Body ($75.00) is new for Summer 2009. It's the same concept and has the same texture/feel/look of the traditional (and popular) shimmer bricks. There's just one difference -- it's seems huge. I don't know necessarily if I'd say it's $75.00 huge, but it is extremely...
Benefit 10 Powder ($28.00) is a combination highlighter and bronzing duo. If you've seen Benefit's other powders like CORALista or Dandelion, it's the same idea, but the powder is split in half -- half is a bronzer, half is a highlighter. The highlighter is a light, milky silvery-pink with soft...
Benefit's CORALista ($28.00) is fast becoming a cult favorite amongst the beauty crowd. It's 0.42 oz. of a lightly warmed up coral-pink powder blush that works well to give you a soft, summery flush. It's housed in cute packaging (exactly what I'd expect from Benefit!) and includes a miniaturized...
Benefit Posietint ($28.00) is a lip and cheek stain in a cool, bright pop of pink. The bottle feels very small, but this is a product where less is most definitely more! You need very little -- just a little dot on each cheek, then blend either with fingers or a stippling brush (I love the 188 for...
Laura Geller's Blush-N-Brighten Blushes ($29.50 each) are AMAZING. These are baked, marbleized pigments swirled together. They're placed into terracotta pans, baked 24 hours, and the result is a soft, shimmery powder. If you love MAC's Mineralize Skinfinishes, I think you'll love these....
Bobbi Brown's Nautical Collection recently debuted, and it featured products ideal for the summer months. It consisted of six limited edition Sheer Color Cheek Tints ($22.00 each) and four shades of Sheer Color Lip Gloss ($20.00 each).
I tried three of the six shades of the Sheer Color Cheek Tints --...
