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Benefit Bella Bamba

Benefit Bella Bamba

Benefit Bella Bamba Boxed Powder ($28.00 for 0.28 oz.) is a brightened medium pink with pale gold shimmer-sheen. It's fairly pigmented and can easily be used as an intense blusher, but it's soft and fine enough in texture to be used as a sheer color on cheeks when blended...

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Maybelline Sinful Sinnamon Baked Eyeshadow

Maybelline Sinful Sinnamon Baked Eyeshadow

Quick Review: Maybelline Sinful Sinnamon Baked Eyeshadow

Maybelline Sinful Sinnamon 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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NYX Emerald City Eye Pencil

NYX Emerald City Eye Pencil

Quick Review: NYX Emerald City Eye Pencil

NYX Emerald City Eye Pencil ($3.50) is a darkened forest green with a hint of teal. It leans on the cooler side, but it works well with hazel eyes in particular. It has a fairly matte finish and good color pay off. NYX's Eye...

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Chanel Black Pearl Nail Lacquer

Chanel Black Pearl Nail Lacquer

Chanel Spring 2011: Black Pearl

Chanel Black Pearl Le Vernis Nail Colour ($23.00 for 0.4 fl. oz.) is a stormy teal-tinged blackened base with threads of metallic silvered green running through it, then topped off with green, blue, and teal micro-shimmer. This has a rather...

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Becca Compact Concealer

Becca Compact Concealer

Quick Review: Becca Compact Concealer

Becca Compact Concealer ($38.00 for 0.10 oz.) is an item I picked up when HauteLook had a Becca sale, so I was guessing on my shade... and I guessed wrong. Becca has quite the impressive shade range--I don't think I've ever seen so many for...

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Burt’s Bees Pomegranate Night Creme Review, Photos

Burt’s Bees Pomegranate Night Creme Review, Photos

Quick Review: Burt's Bees Pomegranate Night Creme

Burt's Bees Naturally Ageless Night Creme ($24.99 for 2 oz.) is a rich, moisturizing cream that doesn't actually feel rich or heavy or much like a cream at all. It felt more like a gel cream, because of the lighter...

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Maybelline Pink Peony Color Sensational Lipstick

Maybelline Pink Peony Color Sensational Lipstick

Quick Review: Maybelline Pink Peony Lipstick

Maybelline Pink Peony Color Sensational Lipstick ($8.29 for 0.15 oz.) is a brightened peony pink with a frosted white and gold shimmer-sheen. It delivers full color coverage with very little layering, and I get an average of...

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Shiseido Ocean Sunset (GD824) Satin Eye Color

Shiseido Ocean Sunset (GD824) Satin Eye Color

Shiseido Ocean Sunset (GD824) Satin Eye Color

Shiseido Ocean Sunset (GD824) Satin Eye Color ($25.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a shimmering, paled yellow gold. Shiseido's new line of Luminizing eyeshadows, trios, and blushes really impressed me--this is a soft gold...

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Aveda Flax Sticks Daily Effects Brush Set

Aveda Flax Sticks Daily Effects Brush Set

Quick Review: Aveda Flax Sticks Daily Effects Brush Set

Aveda Flax Sticks Daily Effects Brush Set ($65.00) includes a Medium Eye Color Brush (#2), Brow & Lash Brush (#7), and Blush Brush (#9). The handles are made of 30% natural flax fiber and 70%...

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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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