MAC Mineralized Skin Finish – Lightscapade

Makeup trends come and go (duh) but I feel like highlighting has been having a rather long moment and I couldn’t be more pleased about that. Highlighter is just fun. It’s bright and happy and it can be shiny or sparkly, there’s basically not much I don’t like about highlighter. Today we’re going to take […]

NYX Avant Pop Palette – Nouveau Chic

I recently hauled the NYX Avant Pop palette in Nouveau Chic so today we’re going to take a bit of a closer look at this little gem. First, there are three palettes in the Avant Pop line and while the other two have some fun colors, they didn’t swatch quite the same in store. In […]

Kat Von D Metal Crush Eyeshadow – Thunderstruck

Howdy stranger! As I’m writing this, it’s 6:30 AM on a Saturday so I apologize in advance if nothing I say today makes any sense. I’m not sure there’s really enough coffee in the world to make my brain function well this early on the weekend. Want to know why I’m up right now? Well, […]

Essence Amazed By You – Nail of the Week

Happy Friday! I feel like I’ve been extra brain dead this last week so I’m glad to have fewer mental demands on my poor gray matter. This manicure is actually from a couple of weeks ago but I’m behind on my polish posts. This polish is really such a gorgeous shade. It reads as a […]

Project Wear All The Lipstick – Round 18

When I first started writing these WEAR ALL THE LIPSTICK! posts, they were finite in my mind. The Plan was to wear all of my lipstick and then I would move on to writing some other kind of series. But you see, the problem with that is that my lipstick collection seems to be growing. […]

Wet n’ Wild Au Naturel Palette – Nude Awakening

Before we get in to the pretty pretty swatches, I think we should take just a quick moment to talk about how awful the name of this palette is. Nude Awakening? Really Wet n’ Wild? What does that even mean? Is it supposed to be sexy? Or maybe it’s the start to a really weird […]

Chocolate For Valentine’s Day! (aka Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette Review)

Happy Valentine’s Day! I know I’m a little late to the party with this review, but the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette is new to me even though it’s been out for ages. I waffled back and forth between the original Chocolate Bar, the Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar and the Chocolate Bon Bons palette. The Semi-Sweet […]

Shiro Eyeshadow Samples – Part 5

Welcome to the fifth and final installment of the swatch fest that has been my Shiro eyeshadow sample sale haul! (I’ve been working on getting that description shorter but I think I can safely say that I have actually managed to make it longer in each post). Let’s just dive right in shall we? This […]

Shiro Eyeshadow Samples – Part 4

Today we’re just going to dive straight into the next segment of swatches from my Shiro order. Canine Help You? from the New Leaf Trio Good morning, Mayor! A color for sweet Isabelle, who just wants to be helpful. Dreamy pastel yellow-orange creamsicle base with soft golden shimmer. Almost neutral, but not quite! This is […]

Bite Beauty – Brand Overview

Bite Beauty is a relatively new Canadian lipstick brand that emerged in 2011. As of right now, the brand is sold exclusively at Sephora or if you are in New York, you can make an appointment to visit their Lip Lab. The company was founded on the premise that “you eat what you put on […]