Beauty Product Reviews

Tossed out my other blush brushes when I got this

I love this handy little kabuki brush! I've been known to drop too much cash on cosmetics, so it's so nice to have purchased this little guy for under $10 and have such a good payoff. I use it for all my blushes and bronzers.

love them all

I have more MAC eyeshadow than I can shake a stick at. I started buying MAC about 14 years ago, and it's so easy and fun to just pick up a new one every now and then. I recently bought and LOVE outre, a concealer-ish shade of sienna brown. Woodwinked is absolutely my favorite shimmer - it's a rich golden taupey color that I never get sick of. I also love:

Mystery Haux Scene Bitter Humid Sketch Steamy Tilt All that Glitters Mythology Greensmoke Carbon Sable Twinks Mulch Club Electric Eel

and probably a handful of others that I can't remember. Fun stuff!

Gilda is my favorite

Well, I don't know why there isn't a Gilda swatch available. It's a matte peachy pink that's super bright and perks up my sad sallow olive complexion when I'm not getting enough sun. I also have and love the Laguna/Orgasm duo. I understand that everyone and their mother love the Orgasm blush, and while I don't fall over dying about how wonderful it is I am glad that I have some in my makeup drawer.

Fun Trio, nice pigmentation

Oddly, the least pigmented color in this trio is the brown. It's a nice shade of brown but I find that I have to use more than I would expect to get it to show up well. However, the pink is fun and quite wearable and the bright green is super fun and densely colored. I used this trio over the NYX white eyeshadow base and thought it was a marvelous bang for my buck.

the worst shatter

I have shatters/crackles from China Glaze and even Sally Hansen that work better than this. It's not just the black OPI, unfortunately, it appears to be an issue with the bright turquoise shatter as well. I was so excited when I saw the bottles that I snatched two up, so now I have two totally clumpy unused bottles of this crap. Oh well.

pleasant enough

I got this in my birch box and am pleased enough with it. It's very light and smells nice and rinses off easily. I like the small size as I'm going on vacation soon and this is such a non-drying every day cleanser.

a nicely scented morning facial scrub

I have fairly low maintenance dryish skin, so I haven't had any problems with this cleanser. I get it at Nordstrom Rack for a good price and keep backup under the bathroom sink. It exfoliates nicely and makes my skin feel fresh. I definitely use moisturizer right afterward.

you need this

If I want to wear a bright or light eyeshadow color, I pat a little of this on first. It makes something like a light shimmery green really stand out on my fairly dark olive eyelids. And it's such a good price! I just tap a little on and whatever makeup I'm applying over top will stay all day.

love MAC lipsticks

Brick-o-la is a wonderfully richly pigmented natural rosy color. I have had a zillion MAC lipsticks and it's possibly my favorite. I also quite like Frenzy, Plastique, Creme in my Coffee and I have Crosswires next on my list. Oh, and Passionate is the brightest hot orangey pink that I ever couldn't buy (they had just run out at the counter where I was shopping) but I'll try to buy it again in the future.