Italics are necessities, bolds are Holy Grails.

THE BASICS

  • About-Face The Curtain Call Powder x2
    • Finale
    • Veil
  • About-Face The Illusionist Concealer, L2OLIVE
    • LMAO, this is nearly a dead-on skin tone match for me. Maybe like half a shade too light, but very close
  • About-Face The Performer Foundation, L2OLIVE
    • This is soooo close! Apparently I'm an even cooler-toned olive than their line, because a bit of blue or lavender corrector fixes this right up for me
  • Danessa Myricks Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder, Universal
  • e.l.f. Camo Color Corrector, Green
  • L.A. Girl Pro.Conceal HD Concealer x3
    • Blue
    • Peach
    • Pink
  • Maybelline Sky High Waterproof Mascara, Very Black
  • Milani Stay Put Eyeshadow Primer
  • Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat Awakening Concealer, 2 Luminous Ivory

MULTIPURPOSE

  • Milk Makeup Lip + Cheek Cream Blush Stick x2
    • Muse
      • This is an amazing deep cherry red on me
    • Quickie
      • Last time I got one it got stuck in the bottom so as to be unusable. I missed it though, so I repurchased
      • Glad I did! It’s become a total MVP in my collection
  • NUDESTIX Nudies Cream Blush All-Over-Face Color, Moodie Blu
  • Rituel de Fille Color Nectar Pigment Balm x3
    • Snowdrop
    • Weeping Cherry
    • Weeping Lilac
  • Rituel de Fille Inner Glow Crème Pigment x2
    • Aster
    • Intuition
  • Rituel de Fille Rare Light Crème Luminizer x2
    • Ghost Light
    • Lunaris

CHEEK STUFF

  • Basma The Cream Blush - Fuchsia (mini)
    • Got this for free and it’s super nice
  • Merit Flush Balm, Rouge
  • NARS Blush - Sin
    • Aw shit, baby’s first NARS and I absolutely love it. Was specifically recommended for winters, and I’d say it’s spot on. Doesn’t resemble anything else in my collection either. Worth every penny
  • rom&nd Juicy Roll Cheek, Bare Grape

EYELINER

  • About-Face Line Artist Gel Liner, Devil's Diary
  • ColourPop Chrome Creme Gel Eyeliner, Ventura Blvd
  • ColourPop Crème Gel Eyeliner x2
    • Charmer
    • Swerve
      • These liners are PEAK
  • NYX Epic Ink Liner, Black
    • My fave from Wet'n'Wild started underperforming. I've used this one before and I remember liking it, so now I'd say it's the best liquid liner on the market haha
  • NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil x2
    • Black Bean
    • Milk
  • Sephora 12H Contour Eye Pencil, Sangria
  • Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner x2
    • Glamrock
    • Midnight Cowboy
      • Mainly bought these for performances, and they work a treat

EYESHADOW

  • About-Face Matte Fluid Eye Paint x2
    • New Karma
      • This was kiiiiind of an impulse buy, but damn does it work!
    • No Queen Blues
      • Exactly what I want in a blue
  • About-Face Shadowstick x2
    • 2002
      • NGL I bought this for both free-shipping reasons and nostalgia. It reminds me of an eyeshadow stick I wore to junior prom in... you guessed it, 2002
    • Dream Syndicate
      • This one is great for a really grungy smoky eye
  • ĀTHR Beauty Moonlight Crystal Palette
    • They are back in business now! Not sure if this is available again though? Either way, it’s full of perfect cool-toned colors and is fairly unique in my collection. Love it!
  • ColourPop 9-Pan Pressed Palette x2
    • Blowin' Smoke
      • Fellow winters, this palette is for you
    • Gone Metal
      • If you’re cool-toned, buy this palette and thank me later. It is everything
      • I’ve hit pan on three colors, and a couple more are close. I may actually finish the whole thing
  • ColourPop Super Shock Shadow, Frog
  • Huda Beauty Pretty Grunge
  • rom&nd Slide In Single, Mauve Dough
    • Bought this to use as both eyeshadow and contouring blush, and it works a treat for both
  • Sleek Makeup i-Divine palette x2
    • Under a Spell
      • Soooo pretty. I tend to forget how great Sleek eyeshadows are
    • Vintage Romance
      • Received as a gift. One of the most beautiful palettes I own
      • But that’s the thing: the color story is amazing in the palette, but I rarely use it because I have a lot of dupes across my collection. Plus if I want a performance look, I tend to go more for other palettes, including Under a Spell. Not sure I need both anymore. I may Project Pan this and see how I feel
  • Sugarpill Cosmetics Pressed Eyeshadow x2
    • Tako
      • Fun fact: I bought this because I was tempted by a certain rather large palette released near the end of 2024. Problem was, I have dupes for most of the palette… except for the matte white shade. So glad I bought this instead because it’s exactly what I wanted
    • Velouria
      • Obviously it’s beautiful on its own, but unexpected use case: cooling down certain warm browns
  • Urban Decay 24/7 Glaze-On Shadow, Frost Boss
  • Viseart Petits Fours x2
    • Garnet
      • Mostly too warm toned for me, but I love that red and garnet is my birthstone sooooo
    • Tyrian

LIP GOODIES

  • About-Face Cherry Pick Lip Color Butter x2
    • Berry Smash
    • Wicked Apple
      • Push-up mechanism isn't my favorite, but colors and formula are lovely
  • About-Face Matte Fix Lip Pencil x3
    • Desire Lines
    • Little Little
      • About the closest I can come to doing a nude lip
    • Paper Romance
      • I've now bought this twice
  • AppleDoll Lovers Lip Blur, Wine
    • I wasn't sure about it on its own, but it's become a quintessential layering product
  • AppleDoll Tinted Nectar Salve, Forbidden Fruit
    • This on the other hand I loved IMMEDIATELY
  • Cocokind Ceramide Lip Blur Balm x2
    • Be Bold
      • DUPE ALERT: This color looked exactly the same as a sample of Rituel de Fille Rose Fruit on me, just a different formula
    • Be Real
  • ColourPop Lippie Pencil x6
    • Bichette
    • Heart On
      • Yes, I have and need two slightly different fuchsia pencils lmao
    • On Ice
    • Seduction
    • Shot Clock
    • Twisted
  • ColourPop Lippie Stix x2
    • Bichette
      • I DID IT. I found MY red. I see why this is always out of stock
    • My Bad
  • ColourPop Lux Lipstick x2
    • Enemies to Lovers
    • Toxic
      • Yes, I bought THOSE lip kits. And I’m glad I did, because the Twisted/Toxic combo reminds me so much of the late, great NYX Euro Trash which used to be the only nude that looked good on me
  • Etude Dear Darling Water Tint, Cherry Ade
  • MAC lipliner pencil, Nightmoth
    • Folks… when in doubt, get the OG. It’s probably exactly what you wanted in the first place. I had a dupe that was the right color but the wrong formula, and lordy it smelled bad too
  • MAC lipstick x2
    • D for Danger (mini)
      • Picking a favorite lipstick is damn near impossible, but this might be the one. It’s everything I wanted Revlon Cherries in the Snow to be back in the day. I hope the color didn’t change in the new formula. According to video reviews it looks about the same, but we’ll see eventually, maybe
    • Russian Red
  • Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil, Endless Cacao
  • Maybelline Lifter Gloss, Pearl
  • Necromancy Cosmetica Embalming Stick, Undead
  • NYX Butter Gloss x2
    • Red Velvet
    • Vanilla Cream Pie
      • I’m actually happy lip glosses are back in style, because these colors are all lovely
  • NYX Lip IV Hydrating Gloss Stain, Grape Gushin’
    • Ooooo, interesting product! Feels nice when applied fully, and blots to a pretty stain that is truly not messing around. If I didn't already have so many other lip products I might try a few more of these
  • NYX Smushy Matte Lip Balm x2
    • She’s Serving
    • Swipe Sesh
  • NYX Suede Matte Lip Liner, Cherry Skies
    • This might be one of the only other lip liner pencils I’ve ever worn down to a nub. About 3/4 through pencil #2
  • Ole Henriksen Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment, Lingonberry Jam Glimmer
  • Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick, Heartbreaker
      • This formula! The color by itself is maybe a tad bright on me, but if I wear it with something like MAC D for Danger as an ombré, it works beautifully. That combo is my go-to Barbie lip
  • Rituel de Fille Enchanted Lip Sheer x2
    • Hemlock
    • Water Violet
  • Rituel de Fille Thorn Bite Peptide Plump Crème Lip Oil x2
    • Dark Thorn
    • Night Flower
  • rom&nd Glasting Color Gloss, Grapy Way
  • rom&nd Glasting Melting Balm, Veiled Rose
    • I might actually like this better than the Fenty gloss stick?!
  • rom&nd Lip Mate Pencil, Plum Burgundy
    • Also yes, I bought THAT kit and it was absolutely worth it. I kinda want a backup of this pencil in particular though; it goes with damn near everything
  • Sephora Cream Lip Stain, Red Velvet
    • On my fourth tube. It’s my perfect true red
    • Unfortunately people are saying the reformulation sucks, and they didn’t reformulate this shade anyway… might have to look for something close to this. Boooooo. Maybe I’ll just stick with Russian Red even though it’s lighter
  • Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm x2
    • Cherry
    • Pink Sugar
jan 24 2014 ∞
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