Hello beautiful friends! Today I’m sharing my Kaleidos Venus Trap Quad review with you. I’ve had this palette for a while, and I’ll be honest with you about why it took me so long to write about it: I don’t typically wear shades this subdued. After all, I’m a Bright Winter who reaches for saturated…
Hello beautiful friends! Today I’m sharing my Kaleidos Twilight Rush Quad review with you. Kaleidos is one of my favorite beauty brands, and their eyeshadow formula is wildly underrated. I rarely buy quads, but something about this cool-toned purple eyeshadow palette pulled me in. As it turns out, I absolutely love it! This post contains…
Hello beautiful people! Today I’m sharing the best drugstore olive foundations and concealers with you. Drugstore olive foundation is almost a contradiction in terms. Fair shades at the drugstore reliably come in peach or pink, rarely neutral, olive shades start at medium depth when they exist at all, and porcelain and fair olives like me…
Hello, beautiful people! Do I have olive undertones? I get asked this question all the time, especially since my Lisa Eldridge Shade 2.5 review, because once people hear the phrase “fair olive,” something clicks. If every foundation you’ve ever tried turned pink like a sunburn or orange like a pumpkin, you might be one of…
Cool Toned Eyeshadow Palettes Hey friends! This post was one of your favorites when I first published it in 2018, and cool toned palettes are still frustratingly hard to find, so I’ve given it a full refresh for 2026. Below you’ll find my current cool toned eyeshadow palette recommendations, with indie options, vegan options, and…
Hello, beautiful people! Back in 2017, my friend Tashina from Logical Harmony broke the upsetting news that NARS was no longer cruelty free after they started selling in mainland China. Many of you reached out to ask me for alternatives, and this post was born. Sadly, nothing has changed: as of 2026, NARS is still…