Anastasia Beverly Hills

I just got this today in my birthday Sephora haul and I am in love! It is the perfect shade of gold, which is nearly as subjective and elusive as the perfect shade of red lipstick. It can easily be a blinding highlighter or more subtle and it is very pigmented. One swipe is all you need! The packaging is gorgeous and I consider this to be a winner in every way.

this is an all time favorite. I've had it for a year now. anytime I use it. it knocks my socks off.

This bronzer is fabulous. Has a slightly rosy undertone and doesn't pull orange or muddy on the skin. It reminds me of the bobbi brown natural bronzer in tone, but a better formula and a bit more blendable and less pigmented for a natural application.

I've been searching for a cool toned bronzer for fair skin forever. Many of the recommendations for fair skin (Nars laguna, Hourglass ambient light, charlotte tilbury, tarte park avenue princess, Too Faced chocolate soleil) haven't really worked for me tone-wise as they all pull a bit too golden or orange. This is the best color I've found as someone who burns more than tans in the sun. I recommend this and NYX taupe blush (old formula) as the bronzers I reach for the most.

This pallet is beautiful and I love that the shadows are so buttery and easy to blend. I also have the MR. I favor my MR over this one but this is a good pallet to have as well.

I was looking for a contour and tried several but most would melt into my skin and disappear, this I got as a recommendation from a sales associate, otherwise I would never have known because it’s categorized as a stick foundation, however at the store “Mink” is definitely labeled a cream contour. I am a NC25-30 or NARS Stromboli with strong yellow undertones, so even many cool toned contours meant for peach or pink skin still end up looking orangey or muddy on me. “Mink” is a true gray shadow contour and I use it as a nose contour and cheekbones. It works great for the nose, it works well on the cheeks as well but because it’s so gray, it’s important to go light otherwise all the gray will make you look very pallid and sickly (especially if you are already yellow toned) or you’ll need to balance it with a bit of blush to warm the face up