BH Cosmetics

I normally don't like matte liquid lipsticks as my lips can be really dry and flaky (even when regularly using lip scrub and moisturiser) but this is perfect. The dry down time is quite long, which may be why it doesn't dry my lips out once it has actually fully dried. The colour 'Perf' is a perfect 'my lips but better' colour for me and it has a surprisingly good wear time. The applicator is smaller than usual but it allows for precise application. Definitely want to try out more colours of this, really impressed especially for the price!

I couldn't help myself. I finally had to cave in and get this palette. I was a senior in high school in the year 2000. I was pretty heavily into the mall goth scene, but since I hung around with a bunch of candy ravers, I tended to gravitate toward shimmery, colorful eyeshadow. A couple months ago, I became hellbent on finding a palette that had multiple shimmering, pale shades to choose from, and it absolutely needed to have a lilac purple shade. As luck would have it, this palette has two shimmering lilac shades among all the other gorgeous shades in the collection! Each shade is pigmented and fairly smooth. They're baked, so they won't be as buttery as a pressed powder, but honestly, I'm impressed with how smooth and pigmented they are. I've found in the past that baked shadows require a lot more work than a pressed powder, but these are pretty easy to work with! I love applying shimmer shadows with my fingers because I find that gets the best payoff. With these, one swipe really does give a beautiful, pale wash! It's true that there are no mattes or transition shades in this palette, but I didn't buy it for a one-and-done kind of deal. Besides, the whole point of buying this palette was to relive my perhaps ill-advised high school eye looks! The packaging is lovely. I'm a fanatic when it comes to astronomy, so of course I love this. The shade names, the look of the palette, and the sturdiness (and full mirror!!) really make me happy! You get a total of 32g of product in this palette. Which for $21 at Ulta is pretty darn cheap, considering how the Milani palettes have 9g and cost only $1 less. It's because of the good value for money and great quality that I'm now considering buying several other palettes from Bh Cosmetics. As long as they keep making this palette, I'll repurchase whenever I run out. It's absolutely one of my favorite palettes I've ever owned!

I bought this for the matte purples which are so pigmented and that's hard to find. The baked shimmers are soft and there are some gorgeous shades but most of the shades have glitter and it goes everywhere. The matte colors blend well and are mostly warm. There is a green matte that looks like mud on application. You get two mattes in a charcoal and black hue that are redundant. A matte cream is omitted. The center highlighter is just an off white shimmer that is just okay. The deal breaker is that these shadows fade quickly. I tried every primer/base possible and within a couple of hours the color is almost gone!