The Balm Mary Lou Manizer Highlighter Review and Swatches

(8,5g/0,3oz. - 24USD) This was my first ever purchase from the Balm Cosmetics, I'm very pleased with it and looking forward to trying more from them. I just don't like their packaging, they look childish and cheap to me. I mostly use this as an eyeshadow but you can use it as a face luminizer, just use a very light hand when putting on the face because it can look too overpowering. When used lightly it gives a nice warm sheen to face, almost wet looking. If you apply it heavily, for example to your eyes the color looks like a pearly pale beige.

YSL Golden Gloss in #1 Simply Gold and #11 Golden Whisper Review and Swatches

(6ml/o,2floz. - 30USD) These beauties have real gold in them, 0,2% 24 carat gold flecks as YSL website says. They are very shimmery and dazzling. Unluckily they are very sticky, as sticky as MAC Dazzle Glasses. They are all very sheer, only the golden shimmer shows on the lips with a hint of color, so they all look the same on the lips, slightly different that's all. So I think you'll only need one shade of the Golden Glosses.

Chanel Ombre D'eau Eyeshadow #77 Cascade Review and Swatches

(6ml/0,2floz. - 32USD) Ombre D'eau eyeshadows comes with different variety of shades and Cascade is the most sparkly one, it's eye catching, dazzling. It's a bi-phase formula, needs to be shaken prior to using. A tiny amount will go a long way, but it will expire after 6 months once you open the package, how crazy is that! I must confess that I bought this tube literally 2 years ago and I still use it, nothing changed. Still, use it at your own risk.

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on Eye Pencils in Yeyo Review and Swatches

(1.2g/0.04oz.-18USD) I bought Yeyo to use on my waterline but it seems like it can't stay on my waterline, maybe it needs drier surface to stick to.
Yeyo is a metallic white color.

Maybelline Expert Eyes Eyeshadow Quad in Amethyst Smokes Review and Swatches

You can buy this quad at Target for 4,94USD. It's a very convenient, travel friendly palette. Pigmentation is good except the black color, you'll need to pile up to achieve a black color, it's also not smooth unlike the other colors in the palette. Overall I find this palette succesfull except the black color.

Maybelline Expert Eyes Eyeshadow Quad in Mocha Motion Review and Swatches

(0,17oz./4,8g) Retails around 6USD a very affordable alternative to it's competitors. I find that as pigmentation wise only brow bone color can compare to MAC ones, the rest of them are not so pigmented. You need to build up to get that color in the pan and while you are packing them on you get lots of fall outs which makes it a mess.