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All Highlighers from top to bottom swatched over Marc Jacobs Beauty Re(marc)able Full Cover Foundation Concentrate in 34 beige medium & the RCMA No Color Loose Translucent Powder
Benefit Cosmetics Dandelion Twinkle Highlighter Mini nude-pink
Anastasia Beverly Hills Amrezy Highlighter light brilliant gold
NARS Highlighting Powder Capri
NARS Highlighting Powder Albatross
BECCA Cosmetics Shimmering Skin Perfector® Pressed Highlighter Rose Gold
BECCA Cosmetics Shimmering Skin Perfector® Pressed Highlighter Mini Champagne Pop
BECCA Cosmetics Shimmering Skin Perfector® Pressed Highlighter Topaz
BECCA Cosmetics Shimmering Skin Perfector® Pressed Highlighter Opal
Anastasia Beverly Hills Smudge-Proof Matte Liquid Lipstick American Doll
Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick Allison
Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick Trust Issues
Anastasia Beverly Hills Smudge-Proof Matte Liquid Lipstick Pure Hollywood
Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Gloss Rum
Anastasia Beverly Hills Smudge-Proof Matte Liquid Lipstick Sarafine
Anastasia Beverly Hills Smudge-Proof Matte Liquid Lipstick Ashton
Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick Lovely
Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick Veronica
Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick Heathers
Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick Stripped
MAC Double Beam highlighter and #Givenchy Le Rouge Lipstick Lunar New Year Edition 888 Golden Red
Ted Baker lipstick swatches in Raspberry, Posh Pout, Teds Red and Autumnal. Creamy!
Also Kiko lips ,cheek ,eyes and highlighter.
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Here's some unprompted Ben Nye swatches from my just-arrived Black Friday haul, since I had a hard time finding any online myself last week:
First, here's a swatch of Ben Nye Powder Rouge in Contour No. 1, compared to several other contour products I had on hand. These swatches are finger swatches, blended out.
Preformance wise, Ben Nye Contour No. 1 is waaaay more pigmented than the other powders; I barely needed to touch it, whereas I had to literally scrape powder off of NYX Taupe with a spoolie to get its swatch, and Too Faced MCS required six swipes. However, BN Contour No. 1 also had noticeable powder kickup. Maybellline Tough as Taupe was comparable in pigmentation, but much harder to blend.
Next, here's swatches of Ben Nye Lumiere Eye Shadows. These are brush swatches, done with the ELF eyeshadow "C" brush.
Here's some comparison swatches between these and some other shadows I had on hand:
The closest I could find to Azalea was Pat McGrath's Rose Risque, which is matte, slightly cooler, and less bright. The closest I could find to Cherry Red was Sugarpill Love+, which is matte and slightly warmer. The closest I could find to Sun Yellow was MUFE S-402 Mimosa, which was similar in color, but much crappier in performance, and also discontinued. Chartreuse was very similar in color to Viseart Clover (Brights 3), but Clover is matte.
Of the Ben Nye shadows I bought, I would most recommend Sun Yellow: it applies smoothly and extremely opaque without any effort. Of these, I would least recommend Cherry Red, as it was noticeably more matte than the other BN Lumiere shadows when applied to the eye, and was thus mostly replicable by the matte reds you probably already own.
Finally, here's some comparison swatches between Ben Nye's black cake eyeliner, and Kryolan's black cake eyeliner. (Applied with just water, with a Royal & Langnickel 3/0 round brush.)
They're pretty much the same. Get the Ben Nye, it's a couple bucks less expensive.
So far, they haven't shown any difference in a wear test on my eyes: no bleeding or fading for either. (I have oily eyelids, and do not have watery eyes. These results were consistent with the fact that the arm swatches hardly moved for my oil based makeup remover, but washed off easily with water.)
Additionally, here's swatches of the other cake eyeliners I got:
though I have not yet tested any of them on my eyes to see if this issue persists in standard use. Testing on the eye, Kryolan's "Aubergine", the red-brown, did have sheering issues on the eye, and required two layers to get to opacity. "Blue", the navy blue, did not, and applied fully opaque in one swipe.
Sequin memory from the tati beauty palette.. it took my breath away. Picture doesnt do it justice because the glitters actually look like an oil slick.
I forgot to add swatches of IBY Ocean Awakening palette I got sometime in August. No primer swatches but some esp seaglass, will need it over my skin tone at least
I've been on the hunt for more sheer red colors lately, so here are a few from my existing stash (the Dior was my MLBB for comparison).
Some Chanel lip swatches of new and most recent Liquid Powders and Liquid Inks.
Top to bottom: Liquid Powders in 960,970,964,966. Newest in 966 has most pigment. Then Liquid Inks in 154,174. Just subtle differences. Prob could’ve just gotten one in each one in retrospect! lol. Blue reds- some with a bit more pink or purple to them. @TraceyEB
@blackkitty2014 and anyone else! 
Request: brush swatches of the Tarte Let it Rain-bow Eye Set. I'm especially interested in seeing how the turquoise and the yellow perform.
TARTE - Let it Rain-bow Eye Set
As preemptive thanks, here's some brush swatches of the Persona Cosmetics Color Theory Eye Palette in Pink.
(Swatches done with the $1 e.l.f. professional eyeshadow brush, because I like to demonstrate how a palette performs with the worst tools, rather than the best.)
Additionally, here's a quick eye look I threw together to demonstrate how it performs on the eyelid.
