Some Favorites

As sort of a baseline, I thought I'd list a few of my favorite products. These are the ones I use the most consistently. I'm not including pictures or much in the way of commentary, but for some of these products I intend to come back to them later and write up an actual review.

Eye shadows:
Business natural: Cover Girl Eye Enhancers #265, "Sheerly Nudes"
Shiny natural: Urban Decay "Midnight Cowboy Rides Again" or Sephora "carine no. 26" (they look really similar to me) and Sephora "californian blonde no. 10"
Silver: Sephora "engagement ring no. 01" (the only silver that doesn't look too dark on my skin)
Lavenders (one of my favorite eye shadow colors): Tarina Tarantino Eyedream Highlight Duo "Iris Plume" and "Moon Opal"

Eyes etc.:
Waterproof mascara: Maybelline the Hyper Curl Volum'Express Waterproof Mascara
Non-waterproof mascara: Maybelline Volum'Express Turbo Boost Mascara
Makeup remover: Maybelline Express Care
Under eye concealer: L'Oréal Bare Naturale gentle mineral concealer
Eye shadow primer: Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Brand of false eyelashes: D.U.P.
Eyelash glue: D.U.P. Eyelashes Glue Rubber Type #501
Cream eyeliner: Sephora Waterproof Smoky Cream Liner
Pencil eyeliner: Vivid & Smooth Liner by Eyestudio

Lipsticks:
Long-lasting lip gloss: Lime Crime Carousel Gloss "Cherry on Top" and "Candy Apple"
Bright lip gloss: Revlon Color Burst Lip Gloss #20 (papaya)
Pink lipstick: Maybelline Water Shiny Volumy #004
Purple-pink (mauve?) lipstick: Maybelline Water Shiny Volumy Pearl #107
Wine red lipstick: Maybelline Water Shiny Pure #209
Orange-red lipstick: Revlon Color Burst Lip Butter #35
Orange lipstick: Lime Crime "My Beautiful Rocket"

You can probably see that I favor Maybelline for most things. I don't have a very specific reason for this, other than that they seem to offer a lot of colors that I like. Also, I'm finding that it's one of the easier brands to get in Japan. Most all drug stores here carry Maybelline, but only a few stores I know of have Revlon or Cover Girl. For lipsticks, all I really care about is the color. I like bright colors, so any brand with really vivid shades is good with me.

Well, those are most of my absolute favorites. I intend to come back to the Lime Crime lip glosses because they are amazing and deserve a lot more commentary than what I'm providing here. Look forward to it!