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Caramel Natasha Denona Caramel Lip Oh-phoria ($26.00 for 0.13 oz.) is a medium brown with moderate, warm undertones and flecks of gold and pink micro-sparkle and pearl throughout a creamy base. The texture was lightweight, smooth, and mostly non-sticky with a slightly minty tingle. It had good color coverage in a single layer, which applied evenly and didn’t emphasize my lip lines. The color stayed on well for four and a half hours and felt hydrating. FURTHER READING : Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent). Top Dupes Formula Overview Ingredients Top Dupes View Swatches View All Dupes NARS Foxy (LE, $26.00) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar). Estee Lauder Desert Heat (LE, $36.00) is less shimmery, warmer (85% similar). Colour Pop R We Done (LE, $6.00) is less shimmery, brighter, warmer (85% similar). MAC MamaStarrr (LE, $18.50) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar). Colour Pop Slow Moti...

Bronze Natasha Denona Bronze Face Glow Palette ($55.00 for 0.4 oz.) is a new, seemingly-permanent palette that features four luminous shades with two cream-based formulas and two powder-based formulas. The cream formulas were disappointing and a deliberate departure from the brand’s prior formulas but not in a good way. The powder formulas were consistent with past releases–they worked best with denser brushes/firmer hand but have no powderiness and “melt” a bit when applied to bare skin. It includes a new formula–Bounce Cream–that’s used for the highlighter and blush shades in the top row. I wish there was more information about the formulas on the brand’s site. They are more of a cream-powder formula, but they were both quite thin, not that emollient, and firmer, which made them harder to pick up with any time of brush. They were only usable with fingertips, and I felt like I had to do a heavier swirl to get coverage to translate onto my skin. Sephora has a very lightweight “ho...