I was an early adopter, one of the earliest adopters, of Kosas Cosmetics, by sheer luck. I know Sheena, the Founder and Creator, personally and she was excited about her little lark line of four lipsticks that she was formulating. Sheena is both beautiful and brainy, she actually studied Biology and Chemistry in college, and she’s genuinely lovely and kind and someone you want to see succeed. She passed me the first four colors from her lip line as a gift to try, and I immediately knew she had made something special. I was an instant Kosasphile and gifted my girlfriends her colors that Christmas and brought it with me to more than one photoshoot to intro the line to some great makeup artists.
Undone is the most gorgeous brown-pink nude and Darkroom and Fringe are my go-to bold lip colors. Rosewater, when smudged with a fingertip, gives the most beautiful bitten-lip hue imaginable. Since those days, of course, Kosas lipsticks and their vanilla-orange scent and natural ingredients are pretty much everywhere and are massively respected, praised, and coveted in the beauty industry. Goop has them, Barney’s sells them, Violet Grey recommends them. But this post is not about the lips, it’s about her new cheek and highlight duos.
In full disclosure, even though Sheena is gifting me some of the other sets to try, I bought Saturate + Illuminate Creme in 8th Muse outright from her website. I love a cream blush; if I can use my fingertips to apply and skip the brush...