CND’s Vinylux Whisper (299)

Slate blue? Cool grey? Depends on the light, and surrounding colors. I used two coats for the manicure in the photos, and I think that I would have preferred to use three coats - just to finish evening out the polish, and to see if the color would intensify with...

Emily de Molly’s Riot of Shadows

The base shade is a very attractive washed denim blue. The color shift - predominantly red, with gold and green at the edges - is very strong! This isn’t a color shift that will only show up in certain lights. It shows up more strongly in bright sun or...

Maybelline’s Color Sensational Lipstick in Mauve It (770)

Nyx Cosmetics’ Vivid Brights Liner in Vivid Delight

NYX Cosmetics’ Slide On Eye Pencil in Black Sparkle

Milani Cosmetics’ Rose Powder blush in Coral Cove

This is a pretty color in the pan, but it applies nearly invisible! I had to work hard to get enough powder on the brush for a heavier swatch, and that was still pretty sheer. It is buildable, though, so I can get a nice soft wash of color that...

ColourPop’s Lippie Stix in Brills

I picked this color up nearly two years ago, and forgot to actually swatch it. It’s lighter than I thought it would be, even before I was in my “make it vanpy” phase. This isn’t quite a pastel lip color, but it is close. I was really hoping...

Color Club’s Modern Pink

A neon pink polish with great color payoff and a wonderful formula. There is one place where I gooped up my manicure just a bit in these photos (look at the ring finger), but on all of the other nails you see lovely smooth even surface.

Color Club’s Classic Blue

I do love these sapphire-blue polishes! Occasionally I like navy, sometimes a robins-egg blue…but a clear sapphire polish is so lovely. This is Color Club’s version of Pantone’s 2020 color of the year.

Makeup Revolution’s Maxi Reloaded Palette in Baby Grand

Initially, when I saw these, I thought: I am not going to need a palette that large! Then the pandemic hit, and after seeing the whole lineup…I caved and bought them all. Baby Grand is palette of purples, fuchsias, cabernets, browns, and a few neutrals. There are four metallics,...