Color Club’s You’re My Soul-Matte

I got this color thinking that it would somehow be a brighter purple. Instead, it’s a bit muted. The formula on this one is less good than the other polishes in this collection…or maybe it’s just the bottle that I got. At any rate, the brushstrokes really...

Color Club’s Good Vibes Only

This is very similar to the other pale blue from this collection, Yes of Quartz. Both require at least three coats for full coverage, both are sparkle finishes with colorshifting effects. This is a stronger blue with a purple shift, though, rather than a more yellow-pink shift. Once the polish...

CND’s Vinylux Holographic (313)

This looks like a very late winter/early spring color. It’s one of the better performers in the Prismatic collection, with solid coverage and no brushstrokes or thicker spots.

Kiko Cosmetics’ Long Lasting Stick Shadow in Multicolor Mauve (46)

This is one of the few colorshifting shadow sticks I’ve seen from Kiko. The base shade is a little disappointing. It doesn’t really lay down any color at all, just a faint kind of sheer-charcoal green. The finish, which is mainly burgundy-mauve but shifts to green and gold,...

Aromaleigh v2.1’s Hygieia blush

I use this brighter clear red more as a lid color than a cheek color. I could use it as a cheek color, I’d just have to be careful not to over-apply. It is easy for me to over-apply this one, and while I can blot most of it...

Maybelline’s Super Stay Ink Crayon in Live on the Edge

Color Club’s Mad About Marley

This is another one of the semi-sheer polishes that gives full coverage…sort of. The nail beyond the bed still remains just a little translucent, and if you layer this polish over another one the resulting manicure has tones of both polishes. That means you can lighten these by appyling...

Color Club’s Get It, Girl!

I don’t know if this is a neon polish or not…I think “not”, but just barely. I have other bright pinks, but most of them are deeper - more toward fuchsia than this lovely bright shade that’s like baby pink with the wattage cranked up. I would...

ColourPop’s Peony for your Thoughts kit

Like the other face-stix kits from ColourPop, this had full-size blushes and one full-size highlighter. Buying one of these kits got you a very slight discount over buying them all individually, but if you bought one of these kits, you’d get two well-coordinated blushes and a complementary shade of...

Notoriously Morbid’s State of Fear collection

One eyeshadow for each U.S. state, representing its local boogyman/myth/legend. Currently there are only 40 of the colors released - the last wave is still in the planning stages, I guess. Many of the eyeshadows have a high-intensity duotone shimmer to them, and the base colors cover most...