TKB Trading’s Ferric Ferrocyanide

There’s a saying among painters, that “blue travels.” Use just a little bit of blue in a project, you’ll find it all over the place. Same holds true for this color! This is very very blue. So very blue. Just a tiny bit mixed with water yields a...

Zoya’s Britta

I often associate this color with the holidays - this color of red, rather than the holly-berry-red that’s more widely recognized as “Christmas” red. (Don’t ask me why…I’m not entirely sure myself.) This polish has a good formula. It applies easily and is pretty durable.

Color Club’s Rose Remedy collection

Six various shades of pink or rose, all matte finish, and all made with rose hip extract to - allegedly - help strengthen nails. I honestly think that this is like SPF in foundation, though. The presence of this ingredient is a gimmick, because you won’t apply enough polish...

Shiro Cosmetics / Detrivore’s Abyss Between The Stars

This is such a cool grey that it’s basically a deep slate. There’s some faint, scattered gold shimmer that adds a subtle bit of color. This was the first color from the Autumn People collection that caught my eye and sucked me right in.

Shiro Cosmetics’ Girl on Fire

Very good pigmentation levels, and nice even color payoff! I wish that I had swatched this and paid more attention to this before the entire collection was discontinued. I have it in full-size, but I would have loved to promote it better. I have other oranges, but the lean red...

ColourPop’s Lippie Stix in Faded

The color is a slightly-orange leaning creme…and the formula of the one I got was a bit loose. It applied very thick, and when I tried using a brush I still got a lot more product than I intended. Between an off-batch of formula and a color that doesn’...

Aromaleigh v2.1’s Orpheus

I don’t have any shadows that are exactly like this. There’s a deep charcoal base under everything, with flashes of dusty violet, blue, and maroon.

TKB Trading’s Coloronna Blue

This is a lovely blue! It’s also similar to blues that have been available from many other indie vendors. Some are closer matches than others, some are discontinued, some are only available seasonally. The downside to getting the mica from TKB is that you can’t just apply it...

Sally Hansen’s Fly By (150)

Shiro Cosmetics’ Spring, Sprung collection

Like the Cozy and Bright collection, these are marketed as highlighters and eyeshadows. The colors themselves are kind of odd for highlighters, but all of them have an iridescent or interference layer that helps them function better as highlighters.