Zoya’s Emilia

Similar to Louise, from last fall's Cashmeres set, but just a tiny bit softened.

Color Club’s Oui Oui Oui

This is a sheer frost with a slight yellowish cast. It kind of reminds me of OPI's Fireflies. It is definitely sheer, though, and even with multiple coats I couldn't get full opacity. This is best used as an effects top-coat. (It's also a little on the thin side…but...

Sally Hansen’s Let’s Snow (195)

Released just this past summer, with the latest additions to the CSM collection. While there was a sheer white in the collection before, it was nice to have an opaque white in this formula. It can be a little thinner in spots, and either I need a third coat to...

BBAC 2014, Day 10: EoTD with Sleek’s Garden of Eden i-Divine palette

I think this is the first Sleek palette that I've come across, that didn't have a black shadow in it. I do like the purples and greens, with a few orangeish and brownish shadows. I did have a slight difficulty with today's look, though, because I was trying to get...

CND’s Vinylux Gilded Dreams collection

I had heard about Vinylux polishes, but was not all that interested in examining them too closely. Then I saw photos of their Gilded Dreams polishes, and decided - hey, let’s look at these a little more closely. And, whaddaya know, I now have a new obsession. Of the...

Beauty from the Earth’s I Believe in Reindeer collection

Of the two winter-holiday-themed collections released this December by BFTE, this one caught my eye. I was most strongly attracted to Dash Away All! It looked like a glowy candle-bright orange with faint coral tones, which I thought would look gorgeous with my blue eyes. One Long Night, the purple...

BBAC 2014, Day 9: EoTD with Sleek’s Glory i-Divine palette

I ended up using a pink again, but toned it down this time (perhaps -=too=- much.) The grey managed to balance the pink out, and the violet-blue made a good eyeliner. I wish I'd applied the eyeliner a little thicker, and been less cautious with Hammersmith and City....

Meow Cosmetics’ Artifact

This color is incredibly similar to Anubis. (When I was putting together the collection-swatch montage, I had to check and recheck and make sure - nope, I'd swatched and photographed two different colors.) Artifact is slightly cooler than Anubis, with some purple undertones around the edges.

TKB Trading’s Gold Basics

Almost the yellow of gold coins! There's a little color depth that makes the color look richer - though that shows up a lot better with dry application than foiling. I am able to wear this fairly easily, as long as it isn't paired with colors that don't work well...

My Pretty Zombie’s Scurvy