Color Club’s Fondue For Two

Uneven coverage, doesn’t settle too well, and takes a long time to try - meaning that it’s the most prone to after-manicure dings and other screw-ups. And dammit, I had such hopes for this one!! I think I’ll just have to use this as a stamping polish...

Sally Hansen’s Batbano Blue (828)

Not necessarily a thoroughly original shade, even for the CSM lineup. Batbano's finish is even similar to Blue My Mind - this color is perhaps a little bit brighter, but not by much. Both blues cover well, are fully opaque, and do not stain my nails or cuticles when I...

Color Club’s Wild at Heart collection

Beauty from the Earth’s How Ya Feelin’ collection

Four eyeshadows: three new, one “back from the vault”, two of the new colors to be added to the regular lineup. The four colors were also available for individual purchase right from the get-go…which was nice for those folks who only wanted one or two shades, or those few...

Kat Von D’s Studded Kiss collection

I was peripherally aware of this collection in the months and weeks leading up to its release, but it wasn’t until I started seeing swatches - and photos from other bloggers who I trusted - that I decided to purchase some of these. At $21, they’re among the pricier...

TKB Trading’s Blackstar Gold

Blackened yellow-gold equals brown. Yeah, could almost see that coming… Similar to Aromaleigh's Drama Topaz, but with slightly more blackening and less of the yellow tones in that shade (which is fairly brown, itself.) I don't know how I'll best be able to use this, maybe as a liner. I...

Beauty from the Earth’s Last to Know

I did buy this color from BFTE, I know that I did. But now it's gone from the website…??? Well, I guess it doesn't matter much, since I found out when I swatched this one that's it's nearly a dead ringer for TKB Trading's Mermaid's Gold, right down to the...

TKB Trading’s Sweet Tea

The one non-brown in TKB's Café collection…is sort of brown. Ish. It's a medium-deep muted orange, but not so warm that it's utterly unwearable by folks with cooler coloring. I have worn it as an accent shade and liked the results, when I paired it with other neutrals (both...

Beauty from the Earth’s Limerance

Limerance reminds me slightly of Poodle Pandemonium. The base color of the two shadows is awfully close; but Limerance has silver shimmer accents compared to Pandemonium's gold-sparkle. Still, if you really wanted Poodle Pandemonium and missed it, Limerance (which is now part of the official regular line, according to BFTE's...

Beauty from the Earth’s Giddy

This eyeshadow does remind me very slightly of another color from BFTE: Classy. Classy is a slightly deeper, slightly cooler red, with silver sparkle instead of gold. If Classy (or its deeper cousin Super Nova) had you concerned that maybe it was too deep a red for you, Giddy may...