BareMinerals’ Marvelous Moxie in Dreamer

BareMinerals’ Velvet Vanilla

Silk Naturals’ Sinner

Chunky sparkle, application can be a little patchy if you aren't careful to use the right kind of brush (densely packed, medium-short bristles…nothing long and sweeping or soft, or you won't be able to see much.) There's definitely more visible silver, than purple.

Pure Luxe’s Boytoy

Added to Pure Luxe's lineup in Fall 2009. When I got a sample, I thought it looked like it used TKB Trading's Capricorn Sea as one of its component colorants…or it was just that and some base mix. The two colors aren't identical, but they are very similar. There's a...

Shiro Cosmetics’ Weepinbell

Not quite green enough for “new-leaf green” - the yellow tones are too bright. Other companies have named this shade “acid green.” I don't know if it's quite that bright, but it definitely verges on neon.

Color Club’s Total Mystery

Zoya’s Paris

This, I believe, is very close to “oxblood”. Paris was a great polish, fantastic application, high-shine cream finish, excellent color. So of course it was discontinued. (Was it just me, or did the “oxblood” polish phase seem kind of…harried? Like companies were trying to create a swell of interest,...

Sally Hansen’s Don’t Be Leotardy

In some lights, this color looks slightly muted, almost like it has some mauve tones. It isn't “ballet” or “baby” pink, but I don't know that I'd call it a mauve, necessarily. I got full opacity in two coats, which is what I typically expect from a Complete Salon Manicure...

Sleek Makeup’s Ultra Mattes v2 i-Divine Palette

I prefer the colors in this palette to the Brights version of the Ultra Mattes. The pigmentation, application, and staying power of the shadows in both palettes are fairly similar; it’s solely a personal preference. I like bright colors, but when I have a choice between saturated brights and...

TKB Trading’s Metalites Duo collection

I like these - in their unmixed form, I can easily use them for eye or cheek highlighting. I don’t know if people who use them as one ingredient in a makeup product that they create, use these as a finish, a colorant/tint, or something else. There’s...