Femme Fatale Cosmetics’ Secret Shiny

Similar to BareMinerals' Trust and to Meow Cosmetics' Lazy Days, but with a lighter base color.

MAC’s Steel Blue pigment

Apparently this was one of MAC's original pigment colors. I don't recall if I've ever noticed it not being on the web site; but I don't stalk the site as much as the die-hard MAC fanatics out there. It's…well, it's okay. The color depth doesn't seem to make the...

Silk Naturals’ Regent

OPI’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

When the pics of this collection started appearing on nail blogs, this polish immediately caught my attention. The roughened texture, the mixed blue-gold-green…it reminded me a bit of Zoya's Edyta, but far more blue than green. The polish is attractive, but requires a lot of coats for full opacity....

Zoya’s Ivy

Sally Hansen’s Cur-Tan Call

I was really glad to see this color - I like a good neutral with good coverage. They can be backdrops for some really gorgeous nail stamping; and because they're neutral I feel like I have a wider range of top-colors to choose from. Sadly, this polish is a bit...

Sleek Makeup’s Ultra Mattes v1 i-Divine Palette

The first of two matte palettes, both released at the same time (summer of 2012, I believe?.) V1 is the bright colors, V2 is the darker shades. Most of the shades have pretty good color payoff, but a few (Floss, Crete, and Pow in particular) have to either be layered, or...

Beauty from the Earth’s Sunset Palette kit

Silk Naturals’ Spoiler

This color is rather soft - not semisheer, just a softer medium-light cool brown. I like using it when I want an extremely soft shadow or contour, almost no shaping at all.

Meow Cosmetics’ Sundisc

The yellowest of the shades in the Rainbow's End collection. While it's a beautiful metallic, the finish appears a little rougher than Or or Lunulae; and people with very cool skintones may have to take a little extra care when wearing a shade this warm.