Del Sol’s Spike

OPI’s You Only Live Twice

Zoya’s Dahlia

I can think of more interesting ways to use Dahlia, than the other textured nail polishes. I'm not sure why that is - maybe because black goes with just about anything?

Sally Hansen’s Debu-tint (180)

An effects-top-coat rather than a traditional totally-opaque polish; but it can be worn by itself and not look unfinished. (The downside is that you need at least three coats before it stops looking like an unfinished cleanup job from a previous manicure.)

Ninja Polish’s 100% Colombian

Most of the color that you'll see, in this nail polish, is…dark brown shimmer. In certain lights, you'll see the green and gold and red at the edges of your nails - but the duochrome effects in this are more subtle than in Mystic Glacier, or than in most...

Zoya’s Fall 2013 Pixie Dust collection

I only got two colors from this collection: Tomoko, and Sunshine. I think that this will probably be all that I get from this collection - not because the quality is worse, but because a) I’m not a giant fan of textured polishes; and b) I’m not as...

Beauty from the Earth’s Pro Eye Shadows collection

The main difference between the Pro shades and the regular Mineral Shadows line is the ingredients. While the regular mineral shadows are the fairly standard mica / titanium dioxide / iron oxide / magnesium stearate / silica ingredient list found - in varying percentages, and with one or two other nonsynthetic ingredients depending on...

MAC’s Butterfly Party Crushed Metallic Pigment Stack kit

Beauty from the Earth’s Espresso

The darkest shade in BFTE's Coffee Shop collection - by far, the darkest shade. (Chai and Mocchacino apply lighter than they appear in the pot.) This color isn't as dark as some other dark brown eyeliner shades that I have; but it's deep enough to work as a darker contour...

Meow Cosmetics’ Treasure Island