Zoya’s Josie

Aromaleigh v2’s Gildedoak

Based on the vendor photos from Aromaleigh, I thought I would like this color more than I did.

Aromaleigh v1’s Hemlock

Maybelline’s Icy Mint Color Tattoo cream shadow

My (and many others' least favorite of the 2013 summer color tattoos. The color was very pale - softer than Lavish Lavender - and the application was extremely difficult and uneven. I had to apply two layers of this color to get it to show up as much as it did.

NYX Cosmetics’ Golden Pink Chrome

A bright raspberry base, similar to TKB's Raspberry or BFTE's Lotus, with gold shimmer. The problem is…the base color applies so very very softly that it's more like a tint than a full-on shadow.

Zoya’s Miranda

I prefer Miranda to Chyna. I prefer the combination of textured, plus sparkle, plus a raspberry-red to the same with a bright vampy red. (Which is odd. I like red metallics, I like red sparkle polishes, but add in the texture - make the surface more three-dimensional - and I...

Meow Cosmetics’ Cornelius

This is almost exactly the same color as Drunken Relatives, from the Xmas Rant collection. Really. If you have one of these colors, you don't need the other.

BareMinerals’ Marvelous Moxie in Fashionably Late

Meow Cosmetics’ Broken Mirror

This mostly shows up as a cool chrome-silver grey. The blue-green shimmer is only visible in certain light, at certain angles - definitely not intensely visible.

Shiro Cosmetics’ It’s Gonna Be May

The base color is a very pretty dusty blue-purple, but the silver and gold shimmer overwhelms it. It’s great for an accent, or an evening all-over color.