Beauty from the Earth’s Denebola

Applies a bit softer than expected, based on the vendor photo. It's a slightly deeper version of Aromaleigh v2's Odianne - and, bonus, it's permanent, so it's not going to vanish in 2 or even 6 months when the collection goes out of rotation.

Beauty from the Earth’s Pegasus

Del Sol’s Reckless

I originally bought this for the UV-activated color, which is both less coral than anticipated, and prettier (to me, at least.) The “default” color is fairly straightforward, the colorchange shade is very attractive. What's annoying is both the finish (it holds brushstrokes like nobody's business) and the fact that this...

Zoya’s Giovanna / Chinoiserie Fantasy

For people who missed out on The Muse's Attitude (from L'Oreal's Project Runway 2012 collection), Giovanna is a pretty close match. Giovanna is a little brighter, so it isn't exact…but it's very, very close. It's a closer color-match than Zoya's Holly - which is a brighter metallic green.

Zoya’s Channing

This is the thinnest of the Satins polishes. I felt like a third coat might deepen the color a bit, bring out the red some more - but went with two coats for this manicure and called it done. It's thin enough that I don't know how well it would...

Zoya’s Neve / Imperial Russia

Very similar to The Mystic's Fortune, but just a little bit brighter and a lot less of a tendency to show brushstrokes in the finished manicure.

Zoya’s Claudine / Black Swan

Deeper than Zoya's Freja, but if you are not a huge fan of metallic black nail polishes and you already have Freja you may be able to safely skip Claudine. This color was originally created for Zang Toi's Imperial Russia collection for NYFW 2013.

Silk Naturals’ Fall 2011 eyeshadows

Lots of shadows in this collection - many browns or brown-green tones, but a few more intense pops of blue. The overall theme seems to be cars and/or driving…though I’m not sure how shadow names like Kingfisher and Magpie fit in there. It’s nice to see...

Zoya’s Cashmeres collection

I usually prefer metallic or shimmer finishes to cremes. So surprise, surprise when I ended up liking the fall Cashmeres collection more than its partner-release the Satins! That could be due to the relative coverage of the Satins versus the Cashmeres. It could be due to the Satins being a...

Beauty from the Earth’s Chai

The fourth-darkest shade in the Coffee Shop collection ends up looking a bit lighter, due to its pearl/shimmer finish. If you're looking for the warmer red tones in this shadow, don't wet it or apply it over something like Liquid Lustre or Pixy Epoxy. Anything that will “make it...