Aromaleigh v2’s Holyground

Fyrinnae’s Mephisto

Fyrinnae's website says that this is a red with a very strong blue overlay. I don't doubt that's how they formulated it; and in certain lights it does lean more fuchsia. But…it's purple. There. I said it. This is not in and of itself a bad thing. The color...

Meow Cosmetics’ GMTA

Meow Cosmetics’ Toasted

A nearly-evergreen shimmer, with a bit more blue tones (kind of similar to blue spruce.) I can layer this color to get more coverage, but the color intensity is about what you see in my photos. Kind of similar to Meow's Infamy, from their Pandora's Box collection…but this color...

OPI’s Into The Night

An attractive color - bright, but not too vivid. It shows some brushstrokes, but it isn't too bad. It's got a nice metallic finish, only minimal visible spreadability issues. To me, its biggest downside is that it requires so many coats for full opacity. I'll gladly apply four coats for...

Color Club’s Angel Kiss

Most of the green holos that have been released have been chartreuse or emerald. It’s kind of nice to have a seafoam one! I did get a little bit of texture with this one - I don’t know how much of that is due to the polish and...

Beauty from the Earth’s Coffee Shop kit

Five nicely coordinating neutral shades with a little extra. This is the only five-shade “mini kit” in BFTE’s inventory that I know of. It’s also the only kit available by redeeming rewards points, that isn’t 180 points. It’s well worth it, though, because the shadows have excellent...

Color Club’s Alter Ego collection

This collection has six softer shades with creme finishes - some semisheer - and six darker shades with a variety of finishes: glass fleck, metallic shimmer…even some duochromes. There are polish collections that try to balance finishes, opacity, color shades, what have you. This is perhaps a more extreme...

BareMinerals’ Velvet Taupe

This color is deeper than Satin Nude, but the color payoff is a bit lessened. I think this color might get its most use from me as a blending shade - I don't see this being an actual brown color or accent that will show up very much on me....

Meow Cosmetics’ Champagne

When viewing this color in the pot, there are no clues to its actual appearance. When it's applied - whether stipped, patted or swept - it's a brick-color with gold shimmer. When I first swatched this, I stopped, thoroughly cleaned the brush, tried it again, went and got a completely...