Color Club’s Cherubic

This is the warm counterpart of China Glaze’s FYI - a warm tan, with the metallic silvering that can make it a bit difficult to see the color in this color! It applies very easily, full coverage in two coats, with no chalky feel or thinness that I’ve...

China Glaze’s Blue Bells Ring

I don't know what it is about these deeper blue metallics that flips the “Gotta catch ‘em all!” dipswitch in my brain…but there you have it. This blue is a brighter shade than Blue Year's Eve, and has silver textured sparkle so that a finished manicure looks like hammered...

BareMinerals’ Posh

A nice solid color for contouring or shading; but if you want to use it as a liner, you may want to apply a few layers. The shimmer that's hinted at, in the detail photo, was not really present in the swatches.

Beauty from the Earth’s If I Only Had a Brain

Meow Cosmetics’ Eris

Almost a tropical green - or that Miami-Vice teal-green color, but brighter. It looks excellent and really enhances brown or grey eyes, but also can look good with the right color of blue eyes. Use this with a darker neutral lid shade to really make the color pop out.

Beauty from the Earth’s Lotus

One of the new colors debuted at IMATS LA 2013 (the other were Poodle Pandemonium and Emerald Bliss.) It's slightly similar to Raspberry, but this is just a little more neutral. It's like there are undertones of salmon in this color…which I know is not the right way to describe...

MAC’s Catch My Eye fluidliner

A bit more color payoff than Little Black Bow - I think that's largely due to the larger sparkle-bits in LBB. I do get better results when I dot this into place, rather than trying to sweep it on. That's a general rule of thumb for most cream liners, even...

Saturday Soundtrack: Return of the She-King (Dead Can Dance)

I've showcased Lisa Gerrard on here more than a few times. Lisa Gerrard is the primary vocalist of Dead Can Dance - and this song is off their reunion album Anastasis. The group was originally formed in 1981, and I was introduced to their music about three years later through a...

BareMinerals’ Satin Pistachio

Just slightly greyed without having any yellow tones. I don't love it, though, because this is one of the least pigmented satin colors that was in this kit. This is another one that can work as a near-highlighter, because it's a softer shade with lower color payoff. A soft inner-vee...

BareMinerals’ Satin Lilac

Pale pastel lavender, not quite a white-purple but almost. Similar to Bare Escentuals' Embrace, but with a smoother finish. The color payoff is about on par with most of the rest of the Satin shades in this kit. This is pigmented enough for softer looks, or for “watercolor” effects, but...