There's a faint texture to this - what Zoya dubbed their “liquid-crystal effect”. It doesn't add tons of dimension to the polish that I've noticed, and it does mean that any polish with this texturing effectively can't be used for any nail stamping. The purple color is very attractive, a...
Sadly, I missed getting China Glaze’s Sexagon - because I wasn’t really paying attention to makeup when that collection was released. I also missed getting China Glaze’s OMG, because everyone-but-everyone snapped that one up (and because while I had started building my makeup collection, I hadn’t...
This color caught my eye when I was looking for a deeper accent color to use with nail art and stamping. I liked the shade - it's a teal that borders on blue-spruce green. And I got the polish on sale, which is always a nice bonus. Application was smooth,...
The collection is no longer available in kit form, but many of the colors are now part of the regular line. In fact, the only color that isn’t currently part of the regular line is Good Witch…and yay, it’s the Color of the Week through March 15th!...
Zoya built this collection out of previously-released colors. Piaf, GeiGei, and Julie were all previously released in the Zang Toi NYFW kit, and Jacqueline and Neely were part of the limited-edition Peter Som collection. The only truly new color in this collection is Blu. It’s kind of nice to...
This looks like a greenish mid brown in the pot - honest! When I swatch it, it leans more toward being a dusty green. When I wear it, it can go either way depending on which other colors I have on. The finish kind of washes out the color when...
Nice softer yellow pearl - not quite a primary yellow, but very very close. In the pot, this is exactly the color of the Yellow Brick Road! When applied to skin, either with or without primer, the color softens slightly. The wet application had some areas that were thinner, but...
One of the two brand-new shades in the Shades of Decadence kit. Cypress is unusual from Bare Escentuals, in that it's a loose powder eyeshadow with serious pigmentation. It vaguely resembles Aromaleigh v2's Storm, both in base color and in finish. I was interested in getting this kit because...
I snapped this color up as soon as I saw it on the MAC site. I was hoping that this would be a similar shade to Bare Escentuals' Here Kitty, but with a bit more depth. I got the “same shade” part of my wish. The more depth…? Not quite...
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