BareMinerals’ Pink Pearl blush

Barely any color to this at all! If my skin were deeper-toned, I don't know that I'd be able to wear this blush at all. I haven't had much luck wearing it by itself, but over some of my darker blushes, to soften them, it works fairly well: the underlying...

Alphabet Nail Challenge: S is for Swanky Silk (by China Glaze)

Swanky Silk is similar to Pink Cosmo…except that it doesn't take quite as many coats to get a full-coverage manicure! This is the only polish from the Bohemian collection I've worn so far, but performance has been good.

BareMinerals’ buxom Tara

A paler version of Lauren, with more orange and a bit more of the blue iridescence and sparkle. I don't know why Tara wasn't made part of the regular line, other than they seem to be moving away from the “regular” buxoms and introducing spin-off lines with slightly more color...

Victorian Disco’s Salazar

A nice jade-emerald with fairly good pigmentation. Applied dry over primer, it didn't have a whole lot of adhesion or coverage, but when foiled I got some decent color payoff. The green color is pretty neutral-green, no overtly yellow tones, not really any heavy blue tones either. Possibly some aqua-ish...

Fyrinnae’s Parental Advisory

Alphabet Nail Challenge: R is for Ray (by Zoya)

I don't quite agree with Zoya's description of this polish being a “micro-glass fleck” finish, but I do like the color. I have been into a green phase lately - eyeshadows, nail polish, even the paint on my walls is a nearly-white green. I think this color is just another...

Alphabet Nail Challenge: Q is for Quinn (by Zoya)

I am giving my cuticles a break today, and showcasing a previously-used color. (They're drying out something awful, and the nightly cuticle butter isn't helping too much. The stress I'm going through right now doesn't exactly help matters.) At any rate, Quinn - I think this is one of the...

BareMinerals’ Modern Pearls kit

I wasn’t conscious of this collection when it first came out - I wasn’t really paying attention to the line of Honora-infused-color-kits because the first one really didn’t knock my socks off. (And with these A/D kits, you have to buy into the series or you...

Alphabet Nail Challenge: P is for Pink Cosmo (by Maybelline)

Pink Cosmo, from Maybelline's Fall Fashion collection, is a nice enough color…but there's not much duochrome, and it took five coats to get the color payoff that I did. All in all, the Maybelline Color Show polishes from this NYFW collection aren't thrilling me (see Boho Gold, an earlier...

Zoya’s Diva collection

I don’t know that I agree with Zoya’s assertion that Elisa, Ray, Song, and Suri are “metallic micro glitters”. I see a little bit of that in Song, but Suri, Ray, and Elisa look like near-metallic finishes to me. (Gorgeous colors…I just don’t know that I...