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Entries for Thursday, September 13 2012

Fyrinnae’s Arcane Magic: Dark Fantasy

Fyrinnae’s Arcane Magic: Dark Fantasy

Posted on Thursday, at

Some of the Arcane Magic colors, the shift is pretty distinct. In others, it's less so. But I almost always fail to capture any of the shift! It's difficult. I caught a little bit of it this time, only a little bit, but I did catch some. The base color...

Victorian Disco’s Godric

Victorian Disco’s Godric

Posted on Thursday, at

It looked more like a rich deep copper in the pot, and a little redder when applied. No matter, though - it's a deep enough color that it doesn't look odd on me, and it actually really works well with my skintone and eye color! I got two sets of...

Silk Naturals’ Rollick

Silk Naturals’ Rollick

Posted on Thursday, at

This color is deep enough to be used as a liner shade. The purple is just slightly softened, but not so much that it's truly a ‘faded' indigo-purple. The shimmer isn't very obvious, so again - great for a liner shade, or any kind of accent color. This isn't a...

Alphabet Nail Challenge: K is for Kotori (by Zoya)

Alphabet Nail Challenge: K is for Kotori (by Zoya)

Posted on Thursday, at

Kotori is another shade that I've had for a while, but didn't post manicure-photos of. It's a deeper blue than it appears in the bottle-shot. It's more of a medium-deep metallic navy. The application is smooth, spreadability and durability are good, but I kind of wish that this color was...

BareMinerals’ Magnificent Pearl

BareMinerals’ Magnificent Pearl

Posted on Thursday, at

I've mentioned before that when I saw previews of the colors in this kit, I was not thrilled. Oh, joy, more browns. This one is definitely a brown, but it's a brown that applies very dark and really rich, with good color payoff and decent adhesion. It's a dark chocolate...

Entries for Wednesday, September 12 2012

Alphabet Nail Challenge: J is for Joy (by Zoya)

Alphabet Nail Challenge: J is for Joy (by Zoya)

Posted on Wednesday, at

I've had Joy for a while, but it's been so long…that I hadn't started taking photos of my manicures for the site yet. So yay, I get to combine tasks. (This is also the first nail polish that I've used for this challenge, that had previously been written up....

Essie’s Armed and Ready

Essie’s Armed and Ready

Posted on Wednesday, at

This was My First Essie Polish. I saw the photos on beauty blogs, and knew that I really had to have this one. The color in the bottle looks like your somewhat-standard-ish cement-grey with beige tones. Then you look closely and see the red and gold shimmer, and BAM suddenly...

Entries for Tuesday, September 11 2012

Aromaleigh v2’s Opaline collection

Aromaleigh v2’s Opaline collection

Posted on Tuesday, at

Based on Aromaleigh v1’s Perle glow powder collection. That was one collection I didn’t check out, not being a huge user of glow and highlight powders at the time. Now, though, I’m all over that stuff, layering a good glow powder over a cream shadow to make...

Alphabet Nail Challenge: I is for I Don’t Give a Rotterdam (by OPI)

Alphabet Nail Challenge: I is for I Don’t Give a Rotterdam (by OPI)

Posted on Tuesday, at

I've already profiled the other dusty blue from OPI's Holland collection - but while I'd taken the photos for this manicure, I hadn't written it up on the site yet. Rotterdam is a cooler of the two shades, a dusty teal-blue with silver flakie shimmer. This shade is similar to...

Zoya’s Designer collection

Zoya’s Designer collection

Posted on Tuesday, at

I love fall and winter…mostly because of the color palettes. (And gingerbread latte season, let’s not forget.) Some fall/winter offerings from Zoya have been kind of meh, but I’m really liking both the Designer and Diva collections! One - Rekha - is a color I already...


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