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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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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