Some colors have a dramatic difference between dry and foiled application, others barely any. This one…actually changes color somewhat. It presents as more aqua when foiled, and more of a periwinkle blue when applied dry. I have absolutely no idea why that is, but I love the effect. This...
Compared to how the color appears in the pot, this shadow loses some of its pigmentation when applied. *Not nearly as much as other yellows, though..!) I can get the same level of color-payoff by applying it over a light yellow base, like MAC's Soft Ochre paint pot. This color...
From China Glaze's Colors of the Capitol collection. I originally wasn't interested in this shade or Electrify, because I traditionally haven't been a huge fan of orange nail polish. I got this color, though, because earlier in the year I'd slowly been trying more definitely-orange colors, and because while this...
I don't know why, but in the pot this color looks off-white. Applied…it looks less so. It's not a bright white, certainly not a glowing white shade; but it looks white, not ecru. (The mysteries of visible wavelengths, huh?) The coverage is decent, but it does cover better when...
I have the regular (okay, the “platinum infused”) version of this color, and now I have the eyeliner-version as well. Initially when I heard about this kit and color, I thought: oh, yay, they're giving us two old colors. Huzzah. Twilight Pearl is a new take on a pre-existing color,...
The second of Bare Escentuals’ collaborative kits with Honora Pearls, released for the 2010 year (other kits were Beautiful in Pearls in winter 2009, Vintage Pearls in summer 2010 and Modern Pearls in fall 2010.) The colors in these kits were infused with crushed pearls. Interestingly enough, though, this didn’t give the color...
I thought that this might be a little bit like Oz, but just darker and more evergreen. It's not quite as lush / bright as Oz, and it's definitely blackened. Looking at the overall makeup of the kit in which this color was introduced, this color is the eyeliner shade. It...
I had originally steered clear of this color because I really didn't want another quasi-sheer white polish. Then I bought a bottle - partially because I had so few polishes from the Night Brights collection, and this looked semi-interesting. It's a bright white with the faintest hints of pale, glowing...
Another warm-ish brown from Bare Escentuals, similar to Bali or Summer…but with peach tones instead of yellow, so for me (and probably for many cool-toned folks) this is a much more easily wearable warm brown. This color has fairly good color payoff, and a nice softer shimmer finish. I've...
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