Yellows and I have an uneasy relationship. Too much “yellow” and not enough bright, and I can't wear it. This is definitely gold, but it's deep enough and orange enough that it works with my coloring. I do wish that this wasn't a metallic shade, because it's got patchy application;...
This shade seems to change a bit…in my photos it looks a little warmer, a little more tan. When I've worn it, though, it's appeared to have just the slightest bit of pink undertone. This isn't a fantastic shade for me, but it's a decent, unobtrusive neutral that I...
This is such a very light color - just the slightest flush of pink with a faint sheen. It reminds me of a softened version of Lost in Makeupland's Alive. I think this is my favorite of the Happy Booster blushes. This one was introduced in earlier this year (2012), so...
When Zoya’s Color Trios boxes came out, I wasn’t too impressed - only because I had all the colors they were offering in their box sets! The presentation was lovely, a velveteen-lined box with three bottles of Zoya polish inside. But I already owned so many of the...
I picked up this color when I finally got around to trying Jennifer and fell in love with the color - even though, going by the description on Zoya's site, it would not have been a color I'd like very much. Turned out that Jennifer is a fantastic color on...
This has just a little less opacity than Mauving to Manitoba, but otherwise it's a very similar shade. This also wears just a bit better than the OPI polish (and costs a lot less!) The Hard as Nails polishes aren't always the best (witness Tough Luck, which still shows VNL...
Twelve full-size loose powder eyeshadows, all named after the months of the year. I haven’t checked to see if the colors correspond to the months, or birthstones, or anything other than “twelve months, twelve colors”. The payoff when applied dry is a bit faint for most of these colors....
Originally released for Halloween 2011, but still available through the site as of February 2012. Blood and Guts, Living Dead, and The Vaccine were added to the regular collection, while the other three - Nightmare, Quarantine, and Graveyard - were available at a reduced price through Glossvine.
Billed as a shimmer, there's actually not a whole lot of shimmer in this. It's more of a soft pearl finish. Application is good, color payoff is great (dry application looks better than wet, though) and while there's some sparse shimmer visible in the pot, I wasn't really seeing it...
In the bag, this looked like Zoya's Faye, translated to eyeshadow form. But when I swatched the color, I saw mostly purple with not much of the bronze or gold duochrome…and it's pretty sheer! I don't know if I got a bad batch, or if this color just naturally...
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