A truly lovely shade that reminds me - slightly - of Zoya's Lexi. This color provides near-complete full opacity with a single coat. Unfortunately, it's a frost finish...which means that it shows brushstrokes rather prominently. (Even in these blurry photos - sorry about that!!) I like this color a...
I don't know that I'd 100% agree with Zoya's “duochrome” definition. This doesn't change colors like Ki or Adina or Space Cadet or Waves of Enchantment or any colors that are easily recognized, even by people who aren't nail polish afficionados. It's a hot magenta base color with a faint blue...
I can't decide if this is a neutral warm shade, or a warm neutral…but I like it! It's one of my favorites. (Now that Morgana's announced that she'll be discontinuing her lip balms I ordered another tube!! I'll store it in the refrigerator to help it last longer. Yes,...
A warmer neutral...right on the border of "colors that work for me", and "colors that don't". It's similar to buxom Nantucket, but a little less peach and a wee bit more tan. Application is excellent, and whenever I want a little more color I just add a sheer lip...
I couldn't find swatch photos of this online, so I wasn't really sure what color it would be. It looked a little like it might lean purple, just from the various product photos (which, I have learned, are sucktastic and not really representative of the product.) Velvet Diamond Sparkle is...
This is a very soft color - not “invisible” (like most of Sleek's matte shades, and like some other indie shadows) but definitely not highly pigmented. Good to use for softer looks, or as a blending shade. The green deepens when this color is applied wet, and the shimmer is...
<p>Another gorgeous shade from Concrete Minerals. Based on the photos on their site, I thought that this color might appear smokier. It does have some smoky undertones to it, but it's more of a blued indigo than a smoky indigo. It doesn't significantly change color intensity whether applied...
Good for lining or smokey-eye looks, this is a solid black without the reflective finish that NYX's Black Chrome has. And of course it's so inexpensive…it says that each vial contains 1 gram, but based on my own highly subjective tests (repotting one vial of an NYX Pearl color into...
The official description for this color says that it's similar to a peacock feather…which it is, sort of. (Whenever I picture a peacock feather, or see a photo of one, I most instantly notice the teal and the brighter green in the “eyes”.) There is a faint gold sheen...
Almost a counterpart to Robin the Cradle, but Metamorphosis has a more pronounced gold shimmer - and the base color actually changes slightly depending on the angle the light hits it at, so this color is a true duochrome. You can even see the range of peach and orange on...
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