Rockeresque Beauty’s Summer Collection kit

These colors were introduced as a set, and were later on added to the regular line for individual sale. I was happy to see several brighter colors from Rockeresque, though the color payoff wasn’t quite what I had hoped for all of them.

Zoya’s Jewels collection

I’m not quite sure why this color was called “Jewels”, or now the colors or the names run together to form a theme…but there must be something in there somewhere. I have only three shades from this collection, and I’ve gotten the spoons for the other shadesâ€...

China Glaze’s Sci-fi

OPI’s Designer Series Classic

Required four coats for full opacity, and the holographic effect is scattered rather than linear (as in all OPI DS polishes). It also required four coats for full opacity - but then, so do most of the Designer Series polishes. I would choose not to get this again because of...

Zoya’s Tao

No, you aren't hallucinating. Yes, this is slightly similar to Zoya's Freja. The finish is different (I'm not entirely sure -=how=- to classify the finishes for most of the polishes in Zoya's Mirrors collection. They're not frost…they're not metallic…they're…distressed metallic?!??), the base color is just...

Morgana Cryptoria’s Hibiscus lip balm

L’Oréal’s Infallible Le Rouge Lipstick in Rambling Rose (212)

NYX Cosmetics’ Apricot Diamond Sparkle Lipstick

There's enough red in this that the color is actually wearable (well…that might be the combination of the sparkle and the color.) This is more of a “dark dried-apricot” color under a red bulb, than a straight orange that one might expect from something named “Apricot”. I guess I...

Aromaleigh v1’s Bliss

A little less gold and a bit more silver; and the undertones are a little more coppery than red; but this shade is a softer-based cousin of Fyrinnae's Feline Familiars. This is a bit soft to easily be used as a liner shade, but that makes it easy for all-over...

Concrete Minerals’ Mad Hatter

Mad Hatter was a pleasant, interesting surprise. It's marketed as a red-brown, and it looks like that in the pot…but when I applied it, it looked much more purple with some brown undertones. It applies dark enough to make a good liner shade. If I ever learn to do...