Concrete Minerals’ Pretty Chick Collection kit

I went back and forth on this kit…buy it, or no? Yes, the color combination looked pretty; but I already have plenty of purples. I finally caved, and I’m glad I did! I have purples, yes; and Frost is a fairly straightforward white shimmer; but I haven’t...

Concrete Minerals’ Flame Collection kit

If you want all of the colors in a given kit, buying a kit costs you less money than purchasing the pots individually. It doesn’t save you a gigantic amount; but it does save you a dollar a pot. (And that’s without any member discounts or coupons.) This...

Concrete Minerals’ Mermaid Collection kit

This was one of the earlier kits available from Concrete Minerals, off of their Etsy store. I’m not sure which kits were released first; but I do know that this was available before the Alice kit. The individual colors didn’t catch my eye, but this combination - deep...

Concrete Minerals’ Gladiolus Collection kit

The color combination caught my eye: the purple and red were straightforward enough, I wasn’t sure how the yellow would work with them but was interested in finding out. Lovey Dovey is a medium pink-red, Unity is a medium-bright purple with gold sparkle, Vegas is a very pale yellow,...

OPI’s Designer Series Signature

The base color is pretty, if a bit sheer. I had to use four coats to get full coverage! The holographic particles are a bit sparse, as well. If I painted this over a pink polish, I might have the color but would lose a lot of the holographics. The...

Wet n Wild’s Teal of Fortune

A gorgeous color. Two coats gave me nearly complete opacity, but it required four to erase all VNL. I also had the odd problem that, when I tried to remove the polish, my cuticles and the skin around my nails was stained blue! It took me three more passes with...

Zoya’s Vivi

BRIGHT pink!! This one's very, very close to Pink Boa - the hot pink, the blue sheen, everything. It's a bit brighter than Hot Magenta, which is more of a fuchsia-pink with a less noticeable blue shift. I got full even coverage in two coats. (And yes, my cuticles are...

NYX Cosmetics’ Iced Honey Round Lipstick

Aromaleigh v1’s Dormant Dream

This was one of the colors I got in my almost-final grab bags from Aromaleigh. I don't know for sure that I would have ordered the color on its own - it's such a very bright shade of purple. I have to use this one carefully or it is too...

China Glaze’s Gilded Treasures

This color is pretty, and the scattered sparkle (as opposed to all-over sparkle or even a regular shimmer) is a nice change. I do wish that the color was a bit less sheer, though. Even with three coats there was a bit of VNL. The polish has good spreadability, doesn't...