Review: Morgana Cryptoria

News Roundup for week 16, 2011

So is everyone in the northern hemisphere ready for spring yet? I most definitely am. I still have the winter blankets on the bed, and I still wear my fleece jacket in the house half the time. It needs to not be so chilly any more…! I'd also like a...

BareMinerals’ In Fashion I kit

This was the first In Fashion kit released…and apparently BE corporate noticed that people just weren’t buying these kits at that price point! Successive In Fashion kits had similar composition, but dropped $20 in price.

Sally Hansen’s Xtreme Wear collection

I was aware of Sally Hansen nail colors and treatments. I’d seen their products in Payless Drugs and Long’s Drugs growing up, even though I didn’t buy them. I do remember buying the Nail Magic and Nail Prisms colors fairly heavily when I first saw them in 2005,...

BareMinerals’ In Fashion II kit

Nordstrom’s gets some fairly interesting long-sought-after colors packaged with older items. I see new items at Ulta and Sephora; and yes, there are a few of the vault treasures at Ulta (the Winter a-Glow-Glow kit, with Heaven blush; or the Dynamic Duos eyeshadow pairs with Justice); but for whatever...

Zoya’s Stacy

This was an autumn-collection release…and that's definitely reflected in the color. It's a warmer purple (which, to me, always suggests fall. Don't ask me why.) I don't know if it was the formula of this bottle or the formula of all of the polishes in this particular collection, but...

Sally Hansen’s VIP Pink

I got this because, in the bottle, it looked like an interesting watermelon-ish pink. It is a nice shade…but it's semisheer - like Knotty and Lighthouse from China Glaze's Anchors Away collection. I am not a huge fan of sheer or semisheer nail polishes, and prefer to know in...

Zoya Nail Polish Exchange 2011

Ready to exchange some nail polish? Zoya's Nail Polish Exchange has begun!! The idea is: trade in bottles of unloved polish from another brand, get a bottle of your chosen Zoya color in exchange - and just pay shipping and handling for the Zoya bottles. In previous years, you'd have...

Zoya’s Faye

This color…is gorgeous! It's a bright orchid-purple with gold duochrome/glitter. The base color reminds me quite a lot of Fyrinnae's Darling Misfit - it's purple, but there's some definite pink tones to it. Like all of Zoya's microglitter polish, this will be easier to remove if you use...

NYX Cosmetics’ Galaxy Round Lipstick

I bought this color because I'd seen some swatches where it looked more brown, and others where it looked more pink. When I received the tube and saw that it looked pretty taupe, I wasn't sure how it would look. It's very interesting! The first impression of it is brown,...