I was very interested in this color when the promotional photos first began appearing on blogs. About a month before the collection's release when I first saw manicure photos of this color, I was a little concerned. It was a very definite microglitter, and I'd been hoping for either a...
The red isn't nearly as apparent in this shade as it is in Twinkling Lights, and the green's a bit blackened - almost a muted forest green. I don't love this color as much as I was hoping, but it's nicely different from other colors in my collection, and makes...
My favorite purple, lavender, and plum eyeshadow colors, alphabetically by manufacturer and then by color name, are: Aromaleigh v1's Boilingpoint Aromaleigh v1's Cassia Aromaleigh v1's Sea Glass Aromaleigh v1's Ladystardust Aromaleigh v1's Larkspur Aromaleigh v1's Swank Bare Escentuals' Brocade Bare Escentuals' Champagne Bare Escentuals'...
One of the only colors from the Ghosts of XMas Past to interest me, this color is actually fairly similar to Rose (from the Winter Spirits collection) - but a little warmer than Rose.
Sometimes in my excitement for bolder, richer colors, the various soft-focus collections get a bit less love…until I go hunting for a softer blending shade, and suddenly I’m all in love with the soft focus colors again. That’s what happened with this kit. Not only did I...
Based on the photos on Zoya's site, and Zoya's description of the color, this shade was a lot…pinker than I expected. There's a very slight shimmer to it. I can see how it's kind of sort of a warmer pink; but I'd still call it more of a pink...
People went nuts over this color when it came out - because it was another nude, and BE's lipstick line just didn't have too many pinks or nudes. I was a little dubious about how this color would look on me, but when it came available in the boutiques (about...
It's midnight on the 31st of January (okay, it's 11 pm where I am), so it's time to draw the winner of My Favorite Things giveaway. And the winner is... Sirvinya Congratulations!!
So many of the other coral-oranges I have are either matte, or dark, or faint. This is a nice medium coral-peach with a slight shimmer. It's a good non-neutral shade that works for softer contouring or as a counterpoint to darker colors like Fashionista Femme, or even Melopomene.
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