Yves Saint Laurant (which will be referred to as YSL from this point on because I’m a lazy typist) has recently come out with a plethora of colors for thier La Laque Couture Line. I was pretty excited about this because their last few offerings (here and here) were a departure from the mainstream colors [...]
The next four Estee Lauder swatches are a mix from both the Metal Mania and Beyond Black collections. I’m a bit confused about Tempestuous. On the Nordstrom site, it belongs to the Metal Mania collection and on the Estee Lauder site, it doesn’t exist. It’s also very peculiar that Estee Lauder still doesn’t have their [...]
Let’s face it, a collection titled “The Essentials”, whether it be in French or not, is not exactly a collection that will have me riveted to my seat in anticipation. Even before the colors are revealed, I pretty much have low expectations of being wowed. How did I feel when I actually saw the shades? [...]
The Gareth Pugh nail polishes that were recently introduced by MAC came in new square bottles and a hefty increase from the normal $15 to a whopping $22. With an increase like that, I pull out my wallet with high expectations. Was it really worth it? …Not quite. Let’s start with the bottles. While I [...]
Dior Flapper Pink came out with a bunch of other Dior colors several months ago when Dior revamped their brushes to the wider width. At first glance, the color is a pretty sedate pink that leans ever so slightly to peach. But if you look closely, you’ll notice the shimmer contains additional pink, lavender and [...]
I got a real kick out of the names in this collection. Someone put some thought into these 16 polishes, unlike other collections that have had metallic as their theme. All of them described the color pretty accurately and even though all of them might not have technically been metals, they stayed within the genre. [...]
Last three. As you can tell from the first two swatches, the base jelly color is different, the glitter is the same. Chunky Holo Black is a bit different. It has larger hexagonal glitter particles in the mix. These hexagonal flakes have the same holographic effect as the rest of the glitter. I’m guessing this [...]
I really go back and forth with CND’s new line of Colors and Effects. I was pleasantly shocked with their one coat colors. I adored their initial Effects. Hated the Red Hot Effects addition. Absolutely loved the Night Factory duo. I liked their Gold and Silver Effects. And now the Jason Wu set which, despite [...]
The Golden Rose Paris Holographic Collection (I’ll be showing these at a later date) tend to be alot of color with a little holographic. This particular Holographic collection tends to be alot of holographic with a little bit of color. This means that the polish will be thin, pigmentation wise. However, at three coats (which [...]
The Bad: These bottles are a mere 6ml The Good: The price is a mere $2.15 The Bad: Indoors, they’re a tad flat The Good: Outside, they sparkle like fireworks on the 4th The Bad: The collection isn’t extremely pigmented The Good: The collection contains 4 greens The Bad: Extremely short brush handle The Good: [...]
