The next batch of NYX Advanced Salon Formula swatches may seem a bit on the sedate side, but there are a few here that really captured my interest. Fortunately, I’d categorized all these as work appropriate, for those that are concerned with that. And as stated in previous posts, you can find these for a [...]
I realized that I’ve been doing numerous high end polishes since my haitus. So let’s get back to some low priced options. I started the NYX Advanced Salon Formula series before my break and still had quite a few bottles left to swatch. So over the next few weeks, I’ll have 3-4 more posts covering [...]
The CND Pink Wishes Duo has been sitting on my desk for a little while. I’ve covered quite a few of the CND duos (I think I’ve actually gotten them all) and there are ones that I love and ones that I hate. Pink Wishes is a split decision. Pink Wishes Color is a pale [...]
Boy this page looks bright and colorful! When Dior originally came out with their wide brush, I was concerned. Once I tried it, I was relieved. However, recent collections have me rescinding my praises of this brush. I think the quality control has plummeted since these wide brushes were introduced. They no longer have perfectly [...]
This is the last of my “ready-to-go-but-never-published” posts that was languising during my sabbatical. Between sales and a few eye-catching colors, I’ve recently ended up purchasing alot more Revlons than I have in quite a while. I think a good number of these are older colors, despite the “New Shade” skickers on the bottle caps. [...]
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 [...]
When I perusing for new polishes, I only give Shu Uemura a half eye as they are so difficult to get in the US. But when I saw these three, I made a concerted effort to get my hands on them. These don’t have multi-color shimmer, aren’t holographic, don’t have flecks, flakes or flashes. In [...]
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? [...]
Laura Mercier has recently re-introduced their polishes in the US starting with Twilight, which was very auspicious. The newer colors were very mainstream consisting of pinks, subsequently followed by a lilac and most recently the Cinema Noir collection that contains brown and beige (we’ll get to those in a later post). Usually, my main complaint [...]
When I picked these two colors up, I actually didn’t pay too much attention to the names as I was positive I didn’t have them in my collection. After I was labelling the graphics, I had to laugh. I’ll agree with Whimsical, it’s an apropos name. But Popular? Really? These names were obviously targeting the [...]
