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China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Happy Go Lucky Nail Lacquer

China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Happy Go Lucky Nail Lacquer

China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Happy Go Lucky

China Glaze Happy Go Lucky Nail Lacquer is a bright, sunshine yellow creme. It goes on opaque in just one or two layers, and it really does look quite cheery. This is nearly neon, but not quite, and it's...

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China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Light As Air Nail Lacquer

China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Light As Air Nail Lacquer

China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Light As Air

China Glaze Light As Air Nail Lacquer is is a subdued lilac with a pastel edge and maybe a little mix of gray in it. It's definitely more of a lilac shade than a gray shade, though it may photograph either way,...

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China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Grape Pop Nail Lacquer

China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Grape Pop Nail Lacquer

China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Grape Pop

China Glaze Grape Pop Nail Lacquer is a deep, grayed-down red-based purple. It's dark, but it's not actually as bright/vibrant as pictured. (I ended up with about eighty photos and these were the closest to in-real-life...

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China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Four Leaf Clover

China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Four Leaf Clover

China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Four Leaf Clover

China Glaze Four Leaf Clover Nail Lacquer is a richly pigmented, semi-deep green-based teal. Both the way it looks in real life and in the bottle is very, very green and not that teal - but it's obvious that...

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China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Flyin' High

China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Flyin' High

China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Flyin' High

China Glaze Flyin' High Nail Lacquer is an opaque, sky blue creme with a slight teal undertone -- it can easily photograph more on the teal side, while it's quite obviously blue. I'd also say it's a little deeper than...

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China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Something Sweet Nail Lacquer

China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Something Sweet Nail Lacquer

China Glaze Up & Away Collection: Something Sweet

China Glaze Something Sweet Nail Lacquer is a soft, baby girl pink with just a smidgen of lilac creme polish. It's just pink enough to have color, but it's still fairly pale and pastel, thus...

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Maybelline Eye Studio for Spring 2010: Natural & Baked

Maybelline Eye Studio for Spring 2010: Natural & Baked

Maybelline Eye Studio for Spring 2010: Natural & Baked

According to WWD, it looks like Maybelline's spring launches are going to be driven around the idea of being "natural." Maybelline Eye Studio will include quads with "wet technology" and baked marbleized eyeshadows. I'm curious about what...

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Sonia Kashuk Twist of Fate Brush Set

Sonia Kashuk Twist of Fate Brush Set

Affordable Makeup Brushes:  Sonia Kashuk's Twist of Fate Brush Set

Sonia Kashuk Twist of Fate Brush Set ($19.99) is a limited edition holiday brush set with six brushes housed inside a gorgeous, shimmering black clutch.

The six brushes you get are: blush brush, foundation brush, blending brush, small...

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Prescriptives Luster Baked Eye Color Quad (Cool)

Prescriptives Luster Baked Eye Color Quad (Cool)

Holiday Makeup Palettes:  Prescriptives Luster Baked Eye Color Quad -- Cool

Prescriptives Luster Baked Eye Color Quad ($40.00) is available in two varieties: cool and warm. The one I'm reviewing is the cool palette, which contains four shades of lightly shimmered, soft sheen baked eyeshadows.

The...

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