Random MAC Product Images: Cool Heat, Future Earth, Tendertones, Dazzleglass, Neo Sci-Fi

The Cool Heat collection didn't really appeal to me that much. It's hard for me to pull off blues. A couple of the colors did look like they would work for me. Warm Chill, Solar White and Warming Trend.









Here's Solar White. It's neither Solar nor White. It's described as a muted white gold, but this is totally pink. It reminds me of Pink Opal pigment, where it's kinda white but reflects pink.


This is Warm Chill. Kind of a sparkly seafoam green color that leans blue and has a good amount of gold shimmer.




Warming Trend. A nice, light, shimmery, velvety textured bronzy taupe. Like Satin Taupe with lots of multi colored shimmer (no glitter here)

High 90's Slimshine. I loooooove Slimshines. This is a nice orangey pink. Would that be considered Coral?

As always, click the pictures to enlarge. I left these all mega-huge so you can get an idea of the texture.


Turquatic Heat. Kinda useless to take a picture of perfume, but I really liked the color of the cap and stem. Very cool.





Here's a couple pictures of Dazzleglass. Click these suckers, they're humongous. It really helps to see the multi-colored pearls of shimmer in these. I left the labels on because I'm too lazy to list them at the moment! XD




MAC Future Earth Volcanic Ash Exfoliator. I just had to get a picture of this. It's BLACK! I got a kick out of washing my face with something that looks like black sludge! I'll do a review later on.



Honey Bare Tendertone. It's so very nice. Smells amazing, feels like velvet, adds just a hint of color and shimmer. Love it.




Pucker Tendertone in indirect sunlight and with flash. This color is perfect. Can you see all the little multi-colored sparkles in this? It's not glitter, just little microscopic sparkles! It adds the perfect amount of sheer tint to my lips and a little bit of sparkle that looks awesome when the sun hits it.

Metalist Nail Lacquer from Neo Sci-Fi. This is seriously as smooth as molten metal. Look at it, it looks liquid! I like this even more than Dior Coppery Ginger. It looked so awful in the MAC pictures, but it looks nothing like them in real life!

Mmmm.... MAC.

Zoya Gossip Collection Swatches

I'm so excited about this lovely set from Zoya. I would have never paid a second thought to these polishes because they looked so bland in the pictures. I was wrong- these aren't bland, they're beautiful!

These apply amazingly well, much better than some of the other creme finish Zoya polishes I've used. They're smooth, not too thick (as 3-free polishes tend to be) and they dry surprisingly fast. No goo, just a nice even coat every time. These are also pretty pigment-dense, most of them only require one coat to be completely opaque! No streaks!

Here are the polishes (please excuse my poor, ragged cuticles, as I've been doing a LOT of swatching this week):

Audrina

Elodie

Heidi

LC

Lo

Whitney

These look like perfect summer colors that will go well with most skintones. I bet they'd look even better with a shimmery topcoat (Heartbreaker, anyone?)

You can get these directly from Art Of Beauty.

Zoya Color Lock System plus FREE Gossip Collection Sampler!

My Zoya Color Lock system and Gossip Collection polishes just arrived!


Look at how gigantic that bottle of Remove+ is! And yes, those are full size polishes!

I can't wait to try out the Color Lock system, and I'll be sure to review it when I do. It comes with Remove+, Anchor base coat, Armor top coat and Hurry Up speed dry drops (I LOVE speed dry drops, and I'll bet these are similar to my favorite, Qtica Half Time)

So, how did I get the free polishes? Simply purchase the Zoya Color Lock System and enter promo code SUMMER at checkout to get the Gossip collection free. EDIT: Oops, looks like this expired yesterday =( Sorry!!

Thank you Zoya and Art of Beauty for this awesome promotion! I can never resist free nail polish :D

Rescue Beauty Lounge Swatches: Sheers, Neutrals and a Red!

I'm sure you all know how much I love Rescue Beauty Lounge. I tried it on a whim and now I'm hooked. The colors, the formula, the bottles, the brushes, all perfect. Well, perfect except for one color, but I'll save that for last.

Since I seem to gravitate toward dark colors 99% of the time, I thought I'd try Rescue Beauty Lounge's sheers and light colors. I mean, if I'm gonna do it, it might as well be with Rescue, right? (<---- justification!)

This is Ani. I really like this color- pale, beigey shimmer. I had a lot of trouble with this one- there seemed to be unmixed chunks or blobs of pigment or dried polish in this. I had to re-do this twice to be able to take pictures. It came out really chunky. I think I got a bad bottle.


Clear Pink. I think this is probably meant to be a one-coat polish, but I hate seeing my nails through my polish. This is three coats of a lovely light natural pink.


Medium White. This is more of a creamy butter color. Not quite yellow, but not quite white. It applies very smoothly and stays semi-sheer until three coats (pictured). I think this would make great natural looking tips for a french manicure.


Om. I love this one. There's just something about it that makes me feel calm. It looks boring, and I'm pretty sure it is boring, but for some reason I'm drawn to it. What is it about this color? I don't know. I just like it. Is it like Apple Jacks?


Opaque Nude. This is really cool. It reminds me of coffee with way too much cream. It's opaque and smooth and really unique looking.


Opaque Pink. I think that's the name. It's a different shade of pink than Clear Pink and it's more opaque. It's almost skin-colored. Very pretty and natural.


Underwear. The most perfect one-coat holy-crap-that's-white bright white polish ever.


Purple Haze. This picture makes it look slightly more blue, but I assure you it's purple. It's a nice deep lilac shade that's darker than OPI Do You Lilac It. I don't own another polish like this.


Chinoise. How do you pronounce this? I have no idea. This red is bright, flashy and smooth as glass. This applies like a dream- I almost couldn't believe how perfect it was.

And, not for the faint of heart, here's what could possibly be the most unflattering shade of nail polish ever created:


Sheer Natural.

I'm not sure what's natural about this. The yellow tint in a creamy base makes it look like I have some sort of nail disease or fungus. Gross. I remember when we went to study the cadavers for biology, and their nails looked like this.

Okay, maybe I'm being a little harsh on poor Sheer Natural. I'm sure this is meant for someone with a different skintone (not sure what skintone that would be, though). I just don't see how a yellow-tinted polish could be flattering. If I'm wearing yellow, I want it to be YELLOW. Oh well. It was worth a try.

Essie Neon Shorts Collection 2008 (Plus Layering with Pure Ice Heartbreaker!)

I'm really in love with these. They apply so smoothly, are pretty much opaque in one coat, and they're super bright. They are much more "neon" than I can capture in pictures, but I tried my best. On to the good stuff...


Bermuda Shorts. A rich, vibrant, creamy neon purple.


Mini Shorts. Bright, glowing orange.



Short Shorts. Hot neon pink.


Shorty Pants. Smooth bright yellow creme.

Aren't the beautiful? They can be even more beautiful. Heartbreaker is the wonder polish. It can make anything look better. It's a must have! It adds a gorgeous depth to any color I've tried it over.


Bermuda Shorts with Pure Ice Heartbreaker. It adds an amazing deep blue and green shimmer.


Mini Shorts with Pure Ice Heartbreaker. Again, adds amazing blue/green shimmer, but against the orange it seems to have a lot of gold.


Short Shorts with Pure Ice Heartbreaker. This looks iridescent in real life. The blue and green shimmer accents the hot pink perfectly.


Shorty Pants with Pure Ice Heartbreaker. Against yellow, it not only adds that beautiful sparkle, but it makes the polish look green from some angles!


I'm really impressed with Essie's Neon collection. The formulas are great, sure, but what has me the most shocked is that Essie released NEONS! I knew they could do it!

OPI Holiday 2008: Holiday In Toyland (Promotional Image)

"Sheer" Your Toys
You're A Doll
Glamour Game
Brand New Skates
Baby It's "Coal" Outside
Play 'Til Midnight
Girls Just Want To Play
Red Hot Gift
Little Red Wagon
Rosy Mistletoe-sies
A Ruby For Rudolph
Don't Toy With Me

OPI Fall 2008: La Collection De France (Promotional Image)

Louvre Me, Louvre Me Not
Parlez-vous OPI?
You Don't Know Jacques!
Tickle My France-y
Bastille My Heart
I'm Fondue Of You
A Oui Bit Of Red
We'll Always Have Paris
Eiffel For This Color
Baguette Me Not
Crepes Suzi-Ette
Yes... I Can-Can!