Archives: April 2012

Orly Cool Romance is a new spring collection featuring six new shades.

Don’t expect mega color in your face with this collection. Think of the words soft, subtle, understated, feminine and pretty.

The formula with most of these was really good, but thin. Most are fairly sheer, so you will need three coats for complete coverage.

Prelude To A Kiss

Prelude To A Kiss is a pink/peach creme. This polish was one of the thicker ones, yet a little uneven. I did manage to get it decent with just two coats.

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Spoiled Shuffle The Deck.

Milani has a new product out this spring called Powder Eyeshadows. They have twelve pigmented shades of this powder shadow out now which come in a matte or pearl finish.

These shadows run the gamut from neutral and soft to super bold and bright. Something for everyone!

My experience with the pigmentation varied depending on the type of shadow it was. The matte shades seemed a little patchy and chalky. Harder to blend. The pearl shades were really even, smooth and pigmented.

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New this spring from Deborah Lippmann are Magnet Nail Lacquer Sets.

There are two sets, each one featuring two magnetic nail lacquers and a wave magnet pattern.

Nails Of Steel features Big Red Machine and Physical Attraction. Steal My Kisses includes Berry Metal and Love Is A Battlefield.

I have to say, these are the best magnetic polishes I have tried to date. The magnet works IMMEDIATELY and in a really crisp nice pattern. Some I have tried were a little blurry or took long to “process”. These were pretty much perfection.

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Hard Candy has some cool goodies out this spring at a Walmart near (or maybe not) you.

Some of the pieces include Take It Off Makeup Remover Wipes, Glow All The Way Deep Tan Instant Bronze & Gradual Self Tanner, Shiny When Wet Duo, Flat To Fab Mascara, Eye’M Tired Eye Brightener and That’s How I Roll Loose Shimmer.

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