All The Colours of The Rainbow - nail polishes part 2

Greys, silvers & whites.

1. OPI - Brand New Skates
2. OPI - Lucerne-tainy Look Marvellous
3. China Glaze - Recycle
4. China Glaze - Let's Do It In 3-D
5. Zoya - Trixie
6. OPI - DS Coronation
7. China Glaze - Millennium
8. China Glaze - Devotion
9. OPI - Sheer Your Toys
10. China Glaze - OMG
11. China Glaze - Sexagon
12. China Glaze - Techno
13. China Glaze - Tinsel
14. Man Glaze - Hot Mess
15. China Glaze - Fairy Dust
16. China Glaze - White on White
17. China Glaze - Platinum Pearl
18. China Glaze - Glacier
19. China Glaze - Pelican Grey
20. Zoya - Freja

All The Colours of The Rainbow - nail polishes part 1

Aside from eyeshadows, my other weakness is nail polishes. Mattes, cremes, glitters, I love them all. I recently did a reorganise of my polish collection, mainly due to a box of them crashing to the ground in the dead of night, scaring me witless. They escaped lightly, only one bottle was lost. The mess left behind was something else altogether, I wasn't tempting fate & leaving them as they were.

Anyhoo, I came across these nail wheels online. They're cheap & a really great idea, no more digging around for the perfect colour. I number each wheel & keep a list of which colours are on each wheel, no more scrabbling through bottles of polish.

With that in mind, I thought it may be useful to post these as a reference for anyone wanting to know more about shades (if the one they're searching for happens to be here, of course).

To start off, this post concentrates on blacks and greys.

Kat Von D - Truth palette

The new Kat Von D palette - Truth.

As with the previous palettes from the line, there's eight shades inside. Truth includes Sugar Skull, Long Distance, Snake Eyes, Finland (cream), Prague, Galeano, Rehab & Sister.

Sugar Skull and Galeano have been in previous palettes, Memento Mori & Beethoven respectively. The six remaining shades are all new. As with Memento Mori, Truth concentrates more on bright/pastel shades instead of smoky colours. Unlike Love & Fury, which boasted three cream shadows, Truth has just the one.

Kat Von D - True Romance Pigments.

Starcrossed, Rapture & Torment

Of the six new True Romance pigment shades, I chose three. Starcrossed, Rapture & Torment. The gorgeous packaging fits in well with the rest of the Kat Von D line. Unlike MAC pigments, these come with a sifter dispenser, less messy but I prefer the ease of getting at the product that comes with an open jar.

Starcrossed

Starcrossed is descibed on the Sephora site as a golden beige shimmer. On skin, it looks like MAC's Pink Opal's peachy cousin. It's a neutral with a peach glow to it. Really pretty. Makes for a great highlight or lid colour. 

Looking through my pigment collection, I can't find an exact dupe for this one.

The above comparison swatches are MAC Goldenaire, KVD Starcrossed, MAC Shimmertime & MAC Gold Mode.
As far as texture goes, the True Romance pigments aren't as finely milled as the softer MAC pigments. Yet, they're not as chunky as pigments such as Rose, they lie somewhere in the middle. A damp brush is definitely the way forward to get a smoother application & help prevent any fall-out you may get.

China Glaze Crackle Glaze.

I'd ordered four of the shades but, as yet, only two have arrived.
So far, I have my hands on Lightning Bolt (white) & Broken Hearted (hot pink). Since they only arrived this morning, I've only gotten to take Broken Hearted for a test drive.
Crackle Glaze isn't quite as thick as Barry M's Instant Nail Effects. It gives just the same level of coverage & drying time is the same.
If you like the crackle effect, these are well worth checking out.
The picture is OPI's It's Totally Fort Worth It as the base shade with a layer of Broken Hearted

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Eye Primers

UD Primer Potion, Etude Proof 10, NARS Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base, Kat Von D  High Voltage Eye Primer in Skin, UD Primer Potion in Eden, Kat Von D High Voltage Eye Primer in Smoky & Stellar.

It has been somewhat of a chore, but I've tried a fair few primers now. My main concern is creasing in the inner eye corner. Having oily lids & somewhat hooded eyes has presented a challenge to say the least.

With that in mind, I've decided it's time to compare some of the primers I've tested out. Just ignore the bloody plug lurking in the picture background!

New Kat Von D goodies at Sephora.

Browsing the Sephora site this morning, I noticed that the new Kat Von D palette, Truth, is up there.
White packaging, like the Memento Mori palette, Truth has more in common colour-wise with the afore-mentioned Memento Mori. It's not packed full of smoky shades, rather softer colours with a couple of brighter shades thrown in for good measure.

The shades are:

Sugar Skull - vanilla
Long Distance - citron
Snake Eyes - lime
Finland - aqua, cream formula
Prague - plum
Galeano - pale lilac
Rehab - golden tan
Sister - peach