This is the nail polish portion of my eyeslipsface.com haul. The colros I am reviewing are all from the.e.l.f. Essential 14-Piece Nail Cube - Limited Edition (Jewel Tones). It retails for $14 (which comes out to $1 each), but you can often find them on sale for $10.
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This first color is "Taupe of the world".
It has a bit of a purple-ish hue to it, even though its a brown. In comparision to the "Smokey Brown", this shade is lighter.
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Blushing Beauty
This one in my top favorite colors. Its very christmas-like and reminds me of tinsel. Yes, it goes on opaque, but it really looks much better with 2 coats. If you have ANY color under it, its opaque in one coat.
I really like the little bit of sparkle that is has ... it even has a bit of a bronze tint to it.
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Dazzle Diva
This requires no less than 3 coats to look like my nail in the photo. It's a opalescent color, which might be why I don't like it very much.
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Red-y or Not
This is a very jolly, merry, christmas-y color. The little bit of glittery look that is has is very nice. It goes really well with the "blushing beauty" and all the browns. Two coats.
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Desert Haze
Desert haze is very similar to "Innocent", except that it is darker.
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Sea Escape
... Not sure about this one. Okay, that's not true. I'm sure that the idea was good, but this is not a favorite color. It seems to be black polish with lots of blue glitter in it. Unfortunately, its really hard to see any blue unless you are looking really close.
On the other hand, if you use either the "Gold Star" or "Chic Confetti" on top of this, you are able to see the blue sparkles. Not sure why ...
Anyways, this makes a good base for "Dazzle Diva".
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Cherry Bomb
This color was oe of the reasons I chose this set. I was disappointed with it. It is so dark, it almost looks like a brown. If you are a vampire, it looks like dried blood. Three coats until is was opaque.
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Violet Velvet
Who likes purple? Who enjoys date night? Good, here is the polish for you. It goes on really dark, but you can definitely see the nice shade of violet. It is opaque (with no base coat) after one coat, but it looks best with 2 coats.
If I had to describe the look this gives you, it would be "mysterious" .....
....oooooo.......
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Misty Haze
I do love gray nail polish. Why? It goes with every color out there!!!!
This was a very nice color, 2 coats needed, has a tiny hint of blue.
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Chic Confetti
Eh. Its Christmas confetti: white, blue, green, red, and gold. I like glitter, but not confetti so much. If you like to have a party on your fingernails, have at it. It does work really well, its just not my type.
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Gold Star
THIS is my type. It works great with 2 coats on almost every color, especially red and green. And white. This is probably my favorite polish in the whole set. It is a great combination of tiny glitter and larger glitter. Very much recommended! (Also, you can find this in a trio on the website)
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Glamour Girl
This is like taupe with gold glitter. Enough said.
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Green Machine
At first, I was like "Ah!! Green!" When it was on my fingers, it was more like "ah ... that's pretty dark ..."
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Yes, I'm missing a color, "Smokey Brown". I can't find the picture! (There is a picture on my previous post, though.)
If you are looking to buy this set, you can find it here:
http://www.eyeslipsface.com/elf/gifts/holiday-silver-box-sets/holiday_14-piece_nail_cube
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