Comparison of ManGlaze's The Death Tar and Zoya's Dovima

As the title says, here is a comparison of ManGlaze's The Death Tar and Zoya's Dovima next to each other. Both are lovely matte blacks, will have to also show Knock Out's Flatte, which is darker than both of these. On my ring and pinky nails are Zoya's Dovima and middle and index are ManGlaze's The Death Tar, they are nearly identical to each other to the naked eye right down to brush stroke appearances. Formula wise is where they differ, and that difference is huge.

The Death Tar applies evenly and is much thinner and easier to control. Both are shown with two coats applied. I definitely recommend ManGlaze's The Death Tar though. Still need to get Flatte up to compare next to these, think it is still my fav. ^^

Indoors.

Outdoors, cloudy.

Zoya Dovima Polish

Back from the tattoo shop ^^ Fresh new anchor and stars, very lovely, ow and all. But, let's get on to the Dovima review, and I must say it isn't the best. Pictures first.

Two coats, indoor lighting.

Outside, barely a bit of sun shining through.

The formula on this was so thick, and wasn't really a quick dry like most of the matte polishes on some fingers it did dry quickly on some it smeared right off and application was horrid, it rolled right off the edges thickly on some nails. Plus the wear was bad, already I'm chipping badly and it has only been a few hours time.

Will have to do a comparison for color next to ManGlaze's The Death Tar and Knock Out Cosmetic's Flatte, already I can tell you it looks closer to The Death Tar and really ladies, I say spend your money on ManGlaze's The Death Tar and skip Dovima. Plus the clean up was ghastly, usually you can slough the matte stuff off your skin fairly easily, this was sticky as all get out. I hate to give a bad review, really I do but this just wasn't up to snuff.

Posh was lovely, and am looking forwards to swatching Loredana, am hoping that this one was just a dud.

Zoya Posh Polish (Matte)

Here's my first go with Zoya's matte collection in Posh, the red of the group. A very satiny finish rather than super super flat. Quite pretty though, am super pleased with it.

Two coats, indoors.

Outdoors, overcast. Where's the sun? Fnnar!

Because of super busy things going on I've gotten a bit behind in a lot of areas, so hopefully in the next couple of days I'll get back up to speed and next week get the contest up and sorted, I'm really sorry about the delay on that.

Reading a delightfully scary book called The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters right now, really digging it.

Zoya's Matte Collection

Woot! Look what arrived last night, boing! Zoya's Matte Collection! Haulzilla!

from left to right; Posh, Dovima and Loredana.

Hopefully pictures posted tonight of Posh, because that is so calling my name to be tried out first. ^^

Illamasqua Phallic!

Must preface this with the fact that the pictures couldn't capture how gorgeous this polish actually is, I may need to redo these pictures at another time. I was so impressed by the formula of Illamasqua's Phallic, all the shimmer was just amazing. Two coats probably could have been used but I went for three which really darkened it up because at the length there was a bit of bare spots. A top coat of Poshe was added. ^^

Phallic indoor lighting.

Outdoors, sunlight.

Illamasqua Muse, Mini Haul

My Illamasqua polishes came!

Look at the gorgeous packaging, the middle package was Muse, I just loved the design of the box.

From left to right : Envy, Muse and Phallic.

Muse indoors. Two coats, no top coat, lovely creme application. I jammed my middle finger just before I took the picture hence why the polish is lifted there :/ Grr. No reflection on the formula, just my being clumsy at the time.

Muse outdoors, sunlight.

Sally Hansen HD Cyber

Have a back to back post today, I didn't put it all together in case it made it too picture heavy. Here's my third going out with a Sally Hansen HD and still enamored. Yet another glow and pigment heavy polish. Also another three coater, with that weird build up at the bottom which I'm thinking is just that it doesn't play nice with Poshe. Will try the next HD with a different top coat and see if that makes a difference.

This is Cyber which is a gorgeous purple which has these amazing pinkish and bluish hues to it.

Indoors.

Outside,sunlight.

My Illamasqua polishes came and wow am I floored at them. Just blown away at the packaging alone, the shades are just...well you'll see ~.^