Diamond Cosmetics Fall Collections

So... I've really been dragging my feet on posting these. Why? Because... quite frankly... I didn't like them =x Remember months ago when I said I had a lot of boring stuff to post? These are one of the things I was talking about.

But... I guess no use in taking pictures unless I'm going to post them, so here we go! Diamond's fall/winter and mattes.


Crushed Velvet. A dark 'blurple' (blue/purple) creme. Less blue in real life. Somewhat similar to OPI Sapphire In The Snow but less vibrant.

Mulberry Mayhem. Berry creme. Less red in real life, more berry colored. Mayhem, really? *yawn*


Smokey Rose. Grandma Mauve?? Really? Okay, this one's not that bad, it does have kind of a cool antique Victorian feel to it. But still... mauve.



Cherry Tobacco. Now this one I actually like. Not just like, love! It's one of my favorite types of colors- dark, almost black with a rich velvety shimmer that looks dark on the edges and light in the middle. This one is red-burgundy based with a little bit of a golden iridescence. Really cool.

And, I just happened to have some cherry tobacco to compare it to:



And themattes...

Matte Burgundy. Very dark.

Matte Mulberry. This one is kinda neat- a matte fuchsia-purple-berry creme! Except... it's not very matte.


Matte Smoke. Matte-ish grey.

Matte Black. Nice and leathery looking, but I still prefer a true matte if I'm wearing matte polish.



I'm trying to remember how the formula was on these.... I remember it being thick for all the shades, but not too much else! I remember the mattes needing 2-3 coats and taking longer to dry than the average matte. Diamond polishes do generally take longer to dry than average.


So... yep. There they are. Hope I'm not being too harsh, but these really did put me to sleep! I don't like matte cremes and I don't like the weird shiny-matte 'satin' look of these. They look rubbery. The cremes in the regular collection were also uninspired. Berry, mauve? Dull blue-purple? Very safe and not at all unique.

I know Diamond can do cool colors, because I have a lot of them... Not Your "Hum Drum" Plum, Chainmail Charm, Froggy, Safety Zone, all the foils like Sparkling Sherry... All cool colors! Don't know what happened with these collections. I'm sure someone out there loves them, but they're just not 'me'.

(These were sent to me for review.)