$2 dupe for Cult Nails Masquerade (Limited Edition)

Swatch of Love & Beauty in Emerald (dupe for Cult Nails Masquerade)
over Revlon Parfumerie in Wild Violets

This information will either be exciting or annoying. YOU DECIDE. Cult Nails has a new LE polish called Masquerade, which is a shimmery gold-purple-red duochrome in a fairly sheer green base. You can find photos here.

As it turns out, I already have what looks to me like an exact dupe of that polish, which I bought for $2 this summer. It's Love & Beauty (Forever 21's brand) in Emerald. It is also similar to Hard Candy Beetle (another discontinued polish), but that one didn't have a green base as far as I know, and the shimmer is a little more scattered or sparse here.

Here are two coats of it on a white swatch wheel, so you can see its green base.

Swatches of Love & Beauty in Emerald
(dupe for Cult Nails Masquerade)

21 shade neutral eyeshadow palette for $10 (alternative to Urban Decay's Naked palette)

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Check out this post from Beauty Broadcast where she swatches a big palette from Love & Beauty. She points out that it has a lot of overlap with the Naked and Naked 2 palettes. You can buy it here (while you're at it, grab some dino jewelry).

Have you ever tried any Love & Beauty makeup? I've liked some of their nail polishes.