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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Swatch Comparison - Grassy Greens (featuring Orly Fresh)

    Hey!

    Continuing with my comparison swatches for the Orly Happy Go Lucky Collection, today I'll be comparing the grassy green cream - Orly Fresh - with some other similar shades from my stash.

    You can find my original review and swatches of all 4 shades from this collection here.



    Keep reading for the comparison!



    Nicole by OPI One Time Lime, OPI Green-wich Village, Orly Fresh, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, China Glaze Entourage


    Nicole by OPI One Time Lime (from the Justin Bieber Collection)


    OPI Green-wich Village (permanent)


    Orly Fresh (from the Happy Go Lucky Collection)


    Sally Hansen Green with Envy (permanent)


    China Glaze Entourage (from the Kicks Collection)


    Nicole by OPI One Time Lime, OPI Green-wich Village, Orly Fresh, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, China Glaze Entourage


    Nicole by OPI One Time Lime, OPI Green-wich Village, Orly Fresh


    Orly Fresh, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, China Glaze Entourage


    China Glaze Entourage, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, Orly Fresh, OPI Green-wich Village, Nicole by OPI One Time Lime


    China Glaze Entourage, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, Orly Fresh


    Orly Fresh, OPI Green-wich Village, Nicole by OPI One Time Lime


    Well it looks like we're 0 for 3 with dupes for colours in this collection. However, we're doing a little better with the grassy greens because a few of these come close to being dupes for Orly Fresh.

    OPI Green-wich Village is definitely the most similar to Fresh with the only real difference being that it's a smidge darker. The same goes for Nicole by OPI One Time Lime which is darker than both Fresh and Green-wich Village, but still a similar shade.

    Sally Hansen Green with Envy is the most different from the rest in that it has a strong yellow-chartreuse base while the others are straight up greens.

    I know that China Glaze Entourage is a shimmer so it didn't have a chance of being a dupe but I thought that the base colour might be similar to that of Fresh but that didn't turn out to be the case. It's gorgeous though, right?

    Overall, I think that if you have either OPI Green-wich Village or Nicole by OPI One Time Lime, you don't really need Orly Fresh. They're not true dupes but they're similar enough that having both or all 3 isn't really necessary. Plus, as I said in my original review, the formula of Fresh was a bit disappointing, so both Green-wich Village and One Time Lime are better in that respect.

    However, Orly Fresh is brighter than both Green-wich Village and One Time Lime so if you've been looking for a bright grassy green, you still might want to give this a shot, even if you have the other two.

    What do you guys think? Are any of these shades close enough to Fresh to deter you from picking up yourself?

Post Title

Swatch Comparison - Grassy Greens (featuring Orly Fresh)


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https://emogirlhairstyles2011.blogspot.com/2011/07/swatch-comparison-grassy-greens.html


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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Swatch Comparison - Silver Foils (featuring OPI Your Royal Shine-ness)

    Hey guys!

    I'm trying to write his post as quickly as possible as I have an exam later today that I'm cramming for so I apologize if there's any spelling or grammatical errors along the way, haha.

    Today I have a comparison of 7 silver foil polishes which I promised to do for you in my last post where I reviewed/swatches the second OPI Serena Williams Glam Slam! England duo. That duo includes a sparkly silver foil called Your Royal Shine-ness that many have been saying is a standard silver foil. However, I thought it was a little different than your average silver foil polish so I dug out most all of the silver polishes that I own that come even close to this one and compared them all on one nail wheel.

    Hopefully this comparison will help you decide if this duo is one that you would like to add to your own stash.





    Keep reading for the comparison!



    Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City, OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous, China Glaze Cheers to You, OPI Your Royal Shine-ness


    OPI Your Royal Shine-ness, China Glaze Platinum Silver, Nicole by OPI Give Me the 1st Dance, Nicole by OPI Positive Energy Matte


    Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City (permanent)


    OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous (from the Fall 2010 Swiss Collection)


    China Glaze Cheers to You (from the Holiday 2010 Collection)


    OPI Your Royal Shine-ness (from one of the two Serena Williams Glam Slam! England duos)


    China Glaze Platinum Silver (permanent)
    I know this one is a frosty silver instead of a silver foil but I decided to include it because the majority of the other silvers I have are limited edition ones from older collections, so I wanted to include as many permanent shades as I could.


    Nicole by OPI Give Me the 1st Dance (from the Justin Bieber Collection)


    Nicole by OPI Positive Energy Matte (from the Matte Collection)


    Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City, OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous, China Glaze Cheers to You, OPI Your Royal Shine-ness, China Glaze Platinum Silver, Nicole by OPI Give Me the 1st Dance, Nicole by OPI Positive Energy Matte


    Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City, OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous, China Glaze Cheers to You, OPI Your Royal Shine-ness


    OPI Your Royal Shine-ness, China Glaze Platinum Silver, Nicole by OPI Give Me the 1st Dance, Nicole by OPI Positive Energy Matte


    Nicole by OPI Positive Energy Matte, Nicole by OPI Give Me the 1st Dance, China Glaze Platinum Silver, OPI Your Royal Shine-ness


    OPI Your Royal Shine-ness, China Glaze Cheers to You, OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City


    As you can see, there are definitely no dupes here for OPI Your Royal Shine-ness, and hopefully this has helped you guys to understand why I didn't think that it should be called a standard silver foil.

    In my mind, the standard silver foils here would be Celeb City, Cheers to You and Give Me the 1st Dance; Your Royal Shine-ness seems to have more depth than all of these, it's a tad darker, and a bit dirty looking.

    It's kind of close to Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous (especially in regards to formula), but Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous is clearly darker than Your Royal Shine-ness.

    Most people would be content with just having 1 silver foil polish, and most might not even be able to tell the difference between some of these without the super close-up photos, but fellow polish fiends will definitely be able to see the differences and might actually want to pick up Your Royal Shine-ness, just because it's not your standard silver foil.

    I hope this comparison has helped some of you make up your minds about Your Royal Shine-ness!

Post Title

Swatch Comparison - Silver Foils (featuring OPI Your Royal Shine-ness)


Post URL

https://emogirlhairstyles2011.blogspot.com/2011/06/swatch-comparison-silver-foils.html


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