Hello again! I've got a full Sunday Similarities post for you guys today so let's get a-movin'! Mint remains a popular color choice no matter what the season and since I have about a billion of them in my stash, I decided to swatch a few and compare them for you.
These mints are in the teal family and are all cremes. I'm comparing 4 polishes in this post: from left to right in the photo above are Sinful Colors Teal the End, NYC Tudor City Teal, Sally Hansen Triple Shine Dive In, and Sinful Colors Open Seas.
As you can see, Open Seas and Tudor City Teal have a bit more green and grey to them than Dive In and Teal the End, which are pretty much dupes. Of the 4, Tudor City Teal has the sheerest formula, requiring 4 coats to get the opacity shown here. Each of the others are shown in 2 coats here with no top coat on any of them.
Do you need each of these polishes in your life? Probably not, unless you're a nut like me ;) Obviously, Teal the End and Dive In may be redundant, but Open Seas and Tudor City Teal differ by a shade or two. I don't think Open Seas is still available in stores, being from a couple of seasons ago but I just picked up Teal the End for $1.99 at Walgreen's last week. Tudor City Teal is available anywhere NYC is sold for $0.99 a bottle on average and Dive In tops the price list at around $4.99 wherever you find Sally Hansen products.
I hope you enjoyed this post and thanks so much for reading!
Hey there, folks! The other day whilst perusing Facebook, I saw Manicure Addict's swatch of Elevation Polish's Haleakala and immediately fell in love. I jumped right over to Elevation's site and they had it in stock. Because of unbelievably fast shipping, I received my bottle yesterday! When I opened the package, my first thought was that Haleakala reminded me quite a bit of Colors by Llarowe's Dirty Diana. So I figured it would make for a great Sunday Similarities post!
At first glance, you can tell just from the bottles that these ladies are not dupes. But I really wanted to compare them on the nail so I swatched them both.
As you can see on the nail, there are some obvious differences. Haleakala is much more purple whereas Dirty Diana is a vibrant pink. Aside from the color, however, these two share a knock-your-socks-off linear holographic effect and a perfect formula! I'm showing two coats of each here with no top coat.
Since these are not really dupes at all, I highly suggest both or either for your collection. Haleakala is currently available on Elevation's site for $12.50 for a full size bottle and Llarowe does have Dirty Diana up on their page as I write this, but only one full size bottle left at $12. I do believe mention has been made of Llarowe re-releasing the Michael Jackson tribute collection, of which Dirty Diana is part, so don't despair if you miss it this time!
As always, thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed the post!
Hello, hello! It's time for another installment of Sunday Similarities! If you're new to my blog, this is a segment where I compare similar polish shades in an effort to make your polish buying decisions easier. I went on a Sinful Colors buying binge last week, with Walgreen's $0.99 SC sale I couldn't resist! I hadn't had a chance to try out their texture polishes yet, and with three new ones in their Color Destination displays it seemed like a good time to give them a shot!
The only textures I've tried that I've really enjoyed are the Zoya
PixieDusts. But I thought for 99 cents, I couldn't go too wrong with
Sinful Colors Face the Facets. When I got FTF home, I realized it reminded me of Zoya's Solange so it was the perfect comparison for today's post!
I applied two coats of each polish, Solange on my index and ring fingers, FTF on my thumb, middle, and pinky. As you can see there is a little color difference. Solange is more of a true gold where FTF has a bright yellow finish. The color of FTF is right on trend for summer, very bright and cheerful.
These polishes are similar in application and opacity. The texture is also very similar. FTF does appear to have some darker glitter pieces, you can see one in the shot above on the left side of the nail. I don't think it's a big deal, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
And here's how they look with one coat of Seche Vite on top. The beauty of the PixieDusts is their versatility. You can wear them as intended, with the texture, or you can top coat them and that gorgeous sparkle becomes even more pronounced. I have to say, I'm fairly impressed with Sinful Colors' take on texture. They've done a great job here and I'm sad that I didn't grab the other two textures from the Color Destination display. I'm hoping that they'll still be there the next time I run over to Walgreen's!
To sum up, if you like the look of Solange but don't feel like forking over the $10 for her, I think you'd be just as pleased with the Sinful Colors almost-dupe Face the Facets, for $1.99 (or $0.99 if you score a sale!).
I hope you enjoyed this post and thanks so much for reading!
