Summer 2017 Comparisons - Orly Under the Stars (Coastal Crush)

From left to right: Frostbite (Ski, Holiday 2007), Bell Bottom Blues (Leggy Legend, Autumn 2015), Aruba Blue (?), Miss Piggy’s Big Number (Muppets Most Wanted, Spring 2014), Under the Stars, Sanaa (Sapphire for September, September 2015), Juniper (Luminous Lights, Holiday 2016), Estelle (Flair, Autumn 2015), Eunice (Into the Sea, July 2016), Little Drummer Boy (Tis the Season to be Naughty and Nice, Holiday 2010), Light My Sapphire (Night Brights, Summer 2007)

Frostbite is too light and cobalt, Bell Bottom Blues is too teal, and Little Drummer Boy are too dark, but everything else is at least kinda close, but except for Sanaa, they all lack the little bit of pink shimmer in Under the Stars. Aruba Blue is similar from a distance, but the formula is thinner and it has no pink in it. Miss Piggy is also lighter and it’s more purple than it is pink in its shimmer. Juniper, Estelle, and Eunice are more true blues like Aruba Blue. Sanaa is the only other blue I have with pink shimmer in it but it’s too light to be a dupe. I think if you mixed Eunice and Sanaa you’d have something like Under the Stars.

Summer 2017 Comparisons - Essie Front Page Worthy (Gel Couture Gala Bolds)

I just can’t get good bottle swatches of dark blue metallics, I’m sorry.

From left to right: Juniper (Luminous Lights, Holiday 2016), Eunice (Into the Sea, July 2016), Estelle (Flair, Autumn 2015), Aruba Blue, Front Page Worthy, Miss Piggy’s Big Number (Muppets World Tour, Spring 2014), Under the Stars (Coastal Crush, Summer 2017), Scandalous Shenanigans (Autumn Nights, Autumn 2013)

Juniper, Eunice, Estelle, and Aruba Blue are much brighter, Scandalous Shenanigans is much darker, and Under the Stars has pink shimmer in it, but Front Page Worthy and Miss Piggy’s Big Number are super-duper close. If I was being nitpicky I’d say Front Page Worthy is a bit more purple toned but yeah.

Misc. Comparisons - Essie Catch of the Day (Shimmer Brights)

From left to right: I Got a Blue Attitude (Lite Brites, Summer 2016), Blagger (Spring 2011), Gladys (Dark and Stormy Nights, October 2016), Catch of the Day, Aruba Blue (?), Loot the Booty (Viva Antigua, Summer 2016), Up All Night (Patent Leather in the City, Spring 2006), Sleeping Under the Stars (The Great Outdoors, Autumn 2015), Royal Navy (In the Navy, Summer 2010)

Blue Attitude is really more purple; purples are notoriously hard to photograph. It looks nothing like Catch of the Day in person; I just wanted to compare it because the shimmer is similar (namely, impossibly hard to see on the nail!). I thought Blagger would be a good match to the base but it’s a lot more vibrant and green. Royal Navy has a strong light blue shimmer, and while a lot of the awesome red/gold shimmer in Sleeping Under the Stars doesn’t show up the base color is nevertheless a lot darker. Loot the Booty is in the same boat but darker and the shimmer shows up a lot better. Aruba Blue and Gladys are pretty close to Catch of the Day, but Aruba Blue is a metallic while Catch of the Day and Gladys are crèmes with shimmer. Gladys and Catch of the Day are actually really close!