Summer 2016 Comparisons - Essie Star Studded (Gel Couture Gala Bolds)

From left to right: Sunny (Vivid, April 2014), Solar Power (Ecollection, Spring 2008), Sun’s Up Top Down (Road Trip, Spring 2015), Aim to Misbehave (Shimmer Brights, Summer 2016), Cowardly Lyin’ (Wizard of Ooh Ahz Returns, Holiday 2009), Lighthouse (Anchors Away, Spring 2011), Goldie (Dramatic, February 2014), Champagne Bubbles (Let It Snow, Holiday 2011), Star Studded, Rollin in Cashmere (Gwen Stefani Holiday, Holiday 2014), Getting Groovy (Getting Groovy, Holiday 2016), Marisol (Bask in the Heat, June 2017), Leggy Legend (Leggy Legend, Autumn 2015)

I really have nothing like Star Studded, at all! The only things even sort of close are Rollin in Cashmere (which is a straight metallic) and Champagne Bubbles (which has sliver glitter not gold).

Miscellaneous Comparisons - Essie Aim to Misbehave (Shimmer Brights, Summer 2016)

From left to right: Daisy (Delight, Spring 2015), Melodious Utopia (Hope and Freedom Fest, Spring 2013), Aim to Misbehave, Sun’s Up Top Down (Road Trip, Spring 2015), Lighthouse (Anchors Away, Spring 2011), Cowardly Lyin’ (Wizard of Ooh Ahz Returns, Holiday 2009), Champagne Bubbles (Let It Snow, Holiday 2011)

Nothing here is exactly like Aim to Misbehave – nothing’s quite as egg-yolk-y yellow. Daisy is lighter, a pastel yellow, with blue shimmer. Melodious Utopia is lighter with red shimmer. Sun’s Up Top Down is the closest base color wise, but it’s really a crème with red shimmer in it while Aim to Misbehave is metallic with gold shimmer. Likewise Lighthouse is a yellow glass fleck. Cowardly Lyin and Champagne Bubbles are distinctly gold metallic bases, as opposed to Aim to Misbehave’s yellow, Cowardly Lyin with gold glitter and Champagne Bubbles with silver.