China Glaze Rebel Comparisons - Combat Blue-ts

Other mattes:

From left to right: Sonia (Switch Up, November 2015), Combat Blue-ts, Rendee (Sun Crush, May 2017)
Sonia is a lot more teal than everything else, it doesn't photograph well but it's basically green compared to the other two. Rendee though is super close, just a little lighter, but it too has pink shimmer running through it like Combat Blue-ts. You don't need them both.

Non-mattes:

From left to right: Catch of the Day (Shimmer Brights/Aim to Misbehave, Summer 2016), Song (Diva, Autumn 2012), High on Hope (Spring 2013), Combat Blue-ts, Sleeping Under the Stars (The Great Outdoors, Autumn 2015), Russian Navy (Russia, Autumn 2007)

Combat Blue-ts has pink shimmer that won’t come out for the life of me. Sleeping Under the Stars is similar, but it’s more purple and the shimmer is more visible even in the bottle.

China Glaze Rebel Comparisons - Y'all Red-y for This? (Part 2)

These are all much warmer, but they play off of Y’all Red-y’s strawberry tone.

From left to right: Aphrodite (Paradise Sun, Summer 2015), Carrie Ann (Wicked, Autumn 2010), Lana (Reverie, Spring 2010), Go with the Lava Flow (Hawaii, Spring 2015), Y’all Red-y for This?, Some Like It Hot (?), Jamaican Out (Caribbean Temptations, Summer 2004), Suzanne (Switch Up, November 2015), Cherry Bomb (Core)

None of these have any silver glitter in them, but Some Like It Hot is actually somewhat close, it’s just warmer toned.

China Glaze Rebel Comparisons - Y'all Red-y for This? (Part 1)

From left to right: Jade (Classics), Scarlett (Give, Glitter, and Glow, December 2012), Red Carpet (Hot Stuff, Summer 2007), Y’all Red-y for This?, Love is a Racket (Serena Williams Glam Slam US Open, Summer 2011), American Beauty (Core line), Red Pearl (X Anniversary, Autumn 2007), I’m Not Bitter (Voodoo That You Do, Summer 2005), Iman (Birthstone, July 2015)

Y’all Red-y’s silver shimmer makes it really rather unique. Jade and Scarlett have tonal glitter, I’m Not Bitter and Iman have gold glitter, and Love is a Racket and American Beauty have more pink in them. Red Pearl is in the same boat as Y’all Red-y, but it’s more of a straight up pearl than a shimmer. Red Carpet is my only other red/silver combo, but the glitter is chunkier.

China Glaze Rebel Comparisons - Teen Spirit

From left to right: Taboo (Revelation, Spring 2013), First Class Ticket (Vintage Vixen, Autumn 2010), Maggie (November 2011), Showtime (Colorstay Gel Envy), Teen Spirit, Cosmo with a Twist (Starlight, Holiday 2015), Ciara (Rebel Set, October 2013), Groove Thang (Dance to the Musique, Autumn 2008), Fowl Play (Birds of a Feather, Autumn 2011). Swatch stick, Orly Epix Subtitled (Epix Core line)

Taboo is way too warm, unfortunately, and has orange-red shimmer. Fowl Play is chock full of orange flakies, and Groove Thang has a strong green duochrome. Everything else is pretty close. First Class Ticket is more blue and less purple, and also less shimmery. Ciara in contrast is less purple and more blue. Maggie has silver glitter instead of purple or blue, but the base color is very similar. Subtitled is warmer toned, but the glitter is close. The middle three are all incredibly similar. Showtime, Teen Spirit, and Cosmo with a Twist are all almost exactly the same, just Showtime’s glitter is a bit more irregularly shaped. You don’t need all three.

China Glaze Rebel Comparisons - Heroine Chic

There’s absolutely nothing I own like Heroine Chic. I was going to call it quits on this whole comparison but I found two other close comparisons!

From left to right: Temperance (Summer 2015 Mystery Minis), Devon (Friendsgiving, November 2014), No More Mr. Night Sky (Starlight, Holiday 2015), Running on Faith (I’ve Gotta Be Me, Holiday 2014), Shirley (Wonder Maven Collection, September 2016)

Heroine Chic is the brownest of all these polishes, way more brown than the other polishes with pink shimmer, Temperance and Devon. That said, the two of them are rather close. Temperance wants to get really washed out for some reason, but there’s a really beautiful pink shimmer running through there. Devon is darker and the shimmer is more apparent, but they are incredibly close. If you’ve been coveting one but have the other, consider that lemming squashed. Same with Running on Faith with Shirley. Running on Faith has chunkier shimmer and is cooler toned, and Shirley’s a bit opaquer but they’re very close. The shimmer is the exact same color. No More Mr. Night Sky hasn’t the slightest hint of brown and is pure graphite gray and Yuna has gold glitter and a cooler base.

China Glaze Rebel Comparisons - Purple Fiction (Part 2)

From left to right: Coconut Kiss (Fiji Fling, Summer 2006), Hope (Classics), Purple Fiction, Thess (Luminous Lights, Holiday 2016), Sexy Divide (Winter 2008), Belinda (Zenith, Holiday 2013), Prima Donna (A Night at the Opera, Autumn 2013), Mariah (New Year Fresh Look, January 2016), Let’s Groove (Retro Diva, Autumn 2009), This One’s on Me (I’ve Gotta be Me, Holiday 2014)

Hope is very close, but Hope is actually pretty sheer and takes at least three coats to get opaque, while Purple Fiction is much more opaque. Thess is also kind of close but it’s cooler toned.

China Glaze Rebel Comparisons - Purple Fiction (Part 1)

I have so many purple metallic comparisons I need to split this into two parts!

Left to right: Close Your Eyes (Truth or Dare, Autumn 2005), Yasmeen (Provocateur, Summer 2006), Royal Satin (Ever Glaze), I’m in the Moon for Love (Starlight, Holiday 2015), Suzi & the 7 Dusseldorfs (Germany, Autumn 2012), Purple Fiction, Opening Night (A Night at the Opera, Autumn 2013), Haven (Wishes, Holiday 2014), Giada (Flair, Autumn 2015)

I have nothing exactly like Purple Fiction, but I have a lot that’s close. Suzi & the 7 Dusseldorfs is a little less metallic/shimmery, Opening Night is a little more glitzy, Haven is less purple, Yasmeen’s shimmer is warmer.

China Glaze Rebel Comparisons - Fresh Prince-ss

From left to right: Urban Jungle (Colors in the Wild, Summer 2014), Luella (Midsummer Light, June 2016), Rue (Naturel, Spring 2014), Piper (Classics), Sweet Memories (Honeymoon Soft Shades, Spring 2005), Fresh Prince-ss, Something Sweet (Up & Away, Spring 2010), Mod About You (Brighter by the Dozen, Summer 2006), Candy Girl (Sweets for my Sweet, Spring 2016), Pink-ing of You (Classics, here from the 2013 Pink of Hearts), Laurel (Petals, Spring 2016), Reese (Collection unknown, 2013), Castaway (Summertime, Summer 2004)

Here’s a nice line from light to dark. The closest are Sweet Memories, Something Sweet, and Mod About You. Fresh Prince-ss is kind of a tutu pink.

China Glaze Rebel Comparisons - Don't Mesh with Me

Most of these are opaque versions of the color of Don’t Mesh with Me, except for Leia, which is also best used as a topper.

From left to right: Leia (Petals, Spring 2016), Next Stop… the Bikini Zone (Brazil, Spring 2014), Don’t Mesh with Me, Christa (Holo Nights Mystery Box, July 2015), Rosa (Birthstone, February 2014)

I can’t get Leia’s pink shimmer to play nice with the camera, but Leia is the closest thing I have in spirit to Don’t Mesh with Me, just it’s a white with a pink flash instead of a purple with pink flash, but they’re both best used as toppers, while everything else can get opaque. Bikini Zone is very similar in color, but A) it’s opaque, B) it has silver glitter in it, and C) it has much more brown in the base. Christa is also very much an opaque version of Mesh, but it’s got a holographic base underneath the pink glitter. Rosa is chunkier and bluer.