Holiday 2017 Comparisons - Zoya Blake (Party Girls) - Part 2

From left to right: Eunice (Into the Deep, July 2016), Bell Bottom Blues (Leggy Legend, Autumn 2015), High on Hope (Hope and Freedom Fest, Spring 2013), Up All Night (Patent Leather in the City, Spring 2006), First Class Ticket (Vintage Vixen, Autumn 2010), Light My Sapphire (Night Brights, Summer 2007), Russian Navy (Russia, Autumn 2007), Ciara (Rebel Set, October 2013), Queen of the Night (Her Majesty, Holiday 2016), Blake, Sansa (Ignite, Autumn 2014), Michaela (New York Never Sleeps, October 2015), Live and Let Die (Skyfall, Holiday 2012), Madelynn (Muse Montreal, August 2015)

Nothing here matches Blake’s inky base with gold shimmer. Sansa has a purple base and has stronger and more opaque glitter. Queen of the Night is also close but again it’s purple and has orange glitter. Michaela has green glitter and Ciara has blue.

Autumn 2017 Comparisons - Essie Dressed to the Nineties (As If) - Part 2

From left to right: Yasmeen (Provocateur, Summer 2006), Let’s Groove (Retro Diva, Autumn 2009), Velvet Rope (Hot Stuff, Summer 2007), Sexy Divide (Winter 2008), Juno (Utopia, Holiday 2007), Dressed to the Nineties, First Class Ticket (Vintage Vixen, Autumn 2010), Teen Spirit (Rebel, Autumn 2016), Cosmo with a Twist (Starlight, Holiday 2015), Mariah (New Year Fresh Look, January 2016), Maggie (November 2011), Sagittarius (Zodiac, December 2016), Haute Tub (Virgin Snow, Holiday 2015), Sansa (Ignite, Autumn 2014), Frock n Roll (Leggy Legend, Autumn 2015)

Again, Dressed to the Nineties’ green shimmer stands alone. Now I put it next to Juno because Juno in person does have a really nice green flash too, it’s just very different from Dressed to the Nineties. It’s way warmer and more of a true duochrome than a base with shimmer. Everything else is a whole other animal entirely.

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.

Holiday 2016 Comparisons - Deborah Lippmann Queen of the Night (Her Majesty)

From left to right: Frock ‘n’ Roll (Leggy Legend, Autumn 2015), Lubu Heels (The Perfect Pair, Autumn 2007), Smile for the Glam-era (CVS Exclusive Kardashian Collection, 2013), Taboo (Revelation, Spring 2013), Jem (Mirrors, Autumn 2011), Queen of the Night, Haute Tub (Virgin Snow, Holiday 2015), Russian Navy (Russia, Autumn 2007), Vendetta (Spring 2009), Cosmo with a Twist (Starlight, Holiday 2015), First Class Ticket (Vintage Vixen, Autumn 2010)

Maybe if you mixed Vendetta and Taboo you’d get something close to QotN, but alas, she is not a Taboo dupe (Side note: Jem might be close, I need to do a bigger post on the two of them). Frock ‘n’ Roll is super gray, and Lubu Heels has red glitter in it, but I thought they’d be worth comparing. Now, actually, my first thought for comparison was actually Glam-era, and they are pretty close, and you can’t see it well from my shots but Glam-era has silver glitter in it as opposed to QotN’s gold/orange. Taboo and Jem are more metallic in their base, plus Taboo has some silver glitter in it. Vendetta is similar, except it has no orange glitter in it, just a metallic base. Russian Navy, Cosmo, and First Class Ticket are much bluer toned. Now, Haute Tub is pretty similar to Queen of the Night. The glitter is more pink-to-gold as opposed to Queen of the Night’s pink-orange, and it has a silverier tone to it. Haute Tub is also more crème-like in its base.