Holiday 2017 Comparisons - Orly Faux Pearl (Darlings of Defiance) - Part 1

From left to right: Ainsley (Cozy in Love, February 2017), Mixtaupe (As If, Autumn 2017), Tatum (Naturel 3, Spring 2017), McKenna (Sophisticates, Autumn 2017), Throne-in’ Shade (Street Regal, Autumn 2017), Faux Pearl, Erin (Spa Essentials), Tip Toe Through the Tulips (Spring Reveries, Spring 2014), Glimmer, Earth Angel (Painted Desert Sephora Exclusive, Summer 2015)

Faux Pearl is a lot like Erin in concept, just not in execution. They’re both nude shimmers, but Erin is sheer and Faux Pearl is opaque, Erin has a warm base but silver shimmer and Faux Pearl has a cool base with gold shimmer. McKenna is also in the same neighborhood, but it’s all cool with silver shimmer.

Holiday 2017 Comparisons - Deborah Lippmann Space Unicorn (Shining Star Ornament) - Part 1

From left to right: Queen, Please! (Happily Never After, Autumn 2017), Lara (Spring to It, March 2017), Glimmer & Shimmer (Classics), Space Unicorn, Let Your Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony, Summer 2017), Yulia (Future Fresh, January 2017)

Nothing here has that fab blue shimmer that Space Unicorn has, except for Let Your Twilight Sparkle which is all blue shimmer. Queen Please has green shimmer instead, Lara is opaque and has gold shimmer, Glimmer and Shimmer have silver shimmer, and Yulia is something completely different.

Autumn 2017 Comparisons - Zoya Beth (Sophisticates) - Part 1

From left to right: Ainsley (Cozy in Love, February 2017), Magical (Romantique, Spring 2009), To Have & To Gold (Bridal 2017), Beth, Sweet Carmel Sunday (California Dreaming, Summer 2017), Goldie But Goodie (Autumn Nights, Autumn 2013), Glimmer (?)

I was surprised how close Beth was to To Have & To Gold. Beth is a little less foily and a little less bronze but they’re closer than I would have thought. Ainsley seems to have been made with a similar idea in mind but the colors are different; the base is lighter and the shimmer more gold. It’s not a true metallic like Magical or Sweet Carmel Sunday, Goldie But Goodie is way too gold, and Glimmer is a whole other thing entirely.

Holiday 2016 Comparisons - OPI Five-and-Ten (Breakfast at Tiffany's)

From left to right: Glimmer (Classics), Whatever Lola Wants (collaboration with Kelly Ripa, 2007?), Rage (Foil FX, Spring 2010), Miss Independent (Liquid Metals, Spring 2011), Judy (All Night Long, December 2015), Five-and Ten, My Favorite Ornament (Mariah Carey Christmas, Holiday 2013), Getting Groovy (Getting Groovy, Holiday 2016), Beatrice (All Night Long, December 2015)

Glimmer and Whatever Lola Wants are so different I forgot why I put them in here (they’re both sheer toppers.) Rage is bronze and Miss Independent is pink, but I wanted to show them anyway. Beatrice is way too warm and Getting Groovy doesn’t have nearly enough silver to compare. My Favorite Ornament is a glitter, and it’s golder, but otherwise they’re pretty close. Judy and Five-and-Ten though are really close. Judy has a smidge more pink in the glitters but they’re almost exactly the same.

From left to right: Icicle (Let it Snow!, Holiday 2011), Five-and-Ten, Centennial Celebration (Coca-Cola Icons of Happiness, Summer 2015),

I wanted to show Five-and-Ten against a real silver foil just to show you that Five-and-Ten isn’t a silver foil in the slightest. I thought Centennial Celebration would be closer, but where Five-and-Ten is pink, Centennial Celebration is gold.