Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts

Monday, April 9, 2018

Julep Lineup - Lizanne, London, Lorraine, Lottie



  • Lizanne (It Girl - Riviera, March 2014) is a teal green with blue shimmer. This is really unique and pretty! It’s a very wearable teal.
  • London (CWAT - Afterglow, February 2015) is a warm purple creme. Very springy!
  • Lorraine (CWAT - Midsummer Light, June 2016) is a pink/purple with silver shimmer. This is a nice classy polish that feels kind of retro but still fun.
  • Lottie (CWAT - Neon Nights, July 2017) is one of the best white cremes I’ve ever used. Two easy coats and a non-streaky finish. It’s a very nice stark white too.

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Autumn 2017 Comparisons - OPI One Heckla of a Color! (Iceland)





From left to right: Afternoon Delight (Afternoon Delight Sephora Exclusive, Spring 2016), High Society (Rebel Debutante, Spring 2010), Candy Shop (Sugar High, Spring 2015), One Heckla of a Color, Faith (Spring to It, March 2017), Uptown Girl (Rebel Debutante, Spring 2010), Coming Up Roses (Bed of Roses, Spring 2017), Tina (Charming, Spring 2017), London (Afterglow, February 2015)

Candy Shop is a slightly dustier version of Heckla, and Faith is almost dead on were it not for the shimmer. High Society is more beige and Uptown Girl is more pink.

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Summer 2017 Comparisons - Zoya Lois (Wanderlust)




From left to right: Candy Shop (Sugar High, Spring 2015), Hello Hawaii Ya (Hawaii, Spring 2015), London (Afterglow, February 2015), Spontaneous (Flirt, Spring 2005), Tina (Charming, Spring 2017), Lois, Audrina (Gossip, Summer 2008), Drunk in Love (Color Fever, Summer 2014), Mira (Summertime, Summer 2011), Shade On (Lounge Lover, Spring 2016)

Lois falls nicely between Tina and Audrina, if you have both of them you don’t need Lois.

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Summer 2017 Comparisons - Deborah Lippmann After the Glow (Sunrise Sunset)


I didn’t get Zoya Liv from last summer but I get the sense they’d be very close!





From left to right: Shade On (Lounge Lover, Spring 2016), Candy Shop (Sugar High, Spring 2015), London (Afterglow, February 2015), Paige (Uptown, Autumn 2007), Spontaneous (Flirt, Spring 2005), Tina (Charming, Spring 2017), After the Glow, Gothic Lolita (Electropop, Spring 2012), I Manicure for Beads (New Orleans, Spring 2016), Drunk in Love (Color Fever, Summer 2014), Crown Velvet (Her Majesty, Holiday 2016). Subset: I Manicure for Beads, After the Glow, Drunk in Love

Shade On is way too blue and Crown Velvet is too dark but I thought you would want to see them. Candy Shop is far too grayed, and London to a lesser extent. Paige has a bit too much red in it to compare but they have a lot of the same undertones. Spontaneous, Gothic Lolita (which also has shimmer), and Tina are a bit too cool to properly compare. Drunk in Love is the closest thing in Lippmann’s line, and it’s pretty close but it has a bit more red to it. I Manicure for Beads is almost a dead-on dupe. If I’m being nitpicky, After the Glow is lighter but you don’t need both.

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Spring 2017 Comparisons - Zoya Tina (Charming)




From left to right: Audrina (Gossip, Summer 2008), Violet-Vibes (Electric Nights, Summer 2015), Drunk in Love (Color Fever, Summer 2014), I Manicure for Beads (New Orleans, Spring 2016), Odette (Naturel, Spring 2014), Spontaneous (Flirt, Spring 2005), London (Afterglow, February 2015), Tina, Violet (Mystery Minis, Summer 2015), Afternoon Delight (Afternoon Delight Sephora Exclusive, Spring 2016), Mira (Summertime, Summer 2011), All Aboard (All Aboard, Autumn 2014), Sylvia (Garden Party, August 2013), Grape Pop (Up & Away, Spring 2010)

The stuff on the left is too warm and the stuff on the right is too cool and/or dark. Odette is a dustier version of Tina, but it’s actually a pretty similar hue. Spontaneous is a pinch darker, but it’s pretty close. London’s probably the closest thing I have but it’s closer to Odette than Tina as it’s a lot dustier, but it lacks some of the brown tone in Odette. If you mixed Tina and Odette though you’d probably have something closer to Violet, but Violet still leans closer to Odette. Lastly, Afternoon Delight is much lighter. Nothing quite matches Tina’s tone or vibrancy!

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Spring 2017 Comparisons - Orly As Seen on TV (La La Land)




From left to right: Virgin Snow (Virgin Snow, Holiday 2015), I’m Gown for Anything! (Alice Through the Looking Glass, Summer 2016), Heather (Bouquet, Spring 2006), Abby (Charming, Spring 2017), All Day Sucker (Sweets for my Sweet, Spring 2016), Afternoon Delight (Afternoon Delight Sephora Exclusive, Spring 2016), As Seen on TV, Diggin’ the Dancing Queen (Poptastic Pastel Neons, Spring 2015), London (Afterglow, February 2015), Retreat Yourself (Active Colour, Spring 2017), Scenic Route (Pacific Coast Highway, Summer 2016), Gemini (Core line, Autumn 2013)

The only thing I have even kind of close to As Seen on TV is Diggin’ the Dancing Queen. It’s a little brighter (being a pastel neon), but the color is the closest.