Julep Lineup - Louisa May, Luella, Lula, Lydia

• Louisa May (Citrine for November, November 2015) is a pretty golden brown. I can’t think of anything else this color, everything is either too orange or not brown enough.
• Luella (Color of the Year 2016 - Midsummer Light, June 2016) is a baby pink creme. This is really pretty and quite nice. Great formula.
• Lula (CWAT - This Way to the Soiree, December 2016) is a red/pink sparkle. This isn’t my favorite polish in this color family but it’s nice.
• Lydia (Boho Glam - Kisses, London, September 2015) is one of Julep’s most unique colors. It’s a Stardust Finish (Their textured finish) and it’s an army green with gold glitter. Army green is usually not my color but Lydia is so chic!

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

From left to right: Mercedes (Light and Shadow, November 2016), Leggy Legend (Leggy Legend, Autumn 2015), Tatiana (Cityscape, September 2013), Louisa May (Citrine for November, November 2015), Virginia (All Night Long, December 2015), What’s the Password? (Secret Society, Holiday 2013), Harvest Moon (Hunger Games, Spring 2012), Foxy (Vintage Vixen, Autumn 2010), Channing (Satins, Autumn 2013), Evangeline (Magique, Autumn 2006), Tawny, Autumn (Ignite, Autumn 2014), Ivy (Magique, Autumn 2006), Mercedes (Classics), Gloria (Flame, Holiday 2010), Ya Got Trouble (I Gotta Be Me, Holiday 2014)

Tawny is really close to Evangeline so if you’ve had that one in your stash for a while you can skip out on Tawny. It’s a lot redder than contemporary Zoyas Channing and Autumn. It’s fleckier than Foxy and redder than Harvest Moon.

Autumn 2017 Comparisons - Zoya Beth (Sophisticates) - Part 2

From left to right: Five-and-Ten (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Holiday 2016), Katrina (Bow on Top, Holiday 2015), Judy (All Night Long, December 2015), Rage (Foil FX, Spring 2010), Kay (Modern Smolder, February 2016), Beth, Wilma (Rainbow Bright, May 2016), Beatrice (All Night Long, December 2015), Louisa May (Citrine for November, November 2015), Chantilly Peach, Hey Doll & Ingrid (Vintage Vixen, Autumn 2010)

I thought Kay was close to McKenna but it’s almost dead-on with Beth. It’s a tiny bit warmer and darker but not enough to call them anything but dupes. Rage is similar, but it’s more foily and silverier. Wilma’s closer to Beth than it was to McKenna but it’s still too metallic and duochromey. Five-and-Ten, Katrina, and Judy are all too silvery, the two polishes from Vintage Vixen are way off, Chantilly Peach is too, well, peach, Louisa May is too warm, and Beatrice is too gold.

Autumn 2017 Comparisons - Orly Velvet Kaleidoscope (Velvet Dream)

From left to right: Louisa May (Citrine for November, November 2015), Pisces (Zodiac, March 2016), Evangeline (Magique, Autumn 2006), Gloria (Flame, Holiday 2010), Virginia (All Night Long, December 2015), Velvet Kaleidoscope, Space Cadet (Cosmic FX, Autumn 2010), Phoenix Rising (Rock this Town, Holiday 2012), Anastasia & Ivy (Magique, Autumn 2006), Tatiana (Cityscape, September 2013), What’s the Password (Secret Society, Holiday 2013), Ya Got Trouble (I’ve Gotta Be Me, Holiday 2014)

Velvet Kaleidoscope is like a less blingy version of Space Cadet, a pinker version of Phoenix Rising, and a less green version of Virginia.