Julep Lineup - Matilda, Meghan, Melinda, Melody

• Matilda (Color of the Year 2016 - Midsummer Light, June 2016) is a blue creme. I really love this one, Julep does great blues!
• Meghan (CWAT - Modern Smolder, February 2016) is a warm red creme. Not my fave ever but very nice.
• Melinda (It Girl - All is Bright, Holiday 2015) is a pink berry holo. So pretty!
• Melody (It Girl - Switch Up, November 2015) is a silver and blue glitter topper. This is a really versatile glitter topper, I love wearing Melody over red!

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

From left to right: Matilda (Midsummer Light, June 2016), Avenue Maintain (Madison Ave-Hue, Spring 2013), Super Trop-i-cal-i-fiji-istic (Fiji, Spring 2017), Sia (Focus, Autumn 2015), Indie (In the Mix, Autumn 2015), Danielle, I Know What Boys Like (Summer 2011), Sailor (Cashmeres, Autumn 2013), Natty (Designer, Autumn 2012), Mirajane (Ultrabrites, Summer 2016), Octavia (Dramatic, February 2014), Arielle (New York Never Sleeps, October 2015)

Danielle is quite close to my rather sorry-looking bottle of Indie, it’s just a bit lighter, and I Know What Boys Like, it’s just a bit brighter.

Autumn 2017 Comparisons - Essie As If (As If) - Part 2

From left to right: Bevin (True, Spring 2012), Udon Know Me (Kimono Over, Autumn 2016), Lillian (Delight, Spring 2015), Virgin Snow (Virgin Snow, Holiday 2015), Kristen (Feel, Winter 2011), Matilda (Midsummer Light, June 2016), As If, Secret Peri-Wink-le (Operation: Colour, Autumn 2008), Jo (Twist, Spring 2009), Smooth Sailing (Braziliant, Summer 2011), Avenue Maintain (Madison Ave-Hue, Spring 2013)

As If calls to mind the classic China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le, actually they’re almost head on. As If is more purple and dustier but you don’t need both. Matilda is also similar but it’s noticeably brighter. Bevin, Udon Know Me, and Lillian are way too green, and Virgin Snow and Kristen are too light, and Avenue Maintain is too dark and bright. Jo and Smooth Sailing are of a similar base color but they have a very noticeable shimmer to them.

Autumn 2017 Comparisons - OPI Check Out the Old Geysirs (Iceland)

Also, why didn’t I think to include Pepper in my Saint comparisons?

From left to right: Virgin Snow (Virgin Snow, Holiday 2015), Jessica (Express Yourself, March 2012), Kristen (Feel, Winter 2011), Sea of Love (Message in a Bottle, Spring 2017), Check Out the Old Geysirs, Cinderella (Spring 2012), Rayne (Delight, Spring 2015), One Polished Pony (My Little Pony, Summer 2017), Matilda (Midsummer Light, June 2016), Saint (Enchanted, Holiday 2016), Pepper (Rainbow Bright, May 2016), Jo (Twist, Spring 2009). Swatch Stick: China Glaze Boho Blues (Road Trip, Spring 2015)

Old Geysirs is kind of like Sea of Love with soft blue shimmer, but given that the shimmer doesn’t show up that much in Geysirs they’re close enough you don’t need both.

Spring 2017 Comparisons - Deborah Lippmann Sea of Love (Message in a Bottle)

The stuff on the far right is far too green to compare to Sea of Love, but I thought you would want to see them.

From left to right: Megan, Carey, Kristen (all from Feel, Winter 2011/12), Virgin Snow (Virgin Snow, Holiday 2015), Sea of Love, Jessica (April 2012), Matilda (Midsummer Light, June 2016), Secret Peri-wink-le (Operation: Colour, Autumn 2008), Udon Know Me (Kimono Over, Autumn 2016), My Boy Lollipop, Flowers in Her Hair (Spring Reveries, Spring 2014), For Audrey (Something Blue, Autumn 2007), Splish Splash (Happy Days, Summer 2016). Swatch Stick: China Glaze Boho Blues (Road Trip, Spring 2015)

Nothing I have here is an exact dupe to Sea of Love. Virgin Snow, Kristen, and Jessica, while in the same family, are lighter, and Matilda, Boho Blues, and Secret Peri-wink-le are darker. Sea of Love is also one of the grayest of the lot, barring the distinctly gray Carey. Kristen is the closest, but they’re not the same.