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.

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

From left to right: Taurus (Zodiac, May 2016), I’m in the Moon for Love (Starlight, Holiday 2015), Hope (Classics), Purple with a Purpose (Brights, Summer 2005), Vampsterdam (Holland, Spring 2012), Pondering (The Great Outdoors, Autumn 2015), Delaney, Juno (Utopia, Holiday 2007), Yasmeen (Provocateur, Summer 2006), Belinda (Zenith, Holiday 2013), Russian Navy (Russia, Autumn 2007), Let’s Groove (Retro Diva, Autumn 2009), Sexy Divide (Winter 2008)

Delaney is really rather close to Zoya’s Juno, a polish that turns ten this holiday season - Juno is a bit warmer toned but the shift is similar. Pondering is the only other duochrome here but it’s way off.

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

From left to right: Catch of the Day (Shimmer Brights, Summer 2016), Sia (Focus, Autumn 2015), Song (Diva, Autumn 2012), Gladys (Dark and Stormy Nights, October 2016), Indie (In the Mix, Autumn 2015), Natty (Designer, Autumn 2012), Sailor (Cashmeres, Autumn 2013), Hadley, Blue Blood (Her Majesty, Holiday 2016), Strangers in the Night (Dressed to the Nines, Holiday 2015), Octavia (Dramatic, February 2014), Arielle (New York Never Sleeps, October 2015), Russian Navy (Russia, Autumn 2007)

Hadley’s closest relatives are the other two Zoyas, Natty and Sailor. The flash close up shows their differences well, Sailor is the darkest and Hadley is the grayest, but you don’t need all three. Blue Blood and Strangers in the Night also look close without the flash, but again Hadley is grayer.

Autumn 2017 Comparisons - China Glaze Glamcore (Street Regal)

From left to right: Black Cherry Chutney (India, Spring 2008), Sloane (Pulse, Autumn 2008), Let’s Groove (Retro Diva, Autumn 2009), Glamcore, Yasmeen (Provocateur, Summer 2006), Sexy Divide (Winter 2008), Thess (Luminous Lights, Holiday 2016), Belinda (Zenith, Holiday 2013), Prima Donna (A Night at the Opera, Autumn 2013), Russian Navy (Russia, Autumn 2007), Groove Thang (Dance to the Musique, Autumn 2008)

I don’t have anything exactly like Glamcore – Sloane, Let’s Groove, and Yasmeen are redder, and Sexy Plunge, Thess, and Belinda are cooler.

Autumn 2017 Comparisons - OPI Turn on the Northern Lights (Iceland)

From left to right: Give Me Space (Starlight, Holiday 2015), Scandalous Shenanigans (Autumn Nights, Autumn 2013), Russian Navy (Russia, Autumn 2007), High on Hope (Hope and Freedom Fest, Spring 2013), Turn on the Northern Lights, Sleeping Under the Stars (The Great Outdoors, Autumn 2015), Ginny (This Way to the Soiree, December 2016), Danica (Paradise, April 2015), Virgo (Zodiac, September 2016), Paulina (New York Never Sleeps, October 2015), Up All Night (Patent Leather in the City, Spring 2006), Sanaa (Sapphire for September, September 2015)

Turn on the Northern Lights is like Sleeping Under the Stars with a much more visible shimmer, but purely from this base picture they’re dead on. High on Hope is similar but the shimmer less fine.

China Glaze Rebel Comparisons - Combat Blue-ts

Other mattes:

From left to right: Sonia (Switch Up, November 2015), Combat Blue-ts, Rendee (Sun Crush, May 2017)
Sonia is a lot more teal than everything else, it doesn't photograph well but it's basically green compared to the other two. Rendee though is super close, just a little lighter, but it too has pink shimmer running through it like Combat Blue-ts. You don't need them both.

Non-mattes:

From left to right: Catch of the Day (Shimmer Brights/Aim to Misbehave, Summer 2016), Song (Diva, Autumn 2012), High on Hope (Spring 2013), Combat Blue-ts, Sleeping Under the Stars (The Great Outdoors, Autumn 2015), Russian Navy (Russia, Autumn 2007)

Combat Blue-ts has pink shimmer that won’t come out for the life of me. Sleeping Under the Stars is similar, but it’s more purple and the shimmer is more visible even in the bottle.

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.