Autumn 2017 Comparisons - China Glaze Royal Pain in the Ascot (Street Regal) - Part 1

Part 1: Other China Glazes (These are not all the same polish I promise)

They don’t make red metallics like they used to!

From left to right: Cranberry Splash (Holiday Joy, Holiday 2012), Skate Night (Retro Diva, Autumn 2009), Mommy Kissing Santa (Tis the Season to be Naughty or Nice, Holiday 2010), Thunderbird (Retro Diva, Autumn 2009), Red-y & Willing (Autumn Nights, Autumn 2013), Define Good… (Twinkle, Holiday 2014), Royal Pain in the Ascot, Heart of Africa (African Safari, Autumn 2001), Short & Sassy (Retro Diva, Autumn 2009)

Yeah, If you’ve been a long time collector of red China Glaze Metallics, you already have Royal Pain in the Ascot. RPitA has the best name though, if that’s a selling factor.

Holiday 2016 Comparisons - Essie Ready to Boa (Getting Groovy)

I couldn’t decide whether Ready to Boa was more red or brown so I compared it to both. Like The More the Berrier, this is another polish I haven’t seen in years!

From left to right: Love is Hot and Coal (Gwen Stefani Holiday, Holiday 2014), Espresso Your Style! (Kick Up Your Heels, Holiday 2006), Muir Muir on the Wall (San Francisco, Autumn 2013), Ready to Boa, Black Cherry Chutney (India, Spring 2008), Midnight in Moscow (Russia, Autumn 2007), German-icure by OPI (Germany, Autumn 2012), Short & Sassy (Retro Diva, Autumn 2009)

Hot and Coal is way too brown and doesn’t have even a touch of red in it. Espresso Your Style is closer but the shimmer is more gold toned. Now, Muir Muir is the other polish in my stash that has always defied classification as red or brown, and they’re definitely cousins. Muir Muir has a stronger duochrome (even reaching green) and is darker and vampier, while it’s the closest thing I have to Boa they’re different enough I’d say you can have both. Black Cherry Chutney is a little more purple toned and the shimmer is less apparent. Midnight in Moscow is also darker. German-icure and Short & Sassy aren’t brown enough to really compare to Boa.