Rock It vs. The One That Got Away

Today I have Orly's Rock It from their Mineral FX collection and The One That Got Away from OPI's Katy Perry collection (which started the shatter/crackle phenomenon). Both of them are pink with a bit o a gold shimmer/flash running through them. Let's see how close they are!

Bottle shot under artificial light.

I honestly cannot remember which polish is on which finger. I want to say that the ring and pointer has OPI's TOTGA and the middle and pinky are Orly's Rock It. Either way, I would definitely say that these two are close enough to be dupes. There are very very very subtle differences between the two. I think the base shade of Rock It is just slightly deeper. Sadly, not much of the gold shimmer/flash shows up on the nail. It does a little bit but no where near what it is in the bottle shots.  I love both of them, but you probably don't need both in your collection. So I deem these as dupes. What do you think?

CM

Kimmy vs. Reva

Today I have Kimmy and Reva, both from one of Zoya's summer collections (I also got Apple from the same collection). Their shimmers in that collection mostly had one thing in common: gold shimmer. And that was what attracted me to all of them! They were a unique spin on regular colors, at least to my collection. Here we go!

Bottle shot under artificial light.

Reva on pointer and ring, Kimmy on middle and pinky.

Reva on pointer and ring, Kimmy on middle and pinky.

On their website and at a first glance these two colors seem really close. But once on the nail you can very easily see the difference. Reva is a strawberry pink with gold shimmer running through it. Kimmy is a bright red with gold shimmer running through it. Both are gorgeous colors. And I think you should have both in your collection. 

Personally, I like Reva better. Red and gold are perfectly paired together, but done a lot. Strawberry pink with gold is definitely a new one for me. And I like it against my skin tone better than Kimmy. Their formulas were both perfect. I believe I did 2 coats of each color. Zoya goes for $8 on their website (here) and they have tons of awesome promotions. You can get insight to them if you Like them on facebook, and of course sign up for an account with them on their website. They've had BOGOs, buy any polish and just pay for shipping, really any kind of promotion you can think of. They really are a wonderful company. Would you buy both of these?

CM

Jade Is The New Black vs. Don't Mess With OPI

This was a comparison that I hadn't even considered until RV decided to paint my nails with Jade Is The New Black and it hit me that these two were really similar. Jade Is The New Black is from OPI's Hong Kong collection that came out last year. Don't Mess With OPI is from their Texas collection that came out earlier this year. They're both a dusty green creme and both from OPI. So let's take a look...are they dupes?

Bottle shots under artificial light. 

JITNB on the pointer and ring, DMWO on the middle and pinky. Artificial light.

JITNB on the pointer and ring, DMWO on the middle and pinky. Shade.

These two look very similar in the shade, as you can see from the pictures up above. But under the artificial light JITNB becomes a darker green, which actually leans more towards a green/teal on my skin tone and right next to DMWO. DMWO is more of a grassy green. Not close enough to be dupes. Formula was great on both of these, but I found DMWO was a little bit on the runny side. Nothing that you can't work with though!

Overall, I like JITNB better. There are plenty of grassy green colors out there, but I really have nothing like JITNB, so that's my winner. Both are pretty greens though, and if you're a sucker for greens then yeah, get 'em both. But if you're not that into them and only want a few, I think that JITNB is the one to go with. Which one do you prefer?

CM

My collection

Happy December! Wow, it's almost time for my annual review. I should start on that now so its not as late as it was last year!

So, here it is. Almost 300 polishes in 3 stackable storage bins. These bins are from Walmart, and they did work great but he handles fell off one bin, and they can be a pain to separate. My next storage will hopefully be like a filing cabinet so there's a lot easier access to all of my polishes. Guess I need to save up money first...

OPI, Orly, Sinful Colors, Revlon, Confetti, Nicole by OPI, Fingerpaints

Color Club, China Glaze, Zoya

Colors of the Season, NARS, Nubar, Sally Hansen, Wet n Wild, NYC, NYX, Mac, NFU Oh, L'oreal, Hard Candy, Chameleon.

Enjoy.

CM