Frankly Scarlet vs. An Affair In Red Square

Today I have Revlon's Frankly Scarlet and OPI's An Affair In Red Square. AAIRS is one of my absolute favorite red polishes, ever, hands down. So when I was organizing my collection I noticed that when I swatched these two they were pretty similar. Well let's see how similar they really are!

Bottle shot under artificial light.

Ignore my gross stained thumb. FS on pointer and ring, AAIRS on middle and pinky.

Artificial Light. FS on pointer and ring, AAIRS on middle and pinky.

Artificial light. FS on pointer, AAIRS on middle.

These two are similar, but definitely not dupes. They both have a fine shimmer running through them that make them glow. Both formulas were great, although FS was a little bit thinner (as most of Revlon's polishes are). FS leans more to an orange red on my skin tone, where as AAIRS stays a true, glowing red. The winner for me is OPI, and it is still one of my favorite reds, ever. OPI retails for $8.50 in most places (Ulta, Target, etc.),  and Revlon retails for $4-$7 depending on where you buy it (Target, CVS, Walgreens, etc.). I don't think FS is still available anymore, it is a fairly old polish, I think one that I inherited from my mom several years ago before I was really into this sort of thing. So which one do you prefer?

CM

Revlon - Black With Envy

So there's been talk about Revlon's recent color, Black With Envy, being a dupe of Chanel's Black Pearl. From comparisons that I've seen (mostly from VampyVarnish), they are similar but there are differences. However, due to the price tag difference of at least $15, I stuck with Revlon's version.

The formula was decent. One of Revlon's better formulas, especially since their new Summer Romantics collection is a streaky, chalky mess (of the colors I've tried so far). So, let's take a look:

Its a pretty blackened charcoal gray with fine silver shimmer throughout.

Here's a better shot of the shimmer.

Sorry for the wrinkly fingers. I've stopped putting lotion on right before I paint my nails, because I stopped using Chip Skip. Its been making my nails peel slightly, and they haven't been the same since.

And just for fun, I added some Nfu Oh #60 (Flakies) on the ring finger. And for once, my camera actually captured the flakies somewhat well.

Look at that rainbow in the bottle. Beautiful.

Enlarge the picture!

That's all for now!

CM