Two Polish Comparisons

I haven't done one of these posts in awhile, so I thought it was time. Since this is a comparison post, the clean up isn't perfect. 

The first comparison is:

Ulta "Material Girl" vs Zoya "Blaze" 

 In the bottle they looked kinda similar, but on the nail.... Not even close lol. All nails are 2 coats.

"Material Girl" is more of a berry color where "Blaze" is on the reddish side. both have a scattered holo.

 I personally prefer "Blaze" I didn't really care for "Material Girl" once I saw it on the nail. "Blaze" is a bit more shiny too.

 Since I didn't really care for "Material Girl" I put it up on my blog sale, and it is already on it's way to a new home :) 

The next comparison is"

China Glaze "Glistening Snow" vs. FingerPaints "Sparkle and Snowflake"

First I just want to note that while taking pictures I somehow scrapped my nail on my ring finger. I didn't realize this until after I took my pictures and was removing my polish... sorry :(

 I love "Glistening Snow" and I've already bought a back up bottle. In the bottles these polishes look a lot alike. On the nail they are very similar, but they have a few slight differences.

 The first nails are 1 coat over black. The next two nails are 2 coats on the bare nail. "Glistening Snow" is a more dense and opaque polish and can be worn alone, I've done it. "Sparkle and Snowflake" is more of a topper and less dense. Not a stand alone polish.

 I love both of these polishes and they have a loving home. I think they are both great and the formulas are smooth. If I had to choose just one, it would be "Glistening Snow" but i don't have to choose so I'm keeping them both lol.

Well I hope this post was helpful. If you'd like to see more comparison posts please let me know. If no one really wants to see them then I guess there is no point in posting them.

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Scuppered and Angel Wings

I love accent nails, mainly because I hate picking just 1 polish to wear lol. I have such a hard time deciding on a polish when I don't have a mani in mind. I wanted to use one of my new Butter London polishes and I ended up picking another polish that I felt went along with it.

 

 I used 3 coats of Butter London"Scuppered" It applied wonderfully. It was opaque in 2 coats, but I decided to do 3 just because I could lol.

 

 The polish I used for the accent nail is China Glaze "Angel Wings" which is from the new holiday collection. I also used 3 coats for this one, and the formula was great. It dried a bit gritty, but nothing top coat can't fix :)

 

  

  I've heard that this is a dupe for last years "Ultamate Holiday"... which I happen to have (comparison at the end of the post for those interested)

 

 The top coat transferred a few pieces of the green hex glitter from "Scuppered" on to "Angel Wings" I just wanted to make it clear that this was not part of "Angel Wings"

 

 

Comparison

 China Glaze "Ultamate Holiday" and "Angel Wings"

 

 They do look super idetical in the bottles.

 

 Once applied to the nail I felt that "Ultamate Holiday" and a bit more sparkle to it then "Angel Wings" but other the that I think they are pretty dead on as dupes :)

 

I think if you have 1 of them that you really don't need to have both... unless your a crazy collector like myself lol

 

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Follow Up and A Reader Request

So first up I wanted to share the follow up to my glitter mani using the Elmer's glue as a peel off base. Here is the removed polish...

 

 They all came off in one piece except of of the pinky nails (the red glitter) I think it was mostly due to me not being totally sure how to approach the removal. I tried using a wooden cuticle stick, but it didn't work very well. So I just used my nails. I like to peel so I was itching to remove them all day :)

 

With this as the end result I plan on using the glue many times in the future. I'm so happy I can use my glitter a lot more now. I, like most ladies I'm sure, avoided glitter just because of the pain in the ass removal.

 

 

Next up is a comparison request from Beth. She wanted me to compare Butter London "Disco Biscuit" and Sinful Colors "Forget Now" So here it it....

 

 The 2 contenders.

 

 Please excuse the messy application. I only applied the polish to show the two polishes. The 1st and 3rd nail is 3 coats of Butter London "Disco Biscuit" and the 2nd and 4th nail is Sinful Colors "Forget Now"

 

 The polishes are pretty close, except "Disco Biscuit" has blue shimmer and dries semi matte.

 

"Forget Now" is all pink and pink shimmer, not really any blue within it. So they are very close in similarity but now total dupes. I think a big collector would want both, but someone who isn't picky would be happy with just "Forget Now"

 

Well that's it :) Keep checking back for the 30 Day Challenge and for my upcoming giveaway!