Sequin Sandal or Wagon Trail?

November 24, 2010.

In my previous post about my mani of Sally Hansen CSM Sequin Sandal, a reader asked about how it compares to China Glaze Wagon Trail. And I thought, "Omg! Why didn't I think of that!?" So this post goes out to HappytPumpkin for this request/idea. :)

In a bottle comparison, you can see that there's silver glitters inside Sequin Sandal but that doesn't translate onto the nails.

This is a comparison picture of China Glaze Wagon Trail and Sally Hansen CSM Sequin Sandal. In the following pictures, it is a swatch of 1 coat each. Can you tell which one is which?

Here is the comparison of WT and SS with 2 coats each; first without flash then with flash

(the flash pictures include 1 coat of top coat each)

So if you couldn't tell, Wagon Trail is on my middle and pinky nails and Sequin Sandal is on my index and ring nails. In conclusion, WT has a darker base and SS has more shimmer. They are very similar and perhaps dupes.

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

P.S.: Catrice week (one Catrice polish per day) is coming up =)

Merry Midnight OR Problem Child?

November 22, 2010

I don't know if anyone did this comparison but I bought OPI Merry Midnight a long while back and recently I bought Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Problem Child. Debating on which color I was going to do my mani. I looked at Problem Child, then I remembered something looked REALLY familiar to this and I found Merry Midnight in my stash. So today's post is a comparison post! :)

Here's a picture of the bottles together

Here's a comparison picture at 1 coat of each

Here's a comparison picture at 2 coats of each

Here's a comparison picture at 2 coats of PC and 3 coats of MM.

Here's a comparison picture at 2 coats of PC and 3 coats of MM and 1 coat of top coat on each.

In conclusion: MM is more plum, opaque but shows more flakies than PC. But PC has a darker base and the formula is thicker.

hope this was useful,

<3katherine

MM OR AA? Let's Compare!

Karen from Addicted to Nail Polish requested a comparison of Sephora by OPI's Midnight Mambo and OPI's Absolutely Alice. So here's my take on both of them next to each other. This is my first comparison that I've done and hopefully it'll be a good review for you nail polish lovers! :) (I actually wanted to post this earlier but got home too late after a day of movies and ROCK BAND!)

Left to right:

Index: Absolutely Alice

Middle: Midnight Mambo

Ring: Absolutely Alice

Pinky: Midnight Mambo

The first picture is a swatch of both polishes with only one coat of each and no top coat. You can tell already that Absolutely Alice is a clear base with darker blue glitter and gold glitter and Midnight Mambo has a lighter shade of blue base with silver glitters. Absolutely Alice's glitter are the same small size whereas Midnight Mambo has small glitters and bigger silver rounded glitters.

The picture above is a swatch picture of AA and MM with 2 coats and no top coat. AA is a darker 'royal' blue with gold glitters and again MM is a lighter 'sky' blue with silver glitters.

hope this helped & hope you enjoyed,
<3katherine