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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Nail of the Day: Reciprocal Gradient

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Just a quick NOTD post - I'm working on swatches of some FAB polishes to show you, but in the mean time, another reciprocal gradient. I loved it so much and got so many compliments on the last one I did, I thought I'd do another.

I couldn't decide which "direction" would look better so I did it opposite on alternating nails - light at the tips on the base gradient on one and dark at the tips on the next. Then I used striping tape and reversed the gradient direction on each nail. Because of how the colors blended, I preferred to end it with the light on the tips, so next time I'll do them all the same with dark tips on the base gradient and light tips on the final gradient.

What do you think? I think it's just one of my favorite looks for "nail art." And as always I love nail art that looks harder than it is.

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Purple Comparisons

I love purple and I have so many more purples than I will ever be able to do a comparison post on, but getting Dior Ultra Violet and several people asking me if it was close to Dior Purple Mix spurred this one, so I'll be comparing those two and other somewhat similar purples.

First up Dior Purple Mix. I don't really have any "dupes" of this one, so I've compared it with the closest ones I have, which you can see aren't really very close. Purple Mix and Ultra Violet DEFINITELY aren't close.

Here I've used Pure Ice Purple Reign, Pure Ice Kiss Me Here, Dior Purple Mix, Dior Shadow (and Dior Ultra Violet for reference.)

Purple Comparison

Next I compared Dior Ultra Violet with 6 other purples. There are two colors in particular that some would consider "dupes." For those of us who are true lacquerheads, I wouldn't say there's a 100% dupe though. Sinful Colors Amethyst and Finger Paints Beach Bound are as close to being dupes as I have and after the nail wheel swatches, I'll show you hand comparisons with those two. (I dropped the nail wheel just as I finished up the 2nd coat of all the polishes - wet polish side down of course - so please excuse any imperfections. None are the fault of the polish - they're the fault of the klutz, MOI!)

For this comparison I used Orly charged Up, Illamasqua Faux Pas, Sinful Colors Amethyst, Finger Paints Beach Bound, Zoya Mira, Dior Ultra Violet and Nails Inc. Westminster.

Purple Comparison

So there you have it! As I said, there are SO MANY more purples I could compare, but without a starting point or something spurring it on like a question or stumbling on a dupe, these will have to do for now.

Do you accidentally end up with dupes? Do you have any of these?

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Friday, January 27, 2012

Dior Purple Mix - Swatches and Review

This is going to be another short but sweet post as I have a LOT of swatching to do *grin* but I've been wearing Dior Purple Mix for the last few days.

As usual, the formula was outstanding and the brush is a dream on this smokey violet purple creme. Perfection.

Dior Purple Mix WITHOUT top coat

Dior Purple Mix WITH top coat

Several people have asked me how it compares to Dior Forget-Me-Not, so here is a swatch of them side-by-side. As you can see, Purple Mix is darker, deeper and smokier. The MAIN difference, that you can't see here, is the smell. Forget-Me-Not has that sickening Rosemilk smell, which makes Purple Mix the WINNER, in my opinion.

Which would you pick? Do you have both? Does the scented polish bother you?

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