Essie Starry Starry Night - New Version Vs Original: Comparison Request!

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Comparison Request

Essie Starry Starry Night: Original vs New Version

So...how close IS the New Essie Starry Starry Night to the Original? Catch me after the jump...

Colors by Llarowe Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and a Comparison

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Colors by Llarowe

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

and a Comparison with Essie Starry Starry Night

You know I had to see for myself!

First up, Colors by Llarowe Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...this is a dark blue navy jelly polish with blue and silver micro-glitters. Formula and application were great. It's a jelly though, so naturally, it's buildable. I used one light coat and one medium coat but most people will get perfect results with 3 light coats.

But the question we all have - is it an Essie Starry Starry Night dupe?

Okay, so I'm not calling "exact dupe" but whatever is a hair down from that, absolutely. They are thisclosetodupestatus.

CbL TTLS is just a bit darker jelly than SSN. But the jelly formula and micro-glitter mix are spot-on.

What do you think? Dupe? Or not?

Colors by Llarowe polishes, including this one, are available at Llarowe's shop here. You can like Llarowe on Facebook and follow Llarowe on Twitter for more information and launch times. Holos retail for $12.00, glitters retail for $10.00 and jellies retail for $6.00. Be sure to sign up for the re-stock emails!

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Comparison: Maya Stargazing vs Essie Starry Starry Night

Press Sample: Maya

Purchased Myself: Essie SSN

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Comparison: Essie Starry Starry Night vs Maya Stargazing

I couldn't help but immediately think of Essie Starry Starry Night when I first saw Maya Stargazing so before everyone started asking, I thought I'd just a jump on comparing them.

If you missed my post on Maya Stargazing, click here.

So let's have a look! Two coats of both with no top coat...

Artificial lighting

As you can see, they're not dupes. But they're pretty close! They are both blue jelly polishes with silver micro-glitter.

Photos below are all indirect natural lighting.

Maya Stargazing's blue base is a little deeper/darker. Stargazing is definitely a two-coater while I have a tendency to apply three coats with the Essie. It's ok with two but in certain lighting you can see patches, making you wish you'd used three. I didn't have that with Stargazing - because of the darker blue base. I don't have Chanel Ceil de Nuit to compare, but I have a feeling it's probably a real contender for dupe status with that one.

For details on purchasing Maya Stargazing, see my review post here. (Note, there will be a coupon code - she's having a SALE from September 27 - 30, 2013.)

To purchase Essie Starry Starry Night, I wish you luck and/or a winning lotto ticket. They're super rare and very spendy when/if you do find them.




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Blogger Collaboration - Most Expensive/Least Expensive Polish

This weekend several bloggers are getting together and posting their favorite "most expensive" and favorite "least expensive" polishes.

My choices for tonight are...

For my Favorite Most Expensive polish in my collection, Essie Starry Starry Night. This polish was made before Essie was purchased by L'Oreal and obtained by me second-hand and not from Essie (in case you're wondering why I'm explaining this, Essie is no longer cruelty-free and this blog is.)

Essie Starry Starry Night

Essie Starry Starry Night

Essie Starry Starry Night

Essie Starry Starry Night

Essie Starry Starry Night

And the polish I chose for my Favorite Least Expensive is Sinful Colors Dream On. WHY I had to pick the absolute HARDEST color to photograph, I do not know. Because I couldn't get it color accurate, I've included photos from my previous blog post about it because they are the closest I was ever able to get. It's a really rich red-leaning violet - like an orchid.

photo from AFloral.com

Sinful Colors Dream On

Sinful Colors Dream On

It dries semi-matte so below photo is shown with and without top coat.

Sinful Colors Dream On

Sinful Colors Dream On

Take a look at the other bloggers' favorite Most Expensive and Least Expensive polishes in their collections!
If you would like to join in, please be courteous and use the inlinkz codes in your post so that we are all linked together. Otherwise, they will be removed. Here are the codes: http://www.inlinkz.com/script.php?id=198389&nojump=1&key=ILKe9d3uQgn5Y





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Not-So-Thrifty Thursday

Today I'm wearing something I didn't think I would ever own. 1. Very hard-to-find, 2. Very spendy if you could find it and 3. I don't buy this brand anymore because they're owned by L'Oreal and not cruelty-free.

Of course I knew if I ever got the opportunity to obtain it reasonably, I would. It was made before L'Oreal bought Essie AND it's no longer available to purchase from the company, therefore no money going into the pockets of the company from me.

What: Essie Starry Starry Night
How: I swapped around until it was MINE!!!!

I wore it alone the first time, built up the jelly with 3 or 4 coats. It was pretty!  Today I'm wearing it with some underwear. Gotta conserve that bay-bee!

First photos: The first time I wore it, I didn't wear a base color with it - 3 to 4 coats and one coat of top coat.

Essie Starry Starry Night

Essie Starry Starry Night

Essie Starry Starry Night

Today, with shorter nails and one coat of butter LONDON Royal Navy as underwear and one coat of Poshe...

Essie Starry Starry Night

Essie Starry Starry Night

Essie Starry Starry Night

Essie Starry Starry Night

Essie Starry Starry Night

Some of my long-time readers may remember when I tried to franken it - without ever having seen it in person. You can see that post here. Now that I have the real thing, I wanted to see how I did.

How do YOU think I did?

My Frankens vs the real Starry Starry Night

So what do you think? Now that I have it, I really love it, but I don't know that I couldn't have just done with my own frankens. But how could I know until I saw for myself?  LOL! Plus I swapped for it instead of shelling out the $300+ on eBay when it does pop up. Which I would never have done. So I'm happy.



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Essie Starry Starry Night - Franken/Dupe

No, I STILL haven't managed to get my paws on Essie Starry Starry Night. And I can't even catch it on eBay for what I am sure would be exorbitant prices.

So I set about trying to get a close enough dupe to satisfy me. Will it satisfy everyone? Probably not. But I'm happy with it.

I started out with about 2/3rds of a bottle of Orchid Royal Engagement. Then I added 5 drops of each of the following:

*Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Black Heart
*Orchid Starry Night
*OPI DS Magic
*China Glaze Dorothy Who?

Then I added some Sterling Silver micro glitter (SuperNail brand from Sally Beauty Supply NOT the holo one) - about the size of 2 grains of rice.

This was the result, which I still wasn't completely happy with...

Used Essie Matte About You on accent nail

So...I layered over a coat of the top coat I had made last month using Seche Vite and the same Sterling Silver micro glitter and VOILA!

No, it's probably not an exact dupe, but I don't have the Essie one to compare and I'm actually totally happy with it! It's completely smooth - no "glitter feel" at all.

What do you think?

Those of you who have Essie Starry Starry Night, is it close at all?