I was struck by a sudden craving for gold fingernails, and I knew exactly the shade I wanted. But as I rummaged through my nail polish collection, I kept pulling out gold polishes other than the one I was looking for. How did I get here? I didn’t even know I had so many.
Anyway, to possibly save you, dear reader, from finding yourself in the same boat, I thought I should publish a comparison.
OPI’s Glitzerland (from their fall Swiss collection) is a fine, shimmering, golden veil. Like tulle. It has tiny silver sparkles.
Nina’s Velveteen Rabbit is the most opaque in one coat… I also believe it’s identical to Claire’s 14 Karats. This shade is a brown gold, or a golden brown — it’s the one most like a real haircolor. It has silver sparkles.
Sally Hansen’s Gilty Pleasure is perhaps the smoothest. It’s also the most golden — it contains tiny sparkles, but they’re yellow/gold instead of silver.
BB Couture’s Blind Love is the coolest — it looks almost silver lined up with the others. It’s a cool gold, a silvered wheat.
CoverGirl’s Bronze Beauty is a little more brown than the others (but not so bronze that it didn’t deserve to join the lineup). It’s got both gold and silver sparkles.
Clearly I need to employ a little more self-restraint in the drugstore; not give in to the impulse purchase quite so often… Is there any category of makeup you find yourself “repeat buying”?
ooh the OPI polish is my favorite, it looks so delicate! have you ever tried zoya goldie? It’s one of my favorite gold polishes, it’s a full-on yellow good, and the color looks really rich and opaque. it always cheers me up
Oh my, I completely understand. It’s more “which category of makeup do I find myself NOT repeat buying”? To answer, it’s probably lip color in my case.
haha, that happens to me with green nail polishes… I can’t seem to stop buying them, and it gets to the point where I can’t remember what the shade looks like on my nail…
i buy so many purple eyeshadows it’s absurd. granted, almost everyone can find a shade of purple to suit them, but there is no excuse for my purple collection. i know which brands are smooth, creamy, and blendable, and i should just stick to that instead of buying every pretty purple i see. i can’t help myself.
I have a weak spot for dark blues, berries and light green nail polish. But overall, I’d say I have a problem buying nail polish, period. Oops!
I like the way the Claires, OPI and SH polishes look in your swatches!
Oh I like the Sally Hansen shade!
I think nail polish is my “repeat buying”
Even if it’s only 2 times the almost same color in different brands (like jade green, pink neon… ).
Oh my god do I ever do repeat buying… I have a stash of unused/unusable makeup and it’s because I keep buying cheap-o drugstore brands! (Not that all of them are bad, but some are just low quality.) I did that while a college student and my budget was tight, but thinking back I could have saved so much more money and heartbreak by just pooling the money and buying more expensive, worth-it-for-the-value cosmetics. Wisdom I found only lately, so now I’m focusing on high end brands… Which is poking a hole in my wallet but I believe it will be worth it in the long run… Plus I don’t want to wear glittery cheap stuff to job interviews.