Purple Polish Party!

As I mentioned Wednesday it was a purple polish party day.  If only I could actually capture the colour purple!  It always looks more blue as in indigo rather than the yummy grape juice purple that it is. At least I thought I wasn't getting it but now that I look at it on my work computer it looks purple!  In fact I'm happy with how close it is to in person.  Yay!  I bought a new camera and so far I am quite happy with it.  It was the only brand (Nikon) in the store that seemed to be getting the colour right and capturing the sparkle. Spent more than I intended.  Got a Nikon Coolpix S80.  Back to sparkly stuff!  On my left hand I tried 5 different purples.  One less is shown in the picture because it was a duplicate colour.

Index finger = Zoya, Mimi

Middle finger = Nicole, Gone Wishin'

Ring finger = Orly, Out of This World

Pinky finger = Sephora, Just a Little Dangerous

Sorry for the mess on my fingers  when you click on the photos to see the larger size.  : )

Gone Wishin' is now one of my top 10 all time favourites.  I just found it this weekend.  I'll be sharing that haul next blog post.  It is a gorgeous polish.  It is a clearish base with tiny purple specks and then bigger peacock blue and hot pink glitter.  Just a Little Dangerous is a disappointment.  When you apply it you see loads of purple shimmer.  It must all sink to the bottom because on the nail once it is dry it looks like a cream.  I did manage to catch a little sparkle in the photo but it is nearly impossible to see in real life.

On my right hand I experimented with things I could put on top of Just a Little Dangerous so I could wear it as I will never wear it on it's own.  The following are on top of JALD.

Index finger = Cover Girl, Amethyst Mist

Middle finger = Cover Girl, City Lights

Ring finger = Color Club, Covered in Diamonds

Pinky finger = Nubar, 2010

I have more I want to try so that's just the first round!

Julieanne is Out of This World!

Today was a purple polish party for my nails.  If only I could take a picture that even came close to capturing the sparkle! It's not just the camera it's the lighting.  Indirect light on a bright sunny day works best I think.  However I live in the Pacific Northwest and it seems we only have that for about 25% of the year! I will post something tomorrow. 

Until then I wanted post about discovering that Julieanne by Zoya and Out of This World by Orly are a DUPE.  Somehow I missed this when I recently searched this subject for my DUPE page.  I'm certainly not the first to discover this. As I gathered all my purple polishes up I thought they looked the same in the bottle.  Same on the nail too.  Gorgeous colour!  Wish I could capture it with my camera. This picture in the bottles is a pretty good representation.  Just can't capture the purple sparkle when it's on my nails.

This is, excuse the mess, one coat.  The left is Zoya Julieanne and right nail is Orly Out of This World. You can see right away they are the same blackened purple / indigo base with purple sparkles.  The sparkles aren't obvious until the second coat.  After seeing how sheer the first coat was I thought for sure it would need 3 coats but I am a "heavy coater" and 2 coats was just fine.  Sorry, no pic of the 2 side by side with a second coat.  Once I realized they were the same I covered one of them with Gone Wishin' by Nicole as I wanted every nail to be different.  Perhaps you will see the final results tomorrow if I can get a picture!  Nail polish photography advice welcome!!!