OPI - Divine Swine (Muppet Collection Holiday 2011)

Can I just say, this collection is so fun! This is Divine Swine from OPIs Muppet Collection. It's a totally gorgeous purplish/pinkish glitter with medium sized silver hexagon glitter. Application was easy, I used two coats but as you can see around the edges it could have used a little extra. It, like all glitters, had a grit feeling, so I used Seche Vite top coat. Overall, I loooove it!

Essie - A Cut Above (Luxeffects Collection Holiday 2011)

Another pretty polish from the Luxeffects collection. This is A Cut Above. A clear polish with muti size pink sparkles. Totally gorgeous. It does remind me of a mini Sally's Girl that I can't seem to find right now.  Today I used to over OPI Black Onyx. I used one coat of A Cut Above just so the different sized of glitter can show. I really really like this one. I think it's pretty, of course I think anything thats pink is pretty hahaha.

China Glaze - Material Girl (Eye Candy Collection Winter 2011)

Pink is my all time favourite colour... EVER! Material Girl from China Glaze's new Eye Candy Collection is a dream. Pink glitter multi dimensional glitter bomb. It has three sizes of pink glitter. Tiny pink glitter, medium pink hexagon glitter, and larger holographic pink hexagon glitter all in a clear base.  I used three coats and took the picture before I put a top coat on. Application was fairly easy for a glitter. The holographic hexagon glitter seemed rather sparse. I would have liked to see a little more, I love my holographic glitter! To see the other nail polishes in the Eye Candy Collection, including some comparisons, and the press release click here. 

OPI - Gone Gonzo! (Muppet Collection Holiday 2011)

Gone Gonzo! came out with the limited edition OPI Muppets Collection for the Holiday season. I've been loving this whole collection, to read more on the collection click here. Gone Gonzo! is a clear base with sky blue smaller glitter and silver larger hexagonal glitter. Totally pretty. 

I used two coats plus coat of INM Out the Door top coat.  Of course it was a pain to remove, but totally worth it! I've also done a comparison to the similar polish Revlon Blue Mosaic, if you want to see that, click here. OPI retails for $9.50 CAD and up in Canada and a little less in the states. It can be found in select salons, e-tailers, and London Drugs here in Canada.

Sky Blue Glitters: Revon Blue Mosaic compared to OPI Gone Gonzo!

About two months ago Revlon release the The Expressionist Collection, click here to see the full collection. It included a pretty sky blue sparkle nail polish called Blue Mosaic. I believe this collection will be entering into Revlon's permanent line. More recently OPI released it's limited edition collection for the holidays, The Muppets Collection. Click here to see all post related to The Muppets Collection. The Muppets collection also has a sky blue sparkle polish, its name is Gone Gonzo! While they aren't exact dupes as Blue Mosaic has some green hexagon glitter thrown in, the are very close!

Color Club Scent-Suous Scented Collection (Holiday 2011)

COLOR CLUB SCENT-SUOUS COLLECTION

Sally's Beauty Supply recently got these Color Club Scent-Suous Collection displays (link to picture of the displays)! Are they going to start carrying the full range of Color Club now? I sure hope so! I might be wrong but I think another blog had said that these were Sally's Beauty Supply exclusive colours. The collection had 6 colours I opted out of non-chunky sparkle ones. The names of the other colours that I skipped were Santa's Cinnamon (red sparkle, think China Glaze Ruby Pumps, cinnamon scented), Kiss Me Mistletoe (foiled light green, pine tree scented), and Gingerbread Man (light gold foil, gingerbread scented). I would have bought all of them but I seriously have a thing against all of thoughs scents. I bought mine in the states at a Sally's and they were $4.99 US each /.5 oz. 

Siren Reds: OPI Gettin' Miss Piggy With It compared to China Glaze Love Marilyn

Within the last month both OPI and China Glaze put out collections with awesome red glitter polishes. I wanted to see how close these two compare. As you can see they aren't dupes but they are similar. OPI's Gettin' Miss Piggy With It is from the Muppets Collection (to see any post about this collection, including a comparison between Rainbow Connection and Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday click here). China Glaze's Love Marilyn is from the Eye Candy Collection (to see other swatches of polishes in this collection, click here).

China Glaze - Some Like It Haute (Eye Candy Collection Winter 2011)

I didn't think I'd get to do a post today with a million things going on, but I had to put up this! This is Some Like It Haute by China Glaze. It's from the Eye Candy Collection. It's a six piece collection that is just coming out in stores, all inspired by Marilyn Monroe (who I love!). It's the most amazing glitter. When I saw this collection I bought them all in a heart beat!

Some Like It Haute looks like it has a charcoal base, but its actually a clear base with TONS of glitter. It has tiny charcoal glitter and medium hexagon silver holographic glitter. Pictures really do no justice to how much depth this polish has. This is two coats with Seche Vite top coat to finish it off. It defiantly needs a top coat. The moment I put the top coat on, I was in love. Below is the press release from China Glaze. China Glaze can be found at Chatters, select salons, and nailpolishcanada.com has just put these up too. China Glaze is $7 - $9 CAD, and a bit less in the US. 

I'm cheating! Revlon - Facets of Fuchsia (The Expressionist Collection Fall 2011)

I actually did this swatch months ago, if you follow the blog, you know I've had this polish in many post but I've never done some actual swatches. I love love love Deborah Lippmann's Bad Romance, it's been one of my all time favourite polishes for over a year and this one makes me feel like I'm cheating on DL! LOL anyways... you can see a caparison post between the two here. 

Facets of Fuchsia is a black jelly base with small purple glitter and large purple hexagon glitter in it. If I can remember correctly this was two coats plus a top coat of Seche Vite. This just started showing up in Vancouver in the last month or so. It's from The Expressionist Collection for Fall/Winter 2011, you can see the whole collection here. I loove this polish, probably cause it's a lot like Bad Romance! I found mine at a Target, it was $3.74 US. In Canada they can be found on displays with Carbonite in London Drugs and  Shoppers Drug Mart for around $5 CAD.

Wet n Wild - Behind Closed Doors (On The Prowl Collection Halloween 2011)

This is one of the two polishes I bought from the Wet n Wild On The Prowl Halloween collection. This is colour is called Behind Closed Doors. The other polish I bought from this collection was Cougar Attack (click here to see swatches). On The Prowl was a Halloween collection from Wet n Wild and had 8 limited edition polishes. Behind Closed Doors is a close match to Deborah Lippmann's Ruby Red Slippers. Both are a black base with red hexagon glitter and regular glitter scattered throughout.

I used one coat of OPI Black Onyx (plain black creme) and one coat of Behind Closed Doors, finished with Seche Vite top coat. I'm totally loving this. I'm just not totally sure when I'd actually wear this but the red really does pop against the black. I highly suggest using a black base with this one. 

This collection was very hard to come by. When I did find these they were at a SuperStore in the Halloween section. They were $2.99 CAD each. I'm sure glad I found it!

OPI - Rainbow Connection & Deborah Lippmann - Happy Birthday Comarison

I loooove fun glitter like these! This is OPI's Rainbow Connection compared to Deborah Lippmann's Happy Birthday. When I saw Rainbow Connection, Happy Birthday was the first polish I thought of. They are very similar so did some swatches of them both. I believe I have the "old" version of Happy Birthday. I've had it since it came out so I'm assuming its the old one. The new version is suppose to have more pink glitter in it. Here is link to my post with OPI - Rainbow Connection swatches.

Left to Right: OPI Rainbow Connection (1 coat)

Deborah Lippmann - Happy Birthday (1 coat)

OPI - Rainbow Connection  (1 coat) over OPI - Black Onyx (1 coat)

Deborah Lippmann - Happy Birthday (1 coat) over OPI - Black Onyx (1 coat)

(OPI - Black Onyx is a plain black creme)

Top: OPI - Rainbow Connection

Bottom: Deborah Lippmann - Happy Birthday

Top: OPI - Rainbow Connection over Black Onyx

Bottom: Deborah Lippmann - Happy Birthday over Black Onyx

OPI - Rainbow Connection

- Has three sizes of hexagon glitter:  Large, Medium and Small 

- Has six colour of glitter: Orange, Gold, Pink, Silver, Blue, Green

- All six colours have the three sizes of glitter.

- Silver glitter is predominant with clear base

Deborah Lippmann - Happy Birthday

- Has two sizes of glitter (it's largest sizes is the same has OPI's medium size)

- Large size hexagon glitter comes in: Orange, Gold, Pink, Silver, Blue, Green

- Small glitter comes in hexagon shaped and square shaped

- Small glitter comes in the same colours has the large glitter but also with red

- Silver glitter is predominant with clear base

The differences are that OPI has three sizes of hexagon glitter to it, Deborah Lippmann has two and it's largest glitter is the same size has OPI's medium size. Deborah Lippmann has a variation of hexagon and square glitter in the small size and the small size also comes in red. 

The similarities are they do both have hexagon glitter and have majority of the same colour glitter. They both have a clear base. Both go on nicely in two coats. Both are very silver glitter predominant. 

Dupes? Not exact. But they could very well be sisters. They really do look very very similar. While they are exact dupes, I don't think anyone really needs both, they are super close.

OPI Rainbow connection is limited edition for the Holiday 2011 season. It's part of the Muppet Collection that is due out November 2011. OPI's retail for $9 CAD and a little less in the states. They can be found in salons and many drug stores.

Deborah Lippmann's Happy Birthday isn't limited edition. It retails for $20 CAD and can be found at Holts, Murale, and select boutiques. 

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OPI - Rainbow Connection (Muppet Collection Holiday 2011)

O. M. G. it's here! I remember seeing promo pics of the OPI Holiday Muppet Collection and just dreaming it would be here... and it's arrived! Sooo excited! The first one I'm showing you is the one with the most hype around it, Rainbow Connection! Hexagon glitters have been really in for a while now so it was only inevitable that OPI would come out with some great ones.

Rainbow Connection is a clear base with tons of glitter packed into it. I used two coats and didn't put a top coat on for these pictures. 

It has three sizes of hexagon glitter:  Large, Medium and Small 

It has six colour of glitter: Orange, Gold, Pink, Silver, Blue, Green

The colours come in all three sizes. Silver seems to be very predominant in it. OPI can be found in salons and it's popping up in more drug stores. I know London Drugs carries OPI and so does Target if you live in the states. Retails for about $9 CAD and a little cheaper in the states. This is a limited edition holiday collection, so if you see it get it while you can! I looooove it. So different and fun. I have a comaparison to Deborah Lippmann's Happy Birthday lacquer, click here to see comparison. 

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Color Club Backstage Pass Collection Fall 2011

Color Club has recently came out with a few new collection all being released this Fall. This one is called Backstage Pass and its six polishes that are all crazy glitters that are amazing for layering. I have three of them from left to right: Backstage Pass, It's a Hit!, and Platinum Record. The collection also has three other polishes: Take the Stage, Wish Upon a Rock Star, Fame & Fortune. 

Backstage Pass, It's a Hit!, and Platinum Record over OPI Black Onyx as a base

Backstage Pass: a clear base with fuchsia, silver, grey and light purple hexagon glitter.

It's a Hit!: a clear base with light purple hexagon glitter

Platinum Record: a clear base with silver hexagon glitter and small silver and grey glitter

I love these! Totally channelling Deborah Lippmann! My favourite is Platinum Record, especially over the black polish, its so pretty! Color Club really isn't easily found in Canada, I bought these from eBay. I know websites like nailpolishcanada.com do carry Color Club but I don't see this collection available there yet.

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Revlon The Expressionist Collection A/W 2011

Exciting!!! This is Revlon's newest collection called the Expressionist collection and it is influenced by art by Franz Kline. It has four polishes from left to right: 

• Facets of Fuchsia  (a black jelly base filled with purple glitter and a sprinkling of purple hexagon glitter)

• Blue Mosaic  (a clear base packed with blue glitter and sparse hexagon glitter in blue, green and silver)

• Starry Pink  (a light purple/pink milky cream with silver glitter and silver hexagon glitter)

• Smoky Canvas  (a light brown cream with grey undertones)

When I saw the first bottle pictures of these a few month ago I got so excited. I only started paying attention to drug store nail polishes about a year ago. They have come a long long way!

Revlon has been putting out look a-likes for some time now. But it was mostly Chanel colours they copied so now it looks like they've moved on to Deborah Lippmann. I'm a little torn on this idea. I personally like wearing my Chanel or Deborah Lippmann polishes and knowing there isn't anything else like it. The other part of me thinks that it just pushes brands like Chanel to work even hard to come out with the next big thing, and that keeps things exciting!

My first impression...

• Facets of Fuchsia is a possible dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Bad Romance (one my my all time favourite polishes) (See comparison here)
• Blue Mosaic is a possible dupe for Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe
• Smoky Canvas is a possible dupe for Deborah Lippmann Waking up in Vegas (see comparison here)
• Starry Pink was the only one I wasn't sure if it copied another polish, from another brand maybe? If anyone knows, let me know!

I have Bad Romance and Waking up in Vegas so I'll be doing a comparison post soon. Now my thoughts on the colours... Smoky Canvas by far my favourite of the bunch, application was perfect. I was opaque in one coat, but I did two coats out of sheer habit. I can tell already that Facets of Fuchsia will be the one of the bunch to get the most hype.  Starry Pink was a hot messy after 3 coats, goopy and just not flattering. To get the three sparkle polishes opaque it took 3 coats, my guess is that these are best layered with other polishes.

Revlon is sold nearly everywhere! In Vancouver its available at London Drugs, Shoppers, SuperStore, Wal-Mart... You never have to go very far to find Revlon. It retails for $5 CND. Limited Edition collection displays I find pop up in London Drugs stores first. These are set to be release in October.

This was my first impressions of the collection, I wanted to get a few pictures up cause I'm sure they will be in a store near you soon. I'm going to have some DL comparisons coming. I would also love if you let me know what you think in the comments :)