Comparison
Post – Christmas Reds
Hi
Goddesses
I love my
reds, and I love my sparkly reds in particular, and I own quite a lot of
them. But that never fails to stop me
going ooooooh and aaaaah when I see someone else swatch a sparkly red J
So I
thought it would be fun to see how 5 of them compare. This post features –
Thumb =
Sephora by OPI What’s Your Poison
Index =
NOPI Sensational Scarlet
Middle = CG
Ruby Pumps
Ring =
Milani Red Sparkle
Pinkie = SH
Downtown Rubies
Sensational
Scarlet already has her own post here, and Downtown Rubies will be loaded up in
the next couple of days, as will OPI Smitten With Mittens and CG Ring In The
Red. This post does not include 2 other
great reds – Wet N Wild Rockin Rubies, which you can read here, and Studio M
Slammin Red, which you can read here.
Wow! That’s a lot of sparkly reds! I love the whole hand shot actually and the
*range* it shows. “Sparkly red” would
seem to be quite a narrow category, but we’ve got so much variety here from
bluey reds to semi jellies, to pure glitter that won’t spread to 1 coat
wonders. Let’s zoom in. First of all, let me show you the 1 coat shot, which really highlights their differences -
Thumb =
Sephora by OPI What’s Your Poison
Much as we
all hate the NOPI bottle, I LOVE the SOPI bottle. There’s something just so chunky about the
wand, it’s delish. What’s Your Poison
was released this year, and is the odd one out due to how much silver it has in
it. It’s a fairly sheer base, with loads
of silver glitter and some red, so that as it layers on you get a real depth of
colour, and multi tonal red glitteriness.
I used 2
coats here, and it went on fairly easy.
I think this is probably a great one to use on tips if you want a
contrast – other than that it’s a bit bright and white to be a true Christmas
red.
Index =
NOPI Sensational Scarlet
I do love
this one. It’s very very special,
despite the bottle shape! This sits in
an amazing ruby red syrup. There’s
glitter, there’s holo – there’s all kinds of Christmas wonder in here – and
there’s also some flashes of blue from the holo.
This does
dry quite gritty. Usually I top this off
with some Gelous to smoothe it out. As
you can see tho, tonally this is very much the odd one out due to how much blue
is happening.
Middle = CG
Ruby Pumps
Ah, she’s
so pretty. Where do you start with this
one ? well you can’t really go wrong,
can you? Aw I LOVE this one!
Ruby Pumps
is gorge gorge gorge! It’s halfway
between a jelly and a cream (not quite so sheer as a jelly) and has all this
micro pieces of dazzle in it. Amazing! This one really vibrates on the nail, and for
me is the most Christmassy of the 5. I
love the shade of red it’s built on, in fact, I love everything about it!! (AND it’s smooth to the touch).
Ring =
Milani Red Sparkle
This one is
described as a 1 coater, but I put 2 on anyway. Texturally it’s very similar to
Barry M’s Red Glitter – a matt polish packed with pure micro glitter – there is
literally no way to see the polish this is embedded in, it’s PURE glitter!
You’ll
either love or loathe the matt effect.
I’m not a matt fan, but I like the odd nail to be different, and I can
also see how this would be a great contrast polish, on the tips. MASSES
of sparkle in this one.
Pinkie = SH
Downtown Rubies
This one
will be having its own post in a day or so.
It’s a really good red glitter – probably somewhere between the Milani
and Ruby Pumps – but it spreads like snot!
The application is the hardest part.
This really goes on like tar, and takes at least 3 coats to get good
even coverage.
But she do
look pretty J
So there we
go, the sparkly reds. Ruby Pumps is
definitely my winner, but I am ITCHING to try Smitten with Mittens – I have a
feeling that she may come out as the overall winner.
Enjoy xx J
J
Top Tip – if you’re
ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give
you plenty of contrasts and compares.