COMPARISON - Hare Atolla v Butter London Disco Biscuit

Hi Goddesses

Things move very fast in CrumpetLand.  It's an ideas place, a land where so many things are started and born ... and rarely finished.

Take this blog post.  It was breathed into life when I bought ALL the Hare polishes in November .... and it's sat in the vault ever since.  Why?  Because OTHER ideas came along.  Not better, just OTHER.  Sheeeeesh.

So here we finally are, comparing the GLORIOUS Hare Atolla  and one of my favourite polishes of 2012, Butter London Disco Biscuit.  Let's start with a few photos of Atolla -

And some solo shots of Disco Biscuit -

Both are dazzlingly bright fuschia crellies, laden with irridescent sparkle.  They ARE very similar, but not without their differences.

Atolla is the coarser of the two.  The crelly is deeper and slightly darker, and opacity builds much more easily.  Disco Biscuit either needs 4 coats or a matching base (I usually use Zoya Dana), whereas Atolla can be worn without undies.

Disco Biscuit is also finer when it comes to the irridescent particles.   DB has fine, dust-like shimmer, whereas Atolla is slightly bolder.

So are they dupes?  Not technically, but yes, they are extremely similar.  So similar that it would be wrong to keep both.   Atolla has more oomph and is the easier to apply, but Disco Biscuit has had a 12 month hold on my heart.

Dilemmas ....

Enjoy xx :)

Work Wear Wednesday - OPI My Vampire Is Buff Comparison Post

Hi Goddesses

Today's Work Wear Wednesday is a reader request, and also sparked by another reader's comment.

When I posted OPI My Vampire Is Buff and declared it my perfect cream, someone pointed out that Barry M Lychee was similar.  I was sure it was more beige, because I remember dismissing it a few weeks ago :)   

Someone else then asked how Lychee compared to OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons, so there was nothing else to do but line them all up and find out :)

In all the photos, DPMB is on the ring finger, Lychee is on the middle, and MVIB is on all the others.

The initial obvious observation is how much darker DPMB is.  It has much browner undertones, and is positively biscuit-y compared to the 2 other polishes.

MVIB and Lychee ARE similar, but if you look closer, MVIB is definitely lighter, and by quite a few degrees.  MVIB is a true cream, whereas Lychee, although creamy, has a touch of beige to it.   Admittedly it's not much, but for me (and remember I was searching for the "perfect" cream), it was noticeable.

Which one works best for you may well depend on your skin tone.  As I'm super pale, it's MVIB that I'll be using most.  

Enjoy xx :)

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piCture pOlish Monroe - Old v New

Hi Goddesses

I've been trying to clear out my vault this morning, and as I did so, I found these !!  Photos of the original version of piCture pOlish Monroe!  And I know how you all love a good comparison post ....

A word first - I thought I had deleted these, and with good reason.  These photos are not great, and that was the huge disappointment of wearing the original polish - it looked pretty and twinkly on my nails, but I just couldn't get a good shot, due to lack of English sun, old camera, bad lighting blah blah blah.

I've included a couple of strange photos, because they show a lot of the old bottle.  This, more than anything, illustrates how different these polishes are.

Monroe version 1 had super fine fairy dust in a crelly base, whilst Monroe version 2 has fully integrated sugar holo coarse particles.

For me, there's no contest, the 2nd version is superior in every way, and I also like that it's now aligned with the same properties as the other holos in the piCture pOlish line.   I still don't like that they "recreated" the polish within 6 months of its birth, but I do prefer the later version.

If you like the original version, it's going to be tricky.  It's no longer produced, so you're only going to find it through blog sales and swap groups, but it will be out there.

Enjoy xx :)