Showing posts with label swatch comparison Sunday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swatch comparison Sunday. Show all posts

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Swatch Comparison Sunday - Neon Pink

Happy Sunday! I am aware that I have seriously abandoned my Swatch Comparison Sunday posts for a while now, so I was sure to get this ready for today. My intention is to do them every other week now. Trying my best to keep up! 

Anyway, today I have a showdown between two beautiful neon pink/coral polishes. 

China Glaze's Flip Flop Fantasy has been a long time favorite of nail polish junkies everywhere. So it's no wonder that people were very upset when China Glaze changed the formula on this polish. The new version is pretty much an orange polish as opposed to a pink. Thankfully, I have the original formula, so that's what you're seeing here.

The other polish is from Island Girl- a brand mainly only sold in Las Vegas and Hawaii. When I was in Las Vegas last year, I bought a bunch of their polishes and this was among that haul. 

Here's what these polishes look like on my nails:


As you can see, Flip Flop Fantasy is on my index and ring fingers and Diamond Head Breeze is on my middle and pinky.

Let's talk formulas first, as with most neons, both polishes dried matte so what you see here is topped with top coat. I used just two coats of FFF, although my bottle has gotten kind of thick so maybe with a new bottle you'd need three. DHB was pretty thin, so shown here is three coats. I have to say I preferred DHB's formula.

and color: As you can see, these polishes are actually pretty close in color. It's kind of hard to tell though, because neons are so difficult to accurately photograph. What I can say is that FFF is just a touch more orange than DHB. DHB is a true neon pink. Oh yeah! DHB has a bit of shimmer in it, but it's not really visible on the nail. Some people might be disappointed by this, but I actually much prefer creme polishes, so this is fine with me! 


Overall, I have to say that although FFF has been a long time favorite of mine, I actually prefer DHB. Too bad this brand is only sold in select places! If you're ever in Las Vegas or Hawaii, be sure to stop by an ABC Store to check out these polishes!

Hope this might have been helpful! I'd say this polish is a good alternative to the ever so sought after original formula Flip Flop Fantasy.

Until next time,




Sunday, June 22, 2014

Swatch Comparison Sunday

Two posts in one day?! 

Yup you're not seeing things - this is the real deal.
Anyway, yes it's that time of the week again, Swatch Comparison Sunday!

I failed pretty badly last week but I'm trying my best y'all. 
Maybe I'll make it every other week so I can stay organized. 

So today I have 3 Minty type colors.

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Swatch Comparison Sunday - Red

Happy Swatch Comparison Sunday! 
Not promising anything, but I should be on track now to have one of these posts every week. 

Today's color scheme is brought to you by an anonymous person on Tumblr who requested a RED comparison.
I have a strange relationship with red polishes. As classy and lovely I think they look, I'm one of those people who feels like once you own one red polish, you own them all. I just feel like they're all so close in color, nothing special. and you'll probably agree after you read the rest of this post.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Swatch Comparison Sunday - Purple

Happy Sunday! 
If you are an avid follower of my blog, you know what this means.

Swatch Comparison Sunday!

Today I have two purple polishes for you.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Swatch Comparison Sunday - More Greens

Hello hello lovely people!

It's Sunday! I apologize for skipping two weeks of swatch comparisons but I'm back!

Today I have two polishes, one which retails for $1.99 and one for about $9 (In the United States!)


That's right, it's a showdown between Sinful Colors Envy and OPI Jade is The New Black.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Swatch Comparison Sunday - Green Part II

Good Morning/Evening!
and Happy Easter!

I actually didn't get around to painting Easter nails so that's kind of disappointing. But I've been pretty busy trying to keep up with other blog stuff. 

Anyway it's Sunday so that means it's Swatch Comparison Sunday!
Today I compared two kind of greenish teal polishes.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Swatch Comparison Sunday - Royal Blue

Happy Sunday! 
Usually I hate Sundays but I'm off school the next week for Spring break so I'm a happy camper!

Oh and it's Swatch Comparison Sunday so that's exciting. 

This week I decided to compare my royal blue polishes.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Swatch Comparison Sunday - Green

Happy Sunday! 
You know what this means! (Or maybe not. I'm still trying to make it a thing.)
Anyway Sunday means Swatch Comparison Sunday!

This week I decided to compare four more green polishes.

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Swatch Comparison Sunday - Mint

Happy Sunday! 
Sunday means yet another swatch comparison post.

 Today I decided to go along the mint theme.

Here's the polishes I compared:

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Swatch Comparison Sunday - Turquoise part II

Happy Sunday! 
As I said last week, I'm going to try to make Swatch Comparison Sunday a thing on my blog and so far so good! 
Today I have another post of Turquoise polishes because well... I have SOO many polishes of this color family. 


Here's a photo of my four polishes I compared.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Swatch Comparison Sunday - Turquoise

Happy Sunday! 
Last night I had this epiphany and I'm going to try to make Sunday my day for posting nail polish comparisons.

So Happy Swatch Comparison Sunday!

It's not too practical but I actually do have a lot of polishes that are similar in color. Hopefully these posts can help you with purchasing polish in the future!

Since I have the most Turquoise polish, I decided to start there.

Here's a photo of the polishes I compared first.