Monday 26 August 2013

Comparison: Hot Pinks

Hello there!! I was curious about some hot pinks I had as they looked similar and obviously the only way to find out is through nail comparisons. I just really like hot pinks and thinking "Oh I don't have a polish like this", buy it, to find I do have polishes like this. And taking a leaf out of The Polishaholic's book I'm doing a comparison (though no where near as amazing as her comparison posts).

What can I say, I like hot pinks. Clearly from the photo The Face Shop - PK105, Orly - Basket Case and No.7 - Me!Me!Me! are nearly exactly the same. Not dupes though, Me!Me!Me! is slightly darker and PK105 is slightly lighter and brighter, slightly being the key word.
Obviously I don't need all 3 but things rack up before you realise it, but after this comparison I realised I prefer Me!Me!Me! and PK105 to Basket Case, those differences make a difference. I included Nails Inc - Notting Hill Gate as the 4th polish cause I thought it may be kind of similar, kind of being the key word. It's over white and it's more orange-toned and brighter than the others, out of all of them Notting Hill Gate is my favourite.

I used 2 coats of each polish, and 2 coats of Notting Hill Gate is over Barry M - Matt White. All formulas were great, normally Basket Case requires 3 coats but thick coats conquered that. Me!Me!Me! has an awesome formula that glides and the brush shape is perfect for painting. It really needs to be used more. Pk105 normally also requires 3 coats but I guess I used thick coats there too.
I got Me!Me!Me! first with my friend's mum's Boots voucher, before this blog started, then PK105 last July (I first used it for penguin nail art), then Basket Case then Notting Hill Gate as a present last Christmas. These things build up without you realising!! :/ Even in my post about Basket Case I said I had 2 similar polishes, I never realised how similar. That being said I do like all these pinks.

I have to say this post was really fun, also it's interesting seeing how close some polishes are. I want to compare all my polish now!! Another one of these posts should appear in the future. Thank you for reading and I hope you have a lovely day!! :)
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4 comments:

  1. Upbeat Nails26 August 2013 at 23:26

    Nice comparison. Now I feel the difference (: i like index finger pink (:

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    1. Gillian from PlumeriaPainted27 August 2013 at 04:01

      Thanks!! The difference is definitely (kind of) there, yeah I really want to use that pink more!! :)

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  2. Lacqueerisa2 September 2013 at 11:08

    Hahaha, it's always surprising to finally see what we have or don't in our stash! That's a great pink comparison! When it comes to pink, I lean more on the orange side. Hmm, I like Nails Inc - Notting Hill Gates :)

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    1. Gillian from PlumeriaPainted2 September 2013 at 14:52

      Thanks!! Haha agreed, I didn't even realise they were nearly exactly the same. I think I kind of have too many pinks, I like blue-toned (and orange-toned ok not gonna lie to myself I like all pinks haha) but Notting Hill Gate is the best, it's neon :)

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