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!! :)

Pink Nails: Orly - Basket Case

Hello there!!! Hope you all are having a wonderful day, I know I am :P I think after the showing of this polish I will be nail arting it up!!! New term, came up with it just there. Orly has been a brand that I have been really really liking, I love looking at swatches of Orly polishes (well I guess any polish but for some reason Orly interests me) at The Polishaholic. I stalk her blog too much :/ I like their colours and I think the Flash Glam FX collection sealed that they were amazing (to me). Orly is definitely a brand that I want to build more polishes in my collection (little by little).

Here is Orly - Basket Case, I was looking for this particular shade (I'm a fussy girl when it comes to pink) I was planning to buy the mini from Boots but when I found it on my trip I thought "why not?". This will sound weird but I love how big the bottle is (18ml). I love the shape of the bottles too.

When I first put it on I was a little disappointed as I thought it was exactly the same as 2 other pinks in my collection (hot pinks which I like). But don't worry I was wrong (:P) it took me a day to see it properly. Guess I would describe it as magenta, I used 3 coats. 2 coats is a little streaky. But it's one of those polishes that take ages to dry fully so topcoat is recommended (but I know there's tons of people who do not need to be told to put on top coat) it's also thin so chipping is easy. But it's very shiny without topcoat too. I love it, I honestly think it's my new favourite pink. The name is so cute too!!!