If Ever a Re-blog was in Order....

My original post about Orly Fantasea and L.A. Girl Enchanting is at the top of the list.

I originally blogged about it here.
Yeah, you don't need to say it, I am agog at the state of my hands. Moisturizer? Gloves? Cuticles? My blissful unaware self thought "oh, anyone can blog nail polish!" HA! I am probably the slowest learner of clean up, cuticle care and application on the planet, but dang, my ballz out "manicure shot" quote even causes me to chagrin!

I am laughing on the inside.

So, while I am the first to say I have a lot to learn, let's begin to examine these dupes a little closer, with a bit better application. Shall we?

Enjoy!

What is it that makes Orly Fantasea so unique?  A bronze/brown shimmer in a purple jelly base. A base, I might add, that is an intoxicating combination of that kind of purple that appears to possess the beauty of twilight after a rosy sunset.

It is a sheer animal, too. Though it will build into a nice little polish on it's own, it is a great layering polish.

What could be nicer? That it's not alone, that's what! L.A. Girl has a dupe. So dupe-tastic that one wonders how easy it is to make, or is there one big pot with L.A. Girl, Orly, Sparitual and Forever 21's names written on it? Hmm? No looking behind the curtain because I am nowhere near the Wizard.

Hold your fingers above the names and block them out, can you see a difference? I can not!
Alone, it is a shimmerfest in that purple base.


I popped it over black:

A bronze, with a pinkish duochrome, emerges! Truly a brown at first glance, but you can see that the jelly base isn't opaque enough to do much and so the duochrome shimmer is cut loose.
This is one coat.
Still, very much the dupes.

The bottles, for your viewing pleasure:

No difference whatsoever.


Then I tried on New York Color's Peony, trying to find a base that complemented the jelly base in Fantasea:

I found this in the drug store, a limited edition by New York Color, and quite a beautiful one, too!
Three coats, easy to use formula, easy clean up and nice wear. Such an autumn color, but I seem to forget when I found this! Odd. My only complaint would be that I got a tiny bit of bubbling and I am not sure why.

Here is a bottle comparison the L.A. Girl Enchanting:

Pug shedding knows no boundaries, excuse the hairs!

Made for each other?

I think so!!

That robust shimmer definitely is up front and yet the deeper base of Peony makes the L.A. Girl Enchanting emulate the bottle a bit more! Perhaps another base like purple or even a mauve might also be fun.

I like this combo! A lot!

This isn't on the Orly permanent collection, but I have seen it on a couple of etailer sites.

It appears that the L.A. Girl has pulled all of their cylindrical bottles from their website and a lot of the other colors seem to be gone, too. I have a number and several are pretty cool, weird cool, like jelly, odd colors, and dupe of another Orly. Odd!

Such a strange/beautiful color. But, not yet impossible to find!  I think on top of being a really nice layering polish, its capabilities as a frankening ingredient are pretty nice, too.

Thank you for reading my little nail polish journal!