I was bored one night and decided to see what the Icing colours I bought actually looked like on my nails, as well as how similar they were to the colours I thought they looked like. Turns out I was pretty much right in almost all my predictions - the colours are unique in that they look like muted versions of things I already own.
Observe:
Starting off, we have Icing Casino Green. All of these swatches are without b/c and t/c. This was a little thick, but the horrible application is just my lack of skillz I think, not the polish's fault. See? Like I said - slightly more muted Rebel Debutante. It's got a tad more blue in it too, I think. This was 3 coats of Casino Green, 2 of RD.
Next, Icing True Blue. This was
much more muted than what I thought was its closest dupe, CC Take Me to Your Chateau. More greyed out, slightly sheerer, not nearly as stark. I'd call it a true "powder blue". I didn't have Joe Powder Blue at the time, but it looks closer to this than anything else - I'll have to compare them. Application was a teeny bit sheer, but I only did two thin coats. One or two more coats would have completely eliminated the VNL.
Last, Icing Sunset. Pretty orange creme with a bit of coral in it. This is the one I was a bit off on. It's much lighter and more orange than H&S, as you can see, and not as peach as TD. It's like a soft orange, sort of. This was the easiest to apply out of the three. This is two coats.
Of course, as I said I was bored that night, so I did some more swatches.
This is a Sally Girl mini in Light Purple. Sorry about the horrible lighting here, but other than my jaundiced hands (aaah!) this is pretty true to colour. Most of these Sally Girls don't have names, so if you need a refresher:
It's the fourth one from the left.
This is unique among my many, many purples. This looked like a lighter, more lilac version of Nina Ultra Pro Sweet Nothings. It's pinker than OPI Do You Lilac It? and I thought it looked pretty good on me. Application was great for a little mini with a little eeny weeny puny brush. I love these Sally Girl polishes. Next time you're in a Sally's, pick this colour up! It's a dollar!
Next, I swatched some of those super-sparkly foil Princessas I got:
This one is called Champagne Dust, and it's a beigy-leaning-rose gold foil. Very bright and Minx-like. I swatched a full mani of this, because it kind of reminded me of Swing Baby from the upcoming China Glaze Vintage Vixen collection. Until I read that SB has multicoloured microglitter. which this does not. But it has beigey-gold microglitter! It's very pretty.
And this is some more of them:
Tan Gerine (still not getting the name....) is a shimmery cornflower blue with pink and purple microglitter and multisized shimmer particles. It's so gorgeous, and the flash is very noticeable. It would probably look best layered over something, as it is a tad sheer. The rest of these had the same foil finish as Champagne Dust and the previously showcased Everglade Sparkle. I know no one's ever heard of these, so I'm gonna stop boring you going on and on about them, but California Sunshine is my fave. Colorado Rapid, which I thought would be, had a slightly less reflective and more frosty finish to it, which I didn't like as much.
Next, this is Savvy Red Caviar. Gorgeous shimmery deep red jelly with red shimmer/glitter. Very glowy. Reminded me of these two OPIs immediately, and the colour is similar, but the finish is completely different. RC has more glitter flecks in its jelly base, whereas the OPIs are straight-up shimmers. I looooove glowy vampies like this!
Last but not least, I have two Sally Hansen Insta-Dris for you. Insta-Dris never get any love. Yes, the brush is a tad unwieldy, but it's not that bad. And wow, are these opaque!
See? I would deal with the stupid brush any day of the week for this gorgeousness! This is Jumpin' Jade - a deep teal with forest green shimmer. This is two coats of Jumpin' Jade, but I could have done one and been just fine. Not to mention these do dry pretty fast. I'm guessing this would be awesome for konading.... (pot leaf BM plate anyone? hahaha)
And this is Uptempo Plum. This is so pretty too. A deep blackened plum with purple, red, blue and gold microglitter (which you can kinda see in the bottle here). The glitter has that smooth, suspended quality, like in Savvy Red Caviar. Gorgeous. I'm gonna have to wear this one on its own very soon, but like I said I was bored that night, so I decided to try some glitter topcoats overtop:
Ignore my smudging of the index and pinky fingers. I think I like Fairy Dust the best. Although I love them all. Shiny things......
Okay, I'm going to cut myself off right here. I have some more swatches and comparisons to post, but they can wait for now. I have a billion swaps going at once right now (again! I know I said I was gonna cut back on swapping, but there's so many things I want and can't get! HT! Damone Roberts! Zoya's LIPPY sale! Not to mention I managed to swap for some RBLs, which I'm SUPER-excited about!! I can't wait for them to get here! Screw it, I'm swapping all I want!) and I'm expecting my Zoyas from the exchange soon too! Yay! So lots of stuff to post soon! :)
I'll be back later with more sub-par swatchery :p
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