China Glaze Fuchsia Fanatic vs. Make an Entrance

Don't you hate it when a polish company takes an old color, puts a new name on it and sells it like it's an original? So do I!

China Glaze is guilty of this! I got Fuchsia Fanatic with the ElectroPop collection in 2012, then Make an Entrance was re-released as part of their Sweet Sensations Ombré set. The two looked suspiciously similar though, so I had to do a comparison on them. I actually was trying to find the name for an unlabeled bottle of Color Club I have that looks a lot like Make an Entrance, when I discovered that it looked a lot like Fuchsia Fanatic, too. And so this post was born. I'd liked to have thrown the CC in with these, but I have yet to find a name for it!

For the comparison, each is shown with two coats of polish and no topcoat. Fuchsia Fanatic is on the left (pointer and middle), Make and Entrance is on the right (ring and pinkie).

Nail Polish Comparison // Dupe Awareness - Limes: Wild Thing vs. Sexy Sundress vs. Grass Slipper

Not sure why, but I've been on a comparison kick lately...

Today I have Pure ICE Wild Thing and Finger Paints Sexy Sundress.

Pure ICE is more of a creme and Finger Paints is a bit thinner, but they are very close in color! Sexy Sundress is just a touch darker.

Polish Comparison // Dupe Awareness - Teal Green: 15 Minutes of Frame vs. Age of Aquarius vs. Edie

When  I first saw Finger Paints' 15 Minutes of Frame out at Sally's Beauty, I fell in love with it!

Well, it only makes since that I would love the color... Considering I already had it!

I'm okay with owning dupes, though. They aren't all exactly the same, usually.

I decided to compare this FP to two Color Clubs: Age of Aquarius and Edie.

All three have that smooth rubbery finish, and took 4 coats for opacity.

Nail Polish Comparison // Duplicate Awareness: NYC's Skyline Blue vs. Sinful Colors' Cinderella

I spotted Skyline Blue from NYC at CVS the other day, and it looked like it might be similar to the coveted Cinderella from Sinful Colors. So I picked up a bottle to do a comparison.

Skyline Blue is shown on my index and ring fingers, and Cinderella is on my middle finger and pinkie.

China Glaze's Some Like it Haute vs. Sally Hansen's Glitz Gal - a Comparison and Review of Dupes

I'll start out with my observations of these polishes. I have never really done a comparison, but I picked up the Sally Hansen (I'd bought it when it first came out and used it once then forgot about) and had a revelation that it looked just like a China Glaze that I won in a giveaway awhile back. So I dug out the ChG and just had to do a comparison of them to appease my own curiosity. They looked identical in the bottle, but it surprised me how identical they really are on the nail, too!

China Glaze's Some Like it Haute:

• Slightly thicker, chunkier consistency, so it is a tad harder to work with, but nothing unbearable
• Slightly larger grey glitters
• More dense with holographic glitter
• Better application near the cuticle, whereas the SH brush has longer bristles in the center and doesn't make as nice of a line

Sally Hansen's Glitz Gal:

• Thinner, more even, level application
• Slightly smoother finish
• Dries a bit faster, but I think that is because it has a thinner formula