Do I own FOUR of the same polishes? A comparison.

Well, it certainly would seem that I do.

I'd go into the story of how I ended up with four polishes that all have such similar qualities but that would be boring. They all have teal, green and blue shimmers that remind me of peacock feathers. There's even some glass flecks and flashes of purple in there. It's no wonder I kept picking them up!

All of these colors look very similar but still different enough. This is where I flashback to those famous last words, "It's really different. You should get it."

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By the window

Artificial light

I wanted to show you guys the side-by-side of all four polishes during each coat so you can see how they compare as the color builds on the nail. They all might look similar in the bottles but their formulas could not be more different.

From left to right, pointer to pinky

Color Club- Metamorphosis

L'Oreal- Blue Marine

OPI- Austin-Tatious Turquoise

Orly- Halley's Comet

One coat

Two coats

Three coats- I stopped at 3 coats for Metamorphosis and Halley's Comet

Four coats of Blue Marine and Austin-Tatious Turquoise

Five coats of Austin-Tatious Turquoise

Artificial light

Ooh! Purple!

Notes and Differences

Color Club- Metamorphosis- The brush is the thinnest and hardest to work with. Application is by no means difficult but the other brushes just work better. Full opacity in two coats but a third works well to smooth over any bald spots. I got a little pulling on the second coat because I didn't let the first one dry all the way.

L'Oreal- Blue Marine- I don't have much experience with L'Oreal polishes but I'm really liking what I've tried so far. It's got a nice wide brush that is sort of like OPIs Pro-Wide, just not as fat. I think this one looked best at 4 coats but I could probably make 3 work. Clean-up was the worst. Major staining on my cuticles and around the nail.

OPI- Austin-Tatious Turquoise- Most sheer of the four. I really love OPI's Pro-Wide brush. More blue-toned than the others with the smallest shimmer particles. So sheer I needed five coats to build this one up. The purple is easier to find too.

Orly- Halley's Comet- Almost a one-coater! Obviously the most pigmented of the four. This one is the most packed with shimmer particles and there is a little more gold than the others as well. The other three polishes also flash purple in some lights and Halley's Comet had no purple to be found. Halley's Comet has the largest shimmer particles.

I've seen a few of these polishes compared to Zoya- Charla and OPI- Catch Me In Your Net as well. Maybe I need to pick them up and do a six-way comparison!

The Verdict

So, do I own four of the same polishes? No, I do not. Metamorphosis and Blue Marine are pretty much dupes especially after an extra coat of Blue Marine. Austin-Tatious Turquoise has a different feel to it than the others, mostly because of the extra blue tones. Maybe Catch Me In Your Net would make for a better comparison. Halley's Comet is the hands-down winner of the bunch. But even though the color and ultra-pigmented formula are wonderful, I still kind of wish it had that flash of purple the others do.

Will I keep them all? We'll have to see about that :) Don't forget to enter our 100 Likes Giveaway! There will be TWO winners taking home some Finger Paints Special Effects!!