Beauty Obsessed

Good day to you all   Residual birthday party-fun-time has left me with little time to dedicate to the blog (though, I have been taking photos galore, so I’m not at a loss for content!) – so please forgive me for being kind of a lamer lately!  Today I have a quick comparison post of a few orange-red nail polishes I have that are quite similar; after Chanel’s Holiday came out, which I rebuffed because I felt I had shades that were very comparable, I started thinking about just how many polishes I had that ran along the same vein.  Surprizingly, I have three – which makes me that much more thankful now that I saved the $27 on Holiday.

Essie Meet Me At Sunset, Essence Get the Fever, OPI A Roll in the Hague

The 3 shades in question are Essie’s Meet Me At Sunset, from last year’s Summer collection; OPI’s A Roll in the Hague from Spring’s Holland collection; and a random mini shade ($1.99 – you can’t beat that!) from Essence called Get the Fever, which I picked up last year when I decided I MUST HAVE an orange polish (at which point I found MMAS and was satiated).

Essie Meet Me At Sunset, Essence Get the Fever, OPI A Roll in the Hague

In some light, the three shades look very close in color – differences are minute and probably only noticeable if you’re aware they’re different.  However, upon closer inspection, they are NOT dupes, each with their own distinguishing feature.

Essie Meet Me At Sunset, Essence Get the Fever, OPI A Roll in the Hague

Essie’s MMAS is clearly the most red-toned out of the 3, those this is more apparent in the bottle than on the nail.  Get the Fever is more of a muted orange-red, versus the juicy vibrancy of A Roll in the Hague.  It trumps ‘Fever’ as the more ~orange~ shade with it’s richly pigmented hue.  ‘Hague’ is also insanely glossy, which also puts it above Essence’s shade – though if you missed ‘Hague,’ Get the Fever is still a great substitute.

Essie Meet Me At Sunset, Essence Get the Fever, OPI A Roll in the Hague

However, despite the closeness in shade between ‘Hague’ and ‘Fever’, I can also seem the resemblances between ‘Fever’ and MMAS – there’s a common red tone to these two that places Get the Fever squarely between MMAS and ‘Hague.’  For the cheapness in price, ‘Fever’ performs quite well and would be a great choice for anyone looking for an orange-red shade but hoping to save about $10 or so!

Since orange is in it’s glory right now, I hope showing these 3 shades helps you can an idea of what choices you have out there!  It really can’t be beat for a Summer color – and these tones in particular work with both pre-tan and post-tan skin, so you can rock it pretty much any time!

What other orange polishes should I keep an eye out for (that have greater variances than the shades I’ve shown above)?  Would you have bought Holiday, even if it had a close dupe in your stash?