Holy Blue Dupes, Batman - Part Deux!

My earlier post had me inspired to check out a few other possible dupes in my collection. In a recent swap, from very generous ladies in the Facebook nail polish group I belong to (Nail Polish and Gossip) I recently received Wet N Wild Fast Dry Blue Wants To Be A Millionaire and KleanColor Holo Blue. I already had Milani 3D Holo in Cyberspace, but in the bottle these three looked pretty close so I decided to swatch them and break it down.

 Top: Milani 3D Cyberspace, Middle: KleanColor Holo Blue, Bottom: Wet N Wild Fast Dry Blue Wants To Be A Millionaire

I live in Washington State, where the sun doesn't exist (at least not this summer). This is 3 coats of each shade. The holo on Milani's Cyberspace is more scattered and subtle, even in direct sunlight, but it's still beautiful and definitely more rainbow-y than BWTBAM. Out of the three, the KleanColor has the most noticeable holo effect - super sparkly in the sun! - but again, this is a scattered holo so you don't get the same results you'd get from the linear holos out there. It is gorgeous though! The application on the Milani is the best, with great coverage and less coats needed for true opacity. KleanColor's application is second; the polish is thick but also a little goopy - it might need to be thinned. The WnW is very sheer and didn't produce a very holo-y result. It's also just slightly darker in color than the other two. 

So there you have it! Three very similar polishes, each with their own unique attributes ... depending on what you're looking for! Personally I am happy to own all three. I can find uses for all of them! :) 

Special thanks to Jacqueline Do and Kayelyn Kiethley for swapping me these great polishes! 

Mad As A Who?

05/21/11 - Through the Facebook group I belong to, Polish-A-Holics Anonymous, I was pointed in the direction of a possible dupe for OPI's Mad As A Hatter from their Alice in Wonderland Collection. Here is a pic from Lacquerized's blog of the real deal:

And here is the version I ordered from RickysNYC.com for $5.99 plus $10 (!) shipping, Mattese Elite Nutty Hat Guy:

What do you think? I couldn't recreate the lighting from the original photo, but I think this is a pretty close dupe. It's missing a few colors of glitter, but from afar, no one would notice, and it's absolutely beautiful on the nail. I personally think it was money well spent, since I will never own the real thing! :)