Orly vs. Essence

I bought the gorgeous Orly Halleys Comet some weeks ago as you might know and three days ago I saw an uneblievably similar polish by Essence named choose me!:

Wicked right??

But let's take a closer look:

left: Orly, right: Essence

When you look closer you see there is much more depth in Orlys than in Essences polish. I even applied two more coats on the finger with the Essence polish, trying to find out if that would make any difference, but no.

Nevertheless, those twos are super-similar.. Like brothers *g* Essence's choose me! is lighter and has more golden and green particles in it. Orly's Halleys Comet is finer and has an more interesting overall effect in my opinion. I am prefering this one, but there is still a wide gap when it comes to price. Orly costs 12€, while Essence not even 2€.

Own these? What is your opinion?

Love,

Guinevere

Little Nail Polish Haul

Last week I broke my rule of not supporting the creepy nail polish store that is Micky Nails..

I went there and spent money.. I know I'm not proud either and as much as it pains me to hear "Tschina Glatze", and it does pain me horribly, I wanted the polishes without waiting weeks for them, worrying about the customs and if they will arrive at all and I wanted to see them in real life before buying.

And that is the big advantage they have, every polish has a creepy fake finger and on that creepy wax finger is a nail and on that the colour. So you really see the end result.

I checked out Orly's famous Cosmic FX collection and I'm happy I did, cause in the end I found only two of them really worth buying or spending 12€ on each to clarify.. I also got the OPI Shrek Minis which I'm eyeing since they came out and two China Glaze lovelies.

But see for yourself:

Shreeeeks Mini's: What's with the Cattitude, Fiercly Fiona, Rumple's Wiggin', Who the Shrek are you?

 Orly Halleys Comet and It's not Rocket Science

China Glaze Spellbound (from last years Halloween edition) and Classic Camel (Vintage Vixen collection)

Look at that glitter:

Swatches will follow soon, do you have any of those? If so, happy with them?

Love,
Guinevere