Comparison: Oui and Julia

While perusing my stash for New Year's Eve polishes, I realized I have an Orly polish that looks strikingly similar to Julep Julia, which I've been wearing a lot recently. I decided to match them up and see if they are indeed dupes!

Below is an after shot. Two nails of each color. Can you tell which is which?

More three coat nails alternating polishes. Hard to tell I used two different polishes, eh?

Now to show you each coat by itself...

These are identical to me. Orly may have a tad better coverage but I generally do 3 coats but that's just me.

Orly is cruelty free, 0.6 floz/18mL, $8.50 USD. ($14/ounce or $0.47/ml)
Julep is cruelty free, 0.27 floz/8ml, $14.00 USD. ($51.85/oz or $1.75/ml)

I'd go with Orly all the way since it's cheaper, more opaque, bigger bottle. I've used Julep Julia for three or four manis (I kept going back to it, but it also kept chipping!) and I've already used about half. No big, I have a back up obviously but those Julep polishes can go quickly given their size, and I don't have large or long nails!

New Year's Eve Manicure Ideas

Do you practice nail art or manicure ideas on fake nails or do you just go with the flow on your own? I have a hard time coming up with ideas unless I'm perusing Google or Pinterest so I like to fiddle with manicures and different colors and textures on fake nails. Here are some fun ones that just may New Year's Eve appropriate!

Glitter Gradient

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day with friends and family, whether you celebrate Christmas or not.

This is what I am wearing on my nails today. Funny tidbit at the end of the post!

I did these late at night with low lighting, so sorry for the bad cuticles. I had tons of clean up. I think a little more color would have been nice. Some blue or green to liven it up.

I did, however, go to sleep too early I think. This is what I woke up to ...

(please excuse the iPhone picture and before clean up polish - eek!)

And a green accent nail was born!

Products Used:
OPI Matte Nail Envy Nail Strengthener
Essie Marshmallow (3 coats)
Sephora by OPI Be-Claus I Said So Topcoat
Sephora by OPI Only Gold For Me Topcoat
China Glaze Glittering Garland (accent nail)
Poshe Fast Drying Top Coat

Did you wear anything special on your nails this Christmas?

Christmas Tree Patches

Another Christmas-esque nail art! I have been slow to edit and post which is why these are still coming out.

China Glaze Champagne Bubbles is a super saturated golden yellow with silver glitter, but it was reallllly golden and needed something on top. Little green trees a la Simply Rins did the trick!

Yes, I do paint my thumbs, even though you generally don't see them. Little fat Christmas tree there.

Products Used:
OPI Nail Envy Matte
China glaze Champagne Bubbles (3 coats)
Green, black, and white acrylic paint
Seche Vite top coat

Thanks for looking!

Champagne Bubbles

Champagne Bubbles by China Glaze is a blast from the Christmas Past. It's an interesting mix of frosty, metallic, golden yellow and silver glitter. 

I'm not too wild about this one. It's a pain to paint on due to the streakiness from the frost and the glitter making it a lumpy mess.

I'll show you later some fun Christmas Tree Patches I added to it.

Layering

OPI Matte Nail Envy Nail Strengthener

Champagne Bubbles (3 coats)

Revlon Quick Dry Top Coat (sucks. period.)

Thanks for looking!