Happy Thursday! It is Day Four of Dare to Compare Week, and today’s post deals with glitter, something any nail polish aficionado loves! While indie brands do glitter top coats best, many boutique and drugstore brands are now creating some glitters that are just as eye-catching. Since my favorite muli-colored glitter from the indie AbsolutLacquer is now discontinued, I wanted to see how some available polishes compared. Let me show you what I discovered!
From left to right, the polishes are AbsolutLacquer in Maybe I’m Crazy, Lex Cosmetics in Arcoiris, and Milani Jewel FX in Gems. They do look a bit different in the bottle, but let’s see what they look like on the nail. I applied one coat of each polish over white in all the photos you are about to see.
Polish Name: Milani Jewel FX in Gems
Price: $4.99 [Buy HERE]
Formula: Surprisingly great!
Color Description: Multi-colored glitter with small and medium hexagons.
Bonus: So fun, and can be purchased at the drugstore!
Polish Name: Lex Cosmetics in Arcoiris
Price: $10 [Buy HERE]
Formula: Great formula! Some reflective curling, but lays perfectly flat on the nail.
Color Description: Multi-colored glitter with small, medium, and large hexagons.
Bonus: The formula does separate in the bottle, but with a few shakes it is good to go!
Polish Name: AbsolutLacquer in Maybe I’m Crazy
Price: Discontinued! This polish is no longer created or sold.
Formula: This bottle needs a good shake to ensure the glitters are mixed and ready for application!
Color Description: Multi-colored glitters in all shapes and sizes!
Bonus: This was my very first indie polish!
Here we have each polish shown side by side. From left to ride is the Milani, the Lex, and the AbsolutLacquer. While my personal favorite of the bunch is Maybe I’m Crazy from AbsolutLacquer, I would definitely find one of the other two to be an acceptable substitute. Both have an excellent formula! I would choose Milani Gems due to its $4.99 price tag over the Lex, but if you are a sucker for the large hexagonal glitter that would be your new go to. This comparison gives me hope that I will be able have a back-up for my Maybe I’m Crazy once my bottle is empty!
What do you do when a favorite polish is discontinued?! What is your favorite glitter top coat?!
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Yay for glitter! I’d say if you had Milani Gems you probably don’t need Lex Arcoiris as they look very similar. The AbsolutLacquer has some wonderful bar glitters in it and overall the glitters in it look to be larger making it a step up in my book. I agree with you my favorite of the 3 is the AbsolutLacquer one.
Glad you like it!