I've collected here some of my favourites for comparison, just in case unlike me you don't like to own many incarnations of the same purple :)
Right, onto the nitty gritty....
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Of these, the most similar are Sexy Divide and Regent's Palace. Both are deep dark rich shades with a red edge - Regent's palace is packing some burgundy shimmer that's hard to make out here but I'll be comparing this to Chanel Taboo in a future post and its more obvious there. Avalon and Rebel are cooler toned purples. For me, Avalon has the most 'pop!' and is a much more in-your-face purple whereas the darker shades have a richer texture that reminds me of plush velvet....but maybe that's just me.
brands (L:R) - A-England, Leighton Denny, Essie, Nails Inc |
I love Rebel, it's such an amazing colour, but it has the weakest formula of the bunch. It's quite thin, needs three coats to get this level of opacity, and looks streaky and awful on the first coat. It does even out perfectly though. In terms of brushes and other such nail geek concerns I'd say they're all about equal. In terms of quality the A-England and Essie offerings are the best. Wear time on all four is pretty good with perhaps the Nails Inc being marginally less hard-wearing than the others (I find that generally with NI polishes). Apart from Rebel (which is 3), all polishes are two coats of colour with Nail Envy undies and SV on top. I made an arse of 'Rebel', squidging it near the tip, turns out its a tricky business operating a camera with semi-wet nails. Avalon also appears to have tip wear, but that's because I swatched after wearing Avalon for 4 days for my last review.
Purple Comparison - Artificial Light |
I paid £11 (full price, John Lewis) for Rebel, £6 for Avalon (gem of the month, RRP £9, A-England website), £3.33 for Sexy Divide (TK Maxx bargain - 3 for £9.99!!! RRP £8, Boots) and finally £3.33 for Regent's Palace (again, TK Maxx marvel, RRP £11 from John Lewis). At these prices I'd say buy them all! But if you were paying full price, and you could only get one....then I'd say Essie 'Sexy Divide' is the best purple for your money, with Avalon a close second. There's no way I'd pay full price for the Nails Inc.
Coming soon....Regent's Palace vs. Chanel Taboo (not as crazy as you might think!)
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