Zoya Yasmeen, Valerie, Roxy, and Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

If there's one color I feel I own too much of, it's surprisingly pinkish blackened purples. I just can't stay away from them. I think it's because that's the shade I went to when I first started branching away from basic reds and pinks with my polish selections. It was almost purple, but not so much that I didn't feel comfortable with it.

Anyway, I have so many of these, and I love them all! Zoya, especially, really knows how to do this color right. I decided I had to compare them once and for all - in my mind, Zoya's Yasmeen, Roxy, and Valerie were basically the same shade but with different finishes, and I knew Deborah Lippmann's Razzle Dazzle reminded me of Zoya's Roxy. Have you always been curious about how close these polishes may be?

Deborah Lippmann Don't Tell Mama, plus comparisons!

It felt as though I had been on a green hiatus, so I had to bust this one out of my untrieds for this warm fall day. Don't Tell Mama is described as a "mood ring blue/green" on Lippmann's website, but in the bottle it really seemed deeper than that - inky, almost. On the nail, it is like a blackened teal - not so black that you don't see the green tone, but definitely "moodier" than your typical jewel tone.

Lippmann polishes tend to be "jellyish" to me, going on light with coat number one and deepening in intensity with each coat thereafter. This polish, however, was fully opaque in ONE coat as you'll see in some later swatches.

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Deborah Lippmann - Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Described as a "glistening gun metal (shimmer)", this is my first foray into blackish polishes. I felt like this one wouldn't ever look too black, and I was right even though some of these pictures show otherwise. It's jelly-ish in finish, like most Lippmanns are, so it's not that intense and the shimmer really keeps the gunmetal gray from ever showing up as black. The shimmer, to me, comes from what looks like tiny multi-colored shimmer particles - it really does look like that sparkling finish in some car paints or, I suppose, in actual gunmetal (though I wouldn't know!)

Anyway, read on for swatches, a couple with some bad tipwear (apologies!)

Topped with Lippmann's Addicted to Speed topcoat.

Deborah Lippmann Call Me Irresponsible

As a purple lover and a big fan of the Lippmann polishes, I knew I had to have this one. Isn't it pretty? It's a shade unlike any others in my collection. A couple are close, but the jelly finish really sets this apart. It's almost watery. I love it!

Three coats, topped with Lippmann's Addicted to Speed top coat.

Deborah Lippmann I Know What Boys Like

Here are some swatches of a great color from Deborah Lippmann's collection from Summer 2011!




The formula was great on this - very easy to work with. I used three coats and topped it with the Addicted to Speed topcoat from Deborah Lippmann's collection. I took this off on Day 3 just because I have nail polish ADD, but I had only minimal tip wear when I did so.

Deborah Lippmann Lady Sings the Blues

Forgive my amateur swatches, I am still learning how much worse everything looks magnified on camera. Still trying to get faster and better at the same time, since having a baby with me at all times makes it hard to get perfection by taking my time!

The formula on this polish was great, really easy to use and I didn't have any trouble with glitter moving around to the edge of the nail. In person, it's a dark indigo (almost blue-black) with pretty hexagonal and microglitter. I put two coats of Seche Vite on top (after it was thinned some, mine was pretty gloppy before).