Thursday, February 4, 2010

Mint Creme Comparisons

Essie - Mint Candy Apple, China Glaze - Re-Fresh Mint, BB Couture - Laguna Lagoon, Barry M - Mint Green, Illamasqua - Milf

Hi junkies! This isn't a terribly original post, but it may be helpful. I did a comparison of China Glaze - Re-Fresh Mint from the new Up & Away collection against some of the other mints in my collection.

Across the top:
Essie - Mint Candy Apple
China Glaze - Re-Fresh Mint
BB Couture - Laguna Lagoon
Barry M - Mint Green (my MAC - Peppermint Patti dupe)
Thumb: Illamasqua - Milf

All swatches are three coats except for Milf at 2. Re-Fresh Mint is the cleanest and brightest and is closest to mint chocolate chip ice cream, which is a good standard to go by for mint, I think! Mint Candy Apple is very close to that but more blue. Laguna Lagoon is more yellow and more toned down (not as stark). Milf is very close to Laguna Lagoon but more dusty. Mint Green is not even really comparable to any of them, but is very beautiful.

Hope you like it!
-Elaine
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15 comments:

  1. PaigeFebruary 4, 2010 at 9:18 AM

    Great comparison!!!

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  2. the-swatchaholicFebruary 4, 2010 at 9:23 AM

    Fabulous comparison! But now I have to add Laguna Lagoon to my wishlist. :D

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2010 at 9:28 AM

    I love LL and Milf. I have MCA and Barry M. Of all these, MCA is my least favorite

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  4. MichelleFebruary 4, 2010 at 9:38 AM

    Thanks for comparing! :)

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  5. laquermanicFebruary 4, 2010 at 9:41 AM

    Great comparison. It's so different to see on nails then just remembering the bottle color.

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  6. ElisaFebruary 4, 2010 at 9:44 AM

    I wanna have Re-Fresh Mint from China Glaze!

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  7. desiiGirl87February 4, 2010 at 10:08 AM

    very very helpful!!
    thanx!
    i have recently bought the 2 way nil art pens from ebay, do you use them at all?
    xx

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  8. UnknownFebruary 4, 2010 at 10:20 AM

    Great comparison, thank you!

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  9. UnknownFebruary 4, 2010 at 10:45 AM

    Great comparison!

    I really like all of them...

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  10. SannaFebruary 4, 2010 at 11:40 AM

    mint candy apple and re-fresh-mint are perfection:) Love them both!

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  11. UnknownFebruary 4, 2010 at 1:00 PM

    Super helpful, now what I want to know is how do they all compare to Chanel's Jade. :)

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  12. Never Enough NailsFebruary 4, 2010 at 1:08 PM

    Thanks for this! I have Mint Candy Apple and Re-freshmint and I was wondering how they compared to others!

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  13. BeautopiaFebruary 4, 2010 at 5:39 PM

    Love this, great pics! I still think I like Re-Fresh Mint the best

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  14. NicoleFebruary 4, 2010 at 7:28 PM

    LOVE this! Great swatch comparisons. Sarah thankfully is sending me the Barry M, I think I will be in love with it.

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  15. NY*NAIL*DIVAFebruary 5, 2010 at 7:58 PM

    WOW! I AM WEARING RE-FRESH MINT NOW, AND I LOVE IT!

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