Friday, October 12, 2012

Comparison: OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Zoya FeiFei

Swatches & Review
This past weekend, I went and purchased two colors from OPI's Holiday collection. One of the colors I purchased was On Her Majesty's Secret Service. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is part of OPI's Holiday James Bond: Skyfall collection. Zoya's FeiFei was part of their Fall Diva collection. While purchasing On Her Majesty's Secret Service, I thought it looked similar to FeiFei, but I still purchased it anyway because I felt like OHMSS was less blue than FeiFei is.
FeiFei is a grey/blue metallic, whereas On Her Majesty's Secret Service looks more like a gunmetal with a hint blue in the bottle.
On the first coat, these two definitely looks the same! There was no difference to me at all. I only put FeiFei on my ring finger because I wanted the focus to also be more on OPI since I do not have an individual review for it.
Although the first coat was sheer, it was definitely enough after the second coat. I used two coats for the OPI and three coats for the Zoya. After putting on the second coat, you can see a bit of a difference between the two. OPI leans more grey, while Zoya leans a tiny bit more blue. If you're in low light, there is no difference at all, but when you're where there's more sunlight, you can definitely see the slight difference. The shimmers on these are amazing. They both have flecks of gold and silver in them. It seems that FeiFei has some slight pink shimmers in it, while On Her Majesty's Secret Service has slight purple ones in it. (It is not noticeable in the pictures, but when it's in person, it is definitely amazing!) It also seems that the OPI one dries slightly gritty, while Zoya does not.


Overall, I feel like you would not need both of them since they are so similar. Like how I mentioned on my Diva post, FeiFei smells REALLY bad. There was no exception for On Her Majesty's Secret Service, they both smell horrible. Both of them smelled like skunk. There are similarities with their shade, and finish, but their smell also? They probably both have some of the same ingredients in there that makes it smell so horrible (maybe it's the shimmers used?). The smell does go away after it dries though, so if you do not mind the smell, this would be a good nail polish too. I really love the finish of these two so I would probably just use something to cover my nose while applying these. What do you think about these? Would you mind the smell? Do you hate it whenever you get two shades that are very similar?

4 comments:

  1. I can't believe they're dupes, they looked different enough in the bottle that I thought they wouldn't be. Thanks for the comparison, I know it saved me some $$ since I already have the Zoya!

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    1. Yup! I wish I saved the $6 (since I bought it somewhere else) on food instead! lol. Oh well :( I didn't think that they would be THAT close to each other.

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  2. Both look awesome! I have both and can't decide which to wear first :P

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    1. I don't think it matters too much! lol. They both smell :(

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