Comparison: Jessica Gingersnap - OPI Warm & Fozzie

Today, I am going to do a comparison post with Jessica's Gingersnap and OPI's Warm & Fozzie. Jessica's Gingersnap is part of their 2012 Fall Collection: Spicy Dream. OPI's Warm & Fozzie was released last year as part of their 2011 Holiday Muppets Collection.
I purchased two Jessica polishes yesterday and when I came home, I realized Gingersnap looks really close to Warm & Fozzie. They are both packed with gold-ish shimmer, bronze and has a slight duo-chrome to it.

In the bottle, they look like they can be alike.

If you look at it, they seem similar, but they are not the same. It seems that Warm & Fozzie has a darker base color to it compared to Gingersnap, but they are definitely close enough that you do not need both. Warm & Fozzie is one of my favorite shades from last year's Holiday releases because it makes me feel all warm & fuzzy when I look at it, so I do not mind that I have two colors that are quite similar. Both only required two coats for full opacity and it did not take long to dry. How do you feel when you purchase 2+ nail polishes that are very similar to each other?

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Urban Decay Vice Palette

Swatches & ReviewWhen I heard that the Vice Palette is already out at Macy stores, I went to the closet one to me. Unlike other Macy’s where others were able to already purchase the Vice Palette, this Macy’s did not let me purchase it because the official release date for it is not until next Tuesday, September 18, 2012. However, they let me swatch the shades that they had on display so I decided to swatch some to take pictures of!

Press Release Image from Urban Decay
The Vice Palette is part of Urban Decay’s Holiday 2012 collection. Unlike previous years where they have released a Book of Shadows, this is a lot slimmer in size and does not have all the things that previously came with the Book of Shadows, such as primer and eyeliner. This palette only comes with a double-sided brush, which is like the Naked 2 palette. The packaging for the Vice Palette is very soft, like how NARS packaging is. If you touch it when your hands have shadows, it will likely stick to it, so keep a note of that.

A lot of these shades are glittery. From what I have swatched, it seems that only four out of the twenty is matte. All of the shades are swatched over Urban Decay’s Original Primer Potion.
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These are the shades from the top portion of the palette.

These are from the lower portion of the palette.
Desperation is a grey with a silver sheen. It was very smooth and easy to apply. It reminds me of Gunmetal without the glitter.
Muse is a brown with subtle fleck of coppery glitter. This one was kind of gritty and had a lot of fallout.
Jagged is a black-grey shade that is glittery. It was not gritty, but it required two layers for the color to show because it was not as pigmented like the other shades. It reminds me of Cobra (but a lighter version of Cobra) from the Black Palette, and from the Book of Shadows 4.
Blitz is a metallic gold color. It was very smooth and easy to apply.
Penny Lane looks like a bronze-ish peachy shade with a metallic finish. Like Blitz, this was very smooth and easy to apply.
Junkie is exactly like the eyeliner. It is a turquoise with golden glitter. The glitter was subtle and the shade itself was smooth and easy to apply. There is glitter fall out with this one, but I absolutely love this shade! It is extremely pigmented and gorgeous.
Chaos is a matte cobalt blue. It is chalky, but definitely buildable. This was the shade I was looking forward to the most about this palette.
Occupy is a blue-grey (slate) with glittery. If Zoya’s FeiFei had an eyeshadow, this would be it. It is pigmented and smooth.
Unhinged is a metallic light blue that leans a bit turquoise, but not quite there. This shade was also smooth and easy to apply.
Black Market is a matte black. It reminds me of Perversion because it is chalky like it. Definitely not like Blackout from the 15th anniversary palette because Blackout is very pigmented for me.
Provocateur is a pink-ish glitter. This was very gritty and a majority that shows up is glitter.
Rapture is a smoky grey-purple. It has some silver glitter to it, but it was smooth.
Vice is a purple with a slightly blue sheen to it. It reminds me of AC/DC, which was in my Book of Shadows 2.
Noise is a pink with a bunch of gold glitter. When I first saw this in pictures, I thought it would be like Junkshow or Woodstock, but this is not smooth like those and this is very, very glittery. It was gritty.
Armor is a glittery taupe. It was not gritty, but it had a lot of fallout.
Nevermind is a light brown with a metallic finish. This was very smooth and easy to apply.
Echo Beach is like a light bronze shade with a metallic finish. This was smooth and easy to apply.
Anonymous is a matte peachy-white shade. It was very chalky and required a lot for it to show.
Freebird is a champagne-pink with a glittery finish. This was gritty and had some fallout.
Laced is a matte nude shade. It reminds me a lot of Naked. This was not as chalky as the other mattes and definitely workable.

Out of all the shades, I think Junkie. Laced, Chaos, Unhinged and Penny Lane are my favorites. If you do not like glittery shades, I do not think this palette is for you. Not all, but a lot of these shades have fall out and are gritty. Although a lot of the shades are pigmented, the very glittery ones and the matte ones were not as pigmented. Like what I originally thought, Chaos is definitely the stand-out shade in this palette because it is a color that you do not see often from urban Decay. Although all the colors are new, it seems like it has been done before, even wit different finishes. This retails for $59 and is going to be for sale on Urbandecay.com on September 15th, and at Macy’s Urban Decay counters on September 18th. I believe it is going to be September 27th for other retailers, such as Sephora and Ulta to have them in stock. What do you think about this palette? Are you planning on getting it? :)

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OPI DS Extravagance

So it is currently past 11 PM here and I'm still awake. Since school started, I have been so piled with work, I decided to take a nap today (that barely ever happens) & now, I can't sleep. I'm supposed to wake up in about six hours too, which is definitely not good! Anyway, I decided to post up a old swatch that I never posted on the blog of OPI DS Extravagance.

OPI DS Extravagance is part of their current Designer Series line. Their older DS line is filled with holographic finishes, but as the years went by, it has been moving away from that. Extravagance is a magenta with a scattered holographic finish. It is not in your face holo, but it is still gorgeous, especially in the sun. Out of the current line of Designer Series, I think this is one of my favorites. Although it is dark, it does not stain my nails or the skin around my nails when I remove it. I wish OPI would go back to making more holographics!

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OCC Lip Tar: NSFW

Swatches & ReviewAfter trying Memento, I decided to try NSFW next. I usually stay away from reds, but I have been using them a lot lately so I wanted to see how this red will look on me.