Essie - Double Breasted Jacket (Jiggle Hi Jiggle Low, winter 2014) + comparison

I love this strawberry red creme from Essie! The Jiggle Hi Jiggle Low collection was a bit of a bore, it went from white in a gradient to cherry red, no other colours in sight but the namesake of the collection: a golden silver. I remember I was a bit disapointed by this non variety of colours but Double Breasted Jacket made up for that! It is such a lovely deep strawberry red with a perfect formula that there is just one option: be happy!

Essie - Double Breasted Jacket

I compared Double Breasted Jacket with China Glaze Seas the Day, Elevation Polish Ave Secretan and Essie Silken Cord.
Next to Seas the Day, the Essie is a sliver darker and has a pinch more blue in it.
Next to Ave Secretan, the Elevation Polish is a bit darker and more blue and more pink.
Next to Silken Cord, DBJ is more blue and makes Silken Cord looks like a tomato red.

 China Glaze Seas the Day, Elevation Polish Ave Secretan, Double Breasted Jacket and Essie Silken Cord

Essie Silken Cord, Double Breasted Jacket, Elevation Polish Ave Secretan and China Glaze Seas the Day

Deborah Lippmann - It's Raining Men and Essie - Silken Cord and Helena Rubinstein - Rouge Glorious

In my never ending search to find a good replacement for my all time favorite red, Rouge Glorious by Helena Rubinstein (very old bottle...almost 20 years or so....), I bumbed into Deborah Lippmann's It's Raining Men. The colour is pretty much dead on!
The formula of Helena is better but I would not be surprised when it would contain toluene and all those other lovely and not so people friendly substances.....

Deborah Lippmann - It's Raining Men

It's Raining Men is a lovely crip red, with a little orange and a little blue...just right!
I needed to compare it on the nail with the Helena Rubinstein and Essie's Silken Cord (which is a bit more dusty).

Pointer Essie, middle Lippmann, ring Rubinstein

Pointer finger is Essie, middle is Lippmann and the ring is Rubinstein.......it's hard to see, really.
The one difference between Lippmann and Rubinstein was that Rubinstein bled into the Seche Vite I used and the Lippmann didn't (was it the toluene stuff???).

I think my search has ended....I do not think there is going to be a better match to my Rouge Glorious then the Lippmann! 

Just a little post: Essie - Silken Cord (winter 2010)

I am always on the lookout for a nice, red nail polish!
And one fine day I crossed paths with Essie Silken Cord.
The tone is a pure red, a bit darker then hot red and it has a bit of a dusty look to it.
Perhaps I should discribe it as a winter red...(then Snap Happy would be a summer red).

Here it is:

Essie - Silken Cord

Top: Essie - Snap happy, Bottum: Essie - Silken Cord

It is a perfect red in my eyes, but the wearability was not perfect: it was chipped within a day!
I will try this again with Essie base and top coat: hopefully that will stay put for a few days longer.