Wet 'n' Wild Summer Brights Comparisons

Today I've got a few comparisons I did back when I swatched the Wet 'n' Wild All Access Beauty collection. I didn't include the comparisons in that post because I had the idea I'd soon be doing a lots more comparisons of summer collections, and I'd roll them all into one big post. I haven't gotten around to that yet, obviously, and today decided I didn't want to let these photos languish any longer in the recesses of my folders on my PC. I still plan to do more summer comps, but why make these pioneers wait for their turn.

First up I have sunny yellow: Wet 'n' Wild A Venice Day and Julie G Canary Islands (from this summer's Cruise Collection, which I used as base colors when I swatched the Sally Hansen Color Frenzy Glitters). In the bottle, they look pretty darn similar.



On the nail, there are some differences. Left to right below: Wet 'n' Wild alone at 3 coats, Wet 'n' Wild one coat over white, Julie G one coat over white, Julie G 3 coats alone. The Julie G is a more traditional creme formula while the Wet 'n' Wild leans toward the jelly side of the spectrum. The Wet 'n' Wild looks fairly mellow on its own but pops bright over white, while the Julie G is a softer, creamier shade.



My next pair is soft coral-y oranges: Wet 'n' Wild Love Me Some Mussels and Essie Serial Shopper (from this summer's Too Taboo collection, which I never got around to swatching by itself and probably won't at this point).



I'd apparently decided by this point that I wasn't going to wear the Wet 'n' Wild colors on their own, as used a white base on all my fingers for this comparison. Left to right (over white, as I said): Wet 'n' Wild, Essie, Wet 'n' Wild, Essie. The Essie is brighter, which sort of surprised me since it didn't show that in the bottle sitting next to the Wet 'n' Wild.



Lastly, I have lilacs: Wet 'n' Wild Trippin' on the Boardwalk and Essie Sittin' Pretty (also from Too Taboo).



Left to right below (over white base): Wet 'n' Wild, Essie, Wet 'n' Wild, Essie. As with the oranges, the Essie is brighter. The Wet 'n' Wild looks a touch more blue than the Essie as well.



The natural question when I do comparisons is which ones could I give up now that I've seen them side by side. In the case, the answer is "none of them" because there are no dupes here. Someday that answer is going to have to change, but today is not that day.

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