First up, Fatigued, which turned out to be a cooler-toned green than I first thought looking at the bottle. Any time I come across a dusty green like that, I think of Rescue Beauty Lounge Diddy Mow, but since we've previously established that Essie Sew Psyched is a dupe for Diddy Mow, I compared Sew Psyched and Fatigued.
Fatigued is a touch lighter and just a bit less yellow than Sew Psyched, but the differences are so slight that I think Fatigued is a good substitute for the Essie (and the RBL), and it's a little cheaper, too. Like Sew Psyched, Fatigued took only two coats and has a subtle shimmer.
I thought for sure I'd find a dupe in my stash for Violetta since I have more purples than anything else. Based on comparing my nail wheels to the bottle, the two most likely candidates were OPI Parlez Vous OPI and Rescue Beauty Lounge Purple Haze.
On the nail (all are two coats), neither were a match for Violetta; Parlez Vous is redder, and Purple Haze is brighter. Whew. That's not to say I don't have a dupe lurking in my unswatched purples, but right now Violetta looks like a keeper.
I ended up doing two sets of comparisons for Tauped. First I put it up against a pair of classics from OPI, You Don't Know Jacques and Over the Taupe.
Tauped is a lot lighter as well as a touch cooler-toned than You Don't Know Jacques. It's much cooler-toned than OVer the Taupe.
I then took off the OPIs and brought in another couple of well-known taupes: Sephora by OPI Metro Chic and Chanel Particulière.
Tauped is the closest to Metro Chic of any of the ones I tried it next to; Metro Chic has just a touch more grey in it. Particulière is way warmer-toned than Tauped.
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