this post is to show you how i played around a bit with the orly cosmic fx collection while i had it :)
i mattified
space cadet with china glaze's matte magic. it was not my favorite look, but it was definitely cool to try out. metallics always look like rough concrete when mattified! and the duochrome was super apparent.
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i also mattified
it's not rocket science with matte magic. this one was really cool looking when it was matte, very earthy and cool. if
manglaze ever makes a matte green, i hope it's something like this.
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i decided to do some comparison shots of a few of the polishes from this collection so here is the polish i had the most requests for a dupe post on,
halley's comet. i compared it to zoya's
charla which is from their summer sparkle collection. they're pretty much right on the money look-a-likes. i think if you had one, you probably wouldn't need the other.
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i also did a comparison between
lunar eclipse and sally hansen's hd polish in
laser. i don't think these are full on dupes, but they are mighty close.
laser is a tad lighter and less pigmented, i also used one more coat for the
laser nails than the
lunar nails.
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the next comparison i did is between
out of this world and zoya's
julieanne, and i did these as full swatch pic comparisons so it's a bit different than the comparison above unfortunately but it is what it is. i would say OOTW is a tad brighter purple than julieanne but honestly it was a different day and different lighting conditions when i swatched them so i can't be positive.
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anyway, i'm not saying one way or another, so hopefully you'll make up your own minds whether you think you need these all or not :) they're all excellent products and i'm happy i got to try them!
some of the products were sent to me for review purposes. please see disclosure statement for more information.
space cadet is hot hot hot. and as my friend niki would say, it's made of awesome! this lacquer is super metallic. it's got a green base with purple and gold fx. the most obvious color is purple but at the edges, the gold is almost always evident. the swampy green base is what makes this polish the most duochromey of the bunch. really head-turning and unique. i would recommend if you just got one polish out of this collection, to get this one! 
galaxy girl is another uber awesome polish. it's described as purple with blue green fx. it looks to me like it has a super dark maroony purple base with a flash of teal duochrome. it reminds me of beetle wings! this is three coats. and i think it is close to misa's embroidered enamel and urban decay's bruised, but since i don't have either, i won't be able to compare it them--although in pictures, galaxy girl looks darker and more metallic.
halley's comet is so cute! very summery! this gal is glass flecked and glitzy. i love the turquoise color. orly says this is combined with green and yellow fx and i can definitely detect both in the polish bottle, but they blend more on the nail. i used three coats for total opacity. i'll be doing a comparison post on this and zoya's charla soon.
