Comparison: Savina - Black Mist, Jordana - Night Fall, Hard Candy - Wicked

I was rearranging my untried drawers (okay, to accomodate a sh*tload of new polish I hauled over the weekend) and noticed that I have three untried black polishes with silver glitter.  I am pretty sure I don't need three, so I decided to compare them.  I'm going to guess these are all about as equally easy to find (unless Wicked is d/c'd).  I got the Savina at Nordstrom Rack, and I ordered the Jordana from Cherry Culture.

In the bottle they look pretty similar.  The Jordana has a lot more silver glitter stuck to its sides, but it's patchy.  A good shaking up fixes this.

Here they are at one coat each.  These are in the same order as the bottle photo:  Black Mist on my index finger, Night Fall on my middle finger, and Wicked on my ring finger.  From here we can see that Black Mist has more glitter and a sheerer base.  Wicked is the most pigmented.

Two coats.  Black Mist is still super blingy, and its base is starting to fix itself.  I have a big bald streak in Night Fall, but that's my fault.  Night Fall and Wicked are looking pretty dupe-y.

Three coats.  We can safely conclude that Night Fall and Wicked are dupes.  Black Mist is fairly different from the others.

I added a fourth coat of Black Mist, just to compare it with Night Fall and Wicked.  Still not dupes, but Black Mist is gorgeous on its own.

I went into this thinking I would find that these three are all dupes, and I would only keep one.  Instead, I am keeping Black Mist and Night Fall, and Wicked goes into the purge pile.  I liked Night Fall's application a little better than Wicked's, but this was almost a toss-up.

Comparison: Chanel Riva and Hard Candy Sky

After all the commotion about Chanel Jade, when Riva went on sale I jumped right on that bandwagon. I finally picked up Sky last night so I decided to compare them.
As you can see in this photo, both polishes are pale blue with hidden shimmer. In the bottle Riva looks a touch dustier than Sky.
I actually had a hard time getting Riva's shimmer to show up at all in any photos, but Sky's shimmer just jumps right out front and says "haaaaayyyyyy!"
Here they are on the nail (please ignore my scary dry cuticles, yikes! And also the place where I messed up my middle fingernail!) From index to pinky, I have Riva, Sky, Riva, Sky. I used four coats of each, and to get opacity you're going to need at LEAST three thick coats.
On the nail, under halogen light, Riva is CLEARLY dustier than Sky. You can see here, though, that most of the time you won't be able to tell - they look almost identical on my ring finger and pinky. Both polishes are streaky and sheer-ish, though they build well. As in the bottle, Sky's shimmer is a little more evident.

Verdict: If you're a Chanel addict, get Riva. Otherwise, save yourself some money and get Sky instead. Most people will never know the difference, and they're close enough that even someone familiar with Riva probably won't be able to tell, either.

Hard Candy - Mr. Wrong

Mr. Wrong is a purplish-grey-silver foil.

I had a hard time good bottle photos - it isn't nearly this dark.

Basecoat: NailTek Foundation II (2 coats)
Color: Hard Candy Mr. Wrong (2 coats)

This was as far as I got before I decided I hated this and took it off. I'm thinking I might like it with shorter nails maybe? Just didn't do it for me.

Application was pretty good - you can see I don't really need a third coat of this.