Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Orly question

Hi girls,

Are any of you Orly experts by any chance? 

I was sorting my stash the other day. The new polishes from swaps had been piling up, so I decided to tidy up in my polish collection. I sorted the polishes, first by brand and then by colour, and when I got to my Orlys I was in for a surprise.

I have (what looks like) two identical Orly polishes. 

Take a look: 


It almost looks like a mirrored picture, don't you think?

The problem is not that I have two identical polishes. The problem is that they can't possibly be identical. 

One of them is "Mysterious Curse" from the Dark Shadows collection. The other one... I don't know. Let's take a look at the bottom of them: 


As you can see it's Mysterious Curse on the left. The other one hasn't got a name, but is marked with a number: LAB4402-A.
I received Mysterious Curse in a swap. I bought the other one in a blog sale before the Dark Shadows collection was even out!

Can anybody help me figure out which one the other Orly polish is? 

19 comments:

  1. I think the LAB 4402-A is something that all orlys have. My bottle of OUI has the same number underneath the label sticker. Have you tried swatching them?

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    1. Yes, and even on swatches I can't tell them apart.

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  2. I'm pretty sure your other one is Royal Velvet. I specifically didn't buy mysterious ways because I read they were dupes.

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    1. Oops I mean Mysterious Curse! Also just pulled my bottle of RV out and it looks just like that. :)

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    2. Oh cool, thank you so much, that's very helpful! :)
      Here's a polish where I can say that they're not just similar, they're the same.

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  3. The other one is probably as Jaztee sais Roayl Velvet they are dupes. It's a very beautiful polish.

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    1. Yes it is, but I didn't actually mean to have two alike polishes :)

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  4. Yep. Royal Velvet is apart of the core line and was re-promoted in the Dark Shadows collection.

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    1. Oh, I didn't know that. I guess I can put one of them up for a swap then :)

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  5. Yes, the second one must be a Royal Velvet :)

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    1. It sure looks like it, I'm glad to get that cleared up :)

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  6. They both look great - and it seems like the mystery is solved!

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    1. They are gorgeous polishes, and I am so glad that Jaztee could solve my mystery! :)

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  7. They look the same to me too! But very gorgeous! =)

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    1. I agree, they're very pretty. But I don't really need two alike polishes. I'll put one of them up for a swap! :)

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  8. I'll agree with everyone that said the other is probably Royal Velvet. It's a bummer when companies put out differently named polishes of the same color. But it's definitely a beautiful shade! :-)

    ~ Yun

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    1. I think it's cheating that they're exactly the same, when the name is different, but yes, it's definitely a pretty colour :)

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  9. Am feeling duped. So I'm selling my mysterious curse. I hate when companies do that!

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    1. Me too. It's the first time it happened to me though!

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