I came across a post by Polished Claws Up! on Revlon Street Wear Jewels, and my heart ached. I want this polish so bad, but I think it's pretty much guaranteed I will never have it. What's the next step? Try to find a dupe or something similar. There are a lot of iridescent glitters out there, but none quite like Jewels. My closest guess was Hard Candy Break Up. Sadly, I never bought that one, and it was long gone from Wal-Mart. I did find it on ebay though for it's regular price. Did it do the trick?
Hard Candy Break Up over Milani Black Swift
Break Up is a mixture of medium hex translucent iridescent glitters and fine micro glitter.
Now let's take a look again at Polished Claws Up! swatch of Revlon Street Wear Jewels.
No dupes. Not even close really. They do have similar elements. The glitter in Break Up is too translucent. The glitter in Jewels is more opaque. Jewels also has more density to it. There are also small glitters in there that are also iridescent, while the small glitters in Break Up are pretty flat. Jewels is just so so so much better. They're different. I'm disappointed. I will never get Jewels, however, I'll move on.
Despite my disappointment that I have not found a dupe, I still really like Hard Candy Break Up. It is a beautiful glitter. It will be a beautiful layering polish over any color I'd imagine. So, don't count it out because of my comparison. I think I need to pick up China Glaze Make A Spectacle. I know it's not a dupe to Jewels either, but I think it has similar opaque glitter/color. That maybe my closest bet.
Happy Monday!
I had a few Street Wear polishes too! I cringe at the thought of all the polishes I threw away from when I was in high school! I'm quite glad I didn't throw aways my SH Nail Makeup polishes thought!
ReplyDeleteI do think the new CG polish might be close to what your looking for!
I have never heard of the Revlon Street Wear polishes...where have I been? This looks really pretty though! And so does the Revlon.
ReplyDeleteStreet Wears were some of my first polishes! My sister and I used to get them at the 99 cent store. I still have them to this day but sadly none of the really gorgeous glitters that I so badly want now. I agree that Jewels is way better, but at least Break Up is pretty. I hope you can find a better dupe for it though.
ReplyDeleteI once had a garage sale and basically gave away a ton of Sally Hansen, Revlon, Maybelline... I cringe to think of what I could have had :-/
ReplyDeleteOne day, you'll find it!
ReplyDeleteBummer! Well, at least you have a pretty polish, even if it isn't a dupe!
ReplyDeleteahh break up is a forever lem of mine...so gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteIt may not be a dupe but I really like it! May have to go on an ebay search for it.
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