Dupe busted, or, Kathy, you in danger girl
Possibly in danger. Of pissing people off on the interwebs. But I’m going to do it anyway: Whoever entered Nyx Louisiana as a 100% dupe for MAC Petals & Peacocks is a crackhead. (Or is maybe a bit colorblind, in which case I’m an asshole for calling them a crackhead. Except I don’t think colorblindness works that way. But maybe they just have bad eyesight, and I’m still an asshole? But really, crackhead.) I personally wouldn’t even call it a 95% dupe, either, but that might just be me. But I feel pretty safe in saying it’s absolutely not a dead-on dupe. Ugh, I can’t help myself: it’s 100% not a 100% dupe. Bad wordplay is a sickness, y’all. (And I swatched Chloe because that lying, gross plasticky thing in the butt end of the lipstick case looked similar to P&P. But it was lying; not similar either.)
left to right: Nyx Chloe, MAC Petals & Peacocks, Nyx Louisiana (click for ridiculously large)
I’m just reusing the P&P pic from the other day; the Nyx ones I took with the macro lens and some manual focusing! Watch out, now, I’m getting tricksy! (But really, that macro lens is pretty incredible. Those swatches are about a quarter as big as the original pic. Kind of weird seeing my lips that HUGE.)
Nyx Chloe
MAC Petals & Peacocks
Nyx Louisiana
I apologize for being so behind in commenting on y’all’s blogs! I’m catching up, I promise. But it is getting real, real close to my bedtime, so TTFN.
LiAnn - Sparklecrack Central said,
December 28, 2010 at 9:43 pm
NYX Chloe looks a little bit like Morgana’s Azalea Blue…
kayeffjay said,
December 29, 2010 at 12:04 pm
It does, doesn’t it? I didn’t think about that last night, but now I might have to compare those two. Hmmm. This could spiral out of control, and wind up with me dupe-checking my entire lip stash. O.o
La Principessa said,
December 28, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Um … yeah. Not a dupe. WTF??
kayeffjay said,
December 29, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Yeah, I don’t even know. It’s not even close.
Makeup Zombie said,
December 29, 2010 at 6:32 pm
I don’t know, but all of those colors kick some major freaking asssssss!
kayeffjay said,
December 30, 2010 at 7:38 pm
I know, right? They’re lovely. Maybe it’s a good thing they’re not dupes, so I can justify having each of them.
Robyn said,
January 2, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Ooooh, I want Chloe!
kayeffjay said,
January 2, 2011 at 10:31 pm
It’s gorgeous, right?!
SilhouetteScreams said,
January 3, 2011 at 1:37 am
Yep, definitely on crack. Or straight up mentally ill ;]
kayeffjay said,
January 5, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Jonna said,
January 4, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Lovely colours! Aww makes me so sad that I’m probably allergic or something … I want some awesome lipsticks too
x
kayeffjay said,
January 4, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Oh no! Maybe you could find some dupes without the ingredient(s) you’re allergic to? (Actual dupes.
)