Wheel W: Plum Shimmers

I might as well start every Nail Wheel Wednesday post with the standard disclaimer that yes, I know I have too many similar colors in my stash. Today it's plummy shimmers. Some of these are on the brown side of plum, some on the red side, but they all sort of seemed to go together when I was pulling bottles to swatch.



1. OPI Queen of West Web-erly (3 coats)
2. OPI Catherine the Grape (3)
3. Sally Hansen Salon Alchemy (3)
4. Maybelline Express Finish Plushed Plum (3)
5. Cover Girl NailSlicks Midnight Rose (3)
6. Sally Hansen New Lengths Tangy Beet Frost (4) [this has thinned with age; wish I would!]
7. OPI Eiffel for This Color (3)
8. Ulta Femme Fatale (3)
9. Massini Catwalk Queen (2)
10. Sally Hansen Salon Plum It (3)
11. Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Deeply Violet (3)
12. Essie Damsel in a Dress (3)
13. OPI Lincoln Park at Midnight (2)
14. OPI Concord Grape (3)
15. Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Problem Child (2)
16. GOSH Mystery Night (2)
17. Maybelline Salon Finish Amped Aubergine (2)
18. Sally Hansen Salon Plum Licorice (2)
19. Sally Hansen Maximum Growth Real Royal (2)
20. Chanel Strong (2)

The suprising thing to me was how very much alike a lot of these look once past the first coat. I did some quick swipes on paper before I started painting the wheel to get an idea which ones should go where; there are several different base colors in these, but one or two coats later those differences mostly disappear.











Bottles 1 through 5:


6 through 10:


11 through 15:


16 through 20 (where I picked up #19 without a front label, I don't recall; probably Big Lots):


As usual, I see some polishes that I can weed out of my stash without really reducing my color options at all. Just one from the 16 to 20 group should be sufficient, for instance. Number 5, the Cover Girl, is a definite keeper; it looks plain from a distance but up close that silver peeks out, and I love that sort of thing. When I will do this weeding out is still a matter for speculation.