ILNP Peace, Enchanted Polish Entwined, and Chaos & Crocodiles Cheshire Rose comparison

While the ever-changing nature of duochromes captures my heart every time, there's one sad truth to keep in mind:  there's apparently only so many unique duochromatic pigments out in the world.  I've gotten snared by my same fave colors over and over so that I try to talk myself out of anything new that makes my heart flutter.  Peace is gorgeous enough that I've said no to some similar-looking polishes, and very conveniently I was road-tripping off to visit Suzy who just happened to have a bottle of a recent HHC I'd managed to pass on, so a comparison was in order.

ILNP Peace, Enchanted Polish Entwined, and Chaos & Crocodiles Cheshire Rose comparison
L-toR for both: C&C Cheshire Rose, ILNP Peace, Enchanted Entwined
ILNP Peace, Enchanted Polish Entwined, and Chaos & Crocodiles Cheshire Rose comparison

The bottle shots give the story away pretty clearly:  none of these are dupes for each other, but they're all most definitely "cousins" if not "sisters" in the same color family.

ILNP Peace, Enchanted Polish Entwined, and Chaos & Crocodiles Cheshire Rose comparison
indoor, CF lighting, L-to-R Entwined, Peace, Cheshire Rose
For all nail swatches, my middle and pinky are ILNP Peace, index is Chaos & Crocodiles HHC Cheshire Rose, and the ring is Enchanted Polish Entwined.  I have here 2 coats each of CR and Entwined, and 3 of Peace.  Entwined became a must-have for me when it was suggested that it's verrrrrry close to the impossible-to-get Femme Fatale Evil Queen, and the C&C is Suzy's (thanks love!).  First off, none of the finishes are identical.  Entwined is a lightly scattered holo with ultra tiny holo glitters to amp the sparkle.  Peace is a smooth chrome or very fine shimmer depending on the lighting.  Cheshire Rose is a bold linear holo, with the rainbow flame visible in all but the lowest lighting conditions.

ILNP Peace, Enchanted Polish Entwined, and Chaos & Crocodiles Cheshire Rose comparison
window-filtered shady daylight
In shady/low lighting, all 3 have a heart of inky blue that tilts out to a plummy purple wine on the edges.

ILNP Peace, Enchanted Polish Entwined, and Chaos & Crocodiles Cheshire Rose comparison
overcast daylight
The same direct light = blue, while angled light = wine stays true in brighter indoor lighting.

ILNP Peace, Enchanted Polish Entwined, and Chaos & Crocodiles Cheshire Rose comparison
indoor, CF lighting
While they all look very similar when viewed head-on, the angles and colors of this shift are where these 3 diverge.  They go from ink blue to royal purple at just slightly different angles:

ILNP Peace, Enchanted Polish Entwined, and Chaos & Crocodiles Cheshire Rose comparison
bright sunlight
And then royal purple to plum again at a little difference:

ILNP Peace, Enchanted Polish Entwined, and Chaos & Crocodiles Cheshire Rose comparison
bright sunlight
But they do all hit the same colors in general...until you get to the sideways and really tilted angles.

ILNP Peace, Enchanted Polish Entwined, and Chaos & Crocodiles Cheshire Rose comparison
bright sunlight
Entwined hits a heart-stopping bright magenta that neither of the others can match, though all do pick up a hot pink flash at this angle.  While pulling a more muted pink, Peace then skips past the magenta and goes on to gold and green, which neither of the other two do.

ILNP Peace, Enchanted Polish Entwined, and Chaos & Crocodiles Cheshire Rose comparison
L-to-R:  Entwined, Peace, Cheshire Rose
Verdict:  Peace has the broadest range of color shifts, which means it's not a dead dupe for any of the others, even if I was looking at the holo version.  At times, Peace looked more like Entwined, then later more like Cheshire Rose - to me, it sits in between the other two.  All 3 had nicely smooth formulas, so a preference for the way the polish handles wouldn't help me narrow one of these out, either.  Definitely a case of "similar but not the same," but I'll still try to content myself with 2 out of the 3.

~Michelle

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