Icy Passion

Good morning, Dear Reader!

Today I have pictures for you of today's NOTD as well as a recent one from the last time I swatched polishes.  Today's is Passion Plum, which is another one of the Sally Hansen Salon Milan colors (the dreaded Canadian exclusives), which Michelle over at A Stroke of Color picked up for me.  I'd been told it was a twin to FingerPaints Black Gumdrop, which I showed you not too long ago, but it is not a twin to my eye.  A sister, yes, but not a twin - the FP is more blackened with a purple glow to it, while the SH is as dark a purple as it can get without looking black.  In the bottle, they do look almost like twins, but on the nail they're different from one another.  Here's Passion Plum:

My other set of pictures for you is Revlon's Icy Violet, which I used for a mani the last time I swatched.  It's discontinued, I think, as I got mine on clearance for $2, and that's a shame because it's a great color.  It's a bright slightly reddish violet with a very strong blue purple flash, and is a definite winner for me.  I thought I'd show it along with Passion Plum because the names are polar opposites (Icy & Passion), and the shades really show the breadth of the range of available drug store purples, from almost black to a great duochrome.  I think they provide a nice contrast to one another, showing that purples are not boring!

Those are today's pictures, Dear Reader, showcasing a pair of fabulous examples of my very favorite color family.  If some disaster struck and I was limited to one color group for the rest of my days, it would be purples - they always make me happy, and there's an amazing range of them.

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That's all for now, Dear Reader!  Love and nail polish to you!