First up is Velvet Voyeur, which Essie describes as an "intense chocolate amethyst". I'd call it a vampy plum creme. In bright light, the plum shows more clearly.
Deep plum not being a particularly new color concept, I of course found something dupe-ish in my stash: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Pat on the Black.
Both covered in two coats. These are interchangeable as far as I'm concerned. When I do my "weed out the dupes" destash, I'll probably keep the Essie since the bottle shape is more space-efficient.
The last polish in the collection, In Stitches, was a different story. Essie calls this "cheeky blush pink". I'm not sure what to call it: vibrant old rose? not quite mauve? cream of pink tomato soup? It puzzled me, and struck me as a rather old-fashioned color, probably because it reminded me of my maternal grandmother's house for some reason—she must have had a bedspread or drapes or something in this color that my subconscious is recalling.
I was sure I would find something close to this in my stash since I have all those old Sally Hansen and Maybelline polishes, but I didn't. I'm going to reorganize my Helmers by color soon (possibly even this weekend), so maybe something will turn up, but for now I can only show you what it's not like, namely Essie Angora Cardi and Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Chocolate (which isn't the color of any chocolate I would care to eat).
So, not as dark or purple as Angora Cardi, nor as brown as Chocolate. I must say, the more I look at these pictures, the more In Stitches is growing on me.
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