A much better comparison of SH Ice Queen and NYC Starry Silver Glitter

 I have noticed that I get a lot of hits on my comparison of Ice Queen and Starry Silver Glitter, and I'm sorry that the whole post in general isn't that great. I know I hate it when I search a comparison and it really doesn't help me out, so I have decided to redo the comparison with better pictures and side by side comparisons. Since, I was already swatching my Essie's, I thought it would be nice to show these glitters on them.

 Both Ice Queen and Starry Silver Glitter have pink and light blue hexagonal glitters mixed with smaller silver glitter suspended in a clear base. Ice Queen's smaller silver glitter leans a little bit towards being holographic, but it doesn't quite get there. Starry Silver Glitter, however, is holographic. They both had smooth application, but Ice Queen seems to have a lot less glitter, meanwhile Starry Silver Glitter is packed with it. This is why Ice Queen's coverage with one coat is very sparse. To be consistent with the comparison, I only dipped the brush once into the polish for each coat.

For French Affair, I started off with one coat of each glitter. I have Ice Queen on the pinky and middle fingers and Starry Silver Glitter on my index and pointer.

This is two coats of Ice Queen on the pinky and three coats on the middle finger. Even with three coats of Ice Queen, I still can't get a full look with it like I can with Starry Silver Glitter. I only used two coats of Starry Silver Glitter on the index and pointer, and that's all you really need.

With Nice is Nice I started with one coat of both Ice Queen and Starry Silver Glitter. The pinky and middle  fingers have Ice Queen and the index and pointer have Starry Silver Glitter.

Pinky and middle finger have two coats of Ice Queen and index and pointer have two coats of Starry Silver Glitter.

I also did one coat of Ice Queen on the pinky and middle fingers and one coat of Starry Silver Glitter over Coat Azure.

For the last pic I did three coats of Ice Queen on the pinky and middle finger and two coats of Starry Silver Glitter on the index and pointer. Normally, I wouldn't use so much glitter as there is on the index finger, but for comparison's sake I had to use the whole second coat.

 Bottom line, if you are interested in this polish, definitely go for NYC Starry Silver Glitter. It's less than a dollar and you can find it at any drugstore or superstore. Ice Queen retails for 1.99 and is available at most drugstores, but I have yet to spot it at any superstore.

N.Y.C Starry Silver Glitter and Sally Hansen Ice Queen Comparison

   On a recent trip to Walgreens I came across a new Sally Hansen Hard As Nails display and found Ice Queen. When I first saw it I immediately thought of N.Y.C's Starry Silver Glitter, so I decided to take it home to do a comparison.

   The great thing about these new Sally Hansen colors is that they are only about $2 each, even cheaper than their Xtreme Wear line. My only lament is that I was only able to pick up one since I was with my husband and I had promised him no polish buying. (As if that's even possible lol.) I even went so far as to hide the receipt and stash the polish in my back pocket so he wouldn't know!

   Both of the polishes at first glance seem to be dead on dupes since both have baby pink and bright blue glitter suspended in a clear polish mixed in with tiny holographic glitter. The difference between these two is that N.Y.C's silver glitter is slightly bigger, thus making the holographic effect much more prominent on the N.Y.C polish. This picture is a bit blurry but it shows the holographic of both polishes and clearly N.Y.C has the better effect, in my opinion.

   As far as application, I preferred N.Y.C since it seems to have a lot more hexagonal glitter, therefore, making it easier to fish them out. I debated whether it could be that maybe the bottle is just shorter but closer examination, it's clear that N.Y.C has the most glitter. With the Sally Hansen I had to dip the brush several times for one nail, whereas N.Y.C's brush was filled with the hexagonal glitter the first time. I used Cosmetic Arts light blue polish since this is what I was already wearing and it turned out to be a nice combination.

Here is Sally Hansen Ice Queen on my left hand:

This is N.Y.C Starry Silver Glitter on my right:

   If this is a nail polish you have to have, I would reccommend N.Y.C because apart from being the better version, it's only .97 at Walmart. That's it for this post but I am going to do a second post for today on the light blue polish I'm wearing underneath the glitter.