Sunday, May 22, 2011

Is Finger Paints "It's an Original" an original?

Central Park Portrait Finger Paints

Whether you seek a life-like portrait or a goofy caricature, portrait artists can be found all over New York City and are never in short supply. Sitting today (and "drawing" a crowd) is Finger Paints It's An Original. But with "blurple" being the new... purple... how original is "It's an Original"?

Finger Paints It's An Original is a deep purpley-blue shade with a lively complementary shimmer. This hue reminds me of the color of an exploded pen :)

Finger Paints Its An Original

Let's investigate this "original" claim a little more :) Two colors in my collection come to mind. The first is OPI Russian Navy, another "blurply" shade (side note: this color is always is blue-er than I remember). Next to It's an Original, Russian Navy is similar in darkness but blue-er in hue. No dupe.

Its An Original Russian Navy
Index to pinky: It's an Original, Russian Navy, It's an Original, Russian Navy

Next up is Sephora by OPI Just a Little Dangerous. Another deep purple with shimmer, Just a Little Dangerous goes the other way on the color wheel and is a warmer purple than It's an Original. Again, no dupe!

Its an Original Just a little dangerous

Index to pinky: It's an Original, Just a Little Dangerous, It's an Original, Just a Little Dangerous

You can buy Finger Paints polishes at Sally Beauty, and there are (2) in New York City:
Brooklyn: 2129 Ralph Ave
Queens: 7417 Grand Ave #3

Does anyone else wish to challenge the "original-ness" of It's an Original? Leave your dupe contenders in the comments, and links to swatches if you have them!

PS - first post with the new lighting set up... still tweaking, but what do you think? Thumbs up or down?

10 comments:

  1. Great post--I love comps! I like It's An Original so much that I bought it twice, forgetting I had the first bottle until I brought home the second. Seems like there must be a dupe out there but I can't think of one right off.

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  2. Love the new lighting. Don't redo your stuff...its a process and it will be fun to look back and see how you used to do things. :)

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  3. Thanks, Karen! LOL that's awesome that you bought it twice. It's a good color to have 2 of :)
    Good advice, Lacqure Ware. I am, however, a big fan of consistency lol...

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  4. OMG, this color! I want it so badly now! =D

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  5. thats a gorgeous purple!!! love it!

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  6. thats a gorgeous purple, i wanna.

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  7. Haha, now I want Original too, glad I stil have my 15% coupon to Sally's that I can use this weekend!

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  8. i love the color and i want this polish
    lovely color! for the lightning is thumb up :D

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  9. 2 thumbs up! I love this blurple :)

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  10. OK so I think this one is pretty unique! I'll keep working on the lighting, but I'm happy to hear you like it so far :)

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