Chanel Les Khakis: cheap alternatives #2

A few days ago I've showned you some cheap alternatives for Chanel's f/w collection Les Khakis, from Essie and Models Own.
Today I'd like to show you three other dupes, from and italian brand: Pupa Milano.

The colors are part of their f/w 2010 collection, called Baroque Couture, and are sold (in Italy) at € 5,90. Pretty cheap don't you think?

Kiko Viola Blu

Price: € 1.90 / € 3,90

Brand: Kiko Cosmetics Milano

Type: nail polish

This is one of my favourites Kiko nail polish, and it's part of its permanent collection. It is a bright violent, with some blue microglitter, visible only on direct sunlight. It has quite a great quality, since it lasts more than a week, and has a good coverage. To obtain the color below I used two coats.

With natural direct light you can see clearly the microglitter.

With artificial light the color has warmer tones.

VERSIONE ITALIANA

Essie Matte About You

Price: $ 10

Brand: Essie

Type: Top Coat

I don't use top coats that much, simply cause I'm really lazy. I use them only if I know a nail polish won't last more than a few days, or if I want a particular finish, like this one, or the one that can be obtained with the Holographic of China Glaze.

This effect is called "matte" or also "ceramic effect" and it has been a prerogative of American brand since this year, with the launch of similar products from the european Rimmel and Essence.

Here's the swatch, using Kiko Viola Blu as base color. On the left there's the plain nail polish, on the right the effect with the top coat. Only one coat and less than 10 seconds to dry!!

Since my picture isn't that good, here's a fabolous swatch by Scrangie, using Essie nail polish as base:

ITALIAN VERSION

Kiko Eyeshadow 68

Price: €2

Productor: Kiko Cosmetics Milano

This eyeshadow's named "Bianco Perlato Glitter", meaning "Pearled Glitter White", and it's very cheap!
Here are the swatches:

Here's what you can see from left to right: dry applied with fingers, dry applied with a brush, and finally wet applied with a brush.

As you can see the effect's really bad, if this eyeshadow's applied dry with a brush. Glitters go everywhere (often ruining the rest of the makeup), and the color's not pigmented enough.

The effect improve when the eye shadow's applied with bare fingers, but it's quality isn't good enough.

It's strenght is the wet application: as you can see the color's super-pigmented and you can really see the shimmer/pearl effect.

ITALIAN VERSION HERE