Clarins 230 Comparison

I was recently gifted BeYu 209 and Max Factor Fantasy Fire by a dear sweet friend of mine - Kristy. If you don't know about her lemming-inducing blog, click here. You're welcome.

I decided to do a little comparison since both of these are a little easier/cheaper to get than The Pee.

Here they are swatched at one, two and three coats.

Opacity: Clarins 230 is the sheerest needing at least three coats while the BeYu is most opaque--you could definitely get away with just two. Fantasy Fire is a little more opaque than 230 but also looks best at three coats.
Colour: Compared to 230, the BeYu is very red while Fantasy Fire is very blue.
Shimmer: 230 has the most duochrome shimmer followed by Fantasy Fire and then BeYu 209 which has the least.
Overall: I think they are all very pretty but 230 is still my sweet baby :)


A few more pictures? From index to pinky: Clarins, BeYu, Max Factor, Clarins

Clarins 209 Ocean Bleu Abysse

Beautiful blurple creme. The old non B3F formula is so easy to work with. Extremely smooth and opaque. This beats out Sapphire in the Snow as my favourite blurple creme ever.

I got this on eBay a long time ago and I think it's still available there for cheap. This doesn't get the love it deserves. I'm pretty sure it's because all of Clarins' nail polishes live in the huge, dominating shadow cast by none other than 230...

Clarins 230

You guys have probably already seen this baby a lot recently with the price decrease (even though it's still $$$) but I'm gonna add to the spammage!

One coat of 230 over OPI Sapphire in the Snow

Sapphire in the Snow by itself.. 2 coats

 Creamy blurple goodness!

 Green flash!

They just don't make them like this anymore...