Comparison post - sparkly dark pink reds

When I wore Leighton Denny Best Seller earlier this week, it brought to mind some other dark pink reds that I have and I was curious as to how similar they were.
So here we have a comparison of OPI You Only Live Twice, A England Rose Bower, Above The Curve Scarlet, and Leighton Denny Best Seller.
Having swatched all 4 together I am pleased to say they are NOT the same, but I'll share the results anyway, just in case you were wondering.
Obviously 2 of these are holographic, whereas 2 are shimmery with fine glitter but it was the tone of red that brought them to my mind.
You Only Live Twice and Best Seller are the most similar, although the OPI is slightly more red and brighter than the LD.
I'd say Best Seller and Rose Bower are the closest in tone, and indoors in lowish light levels pretty similar, but out in the sunshine they are worlds apart.
Scarlet is the darkest, and more blue.
On the whole, as a person who doesn't wear red often, with the LD and OPI being quite close, I could probably have done without Best Seller but I absolutely need all the others!

Nails painted in the same order as the bottle picture, and interestingly, in the sunlight they look a lot more similar than in real life. The most accurate picture is the last on, taken under my desk lamp.

OPI You Only Live Twice, A England Rose Bower, Above the Curve Scarlet, Leighton Denny Best Seller

Pictures taken in sunlight

 

 

Daylight picture

 

Picture taken under fluorescent light

Leighton Denny Best Seller

As far as I can remember, today's polish is the only one I have ever owned, sold and then re-bought!
I originally bought a set of Leighton Denny's Top 5 sellers from QVC back in 2011, but I sold this one on straight away as it wasn't my colour. Best Seller is red, and back then I absolutely didn't do red!
Well, almost 3 years have passed, and last month Best Seller was one of the "freebies" in Harpers Bazaar. A friend in one of my facebook groups was wearing this and I thought how lovely it looked, and wished I hadn't sold it. I stopped by W H Smiths in my local town on the off chance and found 1 copy of the mag, and it was the right one, so I snapped it up.
I wasn't sure when I was actually going to wear it but I didn't have a mani planned for yesterday so I asked my husband what colour I should wear. "Red" he said straight away, and there was Best Seller sitting in the untried pile so that's what I put on.
My first thought as it hit the nail- this is not red! I actually think this is a very dark pink, a real deep raspberry shade, and if I was going to wear something in the red spectrum it would certainly be on this side of red.
This painted on nicely in 2 coats, and dried quickly. It has a very pretty shimmer and is packed with tiny pinky/red sparkling glitter. I actually think I may have 3 or 4 other quite similar polishes (but not the same of course!) and when I get the chance I'll do a quick comparison.
I really wouldn't call this red, hubby thinks it is, so he is happy, but I still see pink! and I happened to be wearing a cerise pink top yesterday, I think they go great together. It does look a little more red in these pictures, but either way, its a lovely intense colour, I can see why it is in LD's top 5 and I am very happy to have it back in my collection.

Leighton Denny Best Seller