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

OPI You Only Live Twice

Saturday night was PTA Quiz night with a Bond theme so obviously I had to use one of my OPI Bonds! Since I had just acquired You Only Live Twice I thought it would be perfect.
Its is a beautiful pink red, with a gorgeous shimmer, I have seen it described as raspberry. It looked stunning, I am not keen on the warmer orangey reds but this was perfect.
I did 3 coats, I almost always have to with OPI to get full coverage, and considering I spent a large amount of my time washing up it lasted well.
This is it against the backdrop of my pinky red tanktop, since I don't have any gloves in the right shade :)

 

The facebook group theme this week is Romance & Roses for Valentines Day, and although there are no roses, here are a couple of pics of the above nails with the card I made for my husband.