OPI & Zoya dupes

One of the most popular polish shades of 2010 was what I like to call Catch Me In Your Net Charla. Actually the shades are OPI Catch Me In Your Net and Zoya Charla, however, as Scrangie showed us, the two are essentially identical.

I thought it might be fun to take the three low-cost drugstore shades that come quite close to Catch Me In Your Net Charla and see how these three shades compare to each other.

Now, there may be more shades like this out there, but these are the three that I know of:

Left to right: Petites Utopia ($1.99), Wet n Wild Teal of Fortune ($2.99), Jesse's Girl Glee ($2.99)

Honestly, if you had all three of these polishes sitting on a table and you viewed them from across the room, you'd probably think they were all the exact same color. But as we know, a lot can happen when you look at things in close-up, and things can always change dramatically once you actually wear the color on your nails.

First let's start with Petites Utopia:

What I failed to capture in these pics is that the violet-purple duochrome you see above actually comes off as a kelly green at certain angles, which can almost look like gold. I hope that makes sense! Anyway, this is a very pretty shade in person, but it doesn't have the chunky gold bits of the other two polishes (and course that chunky gold glitter is a signature feature of Catch Me In Your Net Charla.)

Next we have Wet n Wild Teal of Fortune:

It was extremely difficult to capture the gold in Teal of Fortune, but I hope you can see it in the above pics. This polish leans much more blue than the Petites and Jesse's Girl polishes, and in person it reminds me of the color of very deep ocean water.

Aaah, and finally we have Glee. Based on all the photos I've seen of Catch Me In Your Net Charla, I believe that this polish is the closest to the real thing. But of course I could be wrong since I actually don't own the OPI or Zoya polishes, so that's just my opinion.  I think Glee has a lot more gold glitter in it than Teal of Fortune, and the gold is much more visible on the nail as well.

Here are some swatches:

  Can you kind of see the violet duochrome on the left side of the Utopia nail?

 Petites Utopia, Wet n Wild Teal of Fortune, Jesse's Girl Glee

 I think all three of these polishes are quite lovely in their own way. Clearly, Utopia is more has more green in it, and it lacks gold glitter. Teal of Fortune is the darkest of the three, and leans more blue. Glee has the most gold glitter and, again, I believe it's probably the closest match to Catch Me In Your Net Charla of the three.

By the way, all three of the "nails" you see above were polished with three coats, but then I added one extra coat on the Petites Utopia nail because it was a bit streaky at three coats.

Do you own any of the above polishes? What's your favorite?

The Petites and Jesse's Girl polishes were purchased with personal funds. The Wet n Wild polish was given to Nouveau Cheap for editorial purposes, either directly from the manufacturer or from the agency that works on behalf of the manufacturer. All reviews on NouveauCheap.blogspot.com are the honest opinion of its author and editorial samples do not, in any way, affect the outcome of product reviews.