Battle of the Multi-Colored Glitters 2.0 - a detailed comparison of seven brands

Hello, Beautiful!

A few months ago I compared four multi-colored glitters, which included Deborah Lippmann, Ulta, Milani and Wet n Wild. Since that time I've acquired three more multi-colored glitters that I wanted to also compare for everyone. I've gone into a little more detail with this compare post, so I really hope it helps!!

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Battle Of The Multi-Colored Glitters!

The Line-Up:

[Shown below from left to right: Deborah Lippmann - Happy Birthday, Sephora by OPI - Spark-tacular! Top Coat, Ulta - Pinata-Yada-Yada, Milani - Gems, Wet n Wild - Party Of Five Glitters, Claire's - Bedazzled, Kleancolor - Afternoon Picnic]

All shades of multi-colored glitters on a nail wheel:

1. Deborah Lippmann --- Happy Birthday
2. Sephora by OPI --- Spark-tacular! Top Coat
3. Ulta --- Pinata-Yada-Yada
4. Milani Jewel FX --- Gems
5. Wet n Wild Fastdry --- Party Of Five Glitters
6. Claire's --- Bedazzled
7. Kleancolor --- Afternoon Picnic

All shades of multi-colored glitters next to each other:


Only with one coat:


Now with two coats:




Now I'll go into detailed pics and swatches of each shade individually...

Deborah Lippmann --- Happy Birthday

Shade Description: A clear (although every so slightly yellow tinted) base with small hex glitter in green, orange, silver, gold, light blue, and fuchsia -- and micro square glitter in royal blue, reddish-orange, silver, gold, and green.

Sephora by OPI --- Spark-tacular! Top Coat

Shade Description: A clear base with small hex glitter in fuchsia, green, orange, silver, light blue, and gold -  as well as micro and super micro hex glitter in the same colors. Every now and again there will be these weird yellow blotches, which aren't glitter. You can see some in the photos below.

Ulta --- Pinata-Yada-Yada

Shade Description: A clear base with small hex glitter in orange, silver, gold, and fuchsia - and micro hex glitter in light blue, green, silver, gold, and orange.

Milani Jewel FX --- Gems

Shade Description: A clear base with small hex glitter in green, orange, gold, silver, fuchsia, and light blue -- and micro hex glitter in red, green, blue, gold, and silver.

Wet n Wild Fastdry --- Party Of Five Glitters

Shade Description: A clear base with small hex glitter in silver, fuchsia, green, and light blue (the silver is just a little bigger than the other shades) -- and micro hex glitter in red and green.

Claire's --- Bedazzled

Shade Description: A clear base with small hex glitter in gold, blue, orange, red, silver, fuchsia, green -- and micro hex glitter in silver, orange, gold and fuchsia -- and super micro hex glitter in blue and green.

Kleancolor --- Afternoon Picnic

Shade Description: A clear, a very slightly tinted (a pinkish-beige shade) base with large hex glitter in silver -- medium hex glitter in fuchsia, green, orange, gold, -- and small hex glitter in green, royal blue, orange, silver, fuchsia, and gold.



Price Compare:

[In order from most expensive to least expensive.]

• Deborah Lippmann - Happy Birthday: $18
• Sephora by OPI - Spark-tacular! Top Coat: $9.50
• Ulta - Pinata-Yada-Yada: $5
• Milani - Gems: $4.99
• Claire's - Bedazzled: $4.50
• Kleancolor - Afternoon Picnic: $3.49
• Wet n Wild - Party Of Five Glitters: $1.99

My final thoughts:

A lot of companies caught trend to the popularity of Deborah Lippmann's Happy Birthday glitter and developed their own. Of course there are many other multi-colored glitters out there, but I simply don't own them all and I can only talk about the polishes I own.

So far, nobody has made an exact dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Happy Birthday. Some may look the same to the untrained eye, but if you ever look at the glitters up close (like on this blog in the swatch photos) you'll know Deborah Lippmann has micro square glitter - something I haven't seen anyone else do just yet (at least not in the polishes I own). I'm sure someone will come out with one eventually, and there may already be one out there, but for now Deborah Lippmann's Happy Birthday remains unique.

If you can't bare to spend $18 on a single polish, even one as awesome and iconic as Happy Birthday, then I think you may be just as satisfied with Claire's Bedazzled - which is a fraction of the price. Milani Gems is another good option.

If you're looking for larger multi-colored glitter than you'll be very happy with Kleancolor's Afternoon Picnic. For a more speckled look go for Sephora by OPI's Spark-tacular! Top Coat or Claire's Bedazzled. For less dense glitter go for Ulta's Pinata-Yada-Yada or Wet n Wild's Party Of Five Glitters.