Force of Love, A DL Dupe

Icing Force of Love is a pretty good dupe of the luxurious Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe. This is two coats of Force of Love. It is a dark navy blue jelly with small silver glitter, medium sized bright blue hex glitter, and greenish blue hex glitter.
The formula was mediocre. It was kind of lumpy and not self-leveling. Like any glitter, you need to be careful of it hanging off the sides and free edge. To fix that issue I lick my finger and rub it along the free edge. The wetness of your finger doesn't cause friction and ruin the super wet polish, where a dry finger or tool would.

Here is a close up of the glitter.

 I think the green glitter in Force of Love is really blue with a slight green or tealy tinge. The Deborah Lippman seems to have green green glitter. The silver glitter is also less pronounced and more blue in the DL. Here is a swatch of Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe from my friend Stacy at ParlevouzOngles to compare.

Price is the biggest difference. DL: $18 at Nordstrom or online. Icing: $7.50 at Icing, often b1g1 half off for polishes.

I do prefer the DL. Is it close enough to kill the lemming?

My First Deborah Lippmann!!

Super quick post, my parents are visiting!

We went to Nordstrom for the first time and I saw my first Deborah Lippmans in person! Okay so I don't own any because I didn't buy them...but I did notice the testers and slapped some on! So I tried on my first DL!!

Note these are awful so totally not swatches, just fun stuff!

Two coats DL Glitter in the Air - Still super sheer, but awesome with baby blue large hex glitter, baby blue tiny round glitter, baby pink large hex glitter, baby pink small hex glitter, and silver small hex glitter.

DL Across the Universe - Yea totally messed it up and messily slapped on two coats, couldn't really stand there in the store and wait for it to dry lol. Still awesome with tiny round green and blue glitter, then large hex glitter in green and blue! The blue base is darker than I thought though, so the dupe might do well for me :D.

Thanks ladies and hope to catch up soon!