Gelish Once Upon a Dream Fade Report & Comparisons

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I’ve received a lot of questions about whether any of the new Once Upon a Dream collection colors are faders and how they compare to existing Gelish shades, and I’m happy to report back to you today after a little testing.  I applied all of the colors to swatch sticks and put them on a window sill for two days so that they would be exposed to natural sunlight (even though it’s been rather overcast here, they are still getting natural light).  After one day, I did a quick test and reported on my FB page that I thought two of the colors were faders.  Below is the picture that I took after applying a dab of fresh polish to the tips of the swatch sticks and curing.

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Clik here to view.I reported that it appears that All Haile the Queen fades to a lighter shade of pink and is less lilac, and that She’s My Beauty fades to a more brown-ish color though it’s very subtle.  After two days I did another test on all of the swatches.  This time I applied a fresh coat of color in a diagonal across the tips of all of the swatches, cured and then applied a top coat and cured again.  Here is what these two colors looked like after this process… I have to say that I may need to retract my statement about She’s My Beauty because I no longer notice much of a color difference. If there is a difference, it’s VERY VERY subtle… though All Haile the Queen has definitely faded.  This is only a two-day test, so there is a possibility of further fading after wear of one to two weeks.

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Clik here to view.The other colors all held up well and I didn’t notice any color differences at all.   You can see the line where I applied the fresh coat, but as I move these swatches around in the light there is no color difference, just the texture bump where the new polish is applied.  Again, this is only a two day test, but most gel polishes that fade will show a difference within this timeframe.

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Clik here to view.So onto the next question… how do the new colors compare with existing ones?  I compared Fairest of Them All with Sweet Morning Dew & Tiger Blossom, and it’s right in the middle of the two. It’s a couple shades darker than Sweet Morning Dew and a shade or two lighter than Tiger Blossom and also a little more coral.

All Haile the Queen is seen next to It’s a Lilly, and is visibly much lighter.

And I put She’s My Beauty next to Mauvy Mauve.  These two are actually fairly close, but She’s My Beauty is a little more brown-ish.  Also Mauvy Mauve is one of the colors that’s only available in mini size.  I would have liked to also compare these with Exhale, but I no longer own that color and couldn’t find my swatch of it.

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Clik here to view.Here you can see that I put My One Blue Love next to Up in the Blue.  My One Blue Love is the palest blue currently available in the Gelish line.  Up in the Blue is a known fader and this swatch is old, so this is in it’s faded form.

I compared Kiss Me, I’m a Prince with Seafoam and A Mint of Spring.  It’s the lightest minty green of the bunch, but only by a couple of shades.

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A Mint of Spring looks a little more green in the photo above than it actually is, so here is another quick shot of these three.

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