Welcome to another edition of The Look for Less! Since I have so many polishes in my collection, there are times that I’ll come home with a polish and look at others in my collection and realize that I already have something similar. That happened to me this past fall when I bought Butter London “Queen Vic.” I was absolutely obsessed with the berry purple shade, until I realized that I already had something similar.
I picked up Zoya “Sofia” over a year ago and fell in love. I had to know if the two shades were really dupes of each other so I compared them side by side.
Keep reading to see if they really are dupes!
Index and Ring fingers: Zoya “Sofia”Middle and Pinky fingers: Butter London “Queen Vic”
As you can see, they aren’t dupes. But they’re pretty dang close! So close that I don’t think you need both. Formula wise, these polishes are pretty identical. They are almost opaque with 1 coat, but do require 2. They both dry really quickly and dry to a really glossy finish.
Which one do I like better? Its a toss up! Since the formulas are pretty much the same its all a question of color. Queen Vic is slightly more purple and berry toned, and slightly lighter. Sofia is a little darker and has more red to it. I like both, but I don’t need both.
Which do you prefer? Do you have either of these?
misshollyberries 
Well, I have both of them and it never really occurred to me how similar they are until I saw your pics! lol It figures…I’m the queen of buying colors I already have, but at least I know what I like, right?! HA! If I had to choose between the 2, I’d probably pick Queen Vic. I have a slight obsession with all things English, especially Queen Victoria. 😀
same here! i have so many that are really close in tone and color. but i still try to tell myself that they’re different so i need both lol
Ooh, both of those are right up my alley. I love berry colors.
these are both awesome shades! you can’t go wrong with either of them
Reblogged this on mellificentm and commented:
Hmm, I’ve just discovered you can reblog on WordPress. Are they trying to turn it into something like Tumblr? — Well, anyway, berry-colors are one of my favorites, and I’d never seen either of these two before.
Thanks for the post! I think I love better the Zoya one, haha! 😉
no problem and the zoya one is awesome! and its definitely cheaper!
I would pick the Zoya one that’s more my colour. The butter london one is way darker but it’s simulair
yeah they’re really similar, you don’t need both
Those two colours are gorgeous! Here in Asutralia, today I went shopping to buy the OPI Liquid Sand Bond Girls Mini Set (long name!) and I did buy it but while I was looking I saw so many discontinued polishes! I saw that Serena Williams Grand Slam Set including Servin up Sparkle, Vodka and Caviar and Teenage Dream (I came so close to buying it!) Just thought I would let you know 🙂
omg thats awesome!!!!!! i can’t even type as many exclamation points that i want to for this!!! that would be like my heaven to walk into that store!