Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Stargazer 307 v's Orly Space Cadet

While cruising eBay I found a UK brand called Stargazer. The bottle pics were the size of a postage stamp on the listings and doing a Google search brought up zero swatch pics. This is weird as Google brings up info for ANYTHING! Even the Stargazer website only has tiny sample pics of the bottles with no swatches. Because I was buying items anyway from a seller who was stocking Stargazer, I threw a couple in for a test.

As soon as they arrived I knew straight away that number 307 was a dupe for Orly Space Cadet.

Full sunlight

Sunlight

Artificial light with a flash.

Space Cadet is on the middle and little fingers, 307 on pointer and ring. You woudl hardly know, right? SC is slightly, and I do mean VERY slightly, squint to see it, lighter finish. They both required 3 coats to become opaque, have the same finish and seem to be the exact same formula.
For us Australians, the Orly Cosmix FX collection has no anticipated release date here and will unlikely to be released here at all according to my Orly rep. To order from overseas they are $11 AUD before shipping. Stargazer is readily available on ebay and cost me $7 including shipping per bottle.

If anyone would like the seller ID I purchased these from, please leave a comment.

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15 comments:

  1. KellyDecember 15, 2010 at 3:05 PM

    This is really pretty :) I wonder what is up with all of the dupes for Orly's cosmic collection... weird......

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  2. marisaDecember 15, 2010 at 3:10 PM

    i have a star gazer polish! i got it at a store called "new look" in the UK....

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  3. GothidgeAngelDecember 15, 2010 at 3:19 PM

    Hey, just wondering if you could send me a link for the seller on Ebay. I'm from Aus too and have been wanting to get the FX Collection for a while but can't see the point in spending $11 on one nail polish.

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  4. Rachel MarieDecember 15, 2010 at 3:22 PM

    :) There were so many dupes for this polish! How crazy.

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  5. Konad-liciousDecember 15, 2010 at 3:50 PM

    Gothidgeangel. The seller is smallbaldman and his nail listings are: http://stores.ebay.com.au/smallbaldman-music-and-movies/Hair-Nails-Makeup-/_i.html?_fsub=256096119&_sid=20187169&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322.

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  6. ThRiSzHaDecember 15, 2010 at 6:02 PM

    ohh ohh.. yeh this color has so many dupes..

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  7. LornaDecember 16, 2010 at 12:44 AM

    I have a similar looking polish from the Accessorize range. They seem to have dupes of a couple of the other colours as well.

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  8. AnonymousDecember 16, 2010 at 12:56 AM

    I'm ordering a bunch of these simple for the bottle! Look how cute it is. I love weird bottles

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  9. charmed-chickDecember 16, 2010 at 2:38 AM

    i love this color :)

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  10. Can CDecember 16, 2010 at 3:19 AM

    That is so cute and adorable, and I simply love to have at least one of them. I am about to search that seller on ebay, as it is really a unique piece of stuff, and I feel that I must have it. thanks for posting

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  11. SleepandMakeupDecember 16, 2010 at 3:07 PM

    wow! one word: amazing!

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  12. TassaDecember 17, 2010 at 12:38 AM

    This one looks stunning! So colorful... <3

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  13. LianeDecember 17, 2010 at 8:13 AM

    Another dupe? Not bad, considering Orly will set you back £8 and in New Look Stargazer is £1.50! You can also get the Accessorize Aztec dupe for £4. Don't care who it's by, it's a lovely multi-chrome

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  14. glass floorDecember 19, 2010 at 6:18 PM

    That's so nice and elegant shade. I don't use nail polishes mush, but this shade really inspired me alot, looking forward to have one of same tone.

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  15. LadyofthelaakeJanuary 20, 2011 at 8:48 PM

    Thank you for such a nice comparison, I just discovered it and it was perfect for today's article in my blog, I gave a link to your place so that my readers can see how similar those polishes are!
    The Stargazer brand is one I will want to explore in 2011 for sure!
    Have a great day!

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