Perfect partners? MAC Impassioned + Revlon Coral Me Wild

When I ran last week's Revlon Coral Me Wild post (here) I received some comments from lovely fellow Australian bloggers Jerry (Silhouette Screams) and Lilit (Makeup and Macaroons) both suggesting CMW could be the nail polish dupe for MAC's superbly hot watermelon pink lipstick Impassioned.  Off the top of my head I thought so too, so I decided to do a quick comparison post to see.

 Side by side (daylight):

Not much to say here - when these guys are sidled up next to each other in the bullet and bottle they do look identical.  This looks promising, however we all know how things can translate quite differently when we actually wear them.  How many times have I been disappointed by colours that have suddenly watered down on my skin?  I digress...

Swatched (same lighting as above):

Now when I swatch them on the back of my hand suddenly there's a difference and Coral Me Wild looks significantly more red than Impassioned.  Impassioned almost looks a little washed out in comparison!  Still, the skin on the back of my hand isn't the same as the skin my lips and I wasn't entirely convinced these too could be quite that different so...

On my lips! (Same lighting):

This is only the second time I've posted my lips and it makes me self-conscious (cos they're not as plump as a 20 year-old's any more) but I did it for the sake of colour accuracy.  Impassioned appears more deeply pigmented on my lips and now the lip and nail shades are again looking very close.  I think this wear test shows these two are perfect partners and are pretty respectable dupes.

Do you like to match your lip and nail colours or do you like a good colour clash?

That's all for now.

Vita :)