Chanel Paradoxal vs Essie Smokin' Hot

So much talk about Paradoxal being the same base colour as Essie's Smokin' Hot and I must say, they are close. But of course, that wasn't going to stop me from getting them both right?



The amazing duochrome shimmer of Paradoxal in its full glory!



Swatched Paradoxal on my pinkie and it's very very smoky. It's so pretty! This was 2 coats.



This is one coat of Smokin' Hot on my ring finger and one coat of Paradoxal on my pinkie. Clearly, you can already see how much darker Smokin' Hot is.



This is two coats. Both went totally opaque in 2 coats and sadly, after painting the second coat on, I knicked the two nails on the edge of my laptop which resulted in dents. I didn't re-swatch them because you can still see them pretty well even with the knicks, and I didn't wanna waste my precious Chanel. Hope you don't mind!



This was with flash to bring out Paradoxal's beautiful shimmer!



Chanel already owns my soul.