Adorned Nails: KOH Brilliant Red



KOH Brilliant Red is a bright, perky, tomato red. When I first saw it, it kind of reminded me of KOH Love Passionately from the recent KOH Balance collection.

So, out came three bottles for a side-by-side comparison: KOH Red, KOH Brilliant Red and KOH Love Passionately. I figured I might as well include KOH Red as this polish will be featured here soon as well.


Top to bottom:

KOH Red - a classic, no nonsense red, darker than the other two
KOH Brilliant Red - an upbeat red, leaning towards an orangey red
KOH Love Passionately - a coral red, lighter and more pink than Brilliant Red

Application was absolutely trouble-free as Brilliant Red is a jelly. I love the super glossy finish! I applied two coats but you might want to do more (or use an opaque base polish) if visible nail lines bother you.


KOH Brilliant Red is not a new release. As mentioned before, KOH has included three of its red polishes from its permanent range, including Brilliant Red, in its Holiday Spirits collection.

The three that are new in the Holiday Spirits collection are:

KOH Romantic Silver
KOH Loving Bronze
KOH Dreamy Gold

Brilliant Red was kindly provided by KOH Cosmetics.

Previous Holiday Spirits polish: KOH Red Wine
Next Holiday Spirits polish: KOH Red

14 comments:

Unknown said...

Gorgeous red again!!
All three are different!

Nikki said...

Als je de flesjes zo bij elkaar ziet, dan zie je pas echt hoe verschillend de kleuren zijn. Love passionately lijkt ineens helemaal niet zo rood in de fles. Op de nagels zijn ze allemaal mooi. Groetjes

Anonymous said...

It's a gorgeous color. Out of these three KOH red would be my favourite as it's a darker shade. Take care, Nicole x

BlackCherry said...

All reds look georgeus but Love Passionately is OMG. The Holiday Spirits Collection is very pretty, thanks for the swatches an review KOH polishes.

Bellas Unhas e Cia said...

Hello dear!
It was beautiful on your nails!
kisses

.....

Olá querida!
Ficou lindo em suas unhas!!
beijos

Witoxicity said...

@rock-or-not
I'm pleased to hear that! :)

@Nikki
Dat was precies mijn gedachte, Nikki! Love Passionately lijkt wel meer roze in de fles vergeleken met Brilliant Red. Dat is niet zo makkelijk te zien als je de fles niet bij de andere flesjes houdt. Groejtes! :)

@Nicole
Heh heh, I think KOH Red will get my vote too, but I'm keeping an open mind. You take care too, my dear. :)

@BlackCherry
Hi, BlackCherry! My pleasure! It's great that one of these reds has totally stolen your heart! :)

Witoxicity said...

@BellasUnhaseCia
Thanks, Cris! I'm so pleased you like this! :D Beijos!

esther said...

Als ik al die mooie rode lakjes zie dan krijg ik gelijk zin om mijn nagels rood te lakken. <3

Witoxicity said...

@Esther
Volgens mij hou jij erg van rode lakken! :D

Stevista said...

What a gorgeous red!!

Anutka said...

For a moment I thought that I had already seen this post and almost skipped it. The two colors are so close. Hard to even tell them apart in the bottle shots :)

Anonymous said...

I love the KOH packaging. Stylish! The contrast of your beautiful red nails and the cool white box is stunning. :) "KTee"xx

ptitemeve said...

Hi! Just found your blog through a friend twitter comment
LOVE your blog
Nice Koh polishes :)

Witoxicity said...

@Stavroula
I'm glad you like it! :D

@Anutka
Haha, it's hard to tell the difference if you looked at the bottles separately. Once put side-by-side, you can see that one looks rather pink . :)

@KTee
Yay! Thanks so much, KTee! :D

@ptitemeve
Hello! It's so nice of you to drop by. Thanks for your kind words! :)