I was so excited to find these nail polishes along with the baked palettes and the matte palette at my local Walgreens. The drug stores near me NEVER carry any limited edition collections. Instead they have ugly gift sets of cheap cologne and rock hard eyeshadow palettes. The display was missing two of the colors, 24 Carats and Give Me A Price, but I'll post pictures of those as soon as I can get my greedy little hands on them. I absolutely love these glitters! Apparently a few of them are dead on dupes of some Nails Inc polishes (
see Scrangie's comparison here) and a few look like the limited edition mini set of Deborah Lippmann polishes from Nordstrom (
see swatches here). Of course I prefer Wet n Wild's because they're cheaper!
I used three coats to get full coverage with all 6 polishes. Some you could probably get away with using 2 coats. The formula wasn't terrible for being opaque glitter polishes in a clear base, but some thinner might help the thickness a bit. And these do dry very... textured. You will need a few coats of top coat to get that glass-like finish I'm obsessed with. Some thicker glitters don't layer well, but I found that one coat looks amazing over black. I'll show the layered swatches at the end. Also, those are the only ones with top coat. All others are left in their natural, gritty glory.
Sorry for the bad clean up on my nails. That's what i get for doing swatches while sick.
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| Rockin' Rubies in the sun |
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| Rockin' Rubies in the shade |
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| Cost Is No Issue in the sun |
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| Cost Is No Issue in the shade |
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| Believe Me, It's Real in the sun |
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| Believe Me, It's Real in the shade |
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| Back Alley Deals in the sun |
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| Back Alley Deals in the shade |
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| It's All In The Cut in the sun |
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| It's All In The Cut in the shade |
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| Diamond In The Rough in the sun |
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| Diamond In The Rough in the shade |
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| From left- Rockin' Rubies, Cost Is No Issue, and Believe Me, It's Real over black |
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| From left- Back Alley Deals, It's All In The Cut, and Diamond In The Rough over black |
What do you guys think? Do any stand out to you, or do you plan on picking any up?
Available:
- These retail for $2.99 and are limited edition. Check out this interactive map by Nouveau Cheap to see if the collection has been spotted in your area.
Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!
I went looking at two stores yesterday after reading Scrangie's post, but nada. I am a sad panda
ReplyDeleteO.O These are so pretty!!! Darnit! Now I have to go on a nail polish quest!
ReplyDeleteI got 2 sets the first store that had them. Lovely!!! But I would recommend anyone that uses these to become familiar with the foil removal method!!
ReplyDeleteI thought the blue had a different name. Either way, these are pretty and I picked up the blue and Diamond in the Rough the other day. They're really pretty and you can't beat the price. My Walgreens had all the matte and the baked palettes, too.
ReplyDeleteOops! You're right Megan! I got the lavender and the blue mixed up. Fixed!
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ReplyDeleteThese are really pretty and affordable!
ReplyDeleteThe colours are all so pretty! :D But I'm afraid of glitter now coz they're so hard to remove.
ReplyDeleteWOW, Jessie these are gorgeous! I have never tried WnW polish but you have me convinced I need to buy my first ones. I *love* It's All In The Cut. I thought it was pretty enough in the shade but in over black polish it transforms. :)
ReplyDeleteOMG I can't even pick a favorite, they ALL look gorgeous! Now I want them all LOL! They are stunning over black nail polish x
ReplyDeleteoh man, so pretty! congrats on finding them. Ama and myself have gone to 3 Walgreens in our area (aka the only ones in southern maine) and none of the WnW stuff is ANYWHERE. Even at the largest WG in the state. All the rest of them are super tiny. So frustrating!
ReplyDeleteThey are so pretty! I would have even worn the layered Rockin Rubies look for Halloween! I saw these at Walgreens but didn't think much of them. Now that I've seen your swatches I might go back - thanks Jessi :-)
ReplyDeleteThey all look stonking over black!
ReplyDeleteOh they are all so so pretty! I neeeeed them D:
ReplyDeletefreaking HELL this post is EPIC.
ReplyDeleteI really like them over black!
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL nail swatches!!!
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