Normally I couldn't care less about BOGO50%OFF sales because they always seem to be for something over priced, but Wet n' Wild Wild Shine polishes are only .99 cents so with the sale that makes them .74 cents a pop when you buy in multiples of two. That's my kinda sale baby! They also just recently came out with some new colors that are pretty awesome. Here are some quick swatches to help ever so gently urge you to get up and go stalk your neighborhood Walgreens. I'll bet it's open 24 hours... The sale ends on April 3rd.
The formula on these was surprisingly good for the price. The cremes were very pigmented but were a bit hard to apply so 3 coats were needed on most of them to get them totally smooth. The shimmers were hit or miss. The darker ones were 2 coaters while the lighter shimmers took 3-4 coats. Wild Card was a disapointing piece of crap and took 5 coats to be opaque. They applied smooth, not streaky and had minimal cuticle drag. Certainly well worth the $ in my book.
I am so addicted to shopping drug stores and department stores for polish sales. I almost always order my polish online, so I'm used to waiting for things in the mail. This was the only way I ever used to acquire polish. So, shopping in person for polish and actually getting my hands on it right then became an instant addiction. I usually regret it right away because sales always outweigh whether or not I actually want something. Not to mention the "deals" always add up to an amount of money that could have purchased the polishes I REALLY wanted online. Keep in mind this obsession only started about 2 months ago when Walgreens ran it's first BOGO on Sinful Colors. Before that I had never purchased nail polish in person EVER. Not once.
To top it off there are always rushes on certain drugstore brands of polish once online swatches start to circulate. When I see one of these "desirable" polishes I ALWAYS buy it. Whether I personally like it is not even a factor. A prime example is Sally Hansen Opulent Cloud. I finally spotted it and bought it without thinking. I never even opened it because I knew I would end up swapping it since I don't even like the stupid polish in the first place. Alas, I broke down and swatched it anyway today just to see what all the fuss is about. My original opinion still stands on this one, "meh".
This was 2 coats.
Then there are stores like Ross. At this store you will find packs of several polishes for the price that just one bottle in the pack would sell for at a drug store. I CANNOT resist them. 10 mixed Sally Hansens for $4.99? A pack of 5 old school Rimmels for 2.99? Give me a break! I am helpless against the powers of low prices. So, I end up with piles of pinks and sheers I wont ever wear. At least they were dirt cheap right? These next two are a crazy amount of coats, like 5? I'll try to keep the suck to a minimum.
I actually don't hate this one. It's ok. 2 coats.
Then there are the "sleepers". The polishes I grab because they are on sale that I end up LOVING. They really make all the duds and mindless spending worth it to me.
Rimmel Camoflauge. Gorgeous green shimmer. 2 coats $1.09 at Walgreens!
Deliciously Dark. Super dark purple creme. Awesome! Also, $1.09 at Walgreens.
This is one of the only darker nude shades I like. I love it actually. It flows on smooth like a 20 dollar polish, is opaque in one coat, dries fast and here's the freakin KICKER folks- this polish came in a 2 pack for ONE dollar at a Family Dollar.
Here is the other half of the dollar pack duo. This also flows like buttah, and dries fast. It's in my top 3 reds. Yep, 50 cent playa!
My new favorite dark blue shimmer. It's a rich midnight blue with lots of shimmer that shines TEAL! This is 2 thin coats. Surprise! This is 99 cents a bottle!
Want to hear something ridiculous? See I'm a mind reader, I totally knew you did! I have this recurring nightmare that is positively insane. Let me tell you about it.
My nightmare goes like this- EVERYTHING is on sale and I only have five dollars and some change. I frantically run from booth to booth in this flea market-like hodge podge of stores that carry nothing but nail polish. I am armed with a basket that keeps BREAKING and I never have a scrunchie to keep my hair out of my face. The whole dream is me having a massive panic attack over what I will be able squeeze into my $5 budget and fixing the basket constantly while searching the ground for things that have fallen out of it. All of this always takes place while my family, mom, fiancé, step daughters, all watch from the sidelines saying things like "she's gone over the edge", "this is it for her", "how sad".
Yeah...Now that you know just how gargantuan of a freak I am, let's get back to business. Today that "business" is Essie.
Essie hasn't really been on my radar very much in the past. I'm not sure why exactly. Maybe it's all the sheer pinks and reds you have to sift through to find something good? They just haven't been a brand that is on my mind with "have to have it" authority.
I have gotten several Essies at flea markets for incredible prices and I will say this about Essie- She knows how to do red people! But beyond that I have only had pastels and such from her that are basically bleh. Lots of coats, just boring. So armed with that information, when I was at Ulta last weekend and found a bunch of Essie on sale I got some more, anyway. Knowledge is power people, unless there is a sale.
What is it about great deals that makes me buy things I don't want? Can you guess what Essies I got at Ulta? MORE PASTELS. Will I ever wear these longer than it takes to snap a photo? Nope. Does that really bother me? Nope. Because apparently, I collect Essie now. News to me. I guess it only takes 5 or more bottles of one brand sitting on my shelf to convince me that I "collect" that brand and therefore will buy as many as I see as long as they are on sale.
I did get one that I really like and will probably wear. Or at least say I will wear it with sincerity if anyone asks which no-one will, so I'm golden.
A very warm red/brown creme. This was 3 coats. Say it with me gals, "I will totally wear this one!"
I received this in a swap from the most awesome person I have met on MUA to date. I normally am not into pinks but I love this one! 3 coats.
Muted grayish blue with subtle shimmer. It reminds me of fog. I remember when this collection came out and I know I wanted this one but for the life of me I can't remember why. But who cares because now it's mine! 3 coats.
I had no idea you loved Beverly Hills Essie! Thanks for the info, dude! But shouldn’t a polish with this name be a grayish green shimmer? Say, the color of cold hard cash? 3 coats.
This is 4 coats. I'm not loving it. But I am going to do this polish with some black chevron tips and a white stripe. It's going to look killer.
I normally like to stick to brands I get online like Misa, China Glaze, Orly etc. But I just cannot pass up cheap polish. An added bonus to my obsessive polish hoarding problem is that I find a lot of really awesome polishes I wouldn't have ever tried had they not been on sale. This being a prime example.
I only got this because it was marked down to $1.39 at my walgreens and I LOVE to have lots of matching bottles from the same brand. I am low on rimmels so I grabbed it in spite of the color. I tried it and fell in love. I freakin adore this! BUT, I came to find out that they were only discounted because rimmel is changing thier bottle design. How nice.
I love the square Sally Hansen Salon bottles. But as with all good things from Sally Hansen they are discontinued and are being replaced with something fugly. So, a lot of stores are discounting the square style bottles. I picked these up at Walgreens for a little over a dollar each on sale. So if you love these like I do start stalking the walgreens in your area STAT!
Sinful colors polishes can be purchased at walgreens. They have been running BOGO sales for them a lot lately so they end up being only $1 each. Normally $1.99 a bottle. This is 2 coats
This beauty was part of the CVS 75% off sale going on this month. A lot of thier store brand items are also BOGO50% off.
I found these old Maybellines at the Dollar Tree. The expressfinish normally come in 2 packs for $1. The others are sold individually.
I got this one from Ross in a sort of grab bag package. It had 10 old Sally Hansens. There were extremes, Salons, Glossies, Opals, 10 days wears and Hard as nails all in the same package for only 4.99! Of course I bought both packs.
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