Wet n Wild Chambray Showers and Ferris-Wheel Romance

Hey everybody!  I hope you're all having a lovely weekend.  Yesterday was beauty salon day...YAY!  My hair grows like a weed, so it's always a huge relief to go for my 6-week haircut.  And besides, I love getting my scalp scrubbed. :)

To continue with my drugstore bonanza shop fest from last weekend, today's post features 2 polishes from the Wet n Wild Wild Shine Summer Festival collection.  This collection was a summer 2014 limited edition. 

First up is Chambray Showers, a light blue creme reminiscent of Sleeping Beauty turquoise.

The formula on Chambray Showers was great.  I used 2 coats, and the wear time was really good.  I don't know where all those little spots you see in the pic came from.  I sure don't remember seeing polka-dotted showers in person. :/  And a word of warning:  Chambray Showers will stain a bit.

Another of the Summer Festival collection I chose was rather NOT me, but I really like the way it looked in the store, so I decided to give it a try.  I'm glad I did, because Ferris-Wheel Romance is a cool-toned apricot that doesn't have those annoying coral tendencies that irk me.

I've read other people describe this color as coral, but I wouldn't call it coral  It's too respectable to be called such a thing. :D  Ferris-Wheel Romance had another fantastic creme formula with great wear time as well.  

Ferris-Wheel Romance...what a name.  Mr. Sweets finds nothing romantic about a ferris wheel.  He is rather panicky during the duration of the ride and gets unnecessarily chatty to get his mind off the fact that he can see over the trees.

I found these LE Wild Shines at Walgreens during their Wet n Wild sale...so I paid a whopping $.69 each for them. :)  There is something a bit retro about these two colors.  Chambray Showers has that 1960's turquoise blue kitchen look.  I especially recommend Ferris-Wheel Romance for anybody who wants a true, non-yellow influenced apricot.  Oh, and they really are shiny. :)

Thanks for reading, and have a lovely day! <3

Drugstore Halloween Part 1: Wet n Wild Poison Ivy and Lethal Injection

Hey everybody!  There's something about a drugstore to which I am magnetically drawn.  I don't know what it is.  When my sister and I were teenagers, we went to the drugstore every single Sunday afternoon.  We loved to look at all the new makeup and perfume displays and buy candy.  So as a result, we ended up being two chubby tarts who wore lots of Malibu Musk. :D

I still love to look at all the new drugstore makeup displays.  Last weekend, I was in Walgreens and saw a really big Fantasy Makers Halloween display...it had apparently just been put out, because I made the first purchase from it.  It was stocked with the trademark Fantasy Makers false eyelashes, eyeshadow palettes, and everything else, including nail polish.  I picked up a couple of the Wet n Wild Megalast polishes.  I believe the Halloween polishes are re-releases, but I didn't have any of them.  And they were only $1.99, you know?

First up I have Poison Ivy, a metallic green shimmer.

Poison Ivy is a deep, slightly blackened hunter green.  Strangely enough, I don't have another green this color in my collection.

I applied two coats of Poison Ivy for the photos.  The Megalast brush is called a "Manicurve Pro Brush", which means a wide, paddle style.  That is always problematic for me since I have such tiny nails, so I had to be really careful.  I experienced a bit of dragging, but of course, it looks worse here than in real life. :)

Poison Ivy is a great green, both for Halloween and for autumn.  The photos show a warmer side to the color, but in real life, it leans a touch more blue. 

I gave my sweet husband Brian the task of choosing my other Wet n Wild polish, and I think he did a great job.  The name is great...Lethal Injection.  Oh my.

The color of Lethal Injection reminds me of OPI Diva of Geneva, only Lethal Injection's shimmer is silver and not gold.  Again, in real life, this color is a bit different...it's more oxblood than wine.  Maybe Wet n Wild polishes like to keep you guessing? ;)

I experienced dragging again with my two coats, but it all looks fine in real life.  My biggest problem was how much of a mess it made my cuticles! :/

Lethal Injection isn't an unusual color, but if you are in the mood for a deep, vampy shade for very little money, this will do nicely for you. 

Quoth the Raven, "Lethal Injection!"  no...wait...

Have you gotten any Halloween drugstore offerings this October?  I always wish I had a place to wear all those great false eyelashes...*sigh*.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a lovely day! :)