Isn't it great to stumble onto some new brand of polish and just adore it? I did about a month ago.
My job takes me out and about all over town. I can stop by different Sally's, CVS, Walgreens, Kohl's and Ross stores. I like Ross because I can get older collections of Color Club polishes there.
Then, I stumbled onto a brand called Cosmetic Arts...
I picked up 4 different colors because I had no idea how good they would be. The first color I swatched was a pink during my St. Patrick's Day Marathon Manicure
here. And for a creme, I was impressed and happy with how easy it was for me to use.
I also picked up in that shopping spree this purple. Yowza, is it PURPLE! No name? How about 'Perpetually Purple'? I got 2 compliments on this before I even left the nail salon. I wonder if it was obvious that I was admiring my own nails. lol!
What a color! I did find 4 more, new colors at a Ross yesterday. However, there wasn't an almost full display like I found the first time...
Since Color Club is one of my favorite nail brands, I went to their site only to discover that their parent company,
Forsythe Cosmetic Group, Ltd., makes Cosmetic Arts as well. No wonder my love-fest for it. See that purple polish set in the front? That's the same as my swatch, just that the color is more true in the group photo.
I don't think I'm going to change my salon manicure for a few days, I like this so much. And it is an unusual shade of purple.
No sunshine today in Florida. But I couldn't hide that shine if I tried. This is 2 coats and a salon top coat. I should have sneaked a look at that top coat they used. But they refill their bottles so I know it wasn't what the bottle said. Alas, I'm just left to be narcissistic with my manicure.
Mimi, who owns
Makeup Withdrawal blog, got a serious lemming from the color I used during the Marathon. I owned up that I found it at Ross. However, she reported back to me that her Ross stores tend to be picked over before she can get to them. I can relate; mine usually are too. However, she told me she got lucky and found one Cosmetic Arts polish left and snagged it. I'm looking forward to her swatching it on her blog. Check out her blog because she does a bang up job on swatches and reviews.
This is one time I showed buying restraint and wish I would have gone ahead and bought all the colors I liked right off. Have you ever done that yourself? What item was it?
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