I know I did a display post just recently, but I’ve seen a few more things since then, and I’m about to go on a month long hiatus so wanted to get them posted before that. Thus the rare Saturday post, as I’ve been running around getting ready for the trip and only able to sit and work on this today.
I went back to those Ardell fake nails that I shared from Fred Meyer last display post, as I decided I wanted to try a few of the sets and saw one set that must have been hiding last time, a Flash & Sparkle set with gold reflective glitter.
Ulta had a Maybelline and Essie display nowhere near where the rest of the Essie was. This had the four new Expressie FX topcoats: Iced Out, Immaterial Frost, Faux Real, and Ethereal Glow. Given I’ve yet to use any of the first set of FX topcoats I got, I passed on these, but I don’t know how long I’ll stay strong.
Ulta had an endcap display of Glamnetic fake nails. This had three sections: Bestsellers on Top (Favorites for Every Occasion), Limited Edition in the middle (Trend-Setting, Viral-Worthy Manis), and Customizable on the bottom (Create Your Perfect Length and Shape. The bottom section was the most interesting, as it had a very elaborate nail clipper promising a perfect cut every time. It’s got a dial with different nail shapes and lengths. I’ve been cutting and shaping mine by eye, and I think they look okay so I’ll just keep doing that. I was confused by the nails in this section as most had designs that wouldn’t work so well if the ends of the tips were cut off.
I saw a Kiss display with a Marilyn Monroe themed collection of fake nails. I don’t know much about nail trends in the 1950s but these did seem like classic colors and styles.
Fred Meyer had a relatively untouched display of OPI Nature Strong. This said “Even More Flowerful” and “New botancial base coat, shades, and glitters” on it, but I haven’t paid hardly any attention to this line since it was first introduced so not sure how new any of this is. I should do some more research on the glitters at least, to see if they really are better for the environment that the ones in traditional polish. Front row, left to right: Botanical Base Coat, Big Bluetiful Planet, Eco For It, Mind-full of Glitter, Glowing Places.Top row: Natural Origin Top Coat, Kind of a Twig Deal, A Kick in the Bud, Bee the Change, Leaf By Example.
A Walgreens had some Sally Hansen polishes lined up on a shelf next to the beauty section cash register. I almost walked on by because they weren’t in a display and looked like shades I’d seen before, but I figured I was there and not in that big a hurry so stopped and found one of the new Miracle Gel toppers, Moonlit Top Coat. This is the flaky one similar to Essie Shine of the Times. The only sign of the other new one, Glazed, was the price tag stuck to the shelf. That one is also a flaky but iridescent rather than shifty (as I understand based on my five minutes of internet research). I think these are supposed to be part of the core line, but there were not slots for them in the core display area when I went to look.
The Rite Aid around the corner from the Walgreens (well, around the corner and down one very long block) had the Sally Hansen Miracle Gel 90s Nail Party display. In addition to the top and base coats and few core colors in the back row, this had eight bright shades: Did I Blue That, Nostalchick, Frosted Tips, Nice Nice Baby, Toadally Buggin’, Mixtape, Be Bright Back, and Meet Me at the Mall. If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to dry up into dust and blow away now, as the 90s being retro and nostalgic now makes me feel ancient.
I was very sad to see that the display at Ulta for the Sally Hansen Sesame Street collection was nearly empty by the time I saw it. Fortunately (I guess?) the slots were labeled so I could get an idea of what I was missing. Nine shades in this collection: Elmo Loves Hue, Perfect Friendship, Up to Snuff, Think Big, Scram, Turquesa Brilliante, C is for Color, Am I Not Adora-blue, and 1 Polish Ah Ah Ah. The Clearly Quick was there, too. The last slot on the right appears to have been for fake nail sets, which I surmise only becacuse there was a photo of them on a second display (see below). I looked online and Ulta already has these colors on clearance and only four were left when I looked, so I guess I’m going to have to miss out seeing the missing ones in person.
The other Sesame Street display had sets of four polishes next to a photo of those aforementioned fake nails.
I felt bad that I hadn’t recorded (or even looked at) the names of the W7 polishes I shared in my previous display post, so I took the time to look when I was back at that store. I’m reusing the previous photo, as on this visit the display was a bit worse for wear (cretins who test polish on the displays need to stay home until they can control themselves). Colors left to right: Puerto Rico, Nicosia, Watermelon (pretty sure; my photo is blurry), Pink About, White, Lake, Brazen Blue, Mintimalistic, St. Lucia, Sprung Lilac, Brazil, Hawaii.
That’s all for now. See you in late August if all goes to plan.
