Confetti Nail Polish at CVS

I'm usually a little wary of cheap polish because I worry about potentially toxic ingredients, so this display of Confetti nail polish at CVS really caught my attention.  It's advertised as 3 free (no toluene, formaldehyde, or DBP) and it's only $1.99 a bottle!  I read online that the manufacturer is being sued by Sally Hansen so they'll likely be discontinued when the displays run out.  I was really impressed with the first two bottles I tried so I went back over the weekend and picked up a bunch of colors that might be promising.  .

Here's a quick wheel of the colors I bought; I'll try to post swatches soon in case anyone else is interested in picking them up at CVS while they last:

One piece of advice though, make sure to open the bottle and check out the brush before you purchase.  Some of the bottles have defective brushes--it looks like they were a little too long so they got bent in the bottle.  Not great quality control, but for $1.99 a bottle I'm willing to put in a little extra effort to check each bottle before I buy.

If you accidentally buy a bottle with a defective brush or decide you don't like a color, don't forget that CVS has a 100% beauty satisfaction guarantee and you can return opened products with no questions asked as long as you have the receipt.  Also if you sign up for their free Extracare Beauty Club you get 10% off your first beauty purchase, $5 back for every $50 spent on beauty products, and $3 on your birthday.

OPI Black Onyx

Comparing Never Enough Shoes earlier reminded me how much I love OPI's Black Onyx so I thought I might as well go for another black manicure today with a white bow from Konad plate m56.  I don't wear solid black polish very often but when I do I always reach for Black Onyx because it has the perfect blackest black pigment.  The application is really smooth and it goes opaque in two coats and then lasts forever without chipping.  Below is another pic taken in the shade--you can see how glossy the finish is:

Both pics are two coats of Black Onyx without top coat.

Sephora by OPI - Never Enough Shoes

Never Enough Shoes from Sephora by OPI is a solid black with a bit of red, green, and gold glitter.  I was hoping it would look a little different from standard black so I was disappointed to see that the glitter didn't show up very well.

I compared Never Enough Shoes (on the right) to my favorite solid black, Black Onyx (middle).  On the left is Baby It's Coal Outside, which I wore yesterday.  At first I thought the polishes might be comparable but Coal Outside is more of a charcoal color with dense silver microglitter whereas Never Enough Shoes is a darker black and the glitter is less apparent.  Not sure I'd wear it again since the color isn't very unique--I'd prefer Coal Outside when looking for an alternative to black.

Edit (2/12/11):  I did end up wearing Never Enough Shoes again for a Valentine's Day look and posted more pics here.

OPI Baby It's Coal Outside

Above is Baby It's Coal Outside from OPI, which is a black polish with silver microglitter.  I stamped a silver flower pattern from Bundle Monster plate BM12 using China Glaze Millenium but I don't think it was an ideal combination.  I really liked this pattern but I think it looks a little grainy due to the shimmer / glitter in the base color.