Mine did because it was from Wet N' Wild and the oldie (mid 90s, 99 cents) bottles looked like this! Then the company went through this evolution and well, I picked up some trinkets along the way.
The Crystalic Collection (nearing the millenium) 14mL
Cheapie polish claims to be enriched with calcium and be toluene, formaldehyde, & phthalate free? I didn't believe this but it's what I told me mom way back then when I polluted the livingroom with polish fumes :)
483B GOLDEN ROSE
Mid pink-peach with gold shimmer.
Last summer (when Sephora first opened in Vancouver), I swatched Nars Orgasm polish at the store and thought the colour looked darn similar to something I had. This was it.
What's with the labels always disappearing on these bottles eh?
491B N.Y.P.D
Greyish blue with purple flash.
I dare you to go up to a police officer and put this against his uniform. For comparison purposes, of course.
471B MOONSTONE FROST
Pearl white frost.
Not overly sheer or frosty (which results in streak overload).
I fell in love with this colour and even though I have so many polishes this one is my all time favorite. I wore it to two proms and I even did my bff's nails with it :) It's almost near empty but the consistency is still as creamy as ever.
The Crystalic Collection: Revamped (somewhere around the millenium) 14.5mL
Still cheap, affordable and look - there's an extra .5mL in the bottle! Unfortunately, that doesn't hide how ugly the bottle itself has become. What were they thinking?
479C FEMME FATALE
Hot fuschia with super fine shimmer.
The colour just seemed appropriate after watching Legally Blonde.
The Wild Shine Collection 12.7ml
$1.99? Really now? The packaging still looks incredibly cheap but the formula is not bad.
BLAZED
Mid coral creme.
Finally drugstore polish has creme formulas! I caught a girl on the bus checking out my nails when I wore this colour :)
The Craze Collection (2009) 10mL
Toluene & phthalate free (formaldehyde's status remains unmentioned) but let's be serious. The bottle was the first thing that got us oohing and ahhing in the first place. Then the whole toluene and phthalate thing was just a bonus. I didn't even care about the missing 4mL.
At $2.99 a pop, they used the extra money towards the packaging fund.
285 MORBID
Dark green (almost black) with forest green & silver shimmer.
If the colour's too unique to be from a drugstore, I'll be happy to put it in my cart.
237 GLITZ
Purple (predominantly), blue, silver glitter.
This one is a 3 (or more) coater. I don't like how gritty it feels when layered over another colour. Heard it was similar to Sally Hansen Rock Star.
The Megalast Collection (2009) 9mL
Mmm, denser brush. Getting smaller by the minute... I really loved the colour selection (more than the Craze collection) and there were a lot more cremes. Unfortunately, I bought one to try out and... sigh.
202A BREAK THE ICE
Greyish white with silver shimmer.
This is the kind of colour you wear when you want to be an 'ice princess', but the formula was awful. The application was too sheer for my taste, uneven and resulted in streaks. It chipped in one day. I was disappointed because I did want it to work out... Tell me the other ones aren't like this colour!
The Craze Limited Edition Collection (2010) 6.5mL <--stop this, I'm serious. I demand you go back to being 99 cents.
Pretty!!! Every creme had it's own shimmery counterpart. I hope you had a chance to pick some up. I don't like things being limited edition =/
33450 BORA BORA
Dark pink shimmer.
This is a sheer shade - a three coater at least. I've had this on for five days and there is only minor tip wear.
Here's a picture comparing the size of the regular and limited edition Craze collections. Far right is Sally Hansen Strawberry Icing if you prefer similar formula but a lighter color than Bora Bora.
That ends today's long history lesson. Comments? Questions? Suggestions?
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