Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Wet n Wild Coloricon Be Jeweled Nail Lacquer Collection Spring 2012 Swatches and Review

Wet n Wild has a new Coloricon Nail Color collection out now and I have to say, it's amazing. They're prismatic duochrome multicolored glitters, just like the China Glaze Prismatic Chroma Glitter polishes. In fact, most of these seem like duplicates of the China Glaze colors, but I loved those so by default I love these. They're just as nice, just as smooth, just as color-changing, just as sparkly, only a little more sheer and they come in smaller bottles. The colors are:


Born Into Privilege - Bow In My Presence - Jewels For Your Highness - Speak When Spoken To - The Crown Is Mine


Wet n Wild Born Into Privilege. This one is a light green glitter that has gold, yellow-toned green, blue-toned light green and silver small glitter and small/medium multicolor hex and round glitter. It shifts from gold to green and, at an extreme angle, blue-green.



Wet n Wild Bow In My Presence. This one is blue and aqua, a little teal, a strong pink and purple duochrome, a tiny bit of gold and the same multicolored hex and round glitter added for depth. This is one of the prettiest ones because it has a little more color to it (less silver) and it shifts quite noticeably in normal lighting.


Wet n Wild Jewels For Your Highness. This one starts out as mostly pink, but it shifts to silver, purple and gold, depending on the angle. In the third picture, you can see that it's pink near the cuticle and purple toward the free edge. The last picture shows the gold flash starting to appear at the cuticle end. Much more noticeable in real life.


Wet n Wild Speak When Spoken To. This one is a silvery blue that shifts to pink and purple. Like all the others, it has that sparkly, magical, fairy-dust looking combination of color-shifting microglitter, small silver-based glitter and slightly larger hex and round rainbow glitter, so there's a lot in here to catch your eye at any angle.


Wet n Wild The Crown Is Mine. This one looks like a light purple with swirls of lighter blue, but when you change the angle it flashes pink, purple, gold and even a bit of green. In the bottle it seems similar to Jewels for your Highness, just with more blue. On the nails it's quite different. Extremely pretty.

I tried layering these over black since so many of you recommended it for the China Glaze Prismatic glitters, and wow. Everyone who said it's like galaxy nails without even trying was spot-on! These are amazing over black! Since they're a little bit sheer, the glitter particles spread out a bit across the black instead of clumping together so you can really see all the different parts that make up the polish. Here's a quick swatch of each over a plain black creme:



Born Into Privilege (one coat) over black creme.



Bow In My Presence (one coat) over black creme.



Jewels For Your Highness (one coat) over black creme.



Speak When Spoken To (one coat) over black creme.



The Crown Is Mine (one coat) over black creme.


The formula on these was really nice. It was smooth and thin and didn't clump or give me trouble. They are more sheer than the China Glaze Prismatics, but still looked mostly opaque three coats, which is what I'm wearing here. A little bit of the nail is visible through the polish in the areas where I spread the polish a little thinner. The brushes in these were not that great. They're wide, fairly flat and rounded at the edge, but the quality was inconsistent.  Some of them were perfect, but others were fluffy and mop-like and I had a hard time maneuvering around my cuticles with them. Dry time is very fast. These need a lot of topcoat to look good. I'm wearing one coat of Gelous for these pictures, but they eat topcoat as they dry, so when I wear them, I wear two or more coats just to give them a glassy finish.

Love these duochrome glitters. These and the China Glaze ones are the only polishes like this I've ever seen. If you get a chance, you really should check these out in person because pictures really don't show how fascinating they are. I mean it, they're really, really cool and I find myself just picking up the bottles to look at them and go "ooooooooh". These colors looked very similar to the China Glaze Prismatics when I held the bottles side by side, but I'm waiting for my smashed finger to heal before I do a swatch comparison.

One thing to keep in mind about these is that they're mini bottles- only 0.30 fl oz / 9 mL. Still, they're affordably priced at just under $3 a bottle. The China Glaze ones range from $3.50-$8 depending on where you shop.

47 comments:

  1. Man,it is so amazing how pretty these are.The do look exactly like the China Glaze Prismatics. I will be waiting for my Walgreens to get these. I love your swatches,SCrangie!

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  2. Gah! I love these! I already have the CG ones but that won't stop me from getting these! I'll have to try my CG over black. Thanks for the tip!

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  3. Aside from the duochrome element, these really remind me of OPI Teenage Dream and Excuse Moi. Do the formulas appear similar in person?

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    1. Hmmm.... more similar to Excuse Moi than Teenage Dream, but with a few more sizes of glitter, close formula/application, though!

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  4. Man, thanks a lot, NOW I NEED EVERYTHING!

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  5. OMG @ Speak When Spoken To over black. Wowza, these are pretty. These types of polishes are starting to grown on me... wasn't too excited about the China Glaze collection at first. But I'm definitely going to get ALL of the WnW ones, can't go wrong for the price. Now these just have to hit the East Coast...

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  6. Gorgeous! So glad to know about these. Thank you for the lovely swatches and information!

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  7. AUUUGHHH another LE collection to drive all over town looking for! but they look so gorgeous!

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  8. Beautiful! I'll be hunting for these. Cross my fingers I find them!

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  9. Oooo I LOVE "Speak When Spoken To" over the Black. The duochrome you captured is GORGEOUS!

    You should post side by side comparison pictures to the China Glaze <3 Not that either of them is too easy to get, but the Wet N' Wild ones are definitely MUCH easier than trekking to another borough for the CG. I can't wait for your finger to heal, get well soon!

    It's too bad about the brush quality though T_T

    xoxo,
    Pryanka

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  10. Poor smushed finger! Hope it's better soon (not for any reason, just for the sake of being better)

    These all look amazing. Hope I am able to find them somewhere (last Color Icon collection I had to have my aunt ship be from out of state)

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  11. I prefer these over black - it really enhances and gives depth to the polish.

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  12. Aaahhhh, there goes my March no buy :-p

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  13. very nice colours, I like the effect in it!

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  14. As soon as I saw these over a black base, my jaw dropped.

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  15. As soon as I saw these over a black base, my jaw dropped.

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  16. GORGEOUS swatches!!!!! I must go out searching for them all =)

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  17. I need these for sure! Heal finger, please. Sorry you smashed it, ouch.

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  18. I actually just saw these in store yesterday and bought Speak When Spoken To. I loved it but wow I really need to try layering it over black beacause I layered mine over blue but it definately makes a difference when you layer it over black!!! Thanks for the swatches!!

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    1. What store did you happen to buy them at?

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    2. I just snagged these yesterday from a Jewel/Osco store (I believe they're owned by Albertsons in case you're not in an area that has Jewel/Osco)

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  19. Before I even saw your first para I thought those looked strangely like the Prismatics. Great idea trying them over the black.

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  20. Oh wow, I was waiting for your swatches before I returned the colors I purchased. But now that I see what they look like swatched over black cream, I just might keep them!

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  21. Thank you so much for showing these! I loved to see them, hoping to go get them tomorrow.

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  22. I like these more than the CGs. These look sandier somehow.

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  23. These are killer over black, Scrangie! Thanks for showing us what it looks like. Easy galaxy nails! :D YAY!

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  24. Wow, those do look similar to the CG collection! WnW has been really impressive the past couple years!

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  25. I stumbled across these last week and bought all but 1 color. When I saw your post about the CG ones I couldn't believe that WnW had come out with something like the CG ones before I even knew the CG ones would be in existence. Kuddos WnW!

    For anybody who hasn't seen these yet, they are amazing. If you think pics of these are amazing wait until you see them on your nails. It is impossible to capture the depth of the colors, you just have to see it to believe it. I finally tried a shade over black today and wowza... totally amazing. The duochrome is incredible. That said, I also love the effect just layered by themselves as well. I think they are a little more crystal like and whimsical that way. Gorgeous polishes. Wet N Wild really out did themselves with these.

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  26. Do you happen to know if these are exclusive to a store? And if they are do you know which ones? I NEED these. :-)

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    1. I got mine at Meijer, I believe I've also heard reports of these being seen at Walgreens, don't think they're exclusive to a particular store (as far as I'm aware, at least!) so hopefully you'll find them soon :)

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    2. I found mine at a Fred Meyers and they were buy one get one half off!

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    3. I got mine at Fred Meyer and they were buy one get one half off.

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    4. I found mine at a Fred Meyers and they were buy one get one half off!

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    5. I am so thankful you told me you were able to find them at Fred Meyer. I just picked them up. So excited! All the other stores people have mentioned picking them up at are not available here. :-) Painting my nails in a few minutes.

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  27. The Crown is Mine and Jewels for Your Highness are pretty amazing.

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  28. I found the last one left! It's Jewels for your Highness and I absolutely love it, definately will be buying the rest when I can find them! Your swatches are amazing! (Also, I found mine at a Lewis...they also had some shadows I had never seen anywhere else by Physicians Formula so definitely going there first when looking for New makeup!)

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  29. I got the last one left! I found Jewels for your Highness at a local Lewis and I absolutely love it! Cannot wait to find and get the other ones, your swatches of them are gorgeous!!

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  30. I found the last one left! It's Jewels for your Highness and I absolutely love it, definately will be buying the rest when I can find them! Your swatches are amazing! (Also, I found mine at a Lewis...they also had some shadows I had never seen anywhere else by Physicians Formula so definitely going there first when looking for New makeup!)

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  31. I found the last one left! It's Jewels for your Highness and I absolutely love it, definately will be buying the rest when I can find them! Your swatches are amazing! (Also, I found mine at a Lewis...they also had some shadows I had never seen anywhere else by Physicians Formula so definitely going there first when looking for New makeup!)

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  32. I can't find them anywhere. Tried Walgreens,wal-mart,target and Ulta. I live in Texas. Has anyone found them or are they just sold out?

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  33. I will now stalk my local walgreens for these! Awesome swatches

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  34. Argh! These are gorgeous! Especially over black! DROOL

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  35. I got "Bow In My Presence" tonight @ Pathmark supermarket. Cannot wait to wear it over black. :)

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