Pixel Perfect

Wet 'n' Wild appears to have my number this summer. First they got me to buy the entire Wild Shine Candy-licious collection, then I tried but failed to resist the Craze vacation destination-themed minis. Next, reports of a television show-themed Craze collection surfaced on the MUA nail board. I tried to stay calm as weeks passed and the new Crazes did not appear at my usual haunts. I wanted to at least see them for myself, you know? Not necessarily buy them, nothing like that, just see them. But they did not show up and an opportunity arose to swap for some of them, so I got the cool toned ones I favor. The very day that package arrived at my house—you've probably guessed already—I saw the display in my Rite Aid.



There it was, untouched, just waiting for me. The tag line said "Pixel Perfect: scene-stealing 3D shades in a fast-drying, multi-dimensional formula". Multi-dimensional? Is that what we're calling shimmer these days? No matter, I grabbed the four I hadn't swapped for and went to the register. I love a complete set, and these are only $1.99, and cute, with punny names.



Top row, left to right: The Wonder Yellows, 9.0.2.1.Orange, How I Met Your Magenta, The Gold & The Beautiful.
Bottom row: Sage in the City, Teal or No Teal, Saved By the Blue, Buffy the Violet Slayer, Gray's Anatomy.

They're not minis like the vacation-themed ones, either; these are .34 fluid ounces, which I'm pretty sure is the normal full size for this line (the minis were .22 fluid ounces).



Here are the warm colors on the nail:



Top to bottom: The Wonder Yellows, 9.0.2.1.Orange, How I Met Your Magenta, The Gold & The Beautiful.

My favorite of this group was the orange; it seemed like a really wearable shade, even for a cool color loving person such as myself.

Now the other side of the color wheel; there are five of these, so my thumb gets to make an appearance for a change:



Thumb: Gray's Anatomy. Fingers, top to bottom: Sage in the City, Teal or No Teal, Saved By the Blue, Buffy the Violet Slayer.

Ah, Karen colors. I'd wear any of these as a full mani, but if forced to pick just one, I'd go with the green. It's very glowy, and good greens are still a bit hard to come by.

These swatches are three coats, and you can see there's still a hint of visible nail line (some shades more so than others), so if that bothers you, skintoned "underwear" is called for. All of them went on nicely, and the stubby cap was easier to manage with the longer brush that these had versus the minis, where it really bothered me. All in all, I'm glad I got these.