Wheel O11: Glitters from Brands No Longer in Stores

Nail Wheel Wednesday is back from vacation with glitter polishes from brands I used to be able to get in stores but no longer can. Look Nail Color used to be at Rite Aid and Fred Meyer; now there a few colors on Amazon but the brand's website has gone private. Kohls was the only place I ever saw Candie's. Whim was an Ulta exclusive brand.



(all have clear topcoat in addition to glitter coats noted below)

1. Look Ocean Mist (3 coats)
2. Look Twilight's Last Gleaming (3)
3. Candie's Supernova Sky (3)
4. Candie's Enchanted Night (2)
5. Candie's Over the Rainbow (3)
6. Candie's Dream Pink (2)
7. Candie's Champagne Frenzy (2)
8. Candie's White Noise (2 coats, over half black base)
9. Candie's Candy Hearts (3)
10. Candie's Disco Chic (2)
11. Whim Sparkle Sparkle Everywhere (3)
12. Whim Dreaming in Glitter (3)
13. Whim Midnight Wink (3)
14. Whim Rule the World (3)
15. Whim A Girl's Best Friend (2)
16. Whim Is My Tiara on Straight (2)
17. Whim Catching Confetti (2)
18. Whim Rock N Stroll (2 over skintone base)
19. Whim Frosted Cupcade (2 over skintone base)
20. Whim This Calls for Cava (2)


Bottles 1 through 5:



6 through 10:



11 through 15:



16 through 20:

Post-Christmas Displays

Ideally, I would have gotten this latest batch of displays posted in time for Christmas shopping, but with luck, most of these polishes will still be around during the post-Christmas period, some even at clearance prices, like the gift sets.

At the register at Sally Beauty (which I stealthily took a photo of, because I'm just that dedicated), there was a Bitzy display with peppermint nail polish remover pads and mini polishes. Front to back: Embellished (times two), Jolt, and Tip Toeing.



Staying at Sally Beauty, it was the only place I saw the China Glaze holiday collection, The Glam Finale.



Sally also had three styles of fake nails from China Glaze as part of the holiday collection. (I did also see this display at Ulta, so maybe Ulta had the polishes too but just slipped them into the core display all stealthy like they did with OPI).



One of my Rite Aid stores had a CND Vinylux display for a new collection called Glacial Illusion. Shades left to right: Ice Bar, Cashmere Wrap, Radiant Chill, Alpine Plum, Mystic Slate, Winter Nights. These are all labeled as new shades, not limited edition. The mini set on the left is labeled as limited edition; it's got Winter Nights, Cashmere Wrap, Radiant Chill, and Vinylux Weekly Top Coat.



I made a rare foray into Walmart because I heard they had this: a display with Color Club Seren-dip-ity Dip polish kits. There are six kits, each with three shades.



Ooh, La La has French Tip (white), More Amour (peach), and Three Wishes (gold glitter).



Classic has New-tral (peach), Regatta Red, and Feverish (dark burgundy). [left most kit here belongs above]



Soft Serve has Silverlake, Age of Aquarius (light green), and East Austin (old rose). [left most kit here belongs with below]



Island Paradise has Jackie Oh (bright pink), Wham Pow (orange), and Magic Attraction (pink glitter). [Soft Serve kit on left belongs with above]



Jet Set has Montego Bae (teal), Disco Dress (puple), and Diggin' the Dancing Queen (pink).



Backstage Pass has Mrs. Robinson (bright purple), Where's the Soiree (black), and VIP List (multi glitter).



Essie has the Ring in the Bling collection for Winter 2017. I saw it first in a sidekick at Walgreens. The mini sets at the top are not part of the collection.



The Celebration Collection (top row) of minis has For the Twill of It, Mint Candy Apple, Jelly Apple, and Velvet Voyage. The Rebecca Minkoff Collection (second row) has Cross-Body Heat, Tote-ally in Love, In Hot Purse-uit, and Back in the Saddle.



Below the mini sets you can see the Winter collection: Social-Lights, New Year New Hue, Suit & Tied, Ring in the Bling, On Your Mistle-toes, and Be Cherry. There is also top coat displayed here (Speed-Setter and Gel-Setter).



Fred Meyer had the shelf top display for Essie Winter, but here it was called "Social-Lights" rather than "Ring in the Bling". Left to right: Social-Lights, New Year New Hue, Suit & Tied, Ring in the Bling (with random close but not quite right bottle filling the slot), On You Mistletoes, Be Cherry. Also has Speed Setter top coat.



I saw Finger Paints Winter Glaze display at Sally Beauty; these bottles had brushed silver looking plastic caps rather than the core black ones, but some of the shades seemed like core colors. Left to right: Daubigny's Garden, Sterling Sculpture (times two), Easely Noticed, Base Coat. According to the Sally website, there were six shades in this collection (not including base coat), so I guess I need to make more frequent trips to Sally if I want to catch the displays full.



My Ulta had a little cup with a few packages of Incoco nail strips; first time I've seen them at a retail store since Walgreens stopped having the holiday mini packs. I wish they'd show up more.



LA Colors had a variety of gift sets out for Christmas. The ones below were at Walgreens, though I saw similar at Rite Aid in slightly different packaging.



Fred Meyer had a definitely Christmas-themed display from Look Nail Color: It's Beginning to Look a Lot...
This had polishes in Gold, Crimson, Evergreen, and White along with a Nail Art Kit.



The Look display card had some cute examples of nail art on it:



Revlon had an interesting display: Chrome Sweet Chrome, which touts a new "Holochrome Collection". These seem to be a mix of holographic and metallic shimmer polishes. I never managed to find a completely full display, but I'm encouraged that it says "8 new shades" on it rather than limited edition, so I have hope I'll get to look at the colors I haven't seen yet once these hit the core display. Left to right: Hologasm (silver holo?, sold out), Fairy Dust, Amethyst Smoke (charcoal shimmer?, sold out), Blushing, Gilded Goddess, Unicornicopia, Molten Magic, Galactic Pink. I've only seen these at Rite Aid so far.



Sally Hansen is relaunching the Insta Dri line, so there are displays of various sizes featuring the new bottles; the shape is the same, but the typeface is new, and the caps are not black across the line but rather color coordinated with the polish shades. There are new colors as part of this relaunch, though haven't been able to do a full study of what's new and what's gone. Overall, I've got the impression that the new lineup is more "muggle friendly", with fewer bold blues and oranges, but those may be coming later. I've marked shades that I'm sure are carryovers from the old core lineup with * below.

Fred Meyer had this shelf top display with the new bottles. (I later saw same display at Rite Aid and Ulta.) Front row: White on Time (definitely new, and yay, a white as part of the core line again), Champagne Supernova, Taupe to Go, Buff and Tumble. Second row: Petal to the Metal, Racing Rose, Watermelon Wiz, Peach Buzz, Shakin' Sherbert. Third row: Let's Jam, Just in Wine, Va-Va Violet, Heather Hustle, Midnight Drive, Thyme is Money, Silver Stallion, Clearly Quick*. Back row: Cinna-snap* (sold out here), Expresso*, Slick Slate*, Mauve It*, Black to Black*, Go for Gold*, Rapid Red*, Grease Lightning*, Making Mauves* (sold out).



Walgreens had a corner display with a different lineup of Insta Dri shades. Top row: Clearly Quick (old bottle someone stuck in here), White on Time, Champagne Supernova (sold out), Go for Gold, Taupe to Go, Slick Slate (sold out), Mauve It, Buff and Tumble, Petal to the Metal (sold out), Racing Rose, Rapid Red, Cinna Snap.
Bottom row: Expresso, Let's Jam, Grape Shifter (carryover), Just in Wine, Va-Va Violet, Heather Hustle, Show Steel-er (carryover), Grease Lightning, Midnight Drive, Black to Black, Thyme is Money, Silver Stallion.



The only other new Sally Hansen stuff I've seen recently is the Holiday Collection display at Fred Meyer, which had scented cuticle oil, mini polish sets, and core colors of Complete Salon Manicure. The mini sets had these shades of Complete Salon Manicure: Fool's Gold, Wine Not, Let's Snow, and Red My Lips. The oils were Vanilla Buttercream scented and Peppermint scented.



SinfulColors Decked Out either didn't get good distribution in my area or it sold out super quick, as I only saw it at Fred Meyer, and by the time I got there, all but one of the limited edition shades shown on the SinfulColors website were gone. What was here, left to right: Smash Hit (new LE), 24/7, Out of This World, Supernova, Poisonberry, Gogo Girl, Green Ocean.



I haven't seen any new polish from Wet 'n' Wild in what seems like eons, but a couple of gift sets for Christmas did show up. These pails were at Walmart:



These mini sets were at Rite Aid:



Ulta had Young Nails SlickPour powder coat system, with starter kits, and LED lamp, and colored powders. Since the starter kit was ten bucks more than the Color Club dip kits, plus these require a lamp which Color Club didn't, I didn't look that closely.



I sometimes wonder how long I'll be able to do big display roundups like this. There aren't nearly as many new mainstream polishes coming out as there used to be, and stores in my area don't seem to carry as many of the ones that are available as they once did. Also, my Kmart closed, and they often had displays no one else in the area carried. Nevertheless, I'll persist.

Halloween Is Almost Here Displays

It's fall, and thank goodness that means I am seeing some new polishes in the stores. I do also have a few summer stragglers today, collections I saw after my previous display post.

I often forget to look at nail polish when I go to Kohl's (I know, bad blogger), so I'm not sure how new the two Bliss mini polish sets are. On the left, there's Brand Spanking Nude, with six shades in the pink/peach/ivory/taupe range. On the right, it's Get Frenched, which has a more varied color palette, from charcoal/black through blue to pink/peach; there's even a glitter in this one.



In the Butter London section at Ulta, there were six new shimmery polishes (and coordinated liquid lipsticks)Glazen Lacquers (the bottles had gold caps, which I've not seen from the brand before that I recall): Bubbles, Sea Shell, Dazzled, Rose Quartz, Brassy, and Firecracker.



Butter London aside, Ulta hasn't seemed to have as many new polishes as they used to, not even from brands that I know are still putting out new colors seasonally. On a recent trip, it seems that they just may have been hiding them from me, as I happened to see the China Glaze My Little Pony colors just slipped in the annoyingly backlit core display section, which I rarely look at when I'm display hunting. No signage to point them out, just pushed in the slots along with all the other shades.



I saw the newest China Glaze collection at Sally Beauty. It's their Halloween offering, Happily Never After. The full size display was the usual random arrangment, but the mini set had all the colors so I could see what was what.



Left to right: Queen Please, Sin-derella, Life's Grimm, Do You Boo, Crown for Whatever, Lookin' Gore-geous.



I saw an Essence display at Fred Meyer with two shades of The Gel polish: You and Me (lighter one) and Plump Power (darker). I don't think either of these are new colors, but they might be new to the lineup carried in the US.



Fred Meyer had an Essie display called Haute for Halloween; no new colors here: Tart Deco, Forever Yummy, Wicked, and Licorice.



Walgreens had an unnamed Essie display in a wide box setup that I've never seen Essie in before. It seemed to be for Halloween and had colors we'e seen before: Blanc, Wicked, Kimono-over, Forever Yummy, Tart Deco, Petal Pushers, Tribal Text-styles, and Licorice, along with base and top coat.



Fred Meyer was the first place I saw Essie's 90s themed fall collection. Left to right: As If, Knee-High Life, Girly Grunge, Mixtaupe, Saved By the Belle, and Dressed to the Nineties. There's also Gel-Setter Top Coat in this display.



Near the end of August, I went to a Rite Aid I don't often visit and found the Julie G Bohemian Dreams display. I was tempted, because the handles were different than the core colors and I love collecting variations, but the colors themselves were just cremes in shades I surely must have already, so I passed. Front row: Karma, Aria. Middle row: Henna, Faith. Back row: Eden, Harmony.



The Kiss Halloween display at Walgreens had fake nails (press on and glue on), stickers, nail strips, and nail glue.











Fred Meyer had a back-to-school display from Look called Chalk It Up. Polish colors here: Matte Black, Sky Blue, White, Aqua, and Pink. There's also a nail art kit with nail wheel, top coat, and tools.



I saw the Look Halloween display at Rite Aid. Shade in this one are It's Close to Midnight (looks like Black to me), Boo (white), Seal Your Doom (lime), Orange You Scary.



Apparently OPI did a collection this past summer for Ulta called Ultamate OPI Lovers; by the time I saw a display for it, it was super picked over and had a random China Glaze polish plunked down in it. Slots in the top/back row for shades called You Had Me at Merlot (room for two groups of three bottles), Have a Grape Summer, Jean'ius at Work, Pre-Pear for Summer, Ulta Ego, and Grin & Bare It. Bottom/front row has Base Coat, Top Coat, Grin & Bare It, Summer Crush Blush, Orange You Ulta-Stylish, Woke Up Crab-y (two groups of three). Based on the colors that were left, I was not excited—so many cremes.



The pumpkin polishes are back at Rite Aid! So glad this seasonal tradition is still happening. Sure, they aren't the smooth round bottles they used to be, but rather the more realistically shaped ones that came about more recently, and they're not made by Blue Cross (these say "Pacific World Corp" on the bottom), but yay, pumpkins for Halloween. In another new twist, these shades have names: Green Machine (lime), Orange You Cute (orange), Speckled (black/white glitter), Confetti Concoction (black/orange glitter), White Fright (white), Black Magic (black), Glow Worm (light green with microglitter), and Pink Punch.



In other Halloween polish news, Walgreens had a display from Sally Hansen which had core shades of Xtreme Wear polish and Nail Art pens.



Fred Meyer had a small shelf top display with the same "I Am Wild. I Am Xtreme." theme, just a smaller selection of polishes.



In absolutely not old colors Sally Hansen news, Salon Chrome is out in stores. Special effects powders for the mass market; I'm liking it. I first saw them in this floor display at Walgreens. Here the powders are packaged in kits with the powder and applicator, base color (Miracle Gel in Blacky O for most, Frill Seeker for the Rose Gold kit), special top coat to seal the powder, and Miracle Gel topcoat. There are four shades: Peacock, Mermaid, Rose Gold, and Gunmetal. First two look like multichromes while last two are metallic chromes.



The same kits are also in a small shelf top display I've seen at other Walgreens stores.



Fred Meyer had a Salon Chrome display where the kits have the just powder and applicator and special top coat. The base color (just Miracle Gel Blacky O, even though there are Rose Gold kits here) and Miracle Gel top coat were in the display too, but sold separately.



There is supposed to be a fifth color of Salon Chrome, Holographic, exclusive to Ulta, but I haven't seen that at my store yet.

There are some limited edition shades of Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure out for fall in the Completely Bold collection. Frustratingly, they are mixed in the display with core colors, a la the SinfulColors approach. I have yet to see a complete display for this with all the shades in all the right slots, and I doubt I will now. Oh well. Here's a shelf top display I saw at Fred Meyer. Bottles, left to right: Tagine Supreme, Tell My Fuchsia, Pat on the Black (core), Lan-turn Up, Magic Carpet Ride, Dark Hue-Mor, Wine Not (core), Gilty Party (core). Missing from this display: Marrakeshed from a Rose (limited edition) and Raisin the Bar (core).



Walgreens had a sidekick display for this collection; it was even less well stocked by the time I saw it. Top row: Marrakeshed from a Rose, Tell My Fuchsia, Tagine Supreme (two slots), Lan-turn Up (x2), Magic Carpet Ride. Second row: Magic Carpet Ride, Let's Snow (core), Raisin the Bar (core), Gilty Party (core). Third row: Wine Not (core), Society Ruler (core), Pat on the Black (core), Clean Slate (core, and sold out of this display). Bottom row: Dark Hue-mor (core), Blue My Mind (core), Gel Shine topcoat.



There are also some limited edition shades of Sally Hansen Color Therapy in the Enchanted Gems display, which I saw at Fred Meyer. Front row: Opulent Pearl (LE), Rosy Quartz (core, 2 slots), Rose Diamond (LE), Pink Sapphire (LE). Back row: Brilliant Lapis (LE), Black Orchid Amethyst (LE), Slicks and Stones (core, 2 slots), Smoky Emerald (LE). Display also has cuticle oil and top coat.



Fred Meyer also had a Color Therapy display called Better Than Bare which also touted limited edition shades. I remember seeing these colors in a sidekick at Walgreens this past summer, so not sure where FM was hiding these all this time. Maybe Sally Hansen shipped this version later? Starting at lower left and going clockwise: Warm and Toasty, A Latte Love, Indulgent Truffle, Sweet Nothings, top coat, cuticle oil, Re-Nude, Blushed Petal, Toffee Temptations, and I Dream of Cream.



Also in the department of stuff popping up at Fred Meyer are two displays for Sally Hansen Miracle Gel with the Travel-Proof Polish colors. I hadn't seen this shelf top display before, though Walgreens had these colors in other displays I shared back in July.



Then there was the Adventure Land display, which had some of the colors from Travel-Proof Polish. Never saw this one last summer either.



Wrapping up the Sally Hansen display variant section, I found two more display styles for the Crayola colors at different Fred Meyer stores since I last shared this collection's displays, and they're so bright and colorful that I just can't resist including them. This wide shelftop display had slots for all twelve of the Crayola shades plus some core colors: Re-teal Therapy, Set Sail, Cherry Fast, Leapin' Lilac, Cinna-snap, Sonic Bloom, Peppy Le Fuchsia, and Sugar Poppy.



Then there was the narrow shelftop display, with room for eight of the Crayola shades. This particular store must have also had the larger display, as there were some of the other Crayola shades shoved in here that didn't belong (Scarlet, Denim, Purple Heart, Razzmatazz).



SinfulColors usually does interesting things for Halloween, and looks like this has continued again for 2017. I saw the Night of the Living Red display at Rite Aid. Shades here: Witch Hazel Bohn (new, two slots for this transluscent glow in the dark with charcoal skull and crossbones glitter), Splatter Spell (reissue), Play Dead (reissue), Nutcracker (reissue), If You've Got It Haunt It (new), Good to Ghost (new, transluscent glow in the dark with holo crescent moon glitter), Bite Me (new).



Walgreens had a different SinfulColors Halloween display with a different assortment of shades. Front section: Glow in the Dark, Good to Ghost (new, same as Rite Aid display), Pumpkin Spice, Courtney Orange, Let's Talk. Back section: Devil's Stare, Bitten, Undead Red (new), Bite Me (new, same as Rite Aid display), Black on Black.



Fred Meyer had another new SinfulColors display, but it wasn't specifically Halloween themed. Color Beyond has three new glitters plus core/reissue shades. Left to right: Berry Charm, Cosmotion (new), Gold Medal, Endless Blue, Planet Out (new), Clear Coat, Jade Kat, Down to Earth (new).



The display I'm most excited about in this whole post is one I wasn't expecting because I'd heard nothing about it: Smackers Disney Tsum Tsum polishes for Halloween, with the heads of Disney characters on the caps. Left to right: Mistress of All Evil (Maleficent), Wickedly Stylish (Cruella De Vil), Sorceress of the Sea (Ursula), Rag Doll (Sally), Skellington (Jack Skellington; two slots for this). The colors aren't anything crazy special, but those bottles! And only $2.99, too.



Wet 'n' Wild, I am disappointed. I saw the Fantasy Makers display and all the polish is core colors. Where are the special Halloween ones you used to do?



Other than the holographic Sally Hansen kit, I can't think of anything I'm looking for display-wise right now. Hoping to be surprised with things I'm not looking for soon.