Top 10 of 2012: Best Drugstore Beauty Products

This has been a year filled with some fantastic formulas and shades–and at less than $10!  Here are some of my favorites:

• Maybelline Color Tattoos — excellent cream eyeshadows
• Revlon Lollipop — glossy fuchsia lipstick
• Revlon Papaya — coral gloss
• Milani Green Safari — creamy shadow pencil
• Revlon Gold Coin — metallic gold polish
• L’Oreal Smoldering Plum — rich plum eyeshadow
• Milani Olympian Blue — bold blue eyeshadow
• NYX Pink Lyric — bright pink lipstick
• Wet ‘n’ Wild Grew Up in Cobalt-imore — metallic blue polish
• L’Oreal The Queen’s Ambition — silver over black polish

What’s was your favorite drugstore beauty buy of 2012?

This Cobalt Stopped Me in My Tracks!

Wet ‘n’ Wild Grew Up in Cobalt-imore Nail Lacquer ($3.99 for 0.29 fl. oz.) is a rich, medium-dark navy blue with a mega-sized dose of shimmer in light blue, blue, and silver. The only color that really came to mind was Zoya Twila, which is really quite different–it has horizontal bar glitter, so they don’t really look alike, but they had a similar depth of blue.

After applying the polish to just one nail, I was blown away.  The richness of the hue was incredible, and I only needed one coat for completely opaque color–the swatches show one coat.  It dries down quickly (faster than the average polish, probably because of the metallic finish), and it did dry to a shiny finish.  I wore this polish for wear, since I’ve never tried this particular formula, and it lasted a full week without chipping on me with average tip wear.  I will, of course, remind you that not much does chip on me.  The formula was a real beauty; not thick but not thin, and it applied like a dream with so much color and even color at that.

Also worth mentioning is that this is a rather small bottle of polish as far as compared to most–it’s only 0.29 fl. oz. compared to 0.50 fl. oz.  Though, high-end polishes tend to fall between 0.34 and 0.50, it is pricey compared to the rest of the brand’s range ($1.99 for 0.50 fl. oz. is usually what you expect and see).

The Glossover

	Wet 'n' Wild Grew Up in Cobalt-imore Nail Lacquer Review, Photos, Swatches A
	Quite easily one of the best-applying, most pigmented polishes I've seen--well--ever, but for sure in the past several months.
	Product 10/10 Pigmentation 10/10 Texture 10/10 Longevity 9/10 Application 5/5
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Wet ‘n’ Wild Grew Up in Cobalt-imore Nail Lacquer

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Wet ‘n’ Wild Grew Up in Cobalt-imore Nail Lacquer

Wet ‘n’ Wild Grew Up in Cobalt-imore Nail Lacquer

Wet ‘n’ Wild Grew Up in Cobalt-imore Nail Lacquer

Wet ‘n’ Wild Grew Up in Cobalt-imore Nail Lacquer