Wet N Wild Fergie Miami Spirit Swatch and Review (Bonus: Wet N Wild Fergie Hollywood Walk of Fame)

Welcome to Cheap Polish Tuesday where we of course, explore polishes found on sale or regular price for $5 or less! Today I have a polish from Wet N Wild's collaboration with Fergie. There were quite a few of these when I saw them at Wal-Mart and this one cost about $2.97 up here in the cold North (well most of the time cold) in Canada.

Today I have Wet N Wild Miami Spirit which is a vibrant teal with slight shimmer. Formula wise, it's great however I found the brush really fat and difficult to work with. I feel like it would be in their benefit to have made their brushes a little less wide, or to round off the sides even more but alas. This polish also does not have a gloss finish, but rather a semi-matte "wax-like" finish. Here's my swatch of 2 coats and no top coat:









Love the external bottle of Wet N Wild Fergie Miami Spirit, but inside the brush is a bit tricky. If it's too wide for my nails, I think it would be really really wide for most! It's even wider than the Essence brush. Check it out:



I can't tell if I have butthurt feelings over the whole semi-matte, wax fad, but I think this colour really benefits from a top coat. I just think it gives it an extra dimension. Here's Wet N Wild Fergie Miami Spirit again with a Seche Vite top coat:







And for funsies, here's Wet N Wild Fergie Hollywood Walk of Fame. I don't think it's very good, haha - definitely one of those "looks nice in the bottle" type of polishes. Also finishes semi-matte and waxy:





I had previously shown this colour in a DAVIDsTEA teal comparison, and it fits in the right hue, but is a touch too dark to be a good candidate. To my knowledge, Wet N Wild does make 3 free and cruelty free polish but I am unsure if the Fergie line is as well. Consider it unconfirmed but with a high possibility.

Have you tried any of these Wet N Wild Fergie line polishes? Or does the Fergie part steer you away? Would you rather your polish dry with a waxy finish or have it with a high gloss?

DAVIDsTEA Teal Nail Polish Search and Comparison

Holy nostalgia Friday Batman, I totally found my old Livejournal and now I wish I still wrote in it. It was GOOD reads and I wish I still maintained a blog like that. Ah well, I have you guys, right? Except, I have no idea where I am going to post my review of Animal Crossing. I'll find SOMETHING! Anyway, today I have something that has been in the making for a little while now. As you know, I have been on the search for the perfect DAVIDsTEA teal nail polish! Oh man, it's been so hard to find it but I think I've found something close.

Hint? It only came out recently.

So here's a look at the candidates for the search for America's Next Top-I mean, DAVIDsTEA teal:



Recognize any of them? Have yourself a guess at what you think is going to be close to a DAVIDsTEA teal. From left to right:

Wet N Wild Fergie Miami Spirit
Joe Fresh Turquoise
Sally Hansen Insta-dri Mint Spirit
OPI Fly
Jordana Boy Oh Boy
Essie Naughty Nautical

Got your guess in? Maybe this will help:



Here's our candidates once again next to a DAVIDsTEA retail bag, a button from their "free tea for nurses" day, and lastly, a paint chip off their wall because well it was on the floor and no one was going to pick it up. Here's my Top 4 picks for the Search for the Perfect DAVIDsTEA Teal:



I think the answer is already pretty obvious but I am going to go ahead and still write as if it's suspenseful (now I know how reality TV writers feel!). So, from the left to right, I have Wet N Wild Fergie Miami Spirit, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Mint Spirit, Jordana Boy Oh Boy and Essie Naughty Nautical. I am going to admit that this was very difficult to photograph. The objects have different levels of reflection and may look brighter than they are. I'll do individual reviews for each of the polishes eventually of course, so I'll try my best not to comment on the formulas.







Alright, so the truth is that there are the slightest discrepancies between the samples of the DAVIDsTEA teal that I am using so we could throw this whole comparison out the window and say "GOOD ENOUGH!" but I'll try not to.

Wet N Wild Fergie Miami Spirit dried too dark in nature but in regards to hue, it might have been there. Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Mint Spirit was close and had the right "brightness", but it was a tad too much on the green tones. Jordana Boy Oh Boy that was explored on this week's Cheap Polish Tuesday was also fairly close, much on the same closeness of brightness as Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Mint Spirit, but tilted too much on the blue end. Essie Naughty Nautical, which was just released last month seemed to get the memo. Compared to the retail bag and nurses button, the colour seems to be a match. Of course, the button and bag were a little more reflective. In comparison to the paint chip, it was a little too green. I find the paint used in the shop to be a little more blue. Perhaps this is to compensate for the type of lighting used? Because it really depends.

The winner? Essie Naughty Nautical. Check out how well it does against the nurses button and shopping bag:





I wish that Essie Naughty Nautical lacked the shimmer else it could have been right there and perfect. For now, this is as good as it's going to get until, well, DAVIDsTEA takes my request and make a nail polish. (Not going to happen.)

Have you found the perfect DAVIDsTEA teal? Or are you more on the hunt for a perfect Starbucks green? Haha! What do you think of the above comparison?