Spotted at the drugstore: new polishes from Sally Hansen and more!

Hello, lovelies! If you don't follow me on Twitter, then you probably don't know that I had jury duty today (my sixth time in six years!). It was a LONG day, but I ultimately didn't have to serve on a jury (they settled at the last minute) and I am BEAT! So, unfortunately, I'm waaaay behind on comments again. After this post I'm hittin' the hay, so forgive me!

I visited some "foreign" Rite Aid and CVS locations (ie: outside of my town) recently and I spotted lots of new goodies I wanted to show you!

First, at Rite Aid, I spotted the new Limited Edition Sally Hansen Insta-Dri display:

It's hard to tell, but there are metallics, shimmers and cremes in this new collection. The glosses are in corresponding shades that match some of the polishes. Here's a closer look:

If I didn't have such horrible luck with the Insta-Dri formula (I know it works very well for some of you but these polishes peel within 24 hours on my nails, even with Orly Bonder and other base coats) I would have purchased Golden Flash (back row) and Metallic Momentum right on the spot. They are both beautiful and kind of unique shades (for the drugstore at least). Golden Flash isn't a traditional gold, but more of a softer, warmer, almost rose-gold (it doesn't have rose/pink it in, but it's RIGHT on the border of being so warm that it almost looks like it has pink in it, if that makes any sense). And Metallic Momentum is a beautiful pewter-taupe metallic. There's a plum creme and a berry creme that also look lovely for fall, and the purple shimmer (Purple Bolt) is very pretty too. So nice to see all these deep plums and purples for fall!

And here's a closer look at the glosses:

Sorry for the blurry pic! These are all very pretty shades (much prettier in person).

Moving on to what I spotted at CVS:

L.A. Colors Color Craze Metallics 4-pack (retail: $2.99)

I think it was my lovely reader Donna (or maybe it was Bobbysgeel?) that told me she spotted these LA Colors 4-packs at her CVS and I was INSANELY jealous! (I'm sorry, I'm kind of delirious right now but I think it was one of you two wonderful ladies--please correct me if I'm wrong!). Anyway, four LA Colors Metallics (full size bottles!) for just $2.99? I thought I would never, ever see these in San Diego, and then BOOM! I spotted them at this "foreign" CVS! It just goes to show you that if you visit the drugstores a few towns over from where you live, you never know WHAT you might find!

Here's a closer look:

There's a magenta, a purple, a silverish bronze and a teal. So pretty! Also at this CVS, I finally spotted the elusive Wet n Wild traincases that caused quite a stir when I posted some pics sent to me from my longtime reader BeautifulMonday a while back (click here if you missed that post). Such a GREAT deal for $9.99! I hope you all are spotting that traincase at your local CVS locations. It would make a wonderful gift for the makeup junkie in your life this holiday season!

Also at CVS, I finally spotted the new core-collection Milani Baked Bronzers:

Milani Baked Bronzers (retail: $8.99)

Ladies, these bronzers are beautiful in person! I love how they have gold veining running through them, and the cases are so expensive-looking! Have any of you tried these yet? What do you think of them?

And finally, for all you polish fanatics, I spotted this display at a local beauty supply the other day:

Ruby Kisses Le Juicy Neon Collection (retail: $1.99 each)

Ruby Kisses is one of my favorite beauty-supply brands. I love their polishes (well, most of them--they do have some stinkers like that green creme I've whined about in the past) but for the most part, their colors are so pretty and so affordable (prices range from 99-cents to $1.99 in my area). I thought it was interesting to note that they've changed the logo on their bottles (it's now a crown and two swans) and well, who doesn't love bright and colorful neons (even though we're headed into fall, I know)!

Here's a closer look:

I know this bottle design isn't unique to the neon collection because I saw the new logo on some core collection bottles as well. Anyway, I have no idea just how new this collection is (for all I know it could have released at the beginning of the summer) but it's just so hard to tell with beauty-supply brands. Beauty supply stores tend to put displays up at all different times so your guess is as good as mine.

If you want a much better look at the new bottles, plus super pretty swatches of Yellow Bikini, check out the lovely Pink Nail Blog's swatches here.

That's it for this drugstore report but, as always, I'd love to hear your thoughts about anything featured in this post!