Review & Swatches: Wet n Wild Spring 2014 Limited Edition Street Art Collection

Press Sample 

When I first posted about the new Wet n Wild Wild Shine Street Art Collection for Spring 2014 (click here to see what the display looks like), I assumed that  all of the shades would probably be cremes. Boy was I wrong!

Every time I post about jelly polishes here on the blog (or post swatches of my jelly sandwich manicures), I always seem to get asked the same question: "Can you find jelly polishes at the drugstore?"  Well I'm delighted to tell you that there are two jelly polishes in the Street Art Collection, and they're beauties! But there are even more surprises in this collection so let's get right to it.

NOTE: A few of you have mentioned that some of the polishes in this collection might be similar and/or dupes of shades from previous limited edition Wild Shine Collections such as the Summer 2012 Saved By The Nail Collection, etc. I actually don't own many limited edition Wild Shine polishes, so I can't do comparison swatches for you. After you see my swatches, if you think you might have a similar Wild Shine polish already in your stash, you might want to pop it in your purse when you go looking for the Street Art collection, so that you can compare in-store when you find this display. Hope that helps!

Wet n Wild Spring 2014 Limited Edition Street Art Wild Shine Collection

(retail: $0.99 each, 0.43 oz)

Get Lucky
(three coats, no top coat)

Get Lucky is a bright, cheery yellow creme with hidden iridescent shimmer. This polish wasn't as streaky as some other yellows in my stash, but it did require three coats for good opacity, and it had some leveling issues (which you can see above). Of course this is nothing that a good top coat can't fix, but I still wanted to make note of it. Aside from that, there were no application issues and dry-time was average. Here's a macro to better illustrate the hidden shimmer:

Temptation
(two coats, no top coat)

My camera sometimes has a difficult time picking up pinks and corals, and this is one of those times. Temptation is actually a pinkish-coral, and not nearly as orangey-red as you see above. This one was perfectly opaque at two coats, but the formula was a little thick (but not unbearable). No issues with this one aside from the thickness. Dry-time was average.

Here Comes Trouble
(two coats, no top coat)

Here Comes Trouble reminds of Sally Hansen Blue Me Away! but in real life it's a little more of a jelly-creme (aka "crelly") and a bit more "squishy"-looking than Blue Me Away!. Despite its name, I only needed two trouble-free coats for perfect opacity and I had no issues with application. Dry-time was average.

Too Hot For You

(two coats, no top coat)

Too Hot For You is one of those fiery polishes that grows on you the longer you wear it. I needed two coats for perfect opacity and I had no issues with application or dry-time. This is a tomato-red polish that's loaded with lots of pink shimmer, and in low lighting it has a beautiful "glowy" effect. Check it out:

Too Hot For You in low lighting

And now for the jellies!

Cursed
(two coats, no top coat)

No, your eyes do not deceive you. I only needed TWO coats of Cursed (talk about a misnomer!) for the beautiful opacity you see above. That's almost unheard of when it comes to jellies, right? This polish reminds me of vibrant tangerine juice and it's so easy to apply, with a very quick dry-time. If you've been looking for a true orange jelly, you NEED this. 

You know I had to show you a jelly sandwich:

For this jelly sandwich, I applied one coat of Nanacoco Snowflakes (and all-white matte glitter splatter polish)  on top of my existing two coats of Cursed. Then I just applied one more coat of Cursed on top of the glitter polish. Love it.

Deception
(three coats, no top coat)

Another awesome jelly! Deception (perfect name, since it's hard to tell it's going to be a jelly by looking at it in the bottle) required three coats for the opacity you see above and dry-time was excellent.  Look at that gorgeous shade of purplish-plumish-fuchsia! At first I thought this might be a dupe for Milani Rad Purple, but the Milani shade is more wine-colored. Then I thought, "Is this a dupe of Zoya Paloma??" but nope, Zoya Paloma is more of a burgundy (and might I add, not NEARLY as easy to work with as Deception). 

BUT HERE'S WHAT IT MIGHT BE A DUPE FOR: One of the brand new OPI Sheer Tints Top Coats. Specifically, the shade Don't Violet Me Down, which you can see swatches of here. They look quite similar to me, but of course I can't confirm this because I don't own the OPI shade at this time.

You know I had to show you a jelly sandwich:

For this jelly sandwich, I applied one coat of Nanacoco Snowflakes (all-white matte glitter splatter polish) on top of my existing three coats of Deception. Then I just applied one more coat of Deception on top of the glitter polish. I. Love. This.

In conclusion, I love this collection and it contains so many wonderful little surprises that I was not anticipating. For $0.99 each (or $0.69 each if you can catch them on sale at Rite Aid or Walgreens this week), I think you'll love every shade in this collection, but I REALLY recommend the two jellies. The only issue I had with these polishes (aside from some of them being a little sheer and requiring three coats) was the cremes don't completely self-level. But again, you can fix that easily with a good, thick top coat.

Do you own any of the Wet n Wild Limited Edition Spring 2014 Street Art polishes? If so, which shades do you own and how do you like them?

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