New Sally Hansen Limited Edition Xtreme Wear Collection

Even if I'm the last person in the US to spot this display, I still consider it new, darnit! So apologies to all of you who consider these limited edition Xtreme Wear polishes yesterday's news. I'm still super excited about them so I'm going to show them to you!

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There are 10 new shades in the collection:

There are a few interesting things I'd like to mention about this collection.  First of all, the following shades all have one thing in common:

Golden Child, Blue Icing, Cosmic Blue, Purple Fiesta and Cherry Punch all have the exact same effect: there is a very sparse amount of holographic micro glitter and holographic bar glitter floating within the shimmery base of all five of these shades.  I'm not sure if I've seen this effect from Sally Hansen before, but I think it's pretty.  It's interesting that so MANY of the polishes in this collection have this exact same effect though.

Next: the moment I saw Concrete and Mystic Lilac, which were conveniently located next to a L'Oreal Color of Hope display (do you know where I'm going with this?) I thought, "DUPES FOR DELICATE DUSK?"  (If you missed my Delicate Dusk hysteria, click here and here). I think a few of you have mentioned that these shades are similar, but I had to see for myself.  

Here are all three, side by side:

Granted, the lighting isn't the greatest, but at first glance it looks like Concrete is pretty close, right? But actually, in the store, Concrete is a very warm greige and it really lacks the lilac quality of Delicate Dusk. Plus, the moment I saw Mystic Lilac up close, I knew it had to be mine (I will be showing you swatches of this shade either today or tomorrow--you MUST see this shade up close if you haven't seen it already).

I also picked up Purple Gala, which is so gorgeous it's mindblowing. I'll be swatching that too, so please check back if you're curious.

The only other shade in this collection that I was really drawn to was Fireberry Red. Looking at it in the bottle, it appears to be a blood-red jelly with candy apple red microglitter.  I might already have something similar to it though, so that's why I hesitated. 

Plum Burst is also really pretty but I've seen, and owned, enough dupes of OPI My Auntie Drinks Chianti to last me a lifetime so I definitely don't need another.

I had been keeping two much-coveted $1 off Sally Hansen nail polish coupons in my purse for over a month now, just waiting for this display to hit my drugstores. I am SO glad I waited and didn't blow these coupons on something stupid! The retail price of Xtreme Wears at Rite Aid is $2.99.  But since I am at the Silver Level for the Wellness+ Card, I receive 10% off all non-sale items every day (yet another awesome reason to sign up for this card, ladies). So that brought my total down to $2.69 per bottle, and then with the two Sally Hansen coupons, I ended up getting Mystic Lilac and Purple Gala polish for just $1.69 a piece. Yay!

Alright, so I'm very anxious to hear about what shades you own from this collection. Please leave a comment and tell me all about them!