FingerPaints Merry & Bright Holiday 2011 Collection Swatches & Review
Now that Halloween is over it’s time to REALLY launch into all that is the HOLIDAYS!!!
I for one am more shocked this year than ever that next month is Christmas already. Just last night I was looking at some candles on my coffee table that I switch out to red ones in December, and I thought “I JUST put the red ones back into the garage like 2 months ago”! But nooooo, it was 10 months ago! So strange.
Anyway, that leads me to the FingerPaints Merry & Bright Collection for holiday 2011. This collection of six new colors includes three glitters, two amazing cremes and a shimmery green metallic.
Yule Be Merry
Yule Be Merry is a cranberry reddish/pink shimmer. This reads as more of a pink than red to my eye and especially in bright light. It’s super creamy and a nice glowing color. Great formula, but not really that unique of a color. I used two coats.
Winter Sky
Winter Sky is a bright teal-ish sky blue with light blue shimmer. Oh. My. God. When I saw the promo pic this is the one I was hopeful about. This proved to be even better than I imagined in person. It’s SO buttery smooth. So rich. So blue. So shimmery. So flattering. So will give you Smurf fingers…Oh yeah, in the 2 minutes this was on my nails, I wound up with blue dyed nails. Blue is the only color that ever stains my nails. It came off by the next day though. I don’t even care it’s such a great blue. I wish more companies would think outside the red, green, gold and silver box for the holidays like this. This was two coats.
Comet’s Collar
Comet’s Collar is a medium green metallic with heavy yellow and green glass flecked shimmer. This is another color that is somewhat outside of the normal holiday collection box. It’s green yes, but it’s a different green. I like it, but don’t love it. The formula was a little sheer and it’s definitely as three-coater if you want total coverage. I used two here.
Santa Kisses
Santa Kisses is a red glitter in a clear base. The glitter is pretty heavy and does a good job of covering the nail with three coats. But alas, this has been done to death with nearly every brand out there.
Drummer Boy
Drummer Boy is a medium blue glitter in a clear base. The glitter wasn’t as heavy here and I only got about half the coverage as I did with Santa Kisses. Again, been done to death.
Frosty Night
Frosty Night is a silver glitter in a clear base. I got about the same coverage as Drummer Boy with this. And same thing, we have seen this a zillion times…
Overall:
I think the first three here are worth getting but the last three are probably ones most nail polish aficionados already have. I highly recommend Winter Sky if you love blues, because it’s truly spectacular in person.
Availability: Sally Beauty Supply.
Pricing: $4.99.
What do you think about Merry & Bright?
-Kelly
Welcome! My name is Kelly and Vampy Varnish is a animal friendly beauty blog.
Even though the glitters aren’t terribly unique, I still like them the best out of this bunch.
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That bright blue is to die for. My Sally membership expired, but I may have to renew it so I can buy nail polish! Which is all I used it for anyway!
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I may get the Teal color, i saw these the other day at Sally’s. passed on it since they had the Orly Birds 3 pack for $8.99!!!! when i make a return visit with my 15% I grab that Teal.Nice post
I love Winter Sky, and as you say Kelly nice to see something in the holiday collections that doesn’t revolve around the usual colours. Shame these aren’t shipped to UK!
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Winter Sky is fan-frickin-tastic! Wow…I need that!
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These are gorgeous! I really love Winter Sky. I may have to stop by Sally’s to check these out, especially for the price!
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Thanks for swatching these, Kelly! They look pretty, but I’m not feeling the itch to go out and grab any of these. I’ll just admire your photos.
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Winter Sky look pretty, but the others seem a bit boring. Thank you fo the swatches!
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Winter Sky is my absolute fave of the bunch! Nice lookin’ blue.
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Winter Sky is so pretty. Totally going to get that one!
I got Santa’s Kisses but after seeing Winter Sky, I have to have it!
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I love the Winter Sky. It looks so beautiful!
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two amazing cremes ??
Those colors are shimmers, not cremes. Typo?
Only the blue is the one calling out to me. And not very loudly either. Maybe I’ll pick it up if I see it on a Sally Beauty run.
Awesome swatches, as always! Thanks!
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The three glitters are okay. The rest are nice but nothing I’m excited about.
AAAA! Winter Sky and Comet’s Collar are everything I’d hoped they’d be and more. I am ordering both of those riiiiiiight now. Thanks so much for the [always excellent] swatches!
I’m on a mission to get Winter Sky!!!!!!!!
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I agree with everyone…Winter Sky FTW!
Winter Sky is a winner. Love your November masthead:)
Hi Kelly! When my daughter and I were at Sally’s looking for white nail polish for Halloween, the SA said that Fingerpaints were made by Orly. Is this true? My daughter picked out a white by Orly, so we still have never tried Fingerpaints.
I need it like I need a hole in the head, but I really want Winter Sky!!! I just cant get enough of these blues!
Thanks for the swatches!!!
I only got three of them myself. I got Comet’s Collar, Santa Kisses and Drummer Boy. Now I wish I wouldn’t have picked up Drummer Boy.
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The only one I really like is Winter Sky which is good for my budget. My Sally’s probably won’t even get these anyway; they never got the Fall Fashionista collection so I don’t have high hopes about this one. But if they somehow manage to get it, Winter Sky will be mine. Lovely swatches btw.
yep I love that blue too – I think I’m gonna hafta have that!