Spoiled by WnW Ants in My Pants

   Wet n Wild has brought out a brand new line of, I believe, 72 polishes under the name Spoiled.  These are a CVS exclusive line.  If you haven't seen them in your local store yet, they should be showing up soon.  All the ones near me are in the process of redoing their cosmetics sections and bringing out all the new lines and products for Spring.  G. over at Nouveau Cheap has a lot more info on the line if you're interested.  These retail for $1.99 a bottle.  I'm not sure yet if they will be included in WnW sales at CVS, but I'm hoping they will, or at least have their own separate sales.

   Ants in My Pants is a black/charcoal jelly base with small round and larger hex red glitter.  If it's not an exact dupe of Deborah Lippmann's Ruby Red Slippers, it is a very close cousin and a good substitute if you can't afford the $18 retail of Lippmann polishes.
   The formula for Ants in My Pants was rather thick and a little goopy, but that is pretty normal for a glitter polish like this.  Even with the thick formula application wasn't too bad and the glitter mostly stayed in place once on the nail.  I would recommend waiting a couple minutes between coats though just to let the glitter set a bit.  I used a base coat of Barielle Nail Rebuilding Protein and Gelous, 3 coats of Ants, then topped with another coat of Gelous and a coat of Barielle Manicure Extender.

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   In most light Ants looks completely opaque at 3 coats.  But if the light hits the right way or from behind your nails, even at 3 coats you can see through the polish between glitter particles.  I think next time I'll use a black base first then 1 or 2 coats of Ants.  Also this will help preserve the polish.  Look at the bottle picture up top.  See how much polish is gone?  That's from just 1 manicure.  Besides thick formulas, the other issue with glitter polishes is that they get used up much more quickly.  One last issue with this polish/line.  The brush is the same wide style as the new mega last one.  It gave me less issues with this polish, but I'm still not a fan.

Wet N Wild On A Trip

   On a recent trip to Walgreens, I found the newly redesigned Wet N Wild Megalast polishes.  Since I've been very impressed with WnW lately and the polishes are only $1.99, I grabbed a pretty purple to try out.  

   First thought, I like the new bottle design.  It has a solid base, so won't tip over too easily, but feels feminine.  Then I opened the bottle and wasn't as happy.  The neck of the brush is so wide it is just barely smaller than the bottle opening.

   One of the big reasons I don't like wide brush necks like this is that it brings excess polish into much closer contact with the neck of the bottle.  Which can easily get into the bottle treads and glue your polish shut.  

   Once I pulled the brush completely out of the bottle, I saw another issue.  WnW has started using the "pro wide" style brush in these bottles.  I definitely do not like this style brush.  The problem with the pro wide brush, for me anyway, is that the brush is almost as wide, or wider than in some cases, my nails.  Which makes it almost impossible for me to paint my nails without getting polish on the skin around the nail as well.  Now I usually wind up getting polish on my skin anyway, but this style brush makes it worse usually.  Plus the brush has a soft fluffy feel when you're using it.

   On to the polish itself.  On A Trip is a light-medium blue based purple creme.  Almost a periwinkle, but a little too purple.  The formula was very nice and I probably wouldn't have had many application issues with a smaller brush.  I used Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler base coat, 2 coats of polish, and no top coat.

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   I love the color and formula of On A Trip.  I think the new bottle is really pretty.  But I HATE the brush.  To the point I am seriously considering decanting the polish into another bottle.  I'm not sure if I'll try any of the other polishes from the line.  Maybe if I get them on sale and decant so I don't have to deal with the brush.