Sally Hansen Triple Shine, my four picks

While at my local drugstore I came across a display of the new Triple Shine line, so of course I had to get some. I picked out four! I thought that was pretty good self control.
Forgive my lack of clean up in todays photos. I was in a hurry and had to skip it in order to get all four polishes swatched.

Vanity Flare is a medium purple creme. Pretty good formula. I used two coats. No top coat used in pics. Dries quite glossy.

Scale Up is a topper. Appears really thick in the bottle, but surprisingly wasn't. Contains holo shards and micro glitters. The large pieces lay flat to the nail. One coat over Vanity Flare.

Bait Me is a light grey pearl shimmer. To be in honest, I thought this was a creme with a bit of shimmer in the bottle. Wasn't until I applied it that I learned it was a pearl finish. Pleasantly surprised by that! Normally not my go to finish. Great formula and I only needed two coats for full coverage. May need one more on longer nails. No top coat.

Hypnautical is a topper with iridescent micro and flakie glitter. Thought this would show off the aqua tint that you see in the bottle, but no. A bit disappointed by that.

So overall thoughts are that these have decent formula and are very shiny without using top coat. Even though we'll all use some anyway! Vanity Flare is nice, but doesn't wow me. I am sure I have other purples like it in my collection. I loved Bait Me!!!! Definitely my fave of the four I chose. The two toppers are fine, but again don't wow me. Have you tried any of these yet? Thoughts?

Thanks for having a boo, hope to see you back soon.

*purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Essie Sparkle On Top vs Shine Of The Times

Doing a side by side of Essie Sparkle On Top and Shine Of The Times. Both are from the Luxeffects line. I decided to compare the two, because in my head I was thinking that the two seemed quite similar. At least that was what I thought. I couldn't have been more wrong!

I'll let the pictures do the talking!

I have one coat of each layered over Essie Chinchilly. If you would like to see Sparkle On Top layered over something different, you can see my review HERE. And so Chinchilly doesn't feel left out, I'll show a couple of that one too!

Essie Parka Perfect and Luxeffects Sparkle On Top swatches

Parka Perfect and Sparkle on Top are both new winter 2013 polishes from Essie.

Parka Perfect is a light, dusty blue with shimmer. I had full coverage in two coats. On longer nails, you may need three. Formula was good for me, and the shimmer isn't lost in application! Average dry time.

Sparkle On Top is a new addition to the Luxeffects line. The is a clear based polish with iridescent flakies and larger shard pieces. The base is thick. For this reason, I only applied one coat. Reminds me a bit of sun shining through crystal. You'll need a thicker top coat to smooth out the larger shard glitters.

I recently purchased these from Nail Polish Canada. Excuse my lack of clean up. I was doing a bunch of swatching and was trying to avoid too much acetone.