wNw 8-Pan Palettes Have FINALLY Arrived!

This is not a test. REPEAT. This is not a test.

I've been lurking around my local Walgreens almost everyday waiting for the new wet N wild 8-Pan palettes to drop. I swear the store manager knows me by face: the weirdo who takes a spin around the beauty aisle and leaves 30 seconds later, looking disappointed. :P

Anyway, tonight I was walking in SF (I have the best drugstore luck there!) and popped into Walgreens to see if they maybe just maybe would pop up.

And there they were:   

Just ignore the ludicrous markup they have for the Color Icon Trio (It is the city after all)

Still untouched, a full set (two of each), calling out to be mine.

Here's a close-up:

WANTED: New or Used!!! Just kidding, I'm going to need them new. :P

So did I haul them? Empty the shelves, then smuggle them to my dark cave, where I would caress the cases and purr unceasingly: Precioussss, My Precioussss?

Unfortunately (or rather, fortunately) no. I've set a beauty budget of $40 a month and I've already blown through $22. I don't know what sales await me this month so I'm hesitant to purchase right now. I'm hoping for a good wet N wild sale at Walgreens (50% off, pretty please?) before I'll decide to partake. Even though they're still quite affordable at $4.99 apiece (I'm shocked that the SF Walgreens didn't put a crazy markup on it), these palettes' spots in the permanent rack let me know that they'll be restocked, so I can bide my time for increased savings!

Read Gianna's epic review on these palettes and you'll understand why people are lemming these like rabid groupies (i.e. me)!

How about you? Will you purchase right away or wait on a good sale? Your thoughts!

Sighting at Walgreens: wet N wild 2011 Collection! UPDATED

UPDATE: Gianna has posted reviews on most of these products, so I have included links below each product.

I wanted to shake off the holiday lethargy, so I walked to the Big Three drugstores: CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid. Each store was stocking the new collections. Rite Aid and CVS weren't that exciting since they just stocked the new CoverGirl and L'oreal collections. But Walgreens had something awesome.

I saw this end cap. 

Oh yeeeh

I was shocked since I didn't expect to see the new collection so soon. I had only just heard of it from Gianna.

Here are some close-ups. 

(L-R): Color Icon Eye Pencil, Shimmer Eye Pencil, Glassy Gloss Lip Gel

Color Icon Eye Pencil (L-R): Olive, Green (teal color), Purple, Amethyst. Learn more here.

Shimmer Eye Pencil: Black, Blue (navy color), Copper, Silver. Learn more here.

A whole lotta glass puns

Glassy Gloss Lip Gel (L-R): This Too Shall Glass (pink), Glass is in Session (strawberry pink), Glass Confusion (cool pink), Mow the Glass (peachy pink), Through the Looking Glass (clear), 3, 2, 1, Glass-t off! (Red). Learn more here.

Not too sure what the missing mascaras were

Mascaras (L-R): Megalash Clinical Serum in Clear and Very Black; Megalength mascara in very black (water proof)

Color Icon Eyeshadow Trio

Learn more here. I was most excited by these new additions. This why I took closeups of each shade. :)

Spoiled Brat

Silent Treatment

I Dream of Greenie (Luusting after this!)

I Got Good Jeans

I'm Feeling Retro

I'm Getting Sunburned

Now for the polishes!

Fast Dry Nail Color

Top Row (L-R): Teal of Fortune (shimmer), The Gold and the Beautiful (shimmer), Everybody loves Redmond (cream) x 2, Sage in the City (chrome) x 2, Saved by the Blue (electric blue chrome), Hana Pinktana (purpley shimmer), Teal or No Deal (chrome)

Bottom Row (L-R): How I Met Your Magenta (hot pink cream), Fuschiarama (cream), Silvivor (silver chrome), Sagreena the Teenage Witch (chrome emerald), Ebony Hates Chris (cream black), 9.1.2.1.Orange (shimmer), Blue Wants to Be a Millionaire (shimmer grayish blue), Buffy the Violet Slayer (chrome violet), The Wonder Yellows (chrome) 

Learn more here and here. 

If you're wondering, yes I did type out all these names on my phone, so I could post it. That's how much I love my readers! :D

Gianna is the wet N wild ambassador, so she gets access to these products first, lucky duck! She says she will post a comprehensive review on the 2011 collection tonight, so watch for her post on Nouveau Cheap. I know I'll be waiting to hear what she says.

I didn't get anything yet from the collection, despite loving the bold new eyeshadow palettes. I'm sitting on a good sale, since it's not limited edition. 

What about y'all? Did anything catch your eye? Tried something already? Your thoughts!

At Long Last! Pixie Holiday wet N wild Collection Sighted!

After much anticipation, the limited edition holiday collection from wNw has finally arrived in my neck of the woods.

My visual proof/haulage

wNw coloricon palettes with eyeliner in (L-R) Night Elf, Sugar Plum Fairy, Golden Goddess, and Snow Sprite.

It finally arrived at my local Walgreens today. I bought them for $5.29 apiece and I used a $5 off $10 wNw purchase found in November's All You mag. I think they are supposed to retail for around $4.99, but Walgreens always has jacked up prices. For now, I will reserve my judgment on prices until I can compare it to the price at Rite Aid. 

The display was already missing nail polishes when I got to it. There are only two palettes in each shade in the display, so grab them quickly if you're interested! Check out great swatches from Rai here. Let me know if you would like me to do swatches!

Good luck, y'all! :) 

Update: Darn! Gianna just said that there will be a wNw 50% off sale at Walgreens next week. Wait until next week to get your haul on to save some money!