My New Favourite Nail Polish

I hinted on twitter the other day that I had found a new all-time favourite polish. And that is not a title I take lightly. Sure, just about any colour can make it into my revolving top ten for a day or a week, but to declare something an all-time favourite, you know it must be good. Charla good, or even Space Cadet good. Are you all dying to know what has me so worked up?

It's Joe Fresh in Peacock. A gorgeous dark blue-teal-green shimmer with purple duochrome. In most light, it's about equal parts blue and green, but at certain angles or lights, this looks royal blue or emerald green. And if you move your hand just the right way, you see the most amazing purple/fuchsia. I played with the bottle for seriously ten minutes before I painted my nails, turning it each way to watch the colour shift. (I know, air bubbles...eek.)

Joe Fresh is a grocery store brand available in Canada and what I've tried from them is so much better than I would have expected. These polishes retail for $4 and are sold at Real Canadian Superstore and Fortinos (and probably any of the other Loblaws brand stores, but I'm not certain of that). I never bought these before because $4 for 6mL seems too pricey. (It's like paying $12 for an Orly or $10 for a China Glaze.) But I got this one for just $2.33. Much more reasonable. How?

Superstore has a store coupon right now for $1 off any nail polish. And if you buy three of the Joe Fresh polishes it's $10 (instead of $4 each). So combining three of the coupons, you save a total of five bucks! I wasn't sure if they would let me use three, but it wasn't a problem. Have I mentioned how much I love couponing?

Now on to the swatches. This was a tough one to capture so check out the pic spam after the jump.

Make-up Coupon ... and a bonus pic

I just want to share this quickly with any of you who live near a Superstore. I know these are all over Ontario, and I think Canada. They have a $2 off coupon for any Joe Fresh eye or lip product. I absolutely love their lip stains (regular $6). The price is great, even without a coupon. But when I saw these coupons yesterday (just when you walk into the store, they have a board with a bunch of manufacturer and store coupons), I decided to try something new.

Their eyeshadows are $4 regular price so I picked up one of those. And then I saw their liquid eye liner pens. I've always struggled with eyeliner so when I got my Elf pen, I fell in love with it. It looks like a felt tip pen and makes lining your eyes super easy because it's just like drawing with a pen. So I got two of the Joe Fresh pens--brown and teal blue. With the coupon, these were $4 each. I used the brown today and it went on so easily. I've heard of some brands being too dry or hard to use, but this was a dream.

So, if you do live near a Superstore (or maybe even Fortino's because they carry this brand too, the coupon might be there as well), and have trouble with liquid liner, or just want to check out some affordable, good quality stuff, definitely stop by this week.

Ok, enough shameless promotion for Joe Fresh. This was pretty wordy so I'll end it with a photo in no way make-up related.

This is one of my dogs, a black Labrador retriever named Bonnie. She's an absolute sweetheart and I love her to pieces. Yes, she's wearing a hat, and, yes, I'm one of those people that likes to dress up their dogs. Though it's tough to find outfits for a hundred pound lab.