Finger Paints Gumdrops & Lollipops Collection Spring 2012 Swatches and Review

One more Spring 2012 collection... This one is Finger Paints' spring set, called Gumdrops & Lollipops. Isn't that promo picture adorable? The polish colors are mostly your standard spring shades, but there's a few nice surprises thrown in to keep it from being too predictable.


Finger Paints Blue Raspberry Taffy. This is a typical bright blue/slightly deeper sky blue creme shade. There really isn't anything different about this one that sets it apart from the dozens of other bright blue cremes that come out every year. It's a pretty color, but very, very common.


Finger Paints Choco Mint. This is a little more green than most of the turquoise/pastel teal cremes we've seen so far this year. The name Choco Mint is spot on- this looks exactly like mint chocolate chip ice cream without the chocolate chips. Anyone know of a dark brown chunky glitter I can layer over this? I could use Nubar Black Polka Dot, that might work...


Finger Paints Circus Peanuts. The bottle color is deceptive- this dries a whole lot darker on the nail than it appears in the bottle. This one isn't quite the color of real circus peanuts, but it's vaguely similar. I'm sure they weren't going for an exact match, but if this was more orange and less pink/peach/coral toned, it would be perfect. Have you ever had circus peanuts? They're... different.




Finger Paints Grape Gumball. This one is a nice surprise! It's not a creme like the others, it has a speckled-looking finish. The shimmer particles are flat and silvery, but reflect a little blue and green at certain angles. But they're not all that shiny, really more of a 'speckle' than a 'sparkle'. Oh, and this is mostly blue, not pure purple or grape-colored. Perhaps this is Finger Paints' answer to the speckled blues in the OPI spring collection?


Finger Paints Lemon Sour. This is my favorite one. It's a light (not too whitish or washed out) lemon yellow creme. It's soft-looking and easy to wear and has one of the best formulas for a yellow polish I've ever used. It's smooth and opaque, not streaky or lumpy like most yellows tend to be. Perfect in two coats. Dreamy.



Finger Paints Pop Rock Pink. Pop Rocks! I love Pop Rocks! And this is a really good Pop Rocks color- translucent and candy-colored with a little bit of fizz to it. It's a bright coral pink jelly base with duochrome glass fleck shimmer. The glass fleck shimmer particles in this are very small compared to other similar-finished polishes. It's also very shiny and pretty, shifting colors between orange and fuchsia.

The formula on these was good. The cremes were smooth and opaque and applied very easily. The shimmers were just as nice, but a little less opaque. I did two coats of the cremes, three of the shimmers. The application was great, but I did experience some bubbling due to the thickness of the polish. The dry time on these is also a little longer than most. Like other thick/dense/bubble-prone polishes, it's best to apply very thin coats and let them dry for a few minutes before applying the next one.

The colors are cute and the formula was good, but I think I'm a little burned out on spring colors already. The only one from this collection that I really love is Lemon Sour.

This collection will be available both in store and online at Sally Beauty starting in March. Retail price is $4.99 a bottle. Limited edition.

(This was sent for review.)