Thursday, June 16, 2011

joe fresh swatches!

Late night post!
I had a swatch marathon this afternoon (25 polishes) so I decided I might as well get started on showing you them!
So tonight I have for you 6 Joe Fresh swatches.

If you are not familiar with Joe Fresh then you probably aren't Canadian. Haha.
This brand is sold only in Canada at Loblaw's/Dominion supermarkets.
They also have clothes, makeup, body and bath products, etc.

Their polishes are actually really good quality.
They retail for $4 or 3/$10.
The downside with Joe polishes is that they are only 6mL, and the large cap can be a bit tricky sometimes.

I currently have six colors from Joe and I totally love 3 of them. The other three aren't really my thing, but 2 of them I got on sale for $1 so it's not a big deal, and the other one I bought before I realized that I don't like yellow. Hah.
I'll show you the non-faves first.


This is Beet. 2 coats. A deeper red than anything I own so despite not really liking it, I am happy to have it in my collection, just in case I need a dark red. (Does anyone else think this way?)


This is Butter. 3 coats, as usual this is a streaky yellow. More pale than other yellows I own. I showed a yellow comparison including Butter in this post.
Yellow is not my thing but this polish is okay. (However... in my swatch marathon today I fell in love with a yellow. Yes, love. I think I will post that part of my swatches next.)


This is Steel. Sort of a cross between a foil and a shimmer. 1 coat!


This one is very pretty but as you might know I just don't enjoy wearing really dark colors lately.

Now for the 3 faves!


This is Powder Blue. 3 coats. This is a paler, more purple-toned blue than other blues I own. I just love pastels!


Coral
. This is the most recent addition to my Joe Fresh arsenal, I bought it when I knew I had an appointment coming up with a girl who wanted a coral colored polish with shatter for her grad. It ended up being the perfect shade!
This is 3 coats. I really like it! It is a very pink coral, which takes it far enough away from orange that I can enjoy it. Heh.


And my fave, Faded Violet. This 2 coats. Probably would need 3 normally but I use this a lot so it has thickened some.
It is the perfect pastel purple. Love it. Probably will need a second bottle eventually.

So that's it for Joe polishes!
I had another, Twilight, but I have since swapped that with Caroline from Shadow's Nail Art because I know she will love it more than I did :)

After my swatch marathon today I went through my list of polish to count how many I have left to swatch for my swatch list - 118. I have done so many yet I still have so many left.
And that number doesn't include all my old no-name polishes but I don't plan on swatching those, really, because they are old and not something you can buy anymore so it doesn't matter. I might take some photos of them though, just for fun, to show you what I have in my "oldies" drawer.

I'm going to bed now. Goodnight! See you in the morning with more swatches!

11 comments:

  1. That coral is sooooo gorgeous! Perfect coral. And I love that purple too!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Coral is really pretty! I'll have to pick that one up the next time I'm grocery shopping!

    ReplyDelete
  3. I like them all but I like Powder Blue and Coral the most! Great swatches!(:

    ReplyDelete
  4. I love Coral! And I actually really like Beet, although I don't know if I would ever wear a red that dark.

    ReplyDelete
  5. :O

    I love the coral! I was actually looking for something similar in Dominion the other day. I ended up getting a more orangey based coral that was papaya something. I like it, but I would like a more pinky version too

    ReplyDelete
  6. You make me want to stomp my foot and pout like a little kid! I love them and can't get them here. :( They look so pretty!

    ReplyDelete
  7. I love all of them, especially the deep red, light blue and coral.

    ReplyDelete
  8. You picked out some great colors! Coral, blue and violet are absolutely beautiful! 25 polishes!!!! wow!!

    ReplyDelete
  9. I like steel the best . But they all are beautiful !

    ReplyDelete
  10. There you are tempting me with your Canadians only nail polish!!! Due to the wonderful strike your postal workers are on I have no idea when I'm getting my Joe's Twilight! I really liked the Steel color and the coral

    ReplyDelete
  11. I wish we had these in the States! I love the coral and the yellow!

    ReplyDelete