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I picked up seven of the new Spoiled nail polishes last night at CVS. It's Wet n Wild's newest line and I've had good experiences with most Wet n Wild polishes, so for $1.99 each, I figured they were worth a try.

Here's what I got.

Assorted Spoiled Polishes

Since then, I was warned that their brushes, um...leave something to be desired? Yeah. The first one I tried was Kickin' the Habit (the berry creme, 2nd from the left above) and the brush was unbelievably BAD. It is one of the wide ones, which I actually like, but it was cut very badly and left a complete mess when I tried to apply the polish. I've been doing my own nails for over 30 years and at the risk of sounding cocky, I'm quite good at it and rarely ever need any cleanup. Thankfully, the rest of the brushes weren't as bad as that first one. I had to trim some stray strands from the brush on Your Fly's Open (the royal blue one) but all of them were still quite a pain to apply because of the brushes. Someone commented on my Facebook page that she'd contacted the company about the brushes and was under the impression that they are working to correct them. I hope so!

Now on to the swatches. Two coats with no top coat unless otherwise noted.

First is Kickin' The Habit, which is what I call a berry color. It's a purple based fuchsia creme and took two coats. It was a bit on the thick side and if you'll notice my index finger, you can see the ridge down the middle. Application was poor. Which is a real shame because I think this color is GORGEOUS! It dried to a semi-dull finish (what I now call "rubber finish" because of Illamasqua) and would need a top coat.

Spoiled - Kickin' the Habit

Are Mermaid's Real? is a dusty purple with gold micro glitter - almost like a foil glitter. Application on this one was probably the best out of the seven I tried as far as formula and the brush wasn't nearly as bad.

Spoiled - Are Mermaids Real?

I'm Ba-Roque is a taupy, bronzy-gold foil with tons of shimmer. I had a big puddling problem with this one. Application was problematic but the brush was about like it was with Are Mermaids Real - not cut well but not quite as bad as Kickin' the Habit's brush. Which just reinforces to me that the brushes are quite inconsistent and need to be fixed.

Spoiled - I'm Ba-Roque

The only glitter I picked up was green (of course, what else?) and is called Show Me the Money. It's green and gold small round glitter pieces in a clear base that almost seems oily. It felt like I was trying to dig the glitter out of oil and I had a bit of a difficult time, but once I had two coats on, it was fairly dense. I applied it over I'm Ba-Roque. I'm sure it would look much better over a green polish, but by the time I got to this one, with the brushes and all, I was pretty over it all.

Spoiled - Show Me the Money

After these, I had three left and decided to just do them all at once.

Club Rat is a raspberry red jelly with red micro glitter (and I think I spy a bit of baby blue or lavender glitter as well) and puddled worse than any of the rest of them. It's quite pretty and possibly worth it, especially if you're a jelly lover which I am not, IF they fix the brush problem. Shown on index and pinky fingers...

Spoiled - Club Rat

The Parking Meteor Expired is a blackened teal with teal micro glitter. Application was as good as Are Mermaids Real - the best of the bunch. I didn't have pooling or gloppiness, but still had an issue with the brush.

Spoiled - The Parking Meteor Expired

And finally, Your Fly's Down is a royal blue shimmer. The final finish was a bit streaky, but the formula was okay for application. This is the one I had to trim stray strands from the brush. I've had to do that before, even on Dior, but Dior's wide brush is cut about a kajillion times better than these are.

Spoiled - Your Fly's Down

All in all, I'd say I wouldn't try any more of these until they've addressed and remedied the brush problem. I tried several different finishes, so I would expect varied formulas, but these really did seem quite inconsistent.

With all of that said, I'm a huge fan of the formula of their new Megalast line. However, they have brush issues with those as well. The brushes in that line are even wider than Dior's wide brush and not cut well. They are, however, cut better than those in their Spoiled line.

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Spoiled - Wet n Wild's newest line - Swatches and Review