Thursday, May 2, 2013

Tea Beauty Review: My newest drugstore find

So I'm on Instagram now (hit up @mommydoeshernails), and the addiction has it's claws in me. Following Steph @imperfectpaint may prove to my downfall....she posted one morning about a new brand called Tea Beauty she had just found at Walgreens and the next thing I knew I was grabbing the bag off the beauty counter and taking my receipt from the lovely lady who helped check me out.

So I got two of the six pretties: Tea Beauty Vanilla Petals and Tea Beauty Mint Leaf. Yummy names for yummy smelling nail polishes. Yes they are scented. Hubby, though greatly weirded out about smelling my nails, said the smells were definitely pleasant. He doesn't get the point of it and, to be honest, neither do I.
Super cute bottles, but as you can see from the photo above the white detailing on the caps starts rubbing off almost with the very first use. Sad but I suspected that would happen.

So I am in LOVE with the light caramel colored nude that is Vanilla Petals. I love the white based baby blue Mint Leaf too but Vanilla Petals has my heart in these two.

The first image is direct sunlight and the second is shade.

My fake-it-till-you-make-it macros of these colors. Isn't that nude to die for? I can't believe how amazing it looks on my skin!

These swatches are two coats each. The formula isn't the most amazing but totally workable and builds, as you can see, in two coats. Self levels for the most part as well. The blue won't get a ton of use but the nude. Yes I know I said it over and over. LOVE IT!

These retail for 4.99 at Walgreens and I'm not sure if they can be found elsewhere.

So onto the disaster part of this post. I tried stamping with these. They are not for stamping:
Yeah not so much. Ah well I had to try! Thoughts on these? There was about four other shades - all varying hues of pinks and berry tones.
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  1. AnonymousMay 2, 2013 at 2:27 PM

    These are such pretty colors and I love the stamping you did! That stinks about the paint rubbing off on the caps, it really sets the bottles off!

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    1. Mommy DoesMay 2, 2013 at 5:19 PM

      I agree, but I could seriously tell when I picked them up that the caps stood no chance. Such a cute design too!

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    2. UnknownNovember 10, 2013 at 7:16 PM

      I just realized it was YOUR post that made me want a Tea Beauty polish from this collection! (I guess I don't know if they have any other collections?) :P Cherry Blossoms ended up being my "souvenir polish" from my trip to Chicago at the beginning of June. :) I love it, and because I was forewarned (by you, as I now know) about the design rubbing off, I put packing tape around my cap before using it for the 1st time. ;) hehe! Say, if you wanna part with the Mint one, I was actually just having buyer's remorse about that one the other day...

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  2. Essie RaeMay 2, 2013 at 4:30 PM

    I've never heard of these. I wish I would have read this before I stopped at Walgreens today for a new bottle of my Revlon Colorstay Top Coat.... and how in the HECK do you paint your nails so perfectly? What awesome swatches!

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    1. Mommy DoesMay 2, 2013 at 5:31 PM

      Oh man and I was trying to get this up this morning but baby girl's birthday preparations kept getting in the way! Well here's to having another reason to go nail polish shopping soon. ;) Also that means soooo much coming from you - your swatches are so amazing and I was just analyzing all the imperfections on mine. Thanks so much!

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    2. Essie RaeMay 3, 2013 at 5:18 AM

      Well it must not have taken long to analyze the imperfections because THERE AREN'T ANY! Happy Birthday to your little girl:)

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    3. Mommy DoesMay 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM

      Awww thanks so much - it was a super fun birthday too - I'll be posting a few pictures of the highlights.

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  3. LieslMay 3, 2013 at 10:41 AM

    What is this?! Are soft pastels and perfect nudes becoming a regular feature on here, or what?? ;D These are amazing and I must have them. Vanilla Petals is perfection on you.

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    1. Mommy DoesMay 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM

      I have no idea what's happened to me Liesl!! It's just nuts over here. Today I'm wearing *wait for it* a champagne pink. I'm happy as a clam too. o.0

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  4. KBMay 7, 2013 at 9:17 PM

    I picked up Cherry Blossom. I agree with you, I'm not getting the point of the smell either. It's nice and all but once I added top coat there was nothing to smell anymore.

    I need Vanilla Petals though. It looks great!

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    1. Mommy DoesMay 10, 2013 at 8:48 PM

      I don't smell the mint one but I do get whiffs of the vanilla through out the day. It's so odd!

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  5. Yun, The Polish HideoutMay 9, 2013 at 5:15 PM

    Oooh those two colors are so soft and pretty! I love the way you combined them! Gorgeous! :-)

    ~ Yun

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    1. Mommy DoesMay 10, 2013 at 8:49 PM

      Creamy! That's the perfect description! Thanks so much. :)

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2013 at 5:25 PM

    my wife bought a bottle of vanilla petals and turned her nails yellow big time

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