After trying and being put off by a few drugstore nail polish brands before (including the regular Petites line), I’ve been sticking to my Sephora by OPI’s. Luckily, however, one day while I was browsing my local Rite Aid beauty section (is there anyone else who finds that therapeutic?), a small bottle of pretty grayish taupe polish caught my eye. It turned out to be a higher end Petites line called Color Fever.
I’ve purchased two Color Fever polishes so far — Periwinkle (525) and Vintage Gray (519) — but if I was not trying to cut down on my makeup expenses, I would have bought a lot more. 🙂
There are some very interesting colors in the line (although many of them are hard to find in stores), and in terms of quality both of the polishes I own are on a par with OPI. For the sake of comparison, the brush is slightly narrower and shorter than that of the brush that comes with a bottle of Sephora by OPI.
These are creamy opaque shades that go on beautifully and last a decent amount of time (up to a week with a top coat).
The Petites Color Fever polishes are more expensive than an average drugstore polish ($3.99 for 0.25 oz, but that’s versus close to $9 for 0.5 oz for Sephora by OPI), but I would still prefer these over OPI polishes — really, how often do we use up even half of a full-sized nail polish before it dries?
PRICE: $3.99
AVAILABILITY: Rite Aid
RATING: 10/10 overall
Keerthi says
November 28th, 2010 at 5:05 pmBoth of those are lovely… I especially like Periwinkle! I do have a weird hang-up where I prefer full-size bottles of nail polish, but I don’t really know why – I have 600+ polishes; it’s not like I’m ever going to run out!
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Olga says
November 29th, 2010 at 10:25 am600+ polishes sounds like an amazing collection 🙂
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Vanessa says
November 28th, 2010 at 5:11 pmVintage Grey is so pretty 🙂
marisol says
November 28th, 2010 at 5:16 pmI have both of these colors and they are great. The color payoff is pretty amazing.
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Appu says
November 28th, 2010 at 6:53 pmPeriwinkle looks amazing, Olga! Unfortunately, I don’t have rite-aid anywhere next to where I stay 🙁
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Olga says
November 29th, 2010 at 10:28 amAww thats too bad, Appu! 🙁 They might have these at Walmart too (I am pretty sure I’ve seen the regular Petites line there, so they might carry Color Fever as well)
farah says
November 28th, 2010 at 7:47 pmLol! I thought I was the only one who found it therapeutic! And that gray is beautiful.
mint says
November 29th, 2010 at 1:42 amthe vintage gray looks beautiful 😀 the packaging’s very cute too.
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Melanie says
November 29th, 2010 at 11:19 amI will have to check out the vintage grey!
Maria says
November 29th, 2010 at 12:00 pmNice! the colors seem concentrated and evenly distributed on the nail, which is what most drugstore nail polishes lack in my opinion. I’ll have to check walmart…. And yes, I am that one customer who intentionally goes to the drugstore with bare nails for optimal color testing haha!
Alice says
November 29th, 2010 at 7:46 pmThe worst is when your drug/grocery store starts selling OPI polishes. It’s been terrible hard resisting, but I’ve only bought one so far. :B
These Petites sound very interesting, I’ll have to keep an eye out for them next time I stop by Rite Aid or something. I luuurve that grey shade.
Melessa says
November 30th, 2010 at 3:25 amOlga what makeup are you wearing in this pic? especially the BLUSH??
Olga says
November 30th, 2010 at 8:11 amHi Melessa 🙂
I am pretty sure I wore Rose Temptation by Chanel that day. I actually have a video tutorial of that eye makeup, if you are interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj_fni6cgaM
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Luisa says
November 30th, 2010 at 8:07 amI like nail petites also. I find many bargains at http://www.northeasternwholesale.com
NYC Nail Gurl says
June 10th, 2012 at 9:06 amI love this brand. Color 510 is my favorite. You can get them cheaper than $3.99. I love the size of the bottle too.