Last Friday a new Sephora opened up in our local JC Penny. I cannot contain my excitement... SO EXCITE. Our town has come up in the world! Me and my coworker decided to meet up Friday before work to check out the new hot spot.
We made not one...but two stops to Sephora that day. The first visit was packed. There were people everywhere! Since it was a new store opening there were staff members brought in from other locations and everyone was friendly. But it felt like we were being a little pressured to take samples we didn't want...first world problems I know. My coworker felt like every time she turned around there was another staff member trying to give her not so great advice about products she wasn't really looking at. Now Im all about great customer service and I understand that it was a grand opening so they wanted to put their best foot forward but it felt a little too forced. The second visit was wonderful. Less crowded and the staff was lovely. I helped my coworker pick out some things that she didn't get the first time around.
A few weeks ago I was visiting my boyfriend and where he lives there is a Sephora also located inside a JC Penny along with a stand alone store in another part of town. While the BF was at work I went to Sephora to see what they had because I hadnt been inside a store in about 2-3 years (shock horror!). There I had the most wonderful experience with a staff member named Sam. She was so helpful, nice, and very personable. It was about an hour and forty-five minutes before closing time when I arrived so I was the only person in the store... and I was there for about an hour and a half haha. Sam and I spent the whole time talking about skincare and she had great product knowledge about most everything in the store! I asked her lots of questions about how to get started with a Sephora because ya girl loves makeup and I think it would be a great career opportunity.
Recently I took stock of my nail polish stash, Im not saying collection because I don't intentionally collect them, and I noticed I was about out of a base coat (yellow nails are not cute). I did a little research and settled on the Sephora house brand of nail polish Formula X for my planned purchase at the grand opening.
Top row: Nail Cleanser, Base Coat, Top Coat
Bottom row: Fahrenheit, Riotous, Super Sonic, Chaotic
I purchased the Formula X The System starter kit. Hearing so many wonderful things about these polishes that I thought I might as well try the kit out. It retails for $32 and comes with a nail cleanser, base coat, top coat and one polish of your choice. My polish of choice was Fahrenheit along with the black and white glitter. I decided to step out of the box and get a red, since I don't wear a lot of red and this is a blue based which I feel looks better on me. The glitter is beautiful! It has long stick glitters, hexagon glitters, and regular small dot glitters.
The kelly green and magenta polish were purchased on a different day. They are the colors I currently have on my nails. When I got home that Friday I layered the glitter on top of the red and it looked very classy. The polishes apply very smooth and opaque with no streaking. I didn't keep the red polish on because I was to anxious to try the other colors. Im testing the staying power of the polish right now with Riotous on my left hand and Super Sonic on my right hand.
Supposedly if you use the system it should extend your polish life to a week to two weeks with very minimal chipping. I normally only keep my polish on two to three days (I like color) but I am going to see how long this will last. I have had this polish on for about 2 days so I will update you guys with wearing time later. So far I am really loving the system and the polishes. I have yet to try the system with polishes other than Formula X colors so I am interested to see if it prolongs the wear of those polishes as well.
Respectfully
-Elizabeth
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