Tag: Five Below
Damn You, Five Below
I don’t wake up in the morning and decide to buy a shitload of nail polish. Sometimes, it just happens.
The whole family ended up at Five Below and I didn’t even try to avoid the Funky Fingers nail polish bins. Nothing was catching my eye until I came across a few new opalescent glitter toppers – “Scattered Sea Shells” and “Broken Sea Glass”. I had to find one more to get 3/$5, so I let Lily pick one. She chose “Varsity Blue” – white, black and blue dots.
And then I got caught up in the moment and chose two solar polishes – “Space Cadet” and “Hang Ten, Brah” (hilarious name). I wouldn’t even wear these colors normally – but I bought them anyway. Because of course I did.
Grease is the Word
I must have seen it on Instagram, but I really don’t recall how I knew that Five Below just came out with “Grease” themed polishes. Even though it was raining cats AND dogs yesterday, we ran in yesterday after a rat funeral (RIP Cyril) and lunch at Panera.
The purple one is Funky Fingers “Beauty School Dropout” and the pink one is Funky Fingers “Pink Ladies”. There were blue and orange ones, but instead, I picked out Funky Fingers “Jawbreaker” because JAWBREAKER! And it looks like a jawbreaker.
It’s a Major Award!
Like I said…I can’t go shopping without getting something for myself. Yesterday, I took Lily to Five Below to pick out Christmas presents for her brother and I couldn’t resist the A Christmas Story themed polishes from Funky Fingers.
The three polishes are “Red Ryder” – I need another red glitter like I need…I ALWAYS need more red glitter; “Double Dog Dare Ya” – blue and fuchsia glitter; and “Fra-Gee-Lay” – white, red and green glitter.
I really wanted some of the other movie themed polishes that they had – they have one called “Jawbreaker“ – but I decided to hold off until my next trip…
Halloween is Coming…
I didn’t mean to buy a bunch of Halloween stuff yesterday…but it kind of just happens sometimes.
Somehow, I scammed my husband into letting me run into Ulta before lunch, so I could grab some more Zoya Remove+. (I kind of freak out a little bit if I have less than half a bottle left, plus I didn’t know if the new ad would still have a $3.50 coupon.) After lunch, we all went to Five Below. In addition to Pink Flamingo Duck Tape, I couldn’t resist more Funky Fingers! I got 2 of the 2/$5 Halloween Glow in the Dark polishes: “Oogie Boogie” – iridescent yellow glitter in a neon green base – and “Dia De Muertos” – matte pink glitter in a baby blue base. I also got 3 of the regular 3/$5 Funky Fingers – “Unicorn Farts” – chunky metallic multicolored glitter, “Olaf” – white snowflake glitter – and “Elsa” – white and blue snowflake glitter. (Yes, I bought Frozen nail polish. Suck it.) Everybody got goodies. I got a SHENANIGANS T-shirt for my BFF. My husband got spiderwebs to decorate the house and a football. Logan got a gag gum snapper. Lily got a rubber chicken. Seriously…a rubber chicken. I can’t even explain why.
Five Below and Half Price Books were just too much fun for the family to handle, so while everyone else took naps, I went to Target to buy toilet paper and paper towels. Yeah, that was my plan when I went in there…
In addition to stocking up on John Frieda and Olay, I came across the new Halloween Beauty Books from e.l.f. ($6!) I picked up “Vampire” for my BFF, because the colors will be perfect for her Cruella DeVille costumes. I got “Wicked” for my Maleficent costume. I also grabbed bunch of plastic totes for my hair and face gunk – all of my tiny bottles where overtaking my husband’s side of the sink.
Of course, I got the new Caramel Apple Oreos. They’re just as weird as you would expect them to be. They did not have the Pumpkin Spice Oreos, which is probably all for the better…
Cowabunga!
So I picked the cloudiest day in a month to try out another Funky Fingers solar polish…just my luck.
This is Funky Fingers “Cowabunga”. Indoors, it is bright ass hot pink. For a cheap polish, it went on like a dream. After the Revlon Quick Dry Base Coat, the first coat went down smoothly and almost gave full coverage. I went with a second coat and it was still smooth and even – no pooling in the edges! I used Ulta “Pinata Yada” on my party nails. I finished up with Revlon Quick Dry Top Coat for super shine.
The sun came out for a few minutes and I ran into the back yard and raised my clenched fist up to the sun. I ran back to the porch and took a picture as quickly as I could.
I was hoping for a deeper red, but it looks more like a pinkish tomato. “Cowabunga” is much less impressive than “Gnarly, Dude”, but it still changed. I MUST return to Five Below for more!
Five Below Finds
I discovered a new store! It’s called Five Below and it’s a dollar store – or technically, a five dollar store – because everything is under five dollars. Five Below is bright and clean and full of cheap crap from China, so in other words – very dangerous for me.
I got a Frozen T-shirt and some hair clips for my daughter.
I got macaroni and cheese duck tape and a “No Farting” button for my son.
I got matching Jason Hockey mask socks for my BFF and I…what am I forgetting?
OH YEAH…nail polish. Five Below has an exclusive brand of nail polish called “Funky Fingers”, which is produced by Color Club. The regular colors are 3/$5, but I picked up a couple of bottles from the solar collection at 2/$5.
“Cowabunga” is a hot pink that is supposed to turn red in the sun. “Gnarly, Dude” is a clear base with pink and black glitter that is supposed to turn darker in the sun. Internet scuttlebutt is that they don’t work so well, but we shall see…