Bonita Cosmetics: Colorful Palette, The Artist Collection -My Favorites

 *Purchased by me*

Hi guys!  Bonita is a relatively new brand to me.  The first time I ran into it was at Rite Aid, I think they started carrying it sometime this spring.  Around summer K-Mart also started to carry it, and it has become really popular amongst us bargain shoppers.  The reason is that they retail for $2.49 but the quality of their formulas and previous collection shades have been outstanding (you can see the two shades I previously shared here), I really like them!

Today I have four of the eight shades that make up the Colorful Palette, The Artist Collection.  Let's go have a look!

Bonita Salon: Colorful Palette The Artist Collection

As I mentioned before, I had held off on purchasing an entire collection by Bonita because they had not been on sale.  Well, my friends... that is about to change, because right now Bonita Salon is on sale at Rite Aid, and when you spend five dollars, you get two dollars back with their rewards program, that you can use the next day and for a window of around two weeks.  This means you can get this whole collection for around $20.00 and get $8.00 back (there is actually a double-whammy deal with a different collection, which I will share at the end of this post).  Not bad eh?

Bonita Salon Colorful Palette The Artist Collection Display

The first polish I have for you today is called Florence, and it's a light beige with a little bit of shimmer.  The shimmer is not very evident on the nail, but it's still a nice color overall.  I am wearing three coats, plus topcoat.  

Bonita Salon Florence

  The second shade I have today is Da Vinci Code, a medium chocolate brown shade with tiny gold flecks.  I am wearing two coats, plus topcoat.

Bonita Salon Da Vinci Code

 

This next shade is the star of the show in my eyes, and it's called Starry Night.  This shade is a deep teal base with some lighter teal flecks and scattered holo glitter, I am wearing two coats plus topcoat.

Bonita Salon Starry Night

 

The last shade I have for you today is Rembrandt's Muse, a deep cranberry shimmer with glass flecks.  You are looking at two coats, plus topcoat.

Bonita Salon Rembrandt's Muse

 

I am very impressed by Bonita, these first four shades were absolute wins!  The formula was pretty consistent: a little bit thick but very workable.  They all dried to a satin-y finish, I am not sure if they were meant to be satins (it was very weak) or just not a very shiny finish.  I used topcoat because I really like all the things shiny.  The two neutrals were not as shimmery as the darker ones (perhaps because the base is so pigmented) but still very pretty shades.  I am definitely going back to pick up the other four colors, which are more along the lines of pastels, a little more summery.

And here is the double-whammy deal going on right now at Rite-Aid: in addition to the Spend $5 get $2 back on Bonita purchases, there is an extra 25% off on Halloween themed items, so you can get the entire Witches Ball collection for $11.25 and still get $4 back!  This is what that display looks like:

Bonita Salon Witches Ball

I hope you guys have a great rest of the weekend!
-Yadi