annatnails: Salon Perfect "Pop!" Collection Swatches & Review!

Hey everyone!

I have a lot of info to share with you, including photos, of Salon Perfect's newest Summer Neon collection "POP!"

So get ready, I hope you're in for some neon overload!

Here is some info about the collection from the press release.

"Neon nails are the it mani for summer and Salon Perfect’s new Neon POP collection gives you 12 bright and bold shades that will surely POP. Available now at Walmart stores nationwide for just $3.98 each, these high-voltage shades are must-haves for summer."

The 12 shades along with a white and top coat;
"Flamingo Flair" - Neon flamingo pink
"Electric Grape-Glitter" - charged electric purple
"Perky Pink" - Bubbly bright pink
"Tickled Pink" - Neon bubblegum pink
"Traffic Cone" - Neon orange
"Yowza Yellow" - Highlighter yellow
"Summer Escape" - Blazing sunny orange
"Oceanic" - Bright blue with a jolt of glitter
"Haute Pink" - Scorching hot pink
"Gone Sailing" - Energizing sea green shimmer
"Loopy Lime" - Luminous lime green
"Fired Up Fuchsia" - Flashy fuchsia shimmer
"Sugar Cube" - bright white creme
"Crystal Clear" - clear top coat for a glossy finish

Most of these shades don't need the white base to become fully opaque, but you do want to use the white to help prevent the polish from staining your nails. Especially the purple shades.
Keep reading after the swatches to see some comparison photos from shades in this collection that look very similar but actually are not!
Here are swatches of nine out of the twelve new shades..
(click on photos to enlarge)

"Haute Pink"
This one seems more of a red than pink..so the name confused me a tad. It's still super bright; this one and "Yowza Yellow" are the two most blindingly neon shades in this collection!

left; inside // right; outside

pointer - 2 coats, white base, no top coat / middle - 2 coats, white base, with top coat / ring - 2 coats, no white base, no top coat / pinkie - 2 coats, no base, with top coat

"Traffic Cone"
This polish has a really nice shimmer to it in the sun!

left; inside // right; outside

pointer - 2 coats, white base, no top coat / middle - 2 coats, white base, with top coat / ring - 2 coats, no white base, no top coat / pinkie - 2 coats, no base, with top coat

"Flamingo Flair"
This shade in the collection, along with "Tickled Pink", is what I like to refer to as a pastel-neon. I highly recommend these two shades to someone who doesn't like the bright, attention grabbing neon colors, but still want to wear a bright and summer-y color.
It's hard to explain, but these shades, as you can see, are not stark neon. (Easily compared to the shades above and below this one). They are a lot softer of a shade than your typical neon. It is still really bright, though. Just in a different way! It's very unique to see in a neon collection.

left; inside // right; outside

pointer - 2 coats, white base, no top coat / middle - 2 coats, white base, with top coat / ring - 2 coats, no white base, no top coat / pinkie - 2 coats, no base, with top coat

"Yowza Yellow"
Now THIS is your bright, blinding, show stopping, attention grabbing, typical neon polish. The only thing I didn't like about this polish in particular is that even after 5 coats (without using a white base) you can still see a subtle hint of my nail line underneath. So you can't really wear this one on its own. But on the other hand, using a white base makes it a bazillion times brighter and crazier. And when you're looking for a neon polish to wear, you go big or go home, am I right? haha. If I had to pick one polish out of this collection that is the most neon and glows the brightest, I would choose this one.

left; inside // right; outside

pointer - 2 coats, white base, no top coat / middle - 2 coats, white base, with top coat / ring - 5 coats, no white base, no top coat / pinkie - 5 coats, no base, with top coat

"Loopy Lime"
I love this shade so much because of the green shimmer that you can clearly see in the sun. I don't know why, but I love when neon polishes have a shimmer in them to the point I almost prefer to wear them over neon polishes that don't have shimmer..hmm personal preference, but felt the need to share(:

left; inside // right; outside

pointer - 2 coats, white base, no top coat / middle - 2 coats, white base, with top coat / ring - 2 coats, no white base, no top coat / pinkie - 2 coats, no base, with top coat

"Bermuda Baby"
A beautiful soft, neon blue. It's weird calling a neon polish soft. The color itself, that you can see in the photo on the left, looks like a soft blue. In person, this shade acts like a neon in that it is bright all hours of the day. It also has a shimmer to it, as seen in the sun.
The formula of the polish is a bit thick, which made the application a little annoying. Some of the brush strokes are visible.

left; inside // right; outside

pointer - 2 coats, white base, no top coat / middle - 2 coats, white base, with top coat / ring - 2 coats, no white base, no top coat / pinkie - 2 coats, no base, with top coat

"Plum Sorbet"
These photos are still super accurate, but I still feel like the color is showing a little too red. It feels more purple when compared to the red in this collection, though. (Damn, I didn't even think to include a comparison of those two colors..)

left; inside // right; outside

pointer - 2 coats, white base, no top coat / middle - 2 coats, white base, with top coat / ring - 2 coats, no white base, no top coat / pinkie - 2 coats, no base, with top coat

"Fired Up Fuchsia"
More of a hot pink than fuchsia in my opinion. This shade shimmers in the sun.

left; inside // right; outside

pointer - 2 coats, white base, no top coat / middle - 2 coats, white base, with top coat / ring - 2 coats, no white base, no top coat / pinkie - 2 coats, no base, with top coat

"Tickled Pink"
Another pastel-neon.

left; inside // right; outside

pointer - 2 coats, white base, no top coat / middle - 2 coats, white base, with top coat / ring - 2 coats, no white base, no top coat / pinkie - 2 coats, no base, with top coat

"Sugar Cube"
I think this just became my favorite white polish! Application was like butter.

left; inside // right; outside

2 coats on each nail; shown with no top coat

Comparison Swatches

I decided to do some comparison swatches with some of the shades from this collection. Although some may look similar, when seen together, you can clearly tell the difference between the two.

"Fired Up Fuchsia" & "Plum Sorbet"

The difference is very clear between these two in these photos. "Fired Up Fuchsia" is more of a purple-pink while "Plum Sorbet" is a tad darker and more of a red-ish shade. If the polishes are just sitting there next to each other, at first glance you might mix-up the two because of how purple they both are.

left; inside // right; outside

pointer - "Fired Up Fuchsia" / middle - "Plum Sorbet" / ring - "Fired Up Fuchsia" / pinkie - "Plum Sorbet"

Both colors are shown with 2 coats over a white base with top coat.

"Haute Pink" & "Traffic Cone"

I mainly wanted to include comparison swatches in this post because of these two colors. They are very different in real life, one being more red and the other a shimmery orange, but they photograph very similarly and I didn't want any of you to think they were the same color! "Haute Pink" photographs so neon that it can be seen as orange by mistake. But as you can see here side by side, they are completely different colors.

left; inside // right; outside

pointer - "Haute Pink" / middle - "Traffic Cone" / ring - "Haute Pink" / pinkie - "Traffic Cone"

Both colors are shown with 2 coats over a white base with top coat.

"Tickled Pink" & "Flamingo Flair"
At first glance these two colors might easily be compared to each other because they are the two pastel-neon colors in this collection. When you get a better look, you can tell they are no where near similar.