I'm running late with this post today. Let's see what I can rustle up.

Oooh I like that idea. An old collection. 2009's Sally Hansen Passport to Harajuku collection, from Canada. For some reason Sally Hansen has a bad habit of releasing totally badass collections in Canada only, much to the infuriation of the rest of the polish loving world. Lucky for me there are awesome Canadian babes that I know that have been willing to purchase them on my behalf.

I briefly wrote about these polishes last year, before I got them in this post. Here's the pic of the display that my lovely Canadian pal took for me.

But now that I've owned them for a while and have swatched them I thought I might cover them in a little more detail.

Sally Hansen Harajuku Station

Harajuku Station is a gorgeous, vibrant hot pink. My laptop monitor (that I am working on now) dulls the colour a little, but my PC monitor shows it as the gorgeous bright pink that it is. This is two coats, and although the formula on all of these polishes was pretty bad, this was manageable and I think worth the effort.

Sally Hansen Yoyogi Park

Yoyogi Park is a medium purple with a blue/lilac shimmer. I like it a lot, although I am pretty sure I already own a lot of other purples like it. This is two coats, and being a shimmer, the formula was much better than the cremes. It picks up more blue on certain angles and the colour is actually pretty neat.

Sally Hansen Cosplay

Like it's namesake at a bad convention, Cosplay was nothing short of a disaster. This is the only swatch I have ever taken off FOUR times and put back on again and still not been happy with the end result. It was gloopy and thick and runny at the same time. How does that happen? Well whatever freakish forms of chemistry Sally Hansen used to make this polish I hope she never uses it again. I can get the same shade from my Zoya Creamy with half the hassle. Boo Cosplay! BOOOOO!

Sally Hansen Gothloli

Gothloli probably handled the best out of all the cremes, but it's just a flat black creme, Nothing special. It does have a ridiculously cute name though. But I would have thrown in some pink or silver sparkles. Just to jazz it up a little. Two coats here, unlike a bunch of my other black cremes that are one coaters. I'm keeping this one because of the name (and also because it is part of the collection).

Sally Hansen Meiji Jingu

I saved the best for last. Meiji Jingu is a pretty cherry red with a teeny pink flash. It's unique in my collection and even though I don't usually gravitate towards reds without gold shimmer, I can definitely say that this was my favourite of the bunch. What a fab coincidence that it also had the smoothest formula!

So there you have it. I can bang out a post under pressure. Booyah.