Spoiled By Wet N Wild Cougar Attack

So you may know by now that some of the Spoiled by Wet N Wild polishes are re-releases of past limited edition Wet N Wild polishes. Cougar Attack is one such polish and originally came out in the near-impossible to find On The Prowl Collection last year. So if you missed out on it then, you've got a chance to scoop it up at CVS now! Cougar Attack is a copper glitter in a brown jelly base. It's also an extremely close--albeit not 100% spot-on--dupe for Deborah Lippmann Superstar. I don't own Superstar but Vampy Varnish has a great comparison HERE if you'd like to see for yourself. The differences between the two are pretty negligible.

I used three coats here...and let me tell you, it was not a fun time. My biggest problem with application is not so much the formula itself as it is the brush; it's simply too wide and picks up way too much polish. Even wiping off the brush didn't seem to do much; the brush absorbs polish almost like a sponge and more polish would always come dribbling down. I had similar problems with another Spoiled polish, Shuffle The Deck. This is one of, if not the, worst brush I've ever worked with. The excess polish would run off the brush in globs and made neat application very difficult.


However, despite some major application issues, I really like the look of Cougar Attack. It looks much more expensive than the $2 it costs and although it's not an exact match to Deborah Lippmann Superstar, I think the fact that Cougar Attack is a tenth of the price makes up for the small differences. I commend Wet N Wild for bringing back some past limited edition polishes in the Spoiled line so now more people have a chance to try them, but I wish they hadn't changed the brush. It makes an otherwise great polish into kind of a pain. I'm not too let down though because this polish was so inexpensive and still knocked Superstar off my lemming list. If the brush was better I would recommend this polish without any reservations. If you do decide to check it out though, just be sure to approach with patience.