First of all, the packing is beautiful. Mini polishes come in 4 mini “city towers”, all housed in a plastic case with snowflakes simulating snow fall in the city. Stunning. However, I really struggled to open the outer packaging, so I decided not to reuse it, because it would be too hard. It went straight to my recycling bin. Formula X decided to give us six best selling cremes+4 new limited edition shimmers in this set.

As I mentioned, they are divided into 4 little packages, with 2 or 3 minis each, that would be perfect as stocking stuffers. There is space in the back where you can personalize them. Within each tower, minis are housed in plastic casing that keeps them in place. These are standard Formula X minis – 0.33 oz/ 4ml.

Limited edition colors included are: Electri-City (coppery shimmer), Epiphany (antique gold shimmer), Wanderlust (lavender platinum shimmer), X Appeal (pink shimmer). Plus, you get six creme colors: Majestic (navy blue), Obsessed (dark merlot), Fahrenheit (cool red), Gray Matter (charcoal gray), Perfection (smoky violet), Intensity (powder pink).

The little minis are very cute, and the brush is decent (I don’t like their full size brush, either, so can’t be excited). The only thing I really hated is that there is no little metal ball for mixing in the minis, so if they separate, you really have to shake well, hoping the color would mix evenly.

After testing 6 out of 10 colors, I can say that they lasted 4-6 days without chipping, and only wore out on tips, with housework (I used a base and top coat). This is in line with regular, full-size Formula X polishes for me (my hands are in water a lot). Shimmers wore on tips a bit faster than creme ones.

Shimmers need two coats, because they are sheer, while some of the creme ones look great with only one coat (like burgundy and blue one).