Barielle Nude & Naughty Collection Swatches and Review

Monday, September 30, 2013
Today I would like to share with you the new Barielle Nude & Naughty collection released this Fall. The collection features five beautiful neutral shades...


In Good Taste
A chocolate brown cream. This has a very nice, smooth formula that applies very easily. It is a bit thinner than the usual Barielle creams which was quite nice. It is opaque in two coats as seen below. Swatches are with no top coat...



Swatch Details
Brand: Barielle
Collection: Nude&Naughty, Fall 2013
Color Name/Number: In Good Taste, 5289
Number of coats: 2
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Very Bare
A sheer pale pink crelly. It applies nicely and is not streaky. Three coats gives pretty good coverage as seen in these swatches. The nail line is still slightly visible. It is a very pretty soft shade. I still have a weak spot for these types of polishes. Swatches are without a top coat...



Swatch Details
Brand: Barielle
Collection: Nude&Naughty, Fall 2013
Color Name/Number: Very Bare, 5282
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

No Not Now
A rosy brown cream with a slight hint of shimmer. I didn't even notice the shimmer in the bottle, but it looks very pretty on the nail and softens the look. It is fairly sheer and needed three coats for full coverage. No top coat in these swatches...



Swatch Details
Brand: Barielle
Collection: Nude&Naughty, Fall 2013
Color Name/Number: No Not Now, 5286
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Pillow Talk
A sheer beige crelly. This is similar in formula to Very Bare, it is sheer, but applies smoothly without streaking. Three coats provides good coverage with just a slightly visible nail line. This is pretty close to my 'manikin' shade. I really like it. Swatches are with no top coat...



Swatch Details
Brand: Barielle
Collection: Nude&Naughty, Fall 2013
Color Name/Number: Pillow Talk, 5284
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I Got a Headache
A sheer dusty brown jelly with a copper shimmer. This is probably my favorite shade out of this collection. I love the dusty grayish haze that seems to cover the whole thing and the copper shimmer is just gorgeous. Three coats provides full coverage. No top coat used for this manicure...




Swatch Details
Brand: Barielle
Collection: Nude&Naughty, Fall 2013
Color Name/Number: I Got a Headache, 5288
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Overall I really like these neutral shades.

I just keep thinking... with names like No Not Now and I Got a Headache, maybe the collection should be called Nude&Not Very Naughty ;)

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **
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31DC2013 Day 22 - Inspired by a Song

Saturday, September 28, 2013
Today I would like to show you my manicure for Day 22 of the 31 Day Nail Challenge. The challenge today is to be inspired by a song. I decided to go with one of my current favorites, Merry Go 'Round by Kacey Musgraves. If you have not heard this song before, you can listen to it on YouTube. The lyrics of the song really resonate with me. I was so excited that I got the chance to see her in concert this summer...



"Mary Mary quite contrary,
We get bored so we get married
And just like dust we settle in this town.
On this broken merry go 'round and 'round and 'round we go,
Where it stops nobody knows...
And it ain't slowin' down, this merry go 'round..."

We are all on this crazy merry go round of life and it really doesn't slow down. A simple fact of life that truly freaks me out...

For this manicure I started out with a base of Pipe Dream Polish Pink Elephants and Lemonade. I then added self made decals, painted the tips using Maybelline Bold Gold (70) and added dots of acrylic paint to match each unicorn.

For the decals I first stamped the horse from Mash plate Mash-42 using Essence Stamp Me! White. I then added the details using Maybelline Bold Gold and acrylic paints...



I am so excited for how this manicure turned out. It is just as I pictured it in my head...



Pink Elephants and Lemonade is a teal crelly base with pink and yellow glitter. This polish is just so gorgeous. I love the combination of colors. It applies easily with nice distribution of glitter. A lot of the larger hex glitter seems to have settled on one side of the bottle so I will be storing it upside down for a while to bring that back up for next time. I used three coats for these swatches although it was opaque at just two coats. Swatches are with a top coat...




Swatch Details
Brand: Pipe Dream Polish
Collection: core
Color Name/Number: Pink Elephants and Lemonade
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: Yes

Big3Free - Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

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P.S. I'd love to know what you think of this manicure! :)

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **
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31DC2013 Day 21 - Inspired by a Color

Thursday, September 26, 2013
In an attempt to catch up with the challenge I would like to show you a second manicure today. This is my manicure for Day 21 of the 31 Day Nail Challenge. The challenge is to be inspired by a color. I was inspired by the name of this beautiful blue Tawdry Terrier Howling at the Moon lacquer. I instantly knew that I wanted to try adding a howling wolf to it...


As I mentioned, the base of this manicure is Tawdry Terrier Howling at the Moon. The rest I added using acrylic paint, a sponge and a detailing brush...


This is actually the second howling wolf manicure that I've done since starting this blog. The first one was for Halloween two years ago. This doesn't happen often, but I think I like the old manicure more than this new one. This wolf seems to be a bit hunched over and not committed to howling. Also I'm not pleased with the blurriness around the moon. I was trying to create a haze similar to my inspiration image (see below), but sponging was probably not the best way to achieve that. I'm sure I'll be trying this manicure again at some point...





I used this beautiful image that I found online for inspiration...


I would love to know what you think of this manicure!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **
** For more information please see the disclosure policy **

31DC2013 Day 20 - Water Marble

Today I would like to show you my water marble manicure for Day 20 of the 31 Day Nail Challenge. I watched and re-watched a bunch of videos by My Simple Little Pleasures in preparation for this since marbling is not my forte. I love all her marbles with Color Club Halo Hues so I decided to try it for myself. Countless hours and wasted polish later, I would like to present you with my manicure...


For this water marble I used Color Club Beyond (black) and Over the Moon (blue) over a white base. This is my first almost successful flower pattern water marble. I say almost successful because I'm not entirely pleased with the way the middle finger turned out, but I got a massive migraine while working on this due to the polish fumes (did I choose the perfect hobby for myself or what?) and had to call it quits. In any case, I wish the flower was more stretched out to match the rest of the nails...


I'm so in love with the Halo Hues... now if I could just convince the folks at Color Club to keep making more colors...




My favorite marble is on the pinkie...


I'd love to know what you think of this!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **
** For more information please see the disclosure policy **

31DC2013 Day 19 - Galaxies

Wednesday, September 25, 2013
I have fallen far behind in the 31 Day Nail Challenge and I'm not sure I can catch up, but I will try. Today I have my galaxy manicure for Day 19 to share with you. I looked at many images of galaxies for inspiration and was set to try and replicate one of them, but once I started actually applying the polish all that was thrown out the window and I just went with it...


For this manicure I used a base of Zoya Storm. I then starred at it for a while since it is just so gorgeous and truly a galaxy in itself. I really shouldn't have used such a beautiful base since none of it is left visible. Every time I tell myself that I will start out with just a cream black, I reach for the pretty blacks instead. I sponged a bunch of Zoya polishes (Megan, Julie, Yara, Noot and Noel) to create the galaxy. I then sponged on a holographic top coat to give it some shimmer and followed all that with white splatter stars using acrylic paint.


I have not been happy with the last few galaxy manicures that I have made. In fact I made a different one for this challenge and disliked it so much that I took it off without even taking a single photo of it. I'm really pleased with the way this one finally turned out especially since I was starting to think my galaxy manis are cursed...





The beautiful base was Zoya Storm which is a black jelly with holographic glass fleck particles. These photos don't capture it's true beauty since all the holographic flecks look white here, but are very colorful in real live. It applies very easily and provides good coverage at two coats although I did use three for these swatches. This is definitely one of my favorite blacks in my collection!





Swatch Details
Brand: Zoya
Collection: Ornate, Holiday 2012
Color Name/Number: Storm, ZP645
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: No

Big5Free - Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Camphor

I would love to know what you think of this manicure!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **
** For more information please see the disclosure policy **