Barielle Sophisticated Lady Collection Swatches and Review

Today I would like to show you swatches of the Barielle Sophisticated Lady collection. This is the second of the Fall collections by Barielle. Although both of the collections contain the creamy brown named In Good Taste, that is where the similarities end. The first collection, Nude&Naughty, contains soft neutral shades while this one is darker and moodier....

Edgy
A deep plum cream. A gorgeous Fall shade that has a nice smooth formula. It is opaque in two easy coats. Swatches are with no top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Barielle Collection: Sophisticated Lady, Fall 2013 Color Name/Number: Edgy, 5031 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: No Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

London High Tea
A blush rose cream with a gold shimmer. This is my surprise favorite out of the collection. I was ready to fall for the dark shades, but the pretty shimmer really caught my attention. Three coats provides great coverage as seen in these swatches. No top coat used here...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Barielle Collection: Sophisticated Lady, Fall 2013 Color Name/Number: London High Tea, 5285 Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: No Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Dinner at 8
A darkened red crelly. This color is classic and for some reason always makes me think of secretaries with pretty red nails. It gives good coverage at three coats and is very shiny due to the jelly aspect of the formula. Applies evenly with no streaking. Swatches are with no top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Barielle Collection: Sophisticated Lady, Fall 2013 Color Name/Number: Dinner at 8, 5287 Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: No Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Tres Chic
A dusty dark blue gray cream. It applies easily and is a one coater, although I did use my usual two coats. This is my other favorite from the collection. I do love dark moody colors such as this one for Fall. Swatches are with no top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Barielle Collection: Sophisticated Lady, Fall 2013 Color Name/Number: Tres Chic, 5283 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: No Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

In Good Taste
A chocolate brown cream. This is also in the Nude&Naughty collection which I reviewed yesterday. Nice creamy formula that is opaque in two coats. Swatches are with no top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Barielle Collection: Sophisticated Lady AND 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)

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

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 **

Barielle Nude & Naughty Collection Swatches and Review

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. **

** For more information please see the disclosure policy **

Barielle's Welcome Fall Sweepstakes!

The September Sweepstakes will start on September 12th and end on September 26th. There will be 10 prizes given out and one Grand Prize of a Cole Haan Silver Satchel, RSP of $175.00. The ten prizes are the Barielle products only.

The Barielle kit will consist of:

• Two of the Fall Collections 5 Packs (Sophisticated Lady and Nude & Naughty) - $50
• One Nail Rebuilding Protein Base Coat - $17.50
• One No Chip Speed Dry Top Coat - $12.50
• One Nail Strengthener Cream - $17.00
• The value of the total Grand Prize is more than $200.00

The Grand Prize will include the fashion accessory plus the Barielle Kit.

Enter on Barielle's Facebook page...

** Disclaimer: All information and images in this post provided by the manufacturer or their PR **

PCOS Awareness with Shimmer Strength!

September is PCOS Awareness Month and I could think of no better polish to create a manicure with than Shimmer Strength. Donations are made to support PCOS with the sale of each Shimmer Strength polish. The beautiful teal glitter coordinates perfectly with the ribbon supporting PCOS awareness. I just love the the motto of "Fight Like a Girl!"...

For the manicure I used Barielle Ocean Breeze as my base. I topped the whole thing with Shimmer Strength and then stamped the ribbon pattern using Essence Stamp Me! White and Bundle Monster plate BM-321...

Shimmer Strength is a mix of small teal, silver and holo glitter as well as some larger silver hex and even a few hearts. Since there are so few hearts, I did have to 'fish' it out for the manicure, but personally I like that it is not overflowing with the heart glitter. I prefer the smaller glitter that I can just brush on and I'm willing to 'fish' for the larger pieces to place as accents. The silver hex and hearts do seem to have an ever so slight curl to them. The glitter is easy to apply and as most Shimmer polishes it is loaded with glitter in each brush stroke. This is just one coat plus top coat over my base...

As you can see it has lots of micro glitter. Although I have not tried it on a full manicure yet, I think you can reach full opacity with using Strength alone in about 3 coats.

Swatch Details
	Brand: Shimmer Collection: core Color Name/Number: Strength Number of coats: 1 (layered over Barielle Ocean Breeze) Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

For more information on this and other Shimmer Polishes visit the Shimmer Polish Etsy store or Facebook page.

And remember to Fight Like a Girl!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

* PCOS Awareness logo found online at multiple sources via Google search...

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Sunday Stamping: Anything Goes...

I got lucky with this week's Sunday Stamping theme of no restrictuion, free for all, anything goes because I had no time to create a new mani. Instead I would like to show you one that I wore last week while swatching the Barielle Summer Fun Collection. Since it includes stamping, I will consider today's challenge as met...

I am always talking about how well Barielle creams work for stamping and I decided to test it once again with this manicure. I started out with a base of Barielle Berry Go Round, a creamy coral. I stamped over it with a light peach shade of Barielle Peach Popsicle using Bundle Monster plate BM-225. A part of me actually didn't expect it to show up as well as it did since the colors are similar, but I was excited with the result. I like the subtle tone on tone look of it. For my ring finger and thumb I reveresed the colors and used a base of Peach Popsicle stamped with Berry Go Round...

I would love to know what you think of this manicure! Do you like tone on tone stamping?

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 **