Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Barielle Spring 2010 Wildflower Collection


A Bouquet For Ava. This is a really pretty bright aqua/turquoise/teal creme. It's a little more green than my picture shows- my camera keeps wanting to turn this into a bright sky blue, so this is the closest shot I have. It's not too off though. It reminds me of China Glaze Shower Together/Aqua Baby, to give you an idea of the tone.



Blossom. Soft pinky-peach creme. I think I've mentioned that I don't own many peach polishes, and after seeing how good this one looks on me, I don't know why I don't have more! I know, it's a pretty safe color, but this just looks so... so... cute? It's cute. It's like a kitten nose. Undeniably cute!
Daring Dahlia. This is an extremely red-toned purple (maybe even magenta) and it's half-neon. I say half-neon because it's not super neon bright like its neon cousin Essie Bermuda Shorts, but it is pretty bright and dries matte, so it's at least a little neon. It also has a really nice looking hot pink shimmer that's visible in the bottom of the bottle, but it doesn't seem to transfer to the nail. If anything, it's 'secret shimmer'.

June Bug. Soft slate-blue with electric blue shimmer and red-purple and silver glitter. I like this one in the bottle more than I like it on my nails. It's a cool idea for a polish! The dark colored glitter in a light contrasting base. On my nails it seems more like a flat speckled grey, maybe like a bird's egg or that floor paint with the speckles that people put in their garages. There's a tiny amount of silver glitter that makes it look like white specks or imperfections. The pretty bright blue shimmer doesn't seem to show on the nail. Could just be my skin tone, though.


Urza... um... I mean... Myrza's Meadow. Light mint/jade green with a sprinkling of hologram glitter. This is totally unique. Very fascinating. You would think that the holo glitter would be the focal point of the polish, but it's really not! Once it's on the nails it's a very subtle effect. The overall effect is a very soft mottled jade green with the occasional multi-colored glint coming off the buried glitter. Makes my hands look red but I'm still going to wear it cause it's cool!

Snap Dragon. Chrome green. Maybe not 100% chrome, more in between chrome and pearl. It's pearly and a little brush-strokey like a pearl, but it's very reflective and metallic like a chrome. I like that it's green, but it's a little too frosty for my tastes. I've never seen a frost flatter anyone's hands.


The formula on these was thick, which is par for the course for Barielle. Thick, but not necessarily hard to control. The thickness tends to add opacity, which usually allows for fewer coats. I did two coats of all except Myrza's Meadow where I did three. Drying time is a little on the slow side, but not too bad with a quick-dry topcoat.

The important detail about this collection which must be highlighted: 100% of the proceeds from A Bouquet For Ava, Myrza's Meadow and June Bug go to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. One hundred percent. That's AWESOME. You can order them here from the OCRF's website.

I'm proud of you, Barielle. Not only do these polishes help a worthy cause, but 100% of the proceeds!! That's rare. Usually it's a small percentage, or it's not even specified at all how much goes to a cause, but Barielle puts it right out there in plain letters. 100%.

This collection really says 'spring' to me. It reminds me of budding plants and flowers. I guess that was sort of the point... so... woo, spring! I am rather fond of Blossom, it's not even a 'me' color, but it looks so nice and pretty and dare I say.... girly? Despite the fact that it's girly, it's flattering and I like the way it looks on me.

I believe these are available now on Barielle's website (which has a permanent buy two get one free sale).

(These were sent to me for review)

26 comments:

  1. love the peach shade! Am going through a big peach love at the moment so this really appeals to me :)

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  2. You have the prettiest NAIL swatches...I really wish to learn this kind of application...Give some tips...:)

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  3. Love all these shades apart from the frosty/chrome green - like you say, its hard to find a frost that flatters anyone's hand!

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  4. I think the peach is my favorite! I thought the blue with magenta glitter would be better! That's like that blue with the copper glitter that was in the All Lacquered Up collection- good concept, didn't work out too well.

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  5. the green and blue with glitters look ovely and the peachy one are gorgeous.

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  6. Your swatches look beautiful, and it looks like a great collection!

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  7. I can only find Daring Dahlia on their website (one of the ones I want!) but where are the rest? Thanks for the great swatches!

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  8. I love all of them, except for snap dragon. Barielle is nowhere to be found in Canada, and they won't ship here, so I will have to worship from afar.

    Lovely swatches as always, my dear!

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  9. Blossom IS cute, a shade i love. And you really wear it fabulously, like all other nail polish.

    And of course, the three shades for the ovarian cancer foundation, OMG. I tried to order them, but as for the rest of the Barielles, it's simply impossible from Norway.
    Arrrrghhh!
    I have to envy you all from a distance for all the goodies you can get your hands on. :)

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  10. love these colors, especially Blossom.

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  11. Thank you so much for posting, Scrangie! I think the only one I need out of this collex is Snap Dragon, because I have very fond memories of planting snap dragons with my grandmother :). Not really feeling the sparse glitter look of Junebug, but it is very unique.

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  12. i find that frosts look better with a matte topcoat. i cant stand to wear them any other way

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  13. Love the shades and love your nails. Would you, please, make a post on how you do your mani and what products do you use?
    Thanks.

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  14. Thanks so much for swatching these, you make these look really good, last time I saw these I was like 'meh', now I'm more like "mhmm" :-D

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  15. thanks for the revews! i think the greens in this collex will be some of the first greens in a cellex that i will pass up...brushstrokes galore and tiny holo n a weird green base? not my steeze...ocelot1

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  16. Love that 100% goes to such a great thing.

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  17. I've seen a lot of swatches of this collection, but yours are undoubtedly the best. Everything looks gorgeous on you. I love Blossom. I'm so into peaches and melon shades right now it's ridiculous.

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  18. <333 Blossom. Does anyone know if this is close to MAC Coconut Ice?

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  19. I love June Bug so much it pains me to look at it. I NEEEEEED it.

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  20. I swear THIS blog is going to put me in the poorer house. LOL. Just when I had myself convinced I didn't need Urza...Myrza's Meadow...you show me that I probably do AND I need Junebug too! I can totally see the blue shimmer in your picture.
    Myrza's looks just like it should...a green meadow with little wild flowers here and there. I love it. ARGH!

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  21. wow, that A Bouquet For Ava almost made me pee, lol! so darn beautiful!!!

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  22. I am always in love with peach on me I am glad people are realizing it is very flattering on most skin tones.

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  23. Blossom looks so awesome on you! I'm having some trouble with peach shades. I think it's because my fingers are so peachy:P

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  24. I really love the glitter in June Bug and Myrza's Meadow. It's really funny and lovely.

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  25. is that a magic the gathering reference? ha ha

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