Monday, January 25, 2010

Nubar Sparkles Collection Spring 2010

I am totally over-the-moon in love with this collection... Love love love love love... GLITTER!!!!!!!!



Fire Sparkle. Woohoo, a red glitter that isn't a Ruby Pumps clone (AND it's not named "Ruby Slippers" or any variation on that theme)! It's a red tinted base- I'd call it a jelly but it's really more just sheer red, not much of a jelly look to it. It's a bold red, very rich in color and it has glints of golden color. I think Fire Sparkle is the perfect name for this.


Hyacinth Sparkle. This is a little less blue looking in real life, but it still leans to the blue side of lavender to my eye. At first I thought this was going to be really dull and sheer, but it totally blew me away. It's not dull or sheer at all, it's sparkly and colorful! Pretty unique shade as well, vibrant purple glitters are *very* rare.



Meadow Sparkle. My only disappointment of the bunch. It's certainly not bad, it's just a completely different shade than I was expecting based on the promo pics. If you're looking for a shade like in the promo pic, try Grass Green Glitter. Anyway, this is a very pale and delicate silvered light green glitter. Super pretty but not the best with my skintone.


Night Sparkle. Man, I really should have worn some topcoat for this swatch... Yikes! Anyway, Night Sparkle is a deep blue tinted base with bright blue glitter. It's dark but it's still colorful- that makes me happy. Sometimes dark blue lose their sparkle because they're so dark they look black. This is nice and sparkly and obviously blue.



Petunia Sparkle. This one is so much better in real life. I don't think I captured all the bright rich color in this glitter. Totally unique. It's just so rich and colorful and vibrant! I've never seen another glitter like it. So much color!!


Sky Sparkle. Bright turquoise-ish blue. It's mostly blue but seems to have something a little extra, it reminds me a little of Hot Topic's Turquoise Glitter. Very bright, very colorful. This one is three coats, it was a little less dense than the others.


Star Sparkle. Silver and hologram glitter. Nice but not super unique. It's a light subtle holo glitter that can be easily worn alone without doing 459867 coats, but it seems too dense to make a very good holo topcoat.


Violet Sparkle. Saved the best for last. This is AMAZING. I can't even tell you how incredible this is. I have been waiting for a glitter like this forever, it seems. It is a super colorful, bright, bold, vibrant, saturated PURPLE!!! glitter. It's a little more sheer than the others so I did three coats here, but it is well worth it. This could be my favorite glitter of all time. I can't even tell you how excited I am that this polish exists.


The formula was great. Their claim is that these shades are opaque in two coats, so I did two coats of all except Sky Sparkle and Violet Sparkle. So... not ALL of them are opaque in two coats, but most are! Just be gentle with your brush and make sure you have enough polish on it- if the brush is too dry and you press too hard, you're going to wipe off all the glitter. Three coats would probably look even better, but I was satisfied with the coverage at two. Drying time is decent, on par with most Nubar polishes, maybe a touch faster. I recommend using at least one coat of thick topcoat with these. Diamont seems the obvious choice because... it's super thick (which matters when you're using chunky glitter) and you can do multiple coats of it without it shrinking (something you can't do with my usual Seche Vite topcoat).

Though... if you don't use topcoat... these actually look pretty cool. They have a very sparkly yet almost matte look. Reminds me of glitter glue... remember glitter glue?? I do like the way they look without topcoat, but they will feel a bit rough without it.

I am totally completely in love with these. It's really rare to find such bold, colorful glitters. I keep using the same words over and over- bright, bold, vibrant, colorful. That's what these are. Rich! Saturated! That's so exciting to me. There are some colorful glitters out there but they're usually few and far between. Nubar seems to be pro at glitters. Their line already contains bright grassy green, teal, blue, orange... These are a perfect addition to the Nubar glitter line.

The most exciting thing to me is the presence of a true vibrant violet purple glitter. Why has no-one done this color glitter?? I just can not think of any other glitters like it. I think the polish companies are holding out on us. If Nubar can do this amazing shade of purple without fading it or making it take two million coats... why hasn't anyone else done it yet?? There is a serious lack of bright purple and pink glitters on the market! I want more purple glitters!

So...yeah... love everything about this collection of glitters. Are you surprised?? XD

This collection comes out this week on ByNubar.com. No price increase for these, either :) (Which reminds me, I'm almost ready for my 'real' Prisms collection review since we had a little sunlight last week!)

(These were sent to me for review)

37 comments:

  1. They're gorgeus. Already on my wish list.

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  2. I love Nubar, but they need a sale or a coupon or something for me to use once I'm off my no-buy LOL

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  3. Hi Scrangie!
    Do the red, dark blue and purple ones, have the under water effect as ruby pumps?
    this diamont top coat wich brand is?
    thanks so much

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  4. I wonder if a matte top coat would look cool, kinda like your China Glaze Halloween swatches :)

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  5. wow! I love all of these colors!! I didn't know the brand and I'm afraid is not selling in Spain but I'll try to find it out. Thank you for your always gorgeous swatches!

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  6. Amazing colours! I LOVE both the Hyacinth Sparkle and Violet Sparkle. Your photos are all so beautifully taken.

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  7. I am soooo excited about the purples - I was a bit disappointed with the 1 purple in the China Glaze Glitter collection. In your opinion, which top coat dries faster - SV or Diamont?

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  8. Hyacinth, Meadow, Petunia and Sky: OMG!
    Wonderful swatches, as always.

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  9. They're all so gorgeous! I like the lilac glitter, it's very unique

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  10. Colette, knowing Nubar, I'm sure they'll have some sort of sale!

    Anonymous, Not really, they're more of a plain glitter look rather than the jelly-glitter finish. Diamont is by Nubar.

    Edelmc, Seche Vite, definitely. I do love both topcoats for different reasons, but Seche is much faster for me.

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  11. I want the rain to go away so I can wear more of these beautiful shades in their full sunlit glory. They look gorgeous on your nails! As a bonus, they look amazing with Konad stamping on top. I have been having so much fun experimenting with the Sparkles. :)

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  12. OMG, I love them! I should look where I can order those to me ;)

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  13. This collection is breathtaking. Good job, Nubar! :D

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  14. *faints* Lemming returned in full force! I had been wondering if I needed Fire Sparkle if I have Ruby Pumps & Essie Ruby Slippers, but it's looking like yes.

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  15. LOVE LOVE LOVE! I need every single one!

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  16. WOW they look great! I'm in love with all of them, except maybe Meadow which seems a bit too grey-ish :(

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  17. OMGG. Those two purples are freaking amazing!

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  18. Meh, I don't like glitter much. I'll pass on this.

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  19. Scrangie! You are un-freaking-believable! You should be lauded for your unique POV and even more so for making girls COOL for making unique choices! I'm 26 and I wish you were around for me to look up to when I was younger! You've spurred my own love (obsession) with polish and unique makeup and can't thank you enough!!

    xo Lindsay

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  20. WOW!! I LOVE these! My polish list grows longer and longer everyday, I NEED NEED NEED Night, Petunia and Violet in my life!

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  21. I love these so so much, I can't even say. I want to get all of them except the silver. It looks like Night is considerably darker than Absolutely Alice and Dorothy Who?

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  22. seriously jealous here! i want 'em all!!!

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  23. I LOVE them (which doesn't surprise me at all). I am so getting these.

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  24. Oh I thought you had died or something. No, I know, life gets in the way.

    Night, Petunia, Fire (dear lord) and Violet must be mine!

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  25. Scrangie, thanks for the gorgeous swatches! From your pics, Fire Sparkle looks like it might be more similar to Essie Ruby Slippers than China Glaze Ruby Pumps. How would you say they compare? Thanks again for your review, I can't wait for these!

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  26. does night sparkle look like cg blue sparrow? or is it much darker?

    thanks for the great swatches

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  27. I like some of these... but I think maybe I'm.... *gasp*... glittered out!
    In reality, I'll probably pick up Violet Sparkle and maybe one other.

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  28. Love the red one!

    With love,
    Mirjam.

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  29. All the purples and the red shall be mine! Love them!

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  30. I'm really digging the purples too! Thanks for the swatches :-)

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  31. Oh I like them all but the purple ones where the most "must-have" of them all!

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  32. HOLY CRAP... Must have Night Sparkle !!!

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  33. A question; are they a pain in the *s to remove? Better or worse then other glitters?

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  34. Think I need them all! Are any of these like the Color Club glitters? They have many colors of glitter polishes.

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  35. OMG I LOVE these!!!! Where do you find Nubar polishes? Are they a salon-only brand, or do certain retail/drug stores carry them as well? Thanks!!

    Oh, and LOVE your blog!! Helps me figure out which ones I want to spend the money on ;)

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