Monday, November 8, 2010

SpaRitual Imagine Collection Fall 2010 (Partial)

Here's a couple of the polishes from SpaRitual's fall collection. The big standout of the collection is definitely Health, Wealth and Happiness:


Health, Wealth and Happiness. Don't mind the tipwear, this many was two days old when I took the pictures. It's a crazy-awesome duochrome in the bottle but less so on the nail. Still duochrome enough to make me love it. The base is a deep blue shimmer with purple duochrome. It reminds me of some of the old Sally Hansen Prisms layered- maybe Burgundy Orchid over black?


A World Of Compassion. A slate/periwinkle/lavender mix in a creme finish. Very soft and calming. I'm actually rather fond of this one. Understated color.

Dreams Becoming Reality. Medium teal creme, bordering on the blue side of teal. I think I like the look of teal more than I like how it looks on me. I think I have a hard time pulling off this color. That said, it's lovely to look at. It's nice to see a lighter, cleaner shade of teal, too. Seems like a lot of the ones I've seen recently are dark or dusty. This one's only a little dusty.

The formula on these was so-so. I'm not generally a fan of SpaRitual's formula- I found these to be runny. They had that 3-Free texture- runny and drippy yet thick. The opacity was varied- Health Wealth and Happiness needed three coats, A World Of Compassion needed two and Dreams Becoming Reality was an almost-one coater. I did three of all. Drying time is painfully long.

Unfortunately I don't have the rest of the shades to review so I can't comment on the collection as a whole. However, I do like these three colors. A lot of SpaRitual colors seem to be themed- most of them are calm, earthy or relaxing spa-type colors. Some of them are just Orly colors in a prettier bottle. One thing I'm noticing about this brand (still new to me) is that the names veer dangerously close to Misa-Cheese territory.

(These were sent to me for review.)

13 comments:

  1. Pretty colors, but the names are too fluffy for my taste. I am just not a "peace, love, and pretty flowers" type.

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  2. Hi Scrangie!

    Can you compare the color of A World of Compassion to Petites Periwinkle, Chi In Between the Sheets, and/or Maybelline Hip Huggers? A couple of other MUAers and I have been wondering this for a while, but haven't been able to find anyone who can answer that question. Thank you!!

    Kristina

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  3. Pretty! I like a lot of SpaRitual colors, but they are a little pricey for me. Still, they are nice to look at, and I think the teal looks fine on you.

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  4. Thanks for posting these swatches. I had been searching for a swatch of Dreams becoming Reality since I saw it online, and am so glad to see it out of the bottle.

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  5. A world of compassion is my fav! its a gorgeous light blue!

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  6. I love Health, Wealth and Happiness - pretty blue!

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  7. I loved a World of Compassion!!
    thanks for doing these amazing swatches!

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  8. Lovely colours! My fav is "A World of Compassion", too bad the name is kinda lame :(

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  9. I'm really liking A World of Compassion. Yes the names are hokey. The polishes are gorgeos

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  10. That first picture I really love.

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  11. Loving a world of compassion! Great swatches!

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  12. These are all very pretty! Surprisingly, I actually like the cremes better than Health, Wealth, and Happiness, though it's lovely too.

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