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)