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SpaRitual Kaleidescope Collection Review, Photos, Swatches

Christine — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:08:46 +0000

Nail Lacquers: Twinkle, Crystal Eyes, Illume, Color Trip, Imaginarium, Looking Glass

SpaRitual Nail Lacquer in Summer Hues, Part 2

I have six more fun-for-summer shades to share with you from SpaRitual, and all six shades are from their summer collection titled Kaleidoscope. Just like the previous six I reviewed, the formula is excellent. It’s consistent across twelve different shades with varying finishes. It’s thick without being goopy, thin without being runny–in other words, just right! Pigmentation is amazing with most shades requiring two coats for opaque color.

Twinkle is a blue-shimmered deep navy blue. This is a stunning shade when worn–looks like shimmering deep ocean blue water in the sunlight. Nearly opaque in one coat, but swatched with two.
Crystal Eyes is a muted indigo blue cream. Just two coats for full color coverage. It’s a nice way to wear blue without being over-the-top.
Illume is a rich purple cream with red undertones. Two coats in the swatch. It’s difficult to photograph — it behaves and looks much like it does in real life in the natural lightphotos, but the flash makes it glow much more than it actually does.
Color Trip is a magenta cream. It applies evenly and smoothly, and I think three coats would be just enough — I applied two and there is just a faint appearance of my nail line.
Imaginarium is a neon hot pink with silver-pink micro-shimmer. This shade GLOWS. I really loved this color, because of the way it shimmered and glowed and was so easy to apply. I did need three coats with this shade, though.
Looking Glass is a silver metallic foil. Brushstrokes are visible, but they’re surprisingly subtle in the light. One coat is nearly opaque, but I found two to work just right.

Twinkle and Imaginarium were my two favorite shades out of the six here. Twinkle is less unique than Imaginarium, though, so if I had to choose a top pick, it would definitely be that bright neon pink with a lil’ shimmer.

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Product: 29/30
Value: 8/10
Ease of Use: 4/5
Packaging: 4/5

Recommendation: Imaginarium has such a bright, fun look to it with its glowing neon color and the subtle shimmery finish.

Availability: Skinstore.com, SpaRitual

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Nail Lacquers: Twinkle, Crystal Eyes, Illume

Nail Lacquers: Color Trip, Imaginarium, Looking Glass

SpaRitual Twinkle Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Twinkle Nail Lacquer (Flash)

SpaRitual Crystal Eyes Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Crystal Eyes Nail Lacquer (Flash)

SpaRitual Illume Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Illume Nail Lacquer (Flash)

SpaRitual Color Trip Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Color Trip Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Color Trip Nail Lacquer (Flash)

SpaRitual Imaginarium Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Imaginarium Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Imaginarium Nail Lacquer (Flash)

SpaRitual Looking Glass Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Looking Glass Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Looking Glass Nail Lacquer (Flash)

SpaRitual Nail Lacquer Reviews, Photos, Swatches

Christine — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:00:01 +0000

Nail Lacquers: Lustress, Love & Happiness, Solaris, Golden Gleam, Optical Illusion, Dreams Becoming Reality

SpaRitual Nail Lacquer in Summer Hues

Just in time for summer, here are six fun shades from SpaRitual that are truly representative of the season. Each shade retails for $10.00 and is vegan and free of DBP, Toluene, Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde Resin. Lustress, Solaris, Golden Gleam, and Optical Illusion are from the summer Kaleidoscope collection.

Lustress is a deep red-tinted pink with flashes of pink shimmer. It almost looks like glass flecks to me. Just two coats for complete color.
Love & Happiness is a coral-orange cream. It’s not quite neon, but it’s almost there. Two coats for opaque color.
Solaris is a bright, neon orange cream. Super, super pigmented — two coats shown, but you could almost get away with one.
Golden Gleam is a bright yellow gold with lighter gold shimmer and a near metallic finish. Some brush strokes were noticeable, but it wasn’t too obvious. Two coats for opaque color.
Optical Illusion is a deep olive green base with lighter olive green glitter-shimmer. Just two coats for opaque color, though it was nearly opaque with one coat. Truly a stunning shade!
Dreams Becoming Reality is a shade from an upcoming fall collection, so I’ll have swatches and more information on it then.

SpaRitual knows how to make a good, consistent formula. The application on all six of these was absolutely superb–smooth, rich color that wasn’t too thick or thin. No streaking, fussing, or dragging. Drying time on the brighter creams seemed a little speedier, but otherwise average and nothing noteworthy either way. Optical Illusion stands out something fierce amongst these, though — a really unique shade that just sparkles in the light.

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Product: 29/30
Value: 8/10
Ease of Use: 4/5
Packaging: 4/5

Recommendation: LOVE Optical Illusion! I also really love and appreciate SpaRitual’s formula consistency–it’s a good formula and it’s found in all six.

Availability: Skinstore.com, SpaRitual

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Nail Lacquers: Lustress, Love & Happiness, Solaris

Nail Lacquers: Golden Gleam, Optical Illusion, Dreams Becoming Reality

SpaRitual Lustress Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Lustress Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Lustress Nail Lacquer (Flash)

SpaRitual Love & Happiness Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Love & Happiness Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Love & Happiness Nail Lacquer (Flash)

SpaRitual Solaris Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Solaris Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Solaris Nail Lacquer (Flash)

SpaRitual Golden Gleam Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Golden Gleam Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Golden Gleam Nail Lacquer (Flash)

SpaRitual Optical Illusion Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Optical Illusion Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

SpaRitual Optical Illusion Nail Lacquer (Flash)

Dreams Becoming Reality is a shade from the upcoming fall collection, so I’ll have swatches for it then!