Nubar Polishes (I of 2)

In order to not overwhelm you all at once I'm doing my Nubar haul from when they had their 30% off sale in two posts. I had heard from one of the ladies on Twitter that Nubar was doing a 30% off sale. I had wanted to try them out for a while. Especially since they had Nubar 2010, a Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure dupe. Now, any polish-holic knows you can't just go and buy one color.

It became clear after adding 10 million things to my cart that I needed to chill with that. I went through each collection and decided which colors I REALLY wanted. I only ordered the entire collection for two, Fortress and Cleopatra  (post & swatches next week for those two).

Click on images to see larger, 2 coats of polish unless specified
First and foremost I knew I needed to get Nubar 2010 and Peacock Feathers.


As I said Nubar 2010 is a direct  dupe for Sally Hansen's Hidden Treasure. I love the flakey glitter polishes for their holographic qualities. It was very hard for me to photograph at night in my room on plain nails, but it's definitely a layering polish and looks best against dark colors.
 

Peacock Feathers I wasn't as impressed with. It does give off different colors at certain angles but I was expecting a little more POW! in the vibrancy department. It was kind of dull. Perhaps it looks better finished off with a top coat. I was expecting something along the lines of a vibrant beetle's shell but blue...
 

Twilight and Midnight were released as part of the Night Sky Collection.
 

I'm going to admit, I already have MAC's Military from the Alice+Olivia collection they released and the Midnight is a dupe for sure. But Nubar's Midnight is a) cheaper and b) applies much easier and in thinner coats than Military does.
 


Twilight is the matte silver with lots of glitter in it. I preferred this one with a shiny top coat however...which defeats the purpose. But it's a little too light silver for me, adding a shiny top coat makes it a little darker.


I think I've said it before, I really like pastel colored polish. Feminine and cute, they are the perfect colors for spring or any time you're feeling girly. These polishes came from the Pastel collection.


Baby Blue was one of my favorites from this group. I have light blues, dark blues and more, but this is the type of pastel blue I've been looking for. I'm very happy I picked this one up. The pastels I have all tend to get thick and are hard to apply evenly. Nubar's formula keeps it thin and even. Yes, most of the pastels need 3 coats, but that's not unsual. The first one always looks iffy, the second looks better and by the third coat, you have a winner.


Pastel yellow is another favorite pastel color. Lemon Sorbet is nice and keeps it nice and soft. Looking through my collection China Glaze Lemon Fizz and Orly Lemonade look similar at first glance but they're darker and yellower than Lemon Sorbet


Lavendar is a great lilac purple color. It even went on well with 2 coats for me.


Baby Pink is a nice soft petal pink color. Definitely more understated than Oh Baby Pink which is has a couple of higher shades of pink on this one. I did two coats in this picture, but I recommend 3 for a solid coverage.


Oh Baby Pink is definitely not the same shade as Baby Pink. It's much brighter and darker, but still required 3 coats for me.


Finally for today, I picked up a few polishes from the Finest Silks collection


Chiffon is a nice light taupe with a touch of grey in it. I really liked this color and thought I had a dupe in my taupe OPI colors. Turns out I didn't. Any taupes I had were lighter or darker than this color and the one below..
 

A darker, more chocolate shade than Chiffon, Marabout is another color I thought would have a dupe or two in my collection. Nope, not one dead on, but that just proves that the polish in the bottle can look a lot different than the one applied and dried on your nails.


Moire is a really nice neutral for me, it picks up the reds in my skin tone and gives me that "mannequin hand" look (well, when I apply it right it does LOL these were in a hurry.). I love the touch of red in the brown.


Taffeta didn't remind me of fabric it reminded me candy I used to eat as a kid, it was this color. A slight hint of red/orange in this one.


And Charmeuse was one of my favorites, it's got a much more peachy undertone to it than in these pictures. I really loved it!


Overall, I found Nubar polishes to be easy to apply and very well pigmented. Most swatches took no more than two solid coats to be opaque and even. since these are formaldehyde, phthalate & tolune free I didn't know what to expect exactly. I also think that's why you'll see some streaking in the bottle of the pastels and the greys (coming nex post). But the streaking did not affect the application or color payoff. I'll definitely keep you posted if there's another sale but if you want to try a few they generally cost $7.49 a bottle.

NOTICE: I have not been paid or asked to review the above products. All words, thoughts and ideas written are expressly my own and no one else's. I purchased all items seen with my own money.