Nubar - Faded Putty

Off-white creme  

Faded Putty is a greyish off-white.  Unlike the colour of actual fresh window putty there doesn't seem to be any murky olive tones in this, unlike GOSH Groovy Grey which is definitely a fresh putty colour to me.  There might be a hint of pink but it's very faint.  I suppose we should assume this has faded to a purer grey!

Swatches shown are 2 thickish coats, no top coat.  Application was fine.

Faded Putty was part of the Fall 2011 collection but I picked it up from TKMaxx late last year - doesn't that make  you wonder where this polish has been since it's launch 4 years ago?!

Nubar - Reef Green

Bright green shimmer

Reef Green is a bright apple green pearl.

Application was good, although you have to take care with brushstrokes.  Swatches shown are 3 coats and there's still a little VNL in full sunlight.

This is certainly an unusual colour and not exactly one that suits my skintone but hey, it's fun!

Nubar - Gem

Pink/taupe scattered holo  

Gem is from Nubar's 2010 Prism collection which was all holo's IIRC.

It's a pretty pinkish taupe shimmering polish with scattered slightly chunky holo sparkles

The formula was a little thin, this swatch is 3 coats with no top coat and regular base coat.

Definitely a great example of a subtle holo.

Nubar - Mod Aqua

pale dusty turquoise/duck egg blue  

Sorry for the absence folks, work has been so busy, but this is a bank holiday weekend in the UK so managed to grab some time before making tea for the kids to add a quick post.

And it features a new brand, well new to my blog!

Obviously Nubar has been around for a long time but I think because the brand isn't too easy to come by in the UK, I don't have a very big collection and haven't featured them before

I've titled this post 'Mod Aqua' because I'm pretty sure that's the real name but my bottle is labelled 'Mod Agua'.  I've seen other blogs with the same labelling issue.

Mod Aqua is a dusky green leaning turquoise is from the Fall 2011 collection.

Swatch show is 2 coats with no top coat.

Application was pretty streaky on first coat but evened out on the second.  This is one of those Tiffany-esque colours that can look very different depending on the lighting.