"Truffin" Tuesday!! Barielle Green Apple and O.P.I My Paprika is Hotter than Yours!

Hello and happy Tuesday! 

  SO sorry this post is running late. I got distracted yesterday while working on my hair. I got into one of my cray cray funks and decided I wanted to re-do my hair colors. I've been taking Folic Acid supplements (per my doctor) and my hair, and nails have been growing SO fast!! But, anywho... My roots were KILLING me, so I got wrapped up in that project and completely forgot to post this awesome mani I did with Truffle's pick(s).  

 Muffin is still refusing to pick lol. She will just sit there looking pretty like "What, what do you want human?". This week though, Truffle decided to join in the fun and picked me some shades to play with.

 I don't know what it is about this look but I LOVE how it turned out. The color combination is weird and yet it works so well. Truffle picked for me Barielle's Green Apple and O.P.I My Paprika is Hotter than Yours. These are both phenomenal, vibrant shades!! They both have amazing formulas, incredibly saturated and creamy! I used Two coats of each shade. For the triangle Purple accents I used Zoya Pinta. I finished the look off by adding some contrasting "glequins" and topping the whole look off with Twee & Honey's This is Matteness- matte top coat.

 And here are the kitties doing their thing.

 And because I loved these shades together before I even added accents. Here are my base colors. I am smitten with O.P.I MPIHTY!! That said, my camera was not a fan lol. It is an AMAZING Summer/ Spring shade and if you even remotely like Oranges, you will want this baby. Green Apple by Barielle is a really fun and unique shade and you can't beat that Barielle formula!

 I'm loving all these fun and quirky shades for Spring and Summer. I think those are my favorite seasons for nail polish. I had so much fun working with these colors and I can see why Truffle has trouble deciding ;).

  Time to go finish working on my hair!! I will have pics for you guys as soon as it is done ♥.

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New Fall/ Winter 2012 Shades from Barielle

Happy Thursday!! 

  This evening I am back to share with you some of Barielle's new releases for Fall/Winter 2012. This post actually covers Two of their Fall/ Winter, Five polish sets. Barielle to me always means fantastic cremes and they definitely delivered on that expectation with these Two collections. 

To see swatches of these beautiful Barielle polishes just continue reading!

The first Four colors are from the New York Style Set. One of my shades suffered an accident in transit, Soho at Night. So I only have four to show you from this set.

Barielle Big Apple Red

 This shade is exactly what it sounds like. Big Apple Red is a beautiful shade of deep, Blue toned Red creme. There is something very classic about this polish. The formula is perfect in every way and does great in Two coats, could have been one though.

Barielle 5th Avenue Boutique

 Fifth Avenue Boutique is a nice vivid Coral creme. This particular shade of Coral leans a bit more on the Orange side. I really like this shade against my skin tone and I think it would flatter just about anyone. The formula is great and does best in Two coats.

Barielle Central Park

 Central Park is a beautiful, muted shade of Jade Green creme. There is the slightest hint of light smokiness to this shade of Green. Once again a very wearable color and the formula is an absolute dream.

Barielle Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village is a Pink toned beige creme with a hidden Green micro shimmer. This is an interesting take on a nude and I fell in love with it almost instantly. The formula on this shade is great and only needs Two easy coats. 

The following Five shades are from the Runway Fever five piece set. 

Barielle One Shade of Grey

 I can't tell you how annoyed I get at any and all "50 Shades of Grey" references. That book series is the worst thing to ever happen to literature.... Anywho, I am happy to report that this color is actually pretty great. One Shade of Grey is a nice concrete shade of Grey with slight Blue undertones. This color has a great formula and does great in two coats.

Barielle Erica's Pencil Skirt

 Erica's Pencil Skirt is a deep, vampy Burgundy creme-jelly with some slight Brown undertones. This is a Fall classic. Not really my thing but still a great shade for the season. I did Two coats of color.

Barielle Allie's Lace

 Allie's Lace is a beautiful, Pink toned, beige creme. I really loved this color and how wearable it is. The formula on this shade is amazing and does great in Two easy coats.

Barielle Jordana's Skinny Jeans

Jordana's Skinny Jeans is a beautiful metallic Denim Blue. I really LOVE this shade. I also think this color would be great for stamping. The formula on this color is amazing and does great in Two easy coats.

Barielle Rusted Vintage Boots

 Rusted Vintage Boots is an interesting shade of True Terracotta creme. This is Fall in a creamy liquid form :D. I wasn't sure how I felt about this shade but I really liked how it looked on me so I grew to really like it. Two easy coats. 

  And that does it for this Barielle post. Barielle cremes are just fabulous! They always make the application so very easy and neat. I've been a huge Barielle fan since the day I tried Decadence! 

Do you have any faves from these sets?

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Your Weekly Dose of Random LTHP Swatches!

Happy Sunday! 

Anyone else sad about the Olympics coming to a close today? I kinda am :(. Anyho, I have some utterly random swatches for you guys today. There is absolutely no rhyme or reason to this post other than I've had these sitting in my folders for a while so I figured I might as well share them, right?

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O.P.I Ya'll Come Back Ya Hear? Delicious Tangerine Orange jelly. Three coats. Make sure to wear a base coat with this one as it does stain!

Nails Inc- Stratford- Golden- Rose duochrome metallic. I've lost count of how many dupes there are of this color at this point. I personally Own Two and it's not even a color that really appeals to me. Two coats.

L'oreal VIP Status- An amazing deep Steel-y Blue shimmer. I really liked this color. It's a different take on a "classy" polish. Great formula, Two coats.

L'oreal Safari Chic- A beautiful muted Sage Green with a hint of smoke and shimmer. Great two coat formula.

L'oreal Greyt Expectations - Your standard Greige Putty creme tone. Colors like these never get old for me. Great palette cleanser, two coats.

China Glaze Liquid Crystal over Zoya Natty: Blurry shot to show the insane sparkle. I only bought Two polishes from this CG collection and they were total impulse buys. These really didn't blow me away like I was expecting and they are impossible to capture in photos. Layered it does look prettier than by itself.

Liquid Crystal is a Blue Based/ Purple duocrhome micro glitter base with multi clored small hexes thrown in. The effect is kinda cool and in the picture below you can kind of see the color shift. Overall I still feel very "meh" about these glitters.

Barielle Pink Diamond- Small light Pink glitter suspended in a clear base. Very densely packed, I only did one coat of glitter over my base color, Zoya Toni. This glitter has a very nice spread. I wish it was more Pink.

And that will do it for this week's Sunday Spam post! Tomorrow Zoya Week starts so I hope you guys will stop by for that!

Happy Sunday!

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Barielle Summer Fun Set goes Miami Art Deco

Happy Friday! 

  Today I have another cloud mani for you guys. It's pretty safe to say I am obsessed with the cloud mani technique. It is fun and easy to do, you get striking results and the color combinations are as endless as your imagination. So I received this cute little set from Barielle made up of Five, very Art Deco, pastels and I just had to do something with all of them together. I went with Clouded Skittles. 

 The base colors from thumb to pinkie are: Berry Go Round, Ocean Breeze, Peach popsicle, Mint Ice Cream Cone and Pink Flip Flop. All five of these colors came together in a little set called Summer Fun. All Five shades are pastels with the most fantastic formulas. I couldn't bring myself to separate the colors because they looked so good together. These are straight out of South Beach Miami!
 Here are some skittle swatches of the Barielle Shades.

  [RANT ALERT]
Since theft fuckery on Instagram (everywhere really) is at an all time high I've added an extra mark to these photos.... Which I'm not thrilled about and I don't plan on doing to every photo, just the ones I feel might need it. BTW! There is ONE AND ONLY LTHP Instagram account and the user name is: Letthemhavepolish. I've also started using the hashtag #officialletthemhavepolish and if you'd like to share your nail art with me on IG you guys are welcome to use this tag! Sadly I've come across many thieves claiming my site to be theirs as well as my work.... Yay.... Instagram gives me frown lines.... So there's that.
  I'm also not loving the part where Instagram doesn't give an absolute crap about the reports that are filed and they never respond to tweets Waaahhh Waaahhhh... And here I was thinking Instagram was all in good fun. Nope, even there, there are douche bags looking to piggy back off of your success. I had a panic attack the other day where I almost shut down the blog and walked away. It is so hurtful to see someone claim my work when I work so hard on what I do for this website. And for the enablers(IG) to not carry through with enforcing the rules is an even harder slap on the face. I guess if it's on the internet it's fair game but I've still not come to terms with that fact... And it still breaks my heart everyday to know that
[END RANT]

  Here is a shot of the Five polishes used for this manicure.

 Barielle cremes are the shiz! They always apply like butter. I was really pleased to work with these. Pastels can be such a pain in the butt to apply but these were just fab!

Thoughts?

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Three Pretties from Barielle

Hi lovely readers!!

  Today I have Three swatches of some lovely Barielle polishes. Barielle is one of my favorite brands when it comes to their interaction with their customers. They have a very active Facebook page and I absolutely LOVE that in my cosmetics companies. Anywho, a few weeks back they held a little contest and I entered (they hold contests all the time, with awesome prizes). The theme of the contest was glitter. I submitted a picture of my Barielle Sky's the Limit with Starchild mani and I was voted the winner by Barielle Facebook fans. My prize was my pick of Three Barielle polishes and these are them :D!

 To see swatches of these beauties just keep on reading :D!

Barielle Berry Blue

 Mmmmmmmmm mmmmm mmmm.... Deep, clean true Navy "crelly". I am madly in love with this color, texture and finished look of this manicure. Berry Blue has a FANTASTIC formula. I was concerned with it being such a deep color and it being a crelly texture that it would drag or be sticky but that was quickly put to rest, Barielle never disappoints. Or at least.. Yet lool.... This color applies itself! This color could have been a one coater but I did Two to give it extra shine and for a smooth glassy surface. I was worried about staining but to my surprise there was none of that happening.

Barielle Island Breeze

 This is your signature Barielle "lit- from- within" shimmery blue. This is a much Bluer cousin to my very first Barielle love, Decadence. This aqua- toned shimmer is perfection down to every detail of the color. The glassy shimmer, the formula and that shine! This was Two effortless coats of Island Breeze. I believe this color is part of their new 90 color expansion.

Barielle Lilly of the Valley

 Lilly of the Valley is a Spearmint Green version of Island Breeze so on and so forth. This color is a little bit sheer so it did best at Three thin coats. The formula is really nice and even but building it up is necessary. Once again we have a nice glowy quality to this color. I really love the way Barielle shimmers reflect light. They really do look like glass :D.

  I really do love Barielle. They are an underrated brand in my book. They have a really nice color range and fantastic formulas. I'd love to see them get a bit more adventurous in their future releases but I am a fan. Their formula never disappoints and their customer service is awesome. If you have not "Liked" Barielle on Facebook you should get on that! They do promos and contests all the time! They have a contest going on right now!

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Work Party #NOTD #FishEggMani

Hi loves and happy Tuesday!

  Today I have the nails I wore to this work party I had on Saturday.... Sadly these didn't even make it to the party. They were ruined by the time I had to get dressed. What can I say? I totally brain- farted and forgot that I had to rock some *couchspanxcough*. Let me tell you... These and said garments do not mesh well....

 The employees had to dress in White and Navy and such so I kept the theme down to my nails. I wore the cutest white BCBG dress and I totally forgot to take pics of he full outfit.. My shoes were too adorable for words. Maybe I'll have to find a reason to get all dressed up again and take some pics for you guys! On my nails I was rocking Two coats of Barielle in Berry Blue with some Fish Egg accents in Silver and Light Blue beads. I was so bummed that these didn't last. They really looked so cool!

  I'm kinda liking this new trend of the Index and Middle finger accent nails. While a the party I managed to break one of my already short nails, my middle nail on my picture hand to be precise, so I am back to some SUPER nubs... I know my nails are short, but now they are even shorter.

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LTHP Franken: Coal Digger

Good morning loves!

  Today I have an awesome franken I made using an Etsy polish and a NYX polish. Actually a big part of the reason for my purchasing the specific Etsy polish was to be able to create this franken. I am a HUGE fan of micro shard like glitter. My love of this type of glitter became obvious after I tried NYX Gilded Glitter. Which I am sure goes by a different name now since NYX re-vamped their nail polish line. Anyhow, here is my franken that I made out of Sweetfairy Boutique Black Ice and NYX Gilded Glitter.

 Any Modern Family fans in the house? The name was inspired by the episode where Gloria finds out that Claire had called her a "Coal Digger" (LOVE Luke) hahah....For this layering I started with Two perfect coats of Barielle Island Breeze. Once that was dry I added Two coats of my franken Coal Digger and topped it off with some Seche Vite. Seriously love this look!

Here is a macro just 'cause I felt like it :D.

Thoughts?

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Four New Releases from Barielle

Good morning and happy Thursday!

 Today I will be showing you Four of Barielle's new releases. Barielle just recently expanded their line by 90 colors. NINETY colors!! So, the other day I came home to a lovely little surprise package from the people at Barielle with Four of their new shades and a great protein base coat, and a top coat. I love that Barielle expanded their line so dramatically. Seems like we don't hear much from Barielle's neck of the woods so to see them come out of the Blue with such a huge expansion makes me kinda happy. I really enjoy Barielle polishes and their formulas so I welcome these Four pretties with open arms... Erm... Hands :D!

To see swatches and details about these pretties just continue reading :D.

Barielle Platinum Ring

Platinum Ring is not your standard Silver foil.  This is more of a Silver shimmer. It is not quite as dense as a foil. Platinum Ring applies like any other shimmery polish would and it is fully opaque in Two coats.

Barielle Cosmic Kiss

This pretty shade of Pink is actually a creme- jelly hybrid. The formula on this color is absolutely a dream. The color is not the most unique but I dont any any squishy bright Pinks, so I really like this one. For these pictures I did Two coats.

Barielle Sky's the Limit

Isn't this beautiful? This is not a dupe of O.P.I or N.O.P.I.  The finish on this deep Cerulean Blue is more smooth metallic than shimmery. This shade really surprised me because I was expecting it to be just another Blue. This goes without saying, but this color has an excellent formula and it is perfect in Two easy coats. Double up on the base coat.

Barielle Starchild over Barielle Sky's the Limit

Another nice surprise! I love this mix of different sized Hex Silver holo glitters in a clear base. The combination of these Two polishes actually left me a little speechless. It really does look like some kind of cosmicgasm. I really did not want to take this off. I just wanted to do all Ten nails with this combination.

And there you have Four of Barielle's new releases. I am actually pleasantly surprised by these colors. I've always been a fan of Barielle's formulas and these polishes are no exception to that... And can I just say OMG Starchild!!!!! WOW... Just when I thought I was done with Glitter for the time being... My cuticles seriously do need a break though. 

Which ones do you love?

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