Showing posts with label falling star. Show all posts
Showing posts with label falling star. Show all posts

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Barielle Falling Star

I've been wanting Barielle Falling Star for quite a while, so I was very glad to get it in a swap a few weeks ago. Part of my attraction to Falling Star is that it's blue and (sort of) bronze (though it's really more copper), which are Ravenclaw colors, and I'm both a rabid Harry Potter fan and a rabid Ravenclaw. However, it's also simply a gorgeous polish and absolutely unique. There is nothing like Falling Star...except Falling Star. Unfortunately, it was rainy and gloomy when I wore this, so I only have inside pics. This was two coats with Seche Vite.

 indoors, artificial light
indoors, artificial light

Falling Star was a bit dull and a bit gritty without top coat, but that is truly it's only fault, and a coat of Seche Vite fixed it right up. I wore this for four days with one small chip on the third day and a tiny bit of tipwear, which is an eon for me lately - I can't remember the last time I got polish to last that long on me AND actually wanted to wear it for that long. The pictures here were taken, I believe, on the fourth day of wear. As far as picture accuracy, the base is a bit more dusty than the pictures show, and the polish as a whole is much more vibrant and gorgeous in real life. The glitter isn't always in your face (not that there's anything wrong with that...Mad as a Hatter, anyone?), but it's definitely there. 

Falling Star is absolutely one of my top five nail polishes now - and that may be a theme this week, because I got GOSH Holograhpic in a giveaway, it arrived Friday, and I'm wearing it now. I'm waiting for the sun to come out for me to take pictures, but I hope that happens at some point this week. If not, I may go ahead and post it anyway because it's absolutely amazing.

Aaaand, finally, here are a couple of new nail polish blogs I found this week - they are both definitely worth reading, and they both have some great nail art. Check 'em out!

Nail Polish Art Addiction

P.S. This is my 200th post...woohoo!