Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Gabriel Cosmetics ColorBLOCKade Collection

Press Sample

Gabriel Cosmetics sent me the full Color BLOCKade collection to swatch and review. I was enthusiastic about trying it out, as I have not had the opportunity to try Gabriel before.These polishes are 5 free and the brand is cruelty free, vegan, gluten free, and NPA certified natural. There are five colors in this collection: Petrol Blue, Holiday Red, Golden Yellow, Raspberry, and Cashmere. All of the photos below were taken without top coat.

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Petrol Blue is a beautiful purple toned blue creme. I would never call it a purple, but it does have a bit of purple hue in it. I don't think it is quite a blurple either. This applies so nicely and I only used one coat here! One coat! It has great control.

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Holiday Red is a very bright red with subtle gold shimmer. This has a little thinner formula than the others, and the shimmer doesn't translate to the nail as strong as in the bottle. I used three coats here.

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Golden Yellow is a glorious gold toned yellow. In the photos below, I used two coats which was wonderful to apply!

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Raspberry is a magenta color which also applies gloriously. Two coats of perfection here.

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Cashmere, I am in love. Despite the plainness of this color, there is something subtle and pretty about this. I used two coats and the formula was really nice, like all the others. I have a difficult time with nude colors, but this one was unexpectedly nice.

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All of these colors have a fantastic formula, I was really impressed with the quality of Gabriel Cosmetics. The names weren't punny like other brands I love, but the formula is phenomenal. I highly recommend picking up any of these colors for your collection! I think that Golden Yellow is my favorite out of them all, I just can't get over how beautiful it is.

You can buy Gabriel Cosmetics from their website: GabrielCosmetics.com for $8.50/bottle.

15 comments:

  1. Beautiful colors! When I see those bottles and colors I can't help but see that brand Bondi. LOL

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  2. Beautiful swatches. I like raspberry the best but I have a soft spot for pink polishes. Bummer about the thinner formula and hard to see shimmer in Holiday Red.

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  3. That yellow! Its always nice to find new polishes with great formulas.

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  4. A great staple addition to any collection.

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  5. I've never heard of this brand, but these colors are always great to have around and always necessary to have in any nail artists melmer!!

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  6. Never heard of this brand but they all look so pretty! Great swarches!

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  7. Thee look like great staple shades for nail art!

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  8. That yellow looks beautiful on you, but I love Petrol Blue!

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  9. New to me brand, but they look solid. Gorgeous color payoffs on those!

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  10. These look great! Especially considering their great formula.

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  11. Great swatches! I'm especially impressed by the yellow, not only that it is opaque in two coats, but also the fact that you pull off the tone so well!

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  12. These look like some great colors! I'm actually really liking Cashmere!

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  13. These are beautiful and your swatches are perfect! I love some cremes with awesome formulas, so I may have to look into these!

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