SpaRitual Wilde Collection for Fall 2011 Swatches, Photos & Review
The SpaRitual Wilde nail collection for fall 2011 was inspired by the book Women Who Run with the Wolves. Yep you heard it right, this collection is all about wild women and nature. I can get down with that and I am definitely down with these colors!
The colors in this collection are deep, shimmery and jewel-toned. They glow. They are SO autumn-y and full of depth.
SpaRitual’s formula is usually really great and these keep in that tradition. Despite the fact that there are some frosty metallics here, there wasn’t much streaking. Only one color required more than two coats.
Sacred Ground
Sacred Ground is a deep grey with purple and gold sparkles. But it’s SO much more than that. This is a color unlike any other nail polish I own. The base is a very smokey grey and there is so much purple and gold shimmer that you almost can’t see it. But you can. The gold is the more prevalent color of the shimmer (and larger bits) but you still see the purple throughout. It reminds me a bit of Mardi Gras because the gold and purple but it’s really, really beautiful. I feel in love the second I applied it and it might be my favorite fall nail color that I’ve seen yet!
The formula was especially buttery and amazing also, it applied so nicely. I used two coats here.
Sacred Ground
Instinct
Instinct is a deep royal purple with brighter blue and pink shimmer. The base is a purple/red. Yep, we have seen tons of purples this color from other brands, but for me it never gets old. I think of the other brands with colors similar this might be one of the brighter versions.
This one was a little more sheer than the rest of the collection and was the only one that required three coats.
Running With Wolves
Running With Wolves is a super rich copper color. It glows! I really don’t think I have any color like this one either – you don’t often see a rich copper polish like this. I think it’s really unique and quite pretty. Perfect for the fall season.
This was two coats.
Rhythm Of Life
Rhythm Of Life is a slightly frosty emerald green color. In the bottle this one looked to be a little darker and richer to me than it wound up being on the nail. It definitely has a frosted look about it, which isn’t my favorite. I like the color but not the finish with it as much.
This was just a little streaky but not too bad and was two coats.
Howl
Howl is a deep golden black. It almost looks like a super dark chocolate brown that’s extremely blackened with tons of gold and pink shimmer. It’s super dark, it glows and it’s really amazing. You have to see this one in person to really appreciate how gorgeous it is. It’s definitely pretty unique looking and my second favorite one here.
This applied really perfectly in two smooth coats.
Spirit Child
Spirit Child is a bright fire red with tons of gold shimmer. For some reason my camera spazzes out with these kinds of reds so it’s hard to see the gold in this, but it’s there. This is another one that really glows and is really a perfect fall red color.
Great formula this was just two coats.
Overall:
I’m really loving this collection and think SpaRitual did great! There are some absolute must-haves here and they are Sacred Ground, Howl and Running with Wolves. If you don’t have anything like Instinct I would suggest that one as well. I think the least interesting ones were Rhythm Of Life and Spirit Child.
Availability: September 1st
Pricing: $10.00 each
Ok folks I need to know, what do you think about this collection? Are there any here you MUST get?
-Kelly
I think Howl is on my must-haves list – and if it’s even better in person I expect to be one very happy camper!
My favs are Howl and Sacred Ground. They are all gorgeous, though.
Scared Ground looks amazing. Must have.
I must get RWW! I’ve never tried spa ritual polishes before!
These are gorgeous. Nice swatches! I would totally love to see a matte top coat on rhythm of life, actually I would love to matteify all of them just because:) Great work!
Ps. you have lovely hands & nails:)
I am super excited to swatch these. The second I saw Sacred Ground I knew it would be my favorite. I’m kinda sad at Rythim of Life swatched because I have pretty high expectations of it. Maybe I’ll still like it as much as I initially wanted to. Running with Wolves is Amazeballs!
Is Sacred Ground a dupe for Chanel’s Graphite?
Hi Ali,
Nope not even close.
I feel like ive seen these before
Hi Veronica,
You’ve seen similar colors to Sacred Ground and Howl? What brand?
Confetti’s masquerade ball is very similar to Howl!!
Here is a link to my swatch of Masquerade Ball
http://www.weebly.com/uploads/5/8/8/1/5881842/6830438.jpg?396
Hi Miri,
Actually the base might be sorta similar, but Howl has tons and multi-colored shimmer.
Sacred Ground and Howl look amazing! I need those two!
They’re all so pretty. I’ve never tried SpaRitual but I think I’ll get a few of these.
Sacred Ground for sure! Going on my wishlist NOW!
I don’t have any Sparitual polishes, but I think I need Sacred Ground. It’s so unique and gorgeous!
I like the most Sacred Ground and Running With Wolves.
Sacred Ground and Howl are gorgeous! The rest I’m kinda meh about. I don’t own any SpaRitual polishes yet but these two colors may be my first!
Oh, I HAVE to have Sacred Ground!! I like Instinct too, being a purple girl, but that one looks similar to others that I have, so it’s a maybe.
Thanks for the swatches, Kelly!
so pretty i want them all! is that cool?~ i read that book many years ago(a good read-i might add!)…also i’ve read that they are a branch of orly or something like that….must have that howl, running with the wolves, and sacred ground
Sacred Ground is very win!
I’m totally with you on your favorites! Did you swatch everything this evening or give yourself a breather?? Beautiful photos Kelly!
Hi Niki,
Did it all this afternoon
sacred ground IS INCREDIBLE!!!!! and I want Howl badly….wow, gorgeous
I love these colors…BTW I had to run out and get all those mermaid collection colors from NYC after seeing your other blog post with swatches!
Sacred Ground reminds me of RLB’s Anne. Are they close?
Definitely not.
Wow! I looove Sacred Ground and Running With Wolves. Gorgeous.
I don’t own any SpaRituals so these may be my first.
These are just gorgeous! I wish we had those here in The Netherlands <3
Sacred Ground… Gah! Gorgeous.
Great swatches! Where can you actually purchase them? Is there a website?
SpaRitual doesn’t sell them directly from their website, so I was also wondering where I could buy them online since the nearest spa that sells them is 2 hours away from me. Anyone know where they’re available online??
Hi Emma,
They do list where online to find them on their site though!
Yowza! I think I need them all except Rhythm of Life, I’m sure I have something similar. Of course, I probably have a bajillion of those purples like Instinct, but I kinda don’t care in that case, I love those colors! Great collection!
Sacred Ground has just been added to my wishlist, love it!
That purple and green look so much like the Wet ‘n Wild ones you posted earlier this week! :O
wow, the ‘glow’ of these polishes are truely amazing!
Sacred ground really reminds me of sparkleicious, its like sparkleicious with more black and not in glitter. I really want to have it!!
Wow!
Beautifull colors!
Use all for sure
Too bad that here in Brazil can not find the mark
Kisses and good weekend
Ale
I MUST own Running with Wolves! I have been looking for that color for 2 or 3 years now! And I LOVE Howl!!
I agree with you on your ‘Must Have’ picks, and I would add Spirit Child. These colors are fantastic!
Wow! I have been waiting for RBL Anne to get back, but now I think I will go for Sacred Ground instead. If I am able to find anyone that provides international shipping, that is…
There are a few unique colors here that I’ll have to get for sure!
However, it seems like there’s significant overlap with last year’s Misa fall collection. The green, pink, and purple look pretty darn dupey to me.There’s a copper too, although that looks much different.
Absolutly stunning! I have never tried SpaRitual before…Where to buy?
Gorgeous. I love Sacred Ground, Howl and Spirit Child. I wish I could find this brand more easily.
Ohh Sacred ground looks amazing!
I love and am lemmiing them all but for Spirit of Life – not unique – other teals like it out there and I am not one that has to have every bottle in a collection like some do. I have loads of trouble finding anywhere to buy SpaRitual..it’s got to be an on line order for me and I get so tired of paying shipping. Wish they would have some wider distribution into semi rural areas. Love the review – thanks so much for the swatches. Agree with you – this is a GREAT collection marking fall..like the theme and the shades. My favs i would say are Sacred Ground, Running with Wolves & Howl. But I am a huge sucker for reds so I can see me grabbing Spirit Child even though my guess is I have a Zoya that would be a close dupe for it most likely.
Sacred Grounds & Running With Wolves are the most beautiful. This is a really nice collection.
I agree, the must-haves are Sacred Ground, Howl and Running with Wolves.
I’ve never tried SpaRitual, I think I need to change that!
Sacred Ground looks amazing! Running With Wolves and Howl look pretty awesome too
Surprisingly I don’t like green much, for the same reason as you, it looks too frosty. Sacred Ground is the best, and IMHO a must. Sadly SpaRitual isn’t very easy for me to find, but I think Sacred Ground will have to be mine. Such a complex colour. It reminded me a bit of HArd Candy Mr. Wrong. Could you compare them? Thank you!
I wonder how close Howl is to OPI Tease-y does it? But, yeah, gorgeous collection!
Sacred Ground is calling my name! What a beauty!
This is the first time I’ve wanted every polish in a collection!! Your swatches are gorgeous and have made me want them even more than when I’d only seen the PR bottle shots.
i gasped at sacred ground! definitely will be snatching that one up. while im at it, think ill grab running with wolves too (: thanks for the swatches! this made my day [not sure if that's sad or not...hehe]
All off these colors look stunning♥
Love Christine ♥
Sacred Ground is great looking. I thought it looked like Chanel Graphite, too, but you have disproved that! I also like Running With Wolves. I have a WnW similar to this, but this one is more vivid. Howl is also great. Instinct is pretty, although most people reading this blog likely have something similar
I’m not too impressed with Spirit of Life…it looks better in the bottle than on the nail to me, and I feel like Spirit Child likely has dupes, kind of like Instinct. However, I think the collection is stellar overall, both with concept and colors (so very glowy)! I’ve never tried this brand, but they’ve done a good job!
I love the three you do, VV! SpaRitual really shaked things up with this collection. I have avoided copper shades (except for a couple I have but that have copper glitter and dark base colors), but I think I’ll get this one.
Sacred ground is sweet!
Your swatches are that gorgeous that you’re close to sell me Running With Wolves. I usually hate rusty colors, but it looks ahhhmazing here
i definitely want Sacred Ground and Howl. Don’t know why but Sacred Ground reminds me black caviar ha ha. it’s amazing!
Love these colors– and SpaRitual always has the best formula!!
Can’t wait for my store to get these in stock!
I ordered the whole stupid collection and I am dying to get my claws on it. I love all of them, probably Rhythm of Life last, but it’s still pretty. I am particularly excited for Running with Wolves and Howl.