APR '13 SquareHue - Bloom Collection

It's my favorite time of the month again...SquareHue time! If you still don't know about SquareHue, you can learn more from my posts HERE, HERE & HERE or from their website.

April's offerings, aptly named the Bloom Collection, include some perfectly spring-y pastels. The colors are Yellow Submarine (a muted yellow with the slightest shimmer), Flower Power (bright spring green creme) & Groovy Love (saturated lilac creme). I'll chat about the formulas after the good part...the pics!

April 2013 SquareHue - Bloom Collection

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Yellow Submarine - Flower Power - Groovy Love

Yellow Submarine - Flower Power - Groovy Love

Front labels (Yellow Submarine - Flower Power - Groovy Love)

Bottom labels (Yellow Submarine - Flower Power - Groovy Love)

Back labels (Yellow Submarine - Flower Power - Groovy Love)

Bottle shot (Yellow Submarine - Flower Power - Groovy Love)

The following swatches are 2 coats of Groovy Love with 3 coats for the Flower Power accent & 4 coats for the Yellow Submarine accent all topped with NYC Grand Central Station.

Groovy Love w/ Flower Power accent

Groovy Love w/ Yellow Submarine accent

Pretty colors, right? Unfortunately I had a little bit of trouble with the formula on a couple of them, but I guess that's to be expected with pastels so I can't fault SquareHue too much. Groovy Love had a great formula, opaque in 2 coats. Flower Power was a little streaky & needed a 3rd coat for full opacity. Then there's Yellow Submarine. Oh man, this guy was a pain. Again, it's pastel & it's yellow so I was expecting to work a little. It took about 4 coats to get it even & opaque but the color is great & the subtle shimmer is a really nice touch.

Overall, while this isn't my favorite of the SquareHue collections, I do think that the colors are perfect for the season & they are flattering once they are on. You might have to work a little, but the payoff is worth it.  I can see all of these being great undies for some glitter, so I will definitely have to keep them in mind in the future!

Have you signed up for SquareHue yet? What are your thoughts? Predictions for the May collection?