OPI Barefoot in Barcelona Review + Swatches

OPI Barefoot in Barcelona swatch

Updated 2024.07.10. This page contains affiliate links and this site earns from qualifying purchases made through these sponsored links. 

OPI Barefoot in Barcelona (color number: NLE41) is described by OPI as a luscious nude nail polish with Spanish “sole.” 

It’s part of the classics collection and when wearing it, you might think of the movie, The Barefoot Contessa.

The Barefoot Contessa is a Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner film which starts out in Madrid, Spain. The main character, Ava Gardner, known as Maria Vargas in character,  is “discovered” in a night club and brought to America to “make it” big. 

Vargas has a personality quirk where she is barefoot, even when it is not necessarily appropriate to be so - on dirty city streets, for example. This piece is part of her signature style as a character. 

OPI Barefoot in Barcelona feels like a nod to this Hollywood classic movie and it is a lovely warm-toned medium rose brown nail polish. You could call it a pinkish brown neutral.

It is nearly opaque in one coat, though two coats really does cover any imperfections in the nail bed to make this color sparkle.

To see OPI Barefoot in Barcelona swatches in the original formula, scroll down:

OPI Barefoot in Barcelona swatch showing bottle label

OPI Barefoot in Barcelona swatch showing bottle print

OPI Barefoot in Barcelona swatch

OPI Barefoot in Barcelona swatch showing color number

OPI Barefoot in Barcelona swatch model holding bottle

The above swatches of Barefoot in Barcelona are shown with OPI Natural Nail Base Coat, two coats of the color, and no top coat. 

Application is very smooth, it self-levels nicely, allowing you to not overwork it. You can just apply it normally, and watch it fill in any gaps you may have missed on its own.

Comparatively, Barefoot in Barcelona, is like a darker version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow Mountains from the Peru Collection.

It has the same neutral creaminess of Icelanded a Bottle of OPI, though it is a much warmer toned, almost terracotta shade in comparison.

This color is a hybrid between a deep, rose-pink and a red-toned brown. It is quite a creamy neutral shade, great for warmer toned skin types. If you are looking for a go-to neutral nail polish, you like pink nail polish and brown nail polish, but need something in-between, this color is it.

Whenever you look at this color, the first thing you think about is that classic movie, and then, “oh, that’s really nice.” It’s just really pretty. Barefoot in Barcelona is one of those colors, like The Barefoot Contessa movie, that feels like a timeless classic.

Get Barefoot in Barcelona at Target or Beyond Polish.

Use code LOTSOFLACQUER for 10% OFF at Beyond Polish

Other Articles You May Enjoy:

• Brown Nails

• October Nails

• Neutral Nails

• OPI Neutral Nails

As an Ulta and Target Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. As a Beyond Polish Brand Ambassador, this site earns from qualifying purchases.