When the new Barry M polishes came out last week, I quickly nabbed the red matte one, Crush, along with two of the textured polishes (Duchess and Countess). But while in Superdrug, I also spotted two limited edition polishes and bought those too. The first one is a pink holographic glitter, called “E” (or as […] Read more
I wanted to try a spotted water marble, using some bright colours over a white base, but it just wasn’t working for me. I’m not sure what was wrong … the water temperature, the polishes I used, or the hairspray I used. But my polish wasn’t spreading well on the water and I couldn’t get […] Read more
I wanted to add something to my Blue Grape manicure, and decided on a gradient. Ordinarily when doing a gradient manicure, I will start with a base coat of the lightest colour, and then sponge on both the light and dark colours together. But I didn’t do that as I was already wearing the darker […] Read more
Blue Grape is the final polish I’m wearing from the summer Gelly Hi-Shine collection. It’s a vibrant cobalt blue and lovely and glossy, as is the case with all the Gelly Hi-Shine polishes. The colour is very similar to Nails Inc. Baker Street, but it’s shinier and has more depth. I do love the colour […] Read more
I wanted to do a dotticure on my Key Lime manicure, but I chickened out a bit and went for the safe option of some flowers. I know how to do flowers, you see. Whereas I’ve never done a “plain” dotticure and the prospect is very daunting. I fear that I wouldn’t get the dots […] Read more
Finally, it’s summer! Or it seems to be today. The sun is shining and it’s even quite hot. To celebrate, I’m wearing a very summery shade today: Barry M Key Lime. Key Lime was launched fairly recently and is one of the Gelly Hi-Shine polishes. I do like them. They usually take only one coat […] Read more
I fancied putting something bright on my nails and this lovely magenta colour was just the right thing. Pink is not really my thing, but this is a fabulous colour. It’s so bright, and very eye-catching, but just shy enough of all out neon to be acceptable to me. It’s Barry M Fuchsia. A perfectly […] Read more
I adore turquoise, and I love it on my nails too. It’s my favourite shade of blue. I feel like every single turquoise/aqua/light teal polish I buy is fantastic. I loved OPI Can’t Find My Czechbook and A England Galahad and Barry M Guava. But I think this one is the most perfect turquoise that […] Read more
This is an incredibly subtle stamping. Perhaps too subtle. I was going to use Barry M Plum, but did a swerve at the last minute and picked up Eternal Beauty, the purple holographic Color Club polish from this year’s new collection. You can’t really see the holographicness (is that a word?) in the photo, but […] Read more
I’m on a bit of a Barry M roll recently. It’s not that hard though. I have 38 Barry M polishes – way more than I have of any other brand – and they have such a range of great colours, it’s highly likely I will pick one of them before any others. This is […] Read more