Yearly Archives: 2011

Barry M 305 Pink Flamingo

May 11, 2011 6 Comments

Average-ish tipwear after around 24 hours of tough wear.
I think this is the most colour-accurate photo.
Here is a very pretty pink creme, I’d place it as a light brink pink (a colour formulated by Crayola, believe it or not!) it’s lovely, not quite as cliché as Barbie pink, and definitely a more interesting colour.
Formulation was lovely, opaque in two coats which both dried surprisingly quickly (for Barry M!) streak-free, very pigmented formula which was easily controlled. A very Spring-y shade methinks 😛
This polish is similar, but not the same as, Boots 17 – Pink Grapefruit, which is a shade or two darker.
For some reason pink polishes and I never really hit it off until recently I noticed my inundation of blue polishes, and decided to balance this with some pinks. I’ve had the same with reds, I think it’s just because before my obsession with polishes I only really wore a shimmer or creme red, or a hot pink (as a young girl), so I suppose I inadvertently avoided them. Anyways, I bought this colour as it was relatively unqiue (I say relatively – I’m talking in comparison with other UK high-street brands) and once again because at £2.99 this is  a steal when compared with some of the higher end brands.
I’ve decided to wear this a second day, such is my satisfaction with this colour 🙂
Hope you are all doing okay, my first exam is next Monday (hence the absence – very busy revising hard!) but then I have a month to go before the next 5 (a month seems too short.)
Emma xxx
Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Flower Nails :)

May 7, 2011 6 Comments

The product of revision-induced misery.
What I used:
Nails Inc. Fashion Fawn (base)
Nails Inc. Chester Place (dark pink)
GOSH 571 Wild Lilac (dark lilac)
Barry M 308 Berry Ice Cream (pale lilac)
Barry M 309 Strawberry Ice Cream (pale pink)
Rio Nail Art Pen Green
Cocktail sticks to poke the polishes into one another to create a more 3D effect (which failed) but generally to make the colours merge a bit since neatness seems not to be my forté.
On an irritated note Blogger still isn’t working for me – on the Dashboard it claims I’m not following any blogs where in reality I’m following about 200… so basically I can’t see your updates 🙁 I’ve contacted Blogger but to no avail, woe is me 🙁
Emma xxx
Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Nails Inc. x InStyle Freebie – Fashion Fawn (and Leopard Print)

May 7, 2011 8 Comments

Here is the second of the two lovelies I bought. Fashion Fawn is a very pretty, sophisticated polish. I had two problems with this one, the first being that the brush had one hair longer than all the rest. This wasn’t really an issue though as you can just snip it right off with some scissors. I do find it a bit odd though that Liloo also encountered this problem with her Fashion Fawn (you can see her post with polish comparisons included here).
Application was just as perfect as with Electric Teal, however (and I’m fairly sure that this second problem is more down to user error than the polish itself – I only had this problem on two nails out of ten!) I did encounter some bubbling, this was on my middle and pinkie fingers. I don’t remember applying the pinkie polish that thickly but I do remember that the middle finger took a particularly generous helping of polish so I think it is my fault, but having read a few reviews on the other polishes a few of you have had the same problem. Not altogether sure! Otherwise this one was just as fab as the usual Nails Inc.’s – dried fast, good brush control, good general consistency and opaque in two coats 🙂
Looking at it, this polish is more grey-toned than Barry M’s Mushroom which is more pink-ish I think. Anyway you can see a side-by-side comparison on Liloo’s blog as mentioned above! 🙂
And just for the sake of it some leopard print 🙂 I am slowly getting a little better.. I think…I hope..
Emma xxx
Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Nails Inc. x InStyle Freebie – Electric Teal

May 6, 2011 7 Comments

It matches my wallpaper 🙂 … ish
In case you haven’t already heard, this month’s InStyle magazine’s freebie is one of three Nails Inc polishes, ‘Electric Teal’, ‘Candy Orange’, and ‘Fashion Fawn’. InStyle is £3.70, so even if you don’t read the magazine that’s a Nails Inc. polish for £7.30 less than the RRP (£11).

I picked up Electric Teal and Fashion Fawn, as I only had enough money for two and I thought that Candy Orange looks very similar to Rimmel Tangerine Queen.

Electric Teal is a true teal creme. It actually leans a little green-er than the pictures imply but it is essentially just a dark teal. I think sophisticated is the word that comes to mind. I definitely wouldn’t say it’s unique, but neither are the other two. Shame really, but still, I love this!

Dries fast, as is usual with Nails Inc., opaque in two coats and with a lovely glossy finish, I can’t fault this one. It gets extra points for matching my bedroom 😀 (Electric Teal combined with Fashion Fawn and I blend in perfectly!) I’ve noticed, since encountering some severely pooling-prone polishes – that the consistency of Nails Inc. polishes makes it very easy to control where your polish goes.

I am still tempted to go and buy Candy Orange when I have the money, but since reading Liloo’s post I am a little wary of it! Have any of you tried these polishes yet? What do you think?
Emma xxx

Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Barry M Strawberry Ice Cream

May 5, 2011 6 Comments

2 coats (3 on my index finger, don’t ask why lol)
1 coat… for a more subtle look 🙂
I never thought I’d love a baby pink polish, but I do. Even at a very translucent single coat, I loved it. Very pretty and understated. At two coats it was more opaque, not 100% I suspect but good enough to satisfy me. Just like Blue Moon, I loved the sheer qualities of this polish, it really seems to complement something about my hands but I’m not quite sure what. Maybe it’s just satisfying to my eyes.
Anyways, this was usual Barry M consistency (thin but not too watery, easy application, dries slowly, glossy finish) so of course being a self-confessed Barry M addict I love it.
In the photos my index finger with the third coat looks a lot more opaque than the rest with 2 coats, but I can assure you that to the naked eye they look practically identical.
This puts me strongly in mind of strawberry milkshake, it has a kind of milky appearance and of course the shade is just perfect 🙂
Again, Barry M are currently on offer – 3 for 2 in Boots and 2 for £4.99 in Superdrug!

Hope all is well with you all and I satisfy the needs of your eyes with these photos… I’m starting to get a bit paranoid about pooling around my cuticles lol so please excuse the messiness!
Emma xxx

Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.