Nail Polish

Hello all of you lovely people, thank you for being so patient and normal service will resume as from now. A lot has gone on in the last month, so I won’t rant about it as usual in the final paragraph of this post as it would take far too much text! The two most important things which happened: my 2 year anniversary with my Andy, and the finishing of my A levels! No more Chemistry ever again – woohoo!

I first saw this amaaaazing polish on the lovely Kaye’s blog here, and I absolutely fell in love, and I just knew it had to be mine!

This is what I’d call a ‘vintage turquoise’, it’s got the green and blue elements spot on but it is very muted and dusky in tone. I can’t stress how perfect this is for me! The pictures are at 2 coats.

The polish dries super fast, as always with 17 polishes, and is very pigmented. I barely needed the 2nd coat to cover up a few slightly thin patches. I can’t really comment on the wear because, fickle as I am, I change my polish every other day, if not every day!

The brush is quite wide, which is lovely for people with wide nail beds like mine, as it allows for lovely control and even coverage without having to stroke away with an anorexic brush for 2 minutes and inadvertently decorate your cuticles.

The finish IS lovely and glossy, not quite Barry M glossy but I’m still happy with it.

I really think this polish is one that will suit all skin tones, it has that wonderfully flattering capability even on my bright pink hands!

I know it’s not a unique colour, but at the very affordable retail price of £3.99 and what with all of Boots’ instore offers going on, I would recommend picking it up!

How are you all doing? Please let me know, I’ve missed my blog so much and I am so happy to be back!

Emma xxx

I don’t know quite what came over me on Saturday but I went a bit peach-crazy with my nail polish buying and ended up with 3 peach-toned polishes 😛 I’ve never been a peach lover and I never thought this polish would suit my skin tone. Thankfully, my hands are a little tanned from doing my revision in the sun, so I think that’s why it managed to look okay on me. If you have fingers with a tendency to go bright pink I would definitely steer clear of Peach Melba as it does clash – my hands got particularly cold yesterday and went deep pink – it was awful haha. The colour is really flattering to a tanned/darker skin tone.

Anyways, these pictures are all at 2 average coats. Dry time was okay, typical of Barry M really, and I still suffered sheet marks but hey ho. The finish was very glossy, as usual. The pigmentation was good, but as you can probably see the polish is a little streaky in places – it dragged some of the colour on the second coat which was a shame but nothing a third coat wouldn’t sort out. I know a few people have had problems with streakiness with this polish so just beware if you aren’t willing to go for a 3rd coat!

I couldn’t really get a good picture of the polish, the camera seemed more interested in the non-existent pink of my skin, hence the blotchiness – most of the photos I took of Peach Melba it looked nude which it definitely is not! It’s definitely a very classic peach colour, I can’t really describe it but it just is. You may want to Google image it rather than relying on my post since my pictures are far from amazing.

I’d recommend this polish if you’re a fan of the colour peach – I’m not too sure about it and I’m still not convinced that I love this polish, though it is growing on me. It is a possible cheaper dupe of Illamasqua’s Purity (I don’t have the two to compare – sorry!)

Sorry my posts are a bit boring of late, I blame revision and I will definitely be better post-exam time (i.e. July) and I will try to make stuff more interesting if I get a bit of spare time – thank you for being patient! How are you all? Do let me know 🙂

Emma xxx

Sorry that my nails look tip-wear-y and crap in this photo, it wasn’t that bad IRL, honest…

3 coats.

This is a strange polish, the first coat is very jellyish and then one coat later it’s almost a creme. Which is a shame because this colour suits being a jelly but hey ho. Anyway, it kind of looks a bit dull as a creme, I think it’s one of those ones which would benefit from a topcoat just to give it a bit of depth.

A lovely lovely colour though, certainly a bright purple, as All Lacquered Up points out very Barney-esque! It certainly draws attention to your nails, it’s a nice balance of being a dark contrast with pale skin like mine while still being bright and eye-catching. (Does that even make sense?)

These pictures are 3 coats, but the polish is opaque in 2 (I only added the third in an attempt to mask the hideous sheet marks that arose whilst I was slumbering – in vain) and has a lovely glossy finish, much like most  of the Barry M Nail Paints. The dry time was typical Barry M – not forever but long enough for you to be getting impatient, though my counterbalance to this is to apply the first very thin coat, and leave it to dry for an hour or so before applying a second thin coat (to avoid the drying/denting issue) The formula was thin and flowed easily, and as usual (for Barry M) brush control was lovely.

How are you all doing? I’m alright, I’ve been slowly killing my brain trying to get my head around chemical equilibria and such menial concepts (sarcasm) (who understands this stuff?!) My incentive to get my revision done was that if I did a lot by lunchtime I would allow myself to nip into town to buy as much nail polish as my heart desired (or rather, as much as my £12 would stretch…) Hope you are all doing good, look out for something peachy and Barry M coming your way shortly 😉 can you guess what it is???

Emma xxx

I saw this post on All Lacquered Up’s blog and felt somewhat inspired to recreate the Katy Perry look 😛 I’ve been doing this ever since I first saw the post but kind of forgot to blog about it each time. I love Katy Perry’s imagery and she always makes me feel inspired, particularly with her nails. I used yesterday’s Rimmel Grey Matter, covered by two coats of Barry M Pink Iridescent. It’s much more sparkley in real life and the glitter reflects holographic rainbow colours 🙂 Hope you like 🙂

 Emma xxx