Imagination In Colour UK Nail Polish Blog
Little bit of simple nail art for you today! I will start this post by stating that I was inspired by a purple dotted manicure on the Nail Polish Wars blog. It popped up on Pinterest and I couldn’t resist putting my own spin on it.
Tag Archives: Barbara Daly
Barbara Daly Starlight
This is the polish I wore underneath Barry M Croc Effects – it’s the perfect ensemble for a sophisticated do 🙂
The pictures show 2 coats, although I think if I had longer nails I would add a third for good measure. Starlight is a gorgeous champagney-silvery-gold foil. It’s subtle in that it doesn’t add a huge amount of colour to the nail but it does draw attention with its shimmery goodness! It’s a bit of a colour-changer too, in the first photo it looks quite a saturated gold, moving through to a very pale, silvery gold in the final photo. Very elegant.
Application:
I can’t really fault it, it glides on and dries quickly, and there were no bald patches.
I know there are dupes out there for this one, but perhaps not so accessible to us UK ladies as those of you in the US. Also I think MaxFactor do a very similar mini, but the Barbara Daly mini (7ml) costs £3 in Tesco, where the MaxFactor mini (4.5ml) costs £3.99. And Barbara Daly is often on 3 for 2 – who is the clear winner?
Have any of you tried Barbara Daly polishes? I have 5 now, all are very much cherished in my collection! I bought Starlight when I was feeling very festive right before Christmas
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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.
Updated Nail Polish Collection
This isn’t a showing off post, au contrare, I wish I had more – lol.
I thought that maybe for the benefit of you all I would put up some photos of my current collection, and say for example you want to see a picture of a particular polish I happen to own you can let me know in the comments box. I will also link pictures I have already taken when I name the polishes, if that makes any sense. Basically click the blue words if you want to see the pics.
Grouped by brand.
Here is my storage, I managed to find a large shoebox which will fit perfectly for the next 20 or so polishes, then I suppose I’ll have to move on to bigger and better boxes.
So this is going to seem like a tiny collection to certain among you who will no doubt have about ten times the amount that I do 😛 Believe you me I plan on expanding my collection for ever and always to the extent that income allows. Haha.
Left-Right: Gosh 60 Lambada, Rio Nail Art Pen Red, Collection 2000 Hot Looks 29 Big Hair, No.7 Stay Perfect 93 Salsa, Rimmel London 60 Seconds 300 Movie Star, Illamasqua Scarab, Chit Chat Sweet Maple.
Left-Right: BeautyUK 33 Coral Surprise, Barry M 136, Rimmel London I , Rio Nail Art Pen Yellow, Barry M 307 Lemon Ice Cream.
Left-Right: Chit Chat Seamoss, Barry M 304 Mint Green, GOSH 548 Green Hawaii, Barry M 290 Spring Green, Rio Nail Art Pen Green, GOSH 564 Golden Dragon, Rimmel London I
Left-Right: Marks & Spencer Duck Egg (EM), Barry M 317 Blue Moon, Revlon 044 Blue Lagoon, Barry M 295 Pure Turquoise, Boots 17 Fast Finish Catwalk Couture, Marks & Spencer Bright Aqua (M2), Essie Lapis of Luxury, Barbara Daly Denim, GOSH Special Edition 001 Lavender Love.
Left-Right: Boots 17 Fast Finish Peacock, Collection 2000 Hot Looks 37 Bongo Beat, Accessorize Illusions 39 Mermaid, Barbara Daly Aqua Shimmer, Illamasqua Viridian.
Left-Right: Barry M 294 Cyan Blue, Barry M 297 Blue Glitter, Nails Inc x Diet Coke Denim, Rio Nail Art Pen Blue, Marks & Spencer Lagoon (RC), 2true Shade 14, Nails Inc Chandos Place, Barry M 292 Navy.
Left-Right: BeautyUK 51 Smokey Lilac, Nails Inc. x Diet Coke Heather Grey, Natural Collection Lunar Haze, Barry M 308 Berry Ice Cream, GOSH 571 Wild Lilac, Collection 2000 Hot Looks 42 Teeny Bikini, Barry M 161 Vivid Purple, Barry M 312 Indigo.
Left-Right: Maybelline Forever Strong Pro 76 French Manicure, Barry M 264 Pink Iridescent, Rimmel London 60 Seconds 210 Ethereal, Accessorize 9 Fudge, MaxFactor Nailfinity 882 Angel Nails, L’Oreal Paris Resist & Shine 103, Barry M 309 Strawberry Ice Cream.
Left-Right: Rio Nail Art Pen Pink, No.7 Stay Perfect Milan, Barry M 305 Pink Flamingo, Boots 17 Lasting Finish Pink Grapefruit, Revlon 040 Fuchsia Fever, Unknown Pink from Argos Pretty Pink Makeup Palette, No.7 Speed Dry 41 Cherry Tang, NYC in a New York Color Minute 224B Times Square.
Left-Right: Accessorize Illusions 35 Pink Spice, Nails Inc. Chester Place, L’Oreal Resist & Shine Titanium 603, OPI DS Jewel, Barry M 165, Nails Inc. Petticoat Lane, No.7 Stay Perfect 105 Damson Dream, Marks & Spencer Aubergine (EP), Nails Inc. Victoria.
Left-Right: Barry M 310 Mushroom, Nails Inc. Battersea Power Station, Boots 17 Lasting Finish Toasted Almond, Accessorize 48 Magical Mocha, Unknown Gold from Argos Pretty Pink Makeup Palette.
Left-Right: Rio Nail Art Pen Silver, Accessorize 45 Dove, Rimmel London 60 Seconds 805 Grey Matter, Models Own Smash Up Silver, Chit Chat Starshine, Rimmel London I GOSH 549 Holographic, BeautyUK 50 Slate, No.7 Stay Perfect 62 Night Silver.
Left-Right: NYC Long Wearing 105 Starry Silver Glitter, Max Factor Nailfinity 133 Extra Frost, Rio Nail Art Pen White, Rio Nail Art Pen Black, Rimmel London I Barry M 311 Nail Effects Black, Models Own Smash Up Black.
Left-Right: Nails Inc. A+E Base Coat, Rimmel London Stronger Double Duty Base Coat, Barry M 3-in-1 Base Coat Top Coat & Nail Hardener, Sally Hansen Nail Shine Miracle Top Coat, Rimmel London Lycra Pro Matte Finish Top Coat.
So once again if you didn’t read at the top 😛 comment if there’s any of these you’d like to see before you buy, as such, or even if you feel my pictures don’t show you what you want to see 🙂 I will also strive to update this every time I post pictures of each colour as and when.
Emma xxx
Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or won in competitions, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.
Nail Polish Collection As Of 13th January 2011
Considering I only had about 4 nail polishes at the beginning of December… I have gone a bit nail polish mental! 🙂 Maybe it’s just the colours, I hate routine and since buying/receiving all these polishes I have been changing them every day lol – until my nails split at which point I realised I should really consider the health of my nails before abusing them 😀 they are happy nails now though. So here we go:
L-R: GOSH 60 Lambada, Rio Nail Art Pen Red, Collection 2000 Hot Looks 29 Big Hair, Rimmel 60 Seconds 300 Movie Star, ChitChat Sweet Maple, Barry M 136, Rimmel Lasting Finish 050 Tangerine Queen, Rio Nail Art Pen Yellow.
L-R: ChitChat Seamoss, Barry M 290 Spring Green, Rio Nail Art Pen Green, Rimmel Lasting Finish 238 Forest, Collection 2000 Hot Looks 37 Bongo Beat, Boots 17 Fast Finish Peacock, Boots 17 Fast Finish Catwalk Couture, Barry M 295 Pure Turquoise.
L-R: Essie Lapis of Luxury, Barry M 294 Cyan Blue, Rio Nail Art Pen Blue, Barbara Daly Aqua Shimmer, 2True Glossywear Shade No. 14, Barry M 292 Navy, Barry M 312 Indigo, Barry M 161 Vivid Purple.
L-R: Barry M 308 Berry Ice Cream, Natural Collection Lunar Haze, Collection 2000 Hot Looks 42 Teeny Bikini, Barry M 165, Rio Nail Art Pen Metallic Pink, L’Oreal Resist & Shine 603, Unknown Makeup Palette Nail Polish.
L-R: Max Factor Nailfinity 882 Angel Nails, L’Oreal Resist & Shine 103, Maybelline Forever Strong Pro 76 French Manicure, Unknown Makeup Palette Nail Polish, Rimmel 60 Seconds 805 Grey Matter, Rio Nail Art Pen Metallic Silver.
L-R: ChitChat Starshine, NYC Long Wearing 105 Starry Silver Glitter, Max Factor Nailfinity 133 Extra Frost, Rio Nail Art Pen White, Rio Nail Art Pen Black, Sally Hansen Nail Shine Miracle Top Coat, Barry M 54 Basecoat Topcoat & Nail Hardener 3 in 1.
If you haven’t heard of ChitChat, it’s from Poundland (don’t judge me ;)) they aren’t actually that bad, they have a much nicer smell than most nail polishes (though I don’t know whether that means they are cheapie harmful fumes!!!) and they do look really lovely over the top of some polishes. They are too sheer really to wear alone, and I wouldn’t say they are of great staying quality! Hence why I would only use them over the top of another polish.
The two unknown polishes are from a makeup box given to me for my birthday last year, which I would definitely recommend. It isn’t tested on animals (BUAV approved), and the eyeshadows particularly are of fairly good quality considering the price. It’s called PrettyPink, and is (or was!) from Argos.
In total I think I have 42 coloured polishes and 2 Topcoat Basecoats, and I don’t think I’ll be stopping any time soon!
Emma xx
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.
