Imagination In Colour UK Nail Polish Blog
Hey guys, here’s a mini polish from No 7 I received as part of a Christmas gift set from my auntie. It came with an eyeshadow duo which is gorgeous, and a lipgloss called Marshmallow which is equally gorgeous. The polish I’m not wild about. I love the colour but the application leaves a little to be desired.
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No.7 Miracle Plum
First of all a HUGE thank you to the lovely Mel who sent me this rather amazing polish in our swap recently – this is my second time wearing this one, it’s gorgeous and so fun!
No.7 released a line called ‘Colour Miracle’ a while back… sadly it’s now discontinued – do any of you own the Colour Miracle shades? I’ve only been able to find two online, were there more? Basically, you apply 1-2 coats of the polish, which gives a lovely colour. Add topcoat, and the colour changes completely. Hopefully my pictures will demonstrate this!
I was a little inspired to try it out by the Barry M Chameleon Nail Paint press release – Barry M are releasing 3 new ‘chameleon’ shades next week (eeee I’m so excited!). You can probably tell that my use of the clear polish was pretty much stolen from the press release!
2 coats of the polish applied over a basecoat – this is the ‘natural’ colour of the polish.
I added a few dots of clear topcoat to my index finger, painted 1 coat of topcoat over my middle finger, painted 1 coat of topcoat over my ring finger and added dots of the original colour, and painted a very rubbish tip with topcoat on my pinkie finger!
I swear my nails didn’t look that messy in person… hence the small amount of photos compared to usual! Anyway. I love this polish, so much fun! My only gripe is for those of you who like to wear polish for more than 1-2 days, there’s no real way of preserving the original colour or the nail art design, unless you do a topcoat sandwich underneath. Hmm. Anyway, I believe that this colour is very similar to one of the Barry M colours:
If this is the case, I’ll certainly do a side-by-side comparison to show you all since No.7 Miracle Plum is discontinued 
as far as I’m aware anyway… Application-wise, Miracle Plum took 1 coat to be opaque, but I wore it for a day or so at just 1 coat and got a bit of tipwear so I’d suggest 2 coats to be on the safe side, if you have this in your stash!
Let me know what you think of the colour-changing polish thing, is it something you’re interested in, or too much of a faff?
x
Disclaimer: This product was kindly gifted to me by a friend. Thank you Mel! x
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.
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.
Boots No.7 Speed Dry Cherry Tang with Barry M Pink Iridescent
Sorry for being so long in blogging, my brother nicked the camera for a few days so I was lost, glad to be back 
This is a quick pic of a polish I’ve showed you before, but this time with some pretty glitter on top First be warned, this polish actually has a more cerise tone to it than the pictures would have you believe, and it’s actually got a very jelly-ish finish.
This one looks horribly bumpy haha I assure you it wasn’t, you may want to click the photo to enlarge it
In all seriousness, where you see the red, imagine a gorgeous cerise colour because it really isn’t that red. So annoying! Anyway, since this polish is shimmery/glittery anyway I figured it would look nice with Barry M Pink Iridescent (and also partly because I smudged my right hand ring finger to beyond recognition lol).
I wore this to the Royal Albert Hall for a Royal Wedding Classical Concert (basically it was posh). It was gorgeous but I had to take it off the next day because of tip wear. I think that’s probably due to the fact that I used the old nude-base trick, so I ended up with quite a few layers of polish. Anyway, this is basecoat + 1 coat Accessorize Fudge + 2 coats of Cherry Tang + 1 coat Pink Iridescent.
I also tried the Models Own Smash Up Silver over one nail but it was such a fail I was ashamed to show you lol.
Cherry Tang, despite it’s flaws (not drying quickly despite its ‘Speed Dry’ name, being incredibly sheer etc), is actually one of my very favourite polishes purely because it is so pretty and unique. If you’re willing to put up with said issues, I would 100% recommend this polish on the basis of colour alone, I love it! I feel a huge urge to buy a backup.
How are you all? I’m ultra ultra excited because Andy and I are going to see Derren Brown tomorrow night, and for no reason whatsoever I’m in one of those bizarrely cheerful moods again Hope you are all well and I promise to make more regular appearances in the near future! I also have 7 Eyeko polishes somewhere in the post which I’m very excited about, despite the nightmare postage charge which all seems a bit dodgy if you ask me. Will expand if you wish me to?
Hope you are all well and I promise to make more regular appearances in the near future! I also have 7 Eyeko polishes somewhere in the post which I’m very excited about, despite the nightmare postage charge which all seems a bit dodgy if you ask me. Will expand if you wish me to?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.
No.7 Damson Dream 105 Stay Perfect Nail Colour.
Another £5 off No.7 purchase! Damson Dream, aptly named for once, is a very rich purple colour with pink shimmer. In the bottle this appears to have an orange shimmer laced in but this wasn’t present on the nail. It really does look damson-esque though, that lovely deep purple colour. These colours always used to be my favourite, I had a similar one named Aubergine by M&S; a few years back but it dried out
This is opaque-ish in 2 coats but what you are seeing is 3, I did a third for good measure. It’s a funny formula really, I found it getting quite gloopy as I applied it, and it dragged a little in some places. Dry time was good for the first coat, but after that it was a little “Barry M-ish” in that it dented easily and didn’t fully dry for a long while. I only wore this for a day (admittedly without topcoat) but already you can see the tipwear, particularly on my thumbnail. I am forced to dispute the “Stay Perfect” labelling!
I would’t say this was a unique colour and while it is beautiful, I would not pay full price for it as I just don’t feel it deserves to be £7 (I paid £2). When I buy any polish over £5 I at least expect it to have a reasonably good formulation, since all the cheaper brands do! Sad day for No.7 Oh well there are more No.7 polishes to come!
And since the £5-off vouchers are coming back (again!) I still may end up buying more – I have my eye on Pink Grapefruit.
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.
