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Grey Glitter nails :)

May 26, 2011 6 Comments

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

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 Blue Glitter

May 14, 2011 12 Comments

2 coats. Yep 😀

EDIT: This polish may look matte/suede in the photos but I assure you that’s just my rubbish photography paired with a non-co-operating camera, it’s VERY sparkly in person, could perhaps benefit from a topcoat but really doesn’t need it!

Blue Glitter is exactly that – a very bright, cyan blue glitter suspended in clear polish (although you’d barely know the clear polish is there!) The first coat applied well but with a fair amount of bald spots, however this evened out fine with the second coat.

My only issues with this are that firstly, the polish took a little bit longer to dry than most glitters. I guess this is on account of the fact that there was barely enough clear polish to go round all the glitter, not really sure. Anyway, within 10-15 mins it was dry enough to touch it without smudging the whole nail. The second coat was the same. But balanced by the two coats fabulousness, I think I’ll let it off. Secondly I did get a big chip and an average mount of tip-wear on the second day of wear, but I suppose that’s only to be expected when one doesn’t apply a topcoat. Lastly, the colour of the glitter seemed to have faded to silver, only very slightly (only noticeable to my scrutinising eyes) which actually was quite pretty.

Looking at online photos, this looks rather like a gold-less dupe of OPI’s Absolutely Alice – anyone care to compare? 😛

Very pretty polish, perhaps a bit jazzy for everyday wear (unless you’re like me and just don’t give a… about what’s appropriate for day wear!) but most certainly a good one for parties or occasions 🙂

Sorry for my blogging hiatus, partly due to Blogger being down but also partly due to cramming my brain full of information for my exam on Monday – I’m absolutely stressed out of my head, not quite sure why but I suppose that’s just me 😛 How are you all? Let me know 🙂

Oh and here’s Pink Flamingo’s fate:

I’m actually quite proud that I somehow managed to keep the dots in straight lines on both hands!

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.

Boots No.7 Speed Dry Cherry Tang with Barry M Pink Iridescent

April 21, 2011 1 Comment

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?

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.

NOTD

January 13, 2011 1 Comment

So here are my nails of the day. Well if I’m being totally honest, I wore the Barry M 294 Cyan Blue alone with base and topcoat (and because I was saving time I still have Wednesday’s nail polish on underneath – oh dear!) all day, then this evening added NYC Long Wearing 105 Starry Silver Glitter on top to hide the sheet marks which had become all too apparent! So here they are:

Without flash in false lighting.

With flash in false lighting.

It is impossible to capture the actual look! The glitter in the NYC Polish is actually tiny silver glitter granules combined with larger, circular glitter pieces in pink and blue,despite the fact that some of them are reflecting yellow! It is also a lot more glittery than the pictures would have you believe.

Please excuse the condition of my hands – they really suffer from dryness in the winter!

Barry M Cyan Blue – 2 coats.

NYC Starry Silver Glitter – 1 coat.

Barry M 3 in 1 as base and topcoat.

I first used the Barry M 3 in 1 for basecoat, then the other polish from Wednesday. On Wednesday night I covered that (lazy!) with Barry M Cyan Blue, 1 coat. I then let it dry for the rest of the evening, but managed to take about half the polish off when cleaning up – oops! So had to apply another coat. I then added a layer of Barry M 3 in 1 as top coat and let that dry for an hour and a half, but apparently that wasn’t long enough as I woke up in the morning with horrendous sheet marks! I suffered it for the day 😛 and when I got home covered it up with the NYC Starry Silver Glitter.

NYC polish is really quite thick, but applies very smoothly and does not dry as you are applying – always a bonus – but then dries very fast once left alone. The larger glitter pieces make the finish rather bumpy to the touch, so I fixed that by adding a layer of Barry M 3 in 1, and they are now very nearly smooth! I am very pleased with the NYC polish since it costs just £1.99.

I have to say I also love Barry M Nail Paints purely for their beautiful colour, but I have always found them quite difficult to apply thinly, I don’t quite know why since their consistency isn’t thick :s maybe it’s just me. But they too are very cheap, just £2.99! Can’t complain really. I love the Cyan Blue though, a really gorgeous sea-blue, can’t decide whether I prefer it to Pure Turquoise or not!

The 3 in 1 is £3.99. It dries very quickly over totally dry coats, but if the nail is even slightly not-completely-dry, it will take for EVER to dry.

I love this glitter topping though, it adds a lot of fun to the nails, and for £1.99 you just can’t go wrong!

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.

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