Barry M Matte Nail Paint 'Vanilla'

BARRY M MATTE NAIL PAINT 'VANILLA' £3.99

Hello guys, it feels like sooo long since I last blogged and I suppose it was to be honest! Since I last blogged, I have been absolutely loving nail polish, especially dark ones for winter - which is a total contrast to this one haha.

'Vanilla' is one of the newly launched Barry M Matte Nail Paints. I have raved about another one I have, called 'Crush' before on my blog as I loved it so much. The photos aren't that clear here, but as you can see it looks a little bit like Models Own Utopia which I have and love, but I just expected this to be a little more.. nude? Kind of not as purple if that makes sense. Although the formula is great and it is very chip resistant, I'm just not too keen on the colour. I'm hoping this shade will grow on me when it comes to Spring/Summer and everyone is wearing pastels again.

Overall, I do like this nail polish but I have been reaching for much wintery shades recently instead of this!

Thanks for reading,

Olivia 

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Barry M Matte Nail Polish in Crush Review & Swatches

 BARRY M MATTE NAIL PAINT 'CRUSH'

When I saw the Barry M Matte collection in my local Boots store I did a little squeal of joy. I had first seen the collection on Lily Melrose's blog and loved pretty much all the shades, but this one, Crush, stood out most to me, especially for the coming autumn/winter. A very deep burgundy - almost black matte polish, what more could you want? I'm actually pleasantly surprised with the application of this, it is streak free and opaque with one coat! I did two coats out of habit, but I think one coat would have been totally acceptable. I also love how quickly this dries down, it dries to a matte finish although it has got a sort of sheen to it, which I actually really like. I prefer the formula of this nail polish to any of the other nail polishes I have tried, it's just so thick and quick drying. The quality of this nail polish (and all other Barry M polishes!) is insane for the price tag of £3.99. I've got my eye on some more of the shades (I'm looking at you, Vanilla!).

I think Barry M have really hit the nail on the head with this polish - colour, formula  and finish are all spot on!

Have you tried the Barry M Matte polishes? Are you a fan?

Olivia

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notd // polka dots

Hey guys!

As you may be able to tell, I am not the most creative nor the most precise person when it comes to nails, but after discovering islay's blog, I wanted to venture out into the world of nail art. And I'm there, just on the outskirts mind, with polka dots. Yes I know it is probably one of the easiest thing to do with your nails, and mine don't look too great, but for  a beginner I don't think it's half bad. For the whole of my nail i used barry m's gelly hi shine nail paint in prickly pear which I love and wear it on it's on all the time! and then for the polka dots I just used a while nail polish from an unbranded manicure set that I had lying about!  It didn't take up that much time, about the same as painting your nails normally but I think it looks so cool and quite impressive. I'm thinking of buying more nail art sets and nail polishes so I can do more types of designs and pretty patterns, what do you guys think?

Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed!
I would love to see any nail art you have been doing!

Olivia

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barry m gelly hi shine nail paint

hey guys!

i recently went into my local boots hoping to get model's own utopia nail polish after lily from llymlrs had raved about it on her blog/youtube, however with my local boots only being a tiny one, unfortunately they didn't have a model's own counter so i went to the barry m stall bit to look for the next nail polish on my list: barry m gelly hi shine nail paint in prickly pear (cor, that's a name and half isn't it?)






as you can see, prickly pear is a lovely lilac colour which has a lovely shine to it, even without a top coat. i love barry m polishes, and this is no exception. the only downside to this would be that the brush is a bit small, which doesn't help those whose forte is definitely not painting their nails (a.k.a me). negatives aside, i think this is a gorgeous colour especially for spring/summer!
i am not entirely sure about the 'gelly hi shine' range as i don't see a difference between it and the normal barry m nail polishes! nevertheless, i would definitely recommend and i'm hoping to get more from the range in the future!
have you tried any of the gelly hi shine nail paints from barry m?
thank you for reading and i shall see you in the next post!

Olivia x

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