Nail Polish Swatch: Barry M - Lavender Lights

[Indoors, Overhead Lighting]

Colour | Light Purple

Finish | Holographic

Opacity | Two Coats

How Much | 10ml

Brush Type | Paddle

Collection | Holochrome Holographic Effect

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

Purchased From | BarryM.com

  

Nail Polishes Worn: January 2026

Orly Fleece to Meet You^ // Nails Inc Sydney // OPI Got the Blues for Red // Orly - Last Run^

Nail Pop - Pearl Effect // Nails Inc Kylie // Orly Party Popper^ // Leighton Denny Girls Best Friend

Barry M Lavender Lights // Nails Inc Kendall // Emily de Molly Waiting for the Sun // Mooncat Fools Gold

Nails Inc Billie // Nu Nail Polish I Burn For You // Cat Tail Bloody and Bruised

  

Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Animal Print

Today is the prompt 'Animal Print' a decade on from the original which you can see here.

Holographic Polish | Barry M - Lavender Lights

Cream Polish | Leighton Denny - Girl's Best Friend

Black Polish | China Glaze - Liquid Leather

Dotting Tool

000 Brush

2016 Version;

  

Nail Polish Battle: Miscellaneous

This is the last battle, and the category is everything that didn't fit elsewhere. There was 17 polishes in this battle;

KbShimmer Ex-Static // Orly On A Break^ // Orly Bohemian Child^ // Orly Chillax^ // Barry M Silver Stardust // Barry M Lavender Lights // Mooncat Fool's Gold // Orly Lost in the Maize^ // Orly Acid Trip^ // Orly Party Popper^ // Rogue Arson // Barry M Aqua Aura // Chamaeleon Little Mermaid // ILNP Mad House // ILNP Radioactive // Cirque Mood Ring // Emily de Molly Shadow Brew

Working out my top three wasn't too difficult, I ended up going with a photoreactive / solar polish, a duochrome crackle and a magnetic.

In third place is Shadow Brew, it doesn't look that good in the photo but as I wore it velvetised there was a good flip between black base and the aubergine shimmer;

Second place is Arson, its a duochrome crackle which I've not seen before;

Which means the winner is Little Mermaid, my second solar reactive polish. I don't often buy them because like thermals the pigments die. I like this polish in both forms so whichever it dies in I will still wear. It transitioned really fast in the summer sun and I would wear it more often but its not often sunny, particularly this time of year in Northern England.

 

Sunlight / Indoors