5 August 2013

Swatch: Barry M - Pink Sequin

This is one of a set of three 'Sequin' effect polishes brought out by Barry M for Summer 2013. I have seen a lot of negative reviews of this but you never know someone might like this sort of effect. I don't like to do negative reviews, especially for a brand I like so much, however it does go to show that even great brands can have dud products. That said I am quite sure Barry M will take on all of this criticism and come up with something amazing again next. 

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Really these polishes could have been really amazing had they not have been textured, they could have been like a lot of a the indie glitter polishes but a lot easier to get a hold of. I personally found it very difficult to wear, it caught on everything and snagged my hair. The photo shows two coats. Basically these are a very textured polishes, with the addition of chunky varying coloured glitters. As the glitters are so large they don't lie flat on the nail and along with the texture base polish it just leads to an extreme texture, thick effect.

After reading all of the reviews and knowing that these were exceptionally textured and thick polishes I doubt I would have personally purchase these. I actually won these in a competition and thought I would share with you the effect. It is up to you judging from the photos if this is something you may like to get.

4 August 2013

Sunday Stamping: Plate Ending in an 8

Today we were to do some stamping using a plate ending in an 8. So I had a look through my stamping plates and came across M08, and so I used some of the butterflies over a pink gradient base.

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Gradient Polishes: 
Models Own - Pink Blush, ELF - Hot Pink, ELF - Rosy Raisin
Stamping Polish: W7 - Black
Stamping Plate: M08
Acrylic Paints

3 August 2013

Nails: Sea Horse Nail Jewellery

For today's nails I sponged some La Femme Skyblue over Maybelline Cool Blue to get a sea sort of texture. I then stuck a little sea horse from Hex Jewellery to my ring finger.

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1 August 2013

Swatch: Look Beauty Nail Pop - Pearl Effect 20

This is the second of the two Look Beauty Nail Pop's which I currently own, there are a couple of others I like the look of but for now I own this Pearl Effect top coat which is a blue flakie. Along with Sequin Effect which is a orange / green duochrome flakie topcoat. Again I have swatched this over a black cremé polish.

This is very similar if not a dupe for Maybelline Cosmic Flash and Claire's Iridescent.

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I think it looks quite nice with a matte topcoat.
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W7 - Black
George @Asda - Matt Topcoat

31 July 2013

Nail Nerd Challenge: Video Game

Back in the 90's this was one of the games I spent a lot of time beating, Sonic 2 for the Mega Drive.

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QA8
ELF - Chocolate
ELF - Yellow
ELF - Smokey Brown
ELF - Light Red
Color Club - Almost Famous
Color Club - Twiggie
China Glaze - Grape Pop
OPI - Road House Blues
OPI - My Private Jet
Barry M - Blueberry Ice Cream
Models Own - Gold Rush
Yes Love - K036
Yes Love - L011

30 July 2013

Nails: Mint Crocodile

I began these nails with a very, very subtle gradient which you can barely see!

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Barry M - Guava
Barry M - Key Lime
Barry M - Black Croc Effect