Barry M Xmas Limited Edition Nail Paints

Hey y'all!

First of all, a super big apology for not blogging in a while. I've kinda made it my New Year resolution to dedicate more time to my little space of the internet!! So for my first post back, I have a real treat!

You may have spotted these four polishes in Boots and Superdrug over the festive period. Barry M were offering a free limited edition nail paint when you spent over £6 on Barry M make up. Easy done, right? Boots' two nail paints were a metallic gold and a metallic pink, whereas Superdrug's two were a metallic teal and a glitter topcoat. Let's take a look:-

Boots Limited Edition Nail Paint 2012-A

Boots Limited Edition Nail Paint 2012-B

Superdrug Limited Edition Nail Paint 2012-A and 2012-B

My favourite combination? Easily the Boots metallic gold with the Superdrug glitter top coat layered on top. That said, I loved all of these nail paints, and I'm gutted they're limited edition! I loved the metallic finish- if you click to enlarge the pictures, you'll see that they're not like the regular Barry M Metallic Foil nail paints. These have a gold fleck in them, making them look like sweet wrappers on the nail! 

The formula on the glitter top coat was fine, I used two coats of it on all of these manis. The metallic nail paints went on quite thick, so just use thin coats or you will experience bubbling. On a separate note, the blue and pink polishes were a pain to get and accurate picture of! Not entirely the polishes' fault, I hate how we in the UK are only getting about six hours of decent sunlight at the moment!

I'd love to read your thoughts on these, and how you painted your nails over New Years!

31 Day Challenge: Day 8- Metallic Nails

Hey guys!

So the Metallic nails challenge had me scratching my head. What could I do? What untried nail polish could I incorporate? What nail art should I attempt? Then, the idea came to come one night. I think I even wrote it down. Here is the fruition of my idea:-

Boom!

 

What would be better and more metallic-y than metallic foil nail wraps!? Not to mention quicker than painting nails in lacquer and waiting for them to dry. What's more, the Nail Rock wraps were an abosolute bargain:-

 

 

50p!!

 

Yes, you are seeing right! I was in New Look the other day looking at the W7 nail polish slection (they didn't have much, and certainly not the ones I wanted), but they did have a massive selection of nail wraps for fifty pence. The majority of the selection was Giles for New Look, but I found these Nail Rock wraps lurking somewhere at the back.

 

Now this is only the second time in my 27 years that I have tried nail wraps, and my first time was only the other week! I must say that although there are lumps and ridges in the wraps in this mani, it is nothing compared to my first attempt! These tricky little suckers get easier with practise.

 

 

I can't wait to try more nail wraps. They seem a great way to get a detailed manicure without all the hassle. Yeah, I know its technically cheating, but ocasionally when time is in short supply, these are ideal. I have my eye on some Models Own nail wraps and some exotic print Nail Rock wraps. Ooo, and I may just have to hunt down the Meadham Kirchoff Nail Rock wraps that Topshop were selling earlier this year. Stay tuned!