Browsing Tag:

Barry M

31 Day Challenge, Uncategorised

31DC2012: Day 20 Water Marbling

13th November 2012

Leave a comment

I’ve never made any secret of the fact that I despise water marbling and in the last 2 years, I’ve only done it twice when it was part of a challenge. Well as much as I hate it and totally wanted to duck out of this day, I ain’t no quitter! So last night, I put my big girl boots on and knuckled down to business.

I went in to this knowing that I would only be doing one accent nail. It’s insane how much this technique has stressed me out in the past and I’m quite a level headed person! I took precautionary measures and promised myself that as soon as I did one nail satisfactorily, I’d be finished so I didn’t end up pulling my hair out this time!

Rie and Cris have both done amazing jobs with their water marbles today. Go check ’em out!

I used Sally Hansen Ion* as a base colour and created the water marble with Barry M Watermelon and Blueberry from the Gelly range. My index finger is Barry M Blueberry and I used one coat of Seche Vite to top it all off.

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr

31 Day Challenge, Uncategorised

31DC2012: Day 11 Polka Dots

28th October 2012

Leave a comment

Today’s gonna be a quick one, I’ll just run through the polishes I used and let you get on with your day!

For most of my nails, I used NYC Water Street Blue and used a dotting tool to create the polka dots with Barry M Blueberry. My accent nail uses Blueberry as a base colour and glequins from Born Pretty Store. I used two top coats of Seche Vite to finish up.

Want to see more doticures? Go see what Cris and Rie came up with today!

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr

Freehand, Uncategorised

NY Fashionail Week Day 4: Kate Spade

20th September 2012

Leave a comment

A while ago, a friend of mine asked if I could do some gingham nail art for her and this past weekend, I did! When I tweeted a picture of the manicure in question, Amy from Gotham Polish, came back and asked if I’d seen Deborah Lippmann’s nail art for Kate Spade’s NYFW show? I immediately checked out her blog post to see the nail art in question and she had indeed created gingham nails very similar to the ones I did. Great minds think alike hey?!
That’s pretty much how this theme week was born, so thank you Amy for pointing out that they have cool nail art at New York Fashion Week!

The catwalk models had all fingers the same colour but I wanted to try out as many shades as I could. I tried to go for polishes that I knew were slightly see through to recreate the gingham effect but only the blue and green seemed to work for that, the other colours were too opaque.

I used Barry M White as a base colour and a striping brush to paint on the stripes in Barry M Mint Green, Barry M Indigo, NYC Lexington Yellow and Miss Sporty Orange. I finished with two coats of Essence Better Than Gel.

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr

Freehand, Uncategorised

NY Fashionail Week Day 3: Tracy Reese

19th September 2012

Leave a comment

This nail design is from the Tracy Reese show at NYFW SS13. They were created by Sally Hansen’s manicurist, Tracy Lee. There were 4 different colour combinations but the blue was my favourite of course! You can see more pictures of the manicures and the other colour combos at The Budget Babe.

I used Barry M Blueberry as a base colour and then a striping brush with No7 Stand Back to first draw on two lines to make a triangle and then fill in the rest of the nail (If you don’t trust yourself with a skinny brush, I wrote a tutorial using scotch tape over at Makeup and Beauty Blog). Finally, I used two coats of Essence Better Than Gel Nails to top coat it.

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr

Swatch, Uncategorised

Barry M Gelly Collection Swatches: Plum, Watermelon, Blood Orange, Blueberry and Blackberry

16th September 2012

Leave a comment

Today I have swatches of 5 shades from the upcoming Gelly collection* from Barry M. Despite the name, none of the polishes actually have a ‘Jelly’ finish so don’t get too ahead of yourselves like I did and start planning your Jelly Sandwich recipes!

I’m still mighty impressed with the polishes though – their formula is creamy, easy to apply and shiny as hell! I didn’t use a top coat in any of these swatches. For realz!

This is without a doubt the longest post I’ve ever published (there are a whopping 25 photos after the cut) so sorry if it takes a while to load! I promise it’ll be worth it!

Plum

Plum is exactly what it says on the bottle – a perfect plum purple. Swatches are two coats.

Watermelon

This shade is a deep teal green. Very rich and regal, it’s very much a winter polish. I used two coats for this swatch.

Blood Orange

I would describe this colour as more of a post box red. It’s really just a classic red polish which is kinda hard to come by these days! It’s the most jelly-like from the collection as it’s slightly see through (if you look carefully, you’ll see my nail line right through the polish). If you’re fussy about this, a third coat would cover it but I stuck with 2 this time.

Blueberry

I think this is my favourite from the collection. Sky blue works well to describe the shade, it’s so soft and almost powdery. I haven’t had much luck with pastelly blues in the past but I think I’ve finally found one I’m happy with. It took 3 thin coats to apply streak free but 2 thick ones would do the same job.

Blackberry

This is a close contender for the title of my favourite. I used two coats for these swatches.

It’s royal blue with a teeny hint of purple which reminds me of indigo denim. It’s almost a TARDIS blue.

There are a total of 9 colours in this collection. The others are Pomegranate, Satsuma, Prickly Pear and Grapefruit which look something like this….

Barry M Gelly Nail Paints are £3.99 each and will be available on the Barry M website from September 21st.

You can pick them up in Superdrug from September 26th and Boots from October 3rd.

*The items in this post were sent to me for review. All opinions are my own. See my disclaimer for more information

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr

Studs, Uncategorised

Barry M Blue Plum with Studs

13th September 2012

Leave a comment

Another cheeky nail art post today. Can you tell I’m procrastinating with these Barry M Gelly swatches?!

So many people are doing the 31 Day Challenge and it’s making me really want to hop on the bandwagon and do it all over again. Even though I nearly went crazy when I did it last time! The only thing I’m worried about is that I won’t have enough time to create the nails and post regularly, but I suppose I can just work my way through it if and when I can. I’m just spilling my brain produce all over the keypad right here but you follow me right? Let me know what you think, should I put myself through that again? After all, it did force me to come up with some kick ass manis!

The base colour is two coats of Barry M Blue Plum*. The name choice is odd as I don’t see a single hint of plum in this polish. Anyway, more to come on that when I get round to posting the swatches!
The studs I used are from Born Pretty Store and I attached them following this tutorial.
Finally, I finished it with one coat of Essence Better Than Gel top coat.

*Products marked with an asterisk were sent for review. All opinions are my own. See my disclaimer for more information.

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr

Stamping, Uncategorised

Stamping with Barry M Gellies!

12th September 2012

Leave a comment

Today, I got in from work and set about swatching. I’ve swatched 4 colours in one sitting this evening which is definitely a personal record! It’s been a long time since I had a whole evening to dedicate to blogging/nail artz because real life responsibilities have been popping up all over the place. I know they tell you in school not to use this word but the best way I can describe my evening is ‘nice’! I just sat down to paint my nails over and over again with no interruptions and it was nice!

These colours are from a new Barry M collection coming to stores and online towards the end of this month – Gelly Nail Paints. Although they’re not actually ‘jellies’ in the ‘nail polish finish’ sense of the word, I’m still very impressed, particularly with their stamping suitability! Full swatches and reviews coming very soon!

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster BM210
Base Colour: Barry M Gelly – Blueberry*
Stamping Colour: Barry M Gelly – Blue Plum* and Watermelon* on the index finger
Top Coat of Essence Better Than Gel

*Products marked with an asterisk were sent for review. All opinions are my own. See my disclaimer for more information.

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr