Barry M Nail Paint

My Barry M Nail Paint collection is slowly growing, I have 86 bottles in total but 20 bottles of Barry M and that is my largest collection of one particular brand that I have.

The reason I love Barry M Nail Polish is mostly the price the Nail Paint starts from just £2.99 but the colours are so vibrant and there is a large range to select from even in the smaller stores that stock it. 

Their Gelly Hi-Shine formual is amazing, the sheen on your nail is great and its fab for when you're in a rush as the formula is quite thick so you can get away with one coat and still look gorgeous! 

Follow them on Facebook for regular updates on the latest products and regular chances to win items :)

Go to Barry M's Facebook page right now for a chance to win EVERY nail paint in the collection simply play their salon game for a chance to win! :)

Lush Laquer Nail Polish

I fell across this company from youtuber CupcakesandCompacts (a makeup and beauty youtube channel - she has an amazing nail polish collection, check it out!), Lush Laquer is an American based hand-made nail polish company run by Karin and Lexi a self confessed "BEST FRIEND" mother and daughter team, they created this company as a way to spend some quality time together. Karin a costume jewellery designer and Lexi a professional nail art artist collaborated to create the brand, deriving expertise from Lexi's profession.
Having only created their Etsy page just last year the duo had over 500 pending orders when I contacted them, which goes to prove their ever growing popularity. Shipping anywhere in the world Lush Laquer is available to all, however if shipping far away like me to the UK it may be worth getting a few bottles to make it worth while. Due to such high demand in orders and customs shipping times can vary but it is more than worth the wait!
Lush Laquer offers a wide range of beautiful neons, brights, pales and every colour under the sun. Their polishes are infused with flecks of other colours, almost like a speckled egg effect, speckled with flecks of colour or glitter they offer a dynamic burst of colour and shape. Very much like Illamasqua's Speckled nail polish, but Lush Laquer uses the flecks to add dimension and enhance the base colour. Lush Laquer also offer clear glitter top coats with amazing pigmented flecks of glitter. At £6.11 a bottle they come in around the same price as Revlon or high-end drugstore and highstreet polishes. However Lush Laquer offers amazing deals such as any three bottles of polish for £10.18 which for custom handmade polish is very reasonably priced.
I decided on the bottle 'Haywire' an off-white colour with pink undertone with various shaped coloured specks in neon shades of pink, green, yellow orange and blue. The formulation is a good consistency good coverage with one coat. Due to the state of my nails currently I found that a light base coat of white was needed prior to applying Lush Laquer in order to get an even spread with the glitter. But in doing that found the colour popped more and was perfectly distributed. I found that the formulation held up 'chip free' about 3-4 days that included me doing gardening work and other things that would offer plenty of opportunity to chip. So I'm sure that with a good hold top coat would last much longer.
'Haywire' is fast becoming my favourite nail polish out of my 70+ collection. The customer service given at Lush Laquer was brilliant, Karin and Lexi were extremely helpful in answering all my questions and offering continued help in any queries I may have. I received my polish approximately two weeks after purchase, but due to their high demand and the fact it was shipped all the way from the U.S found this highly acceptable.
Highly reccommend you check out the etsy page and explore their beautiful collection for a unique nail polish to add to your collection!
http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/lushlacquer?ref=shop_sugg

Photo Credit: Crystal's Crazy Combos

Finding Nemo

Guess there was no need for the film as I found him on my nail art wheel!

Using a grey background (mine is from Rimmel London 60 second dry) I then carefully placed an orange background using Barry M Gelly Paint and then carefully added detail with white and black nail art pens!

Pastel Partaaay

So my brother's brilliant girlfriend let me play with her nails and do a variety of Pastel look nails, using various gems and nail art pieces to create the look.

Nail art wheels full of gems and little acrylic shapes such as the fruit can be purchased off of eBay from various sellers, coming from China for 99p with free P&P which is a HUGE bargain. They are fun to create party ready nails.

The nail polish used is all ELF or No.17 in various pastel shades such as Parma Violet, Sweet Kisses, Mint Choc Chip.

Nail art was created with a bit of patience, some nail glue, thin paint brushes and some embossing tools.

Hand Model : Lizzie.

Snap CRACKLE Pop!

Through a miss-read description on eBay I ordered WAH Nails special edition crackle nail polish for Models Own, in Pink!

I had thought it was just your bog standard nail polish! However this is the best crackle nail polish I have ever used, it never fails it works EVERY time perfectly. Even if you accidentally apply unevenly the product still produces great crackle effect. The great thing about it being pink, means that I can play down the effect or play it up dependant on the base colour. Here I decided to go for subtle using a light mauve shade from Barry M, and then using a corresponding match to the crackle in block on my ring finger.

Super easy to do, took about 15minutes to do, and it looks great!

Animal Print

This design is super easy to do, simply pick two tones of the same colour, one light one darker, here I chose pink tones, paint darker base and add splodges of the lighter colour, then add black detailing and for extra sparkle add some gems if you wish!

Nail Polishes:
Maybelline New York, Colour Show, in 118 Urban Coral
Barry M Nail Paint in 318 Peach Melba
Generic Black Nail Art Pen

Feeling Heroic

A little different for a catch up post, I've been neglecting my blog a little. But in honor of the hype of super hero films out at the moment, like Man of Steel I played around with some makeup to create this superhero style look.

Super easy, just using various eyeliners and eyeshadows blending them together to create a smooth airbrushed look that fades out to make it look like its infused onto my face. I often do things like this when bored or wasting time, I am the worlds best procrastinator. This is the result of today's procrastination. Hope you like it and keep checking out my blog for more updates.