Monday 29 April 2013

New Release - Barry M Confetti

I haven't blogged in a while, I only got back from my honeymoon last night. I will be doing a wedding and honeymoon post shortly once I have gone through all the pictures.

I saw that Barry M are releasing a new nail polish line in June called Confetti.


From left to right we have Bubblegum, Sour Apple, Dolly Mixture, Marshmallow and Liquorice.

Each of these is a bar glitter polish. Bubblegum is a blue base with blue glitter, Sour Apple green based and green glitter, Dolly Mixture is a multicoloured glitter, Marshmallow is a pink base with pink glitter and Liquorice is black base with white glitter.

I believe each of these will cost £3.99. I am a fan of Barry M polishes and Dazzle Pots and the company, who does not test on animals, are always affordable. I love the look of the multicoloured glitter.

What do you think? Will you be picking any of these up?

Tuesday 2 April 2013

18K Midtown Magic

I bought Midtown Magic from Sallys a while ago but never got round to using it. It is by one of my favorite nail polish brands, China Glaze and at a glance it just looks like a black polish in the bottle.

However, in the right light it shows its true colours - a very dark plum base with a hint of chocolate-brown. It also has very fine golden shimmer running through it.

This polish was in the sale and I bought it a few months back but it's from Metro collection for autumn 2011.

I painted two coats of Midtown Magic then used one coat of OPI's The Man With The Golden Gun - 18k gold flakie top coat. 





I have mentioned before that I am not a fan of the OPI 18k topcoat (which I bought from Sally's in the sale) The clear base is quite thick and the gold flecks are so sparse. It takes a lot of effort to get the flecks in a noticeable place. I am glad I didn't pay full price, I would have been very disappointed.