Fabulous Nails #47

Hi guys! Today I'm sharing a nail look featuring a nail polish from my May Favourites (HERE) - Barry M Gelly Hi Shine Nail Paint in shade Papaya.

It's such a simple, pretty nail look for the summer - even next to my pale skin! As I've said before, I am a big fan of the Gelly Hi Shine formula as it only takes one or two coats to get a really good opaque colour and it lasts 4-5 days with no/minimal chipping. 

At £3.99 this really is a good quality, value for money polish that you'd be silly not to snap up next time you're at the drugstore! Grab it from Superdrug instore or Boots instore or online HERE.

What do you think of this colour? Are you a fan of the Gelly Hi Shine polishes?

xx

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Combined Haul - Barry M & Topshop Nails

Hi everyone. So today is a Tuesday and that means it should be time for a Tuesday Tales post, however I had real troubles uploading the photos for the post I had planned so it will have to be postponed until next week I'm afraid! Instead please enjoy this haul post that I've brought forward a couple of days!

On my lunch break a few weeks ago, I could not resist the unexplainable urge to hop on a tube and head to Oxford Street for some extreme impulse shopping.. I'd seen that Topshop Nails polishes were on two for £8 and I knew I had to have at least a couple!

I ended up grabbing these beauties - I actually got two of the blue polish and gave one to a friend as a gift. It's such a beautiful colour, I think it may be a Nails Inc Baker Street dupe!

Left > right Varsity, Tingle and Mannequin. They are usually £5 each but as I said I bought them on offer, 2 for £8. My previous experience with Topshop Nails isn't great but I'm hoping it will be better this time around! You can buy these polishes from Topshop in store or online HERE.

I then tottered down to Boots to indulge in some serious Barry M loving - lucky for me I was just before the end of the 3 for the price of 2 make up event.

I treated myself to two Gelly Hi Shine polishes in Papaya and Prickly Pear, and one of the new(ish) Moisturising Lip Paints in shade 161. I am mega excited to try out this lip colour as it looked like the perfect Spring shade when I swatched it in store! The Gelly Hi Shine polishes are £3.99 available direct from Barry M HERE or buy them from Boots in store or online HERE. The Lip Paint is £4.49 again available from Barry M online HERE or in store from Boots.

Have you had any impulse buys recently? What do you think of my lunchtime purchases?

xx

ps. You could win an Essie nail polish & more in my giveaway, click HERE to enter!

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Fabulous Nails #38

Wow - its May. Where the heck did that come from? It's feeling more and more like summer and I kind of like it. Along that summery theme comes today's nails... but first, if you haven't already entered my giveaway to win goodies from Essie, Sleek and A-Derma click HERE to enter now!

Today's nail look is one you've probably seen a million times before by now. The hype around the Barry M Gelly Hi Shine nail paints has been pretty unavoidable. I fell in love with this shade as soon as I saw it peeping out from behind some other colours in my local Boots. I had to have it! It's just the right shade to be bright enough for Spring but not too over the top to be unsuitable for work.

I've found all the Gelly Hi Shines I've tried so far to be really very decent quality for the price, which is £3.99. The consistency is thick, although I prefer to thin it out and apply 3 thinner coats to achieve better overall consistency. It lasts well for a drugstore brand, and the colour range is impressive. It's not the absolute best quality of every nail varnish I've ever tried, but it's worth having at least a couple in your collection. I think this shade, Green Berry, is ideal for porcelain gals like me but would also look super snazzy on someone with a nice glowy tan, a real all-rounder shade.

You can buy Barry M Gelly Hi Shine nail paints for £3.99 online HERE or from Boots in store or online (HERE).

What do you think of the Gelly Hi Shine polishes? Are you tempted to try Green Berry?

xx

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Fabulous Nails #28

I must confess that today's Fabulous Nails is quite festive (and I'm aware it's not Christmas!) but I love greens, reds and metallics throughout the winter so I don't really restrict festive nails to December anymore!

I used my Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine polish in Watermelon (2 coats - this is thick stuff!) as a base and my fabulous Revlon Gold Sequins that I got free in December when I bought my Mum 3 Revlon polishes (3 for the price of 2).

This is actually my first Revlon polish - when I used to work at Boots I lusted after them but every time I ended up buying a Barry M dupe instead as they're half the price. This is also the first Gelly Barry M I've tried and I really liked it - it goes on really opaque and thick. A word of caution though, the entire end of one of my nails chipped off (the polish not the nail itself) after a day, which I think is because of the thick consistency of the polish.

What do you think? Have you tried the Gelly Barry M polishes yet?

xx

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