Barry M Collection: Top Five Picks

As far as nail polish goes, Barry M is up there at the top of the best brand list seeing as they are always great colours and effects, long lasting with the Barry M top coat and really opaque meaning they are going to be statement nails! Therefore I thought I'd give you guys a top five series of all the best brands (in my opinion) and Barry M just had to come first.

The pull of another Sally Hansen Magnetic polish!

These polishes have been horded by me ever since I laid eyes on them, especially since they've been making their ways into Poundland. It's probably because of the ease of apply and creating a lovely effect on your nails. Doesn't require time and effort in applying intricate designs, so here's another magnetic polish!

Now this particular polish was snapped up due to the fact that it's quite different in actual colour to the other magnetic polishes I currently own which are more silver/blue colours. Whereas Kinetic Copper is a more red/brown making it very different. I did wonder though whilst putting on the first coat what the highlight colour would be when putting over the magnet. Here's the first coat!

Red-y Response

Starting this little post is really really hard, I've been twiddling my thumbs for about the last half an hour so it's just going to start like this. Anyone who has read my blog for a little while or a long while will probably know that magnetic nail polish is a must in the collection of mine. And yet another magnetic nail polish has been added to the ever growing collection when I accidentally popped into the £1 shops the other day as mentioned in this confession, I'll have to apologise to my purse at some point but here's the offending magnetic article...

Oops I did it again!

I managed to accidentally pop into a £1 shop and accidentally found some nice nail polishes, found my way to the till and accidentally paid for these lovely nail polishes. These £1 shops should give me a loyalty card as I am there so much and buying things especially nail polish, I am such a sucker for the fact that everything's only £1. They saw me coming.

The reason for them being only a £1 is that they are outdated seasonal colours or that the collection has been discontinued therefore these are going to be harder to find if they need replacing. These three nail polishes which were purchased are UFO by Sinful Colors which looks amazing it's bright orange glitter in many different sizes so I am buzzing to try that out! Next is yet another magnetic nail polish - I am obsessed at the moment called Red-y Response by Sally Hansen. It is the same pattern as Silver Elements which is already in the collection but the colour is fab and much red-er in colour than in the photograph. The final nail polish is another Sally Hansen which is 440 Pinch of Punch in the Xtreme Wear collection which I also love at the moment.
Now the next items I only realised they were there when a member of staff said that they were reduced to 25p each (I have yet to work out the reason why... I'll tell you if I find out.) but they just needed to be tried on the blog at that price!

They are Sally Hansen nail effects which are going to be amazing especially 360 All Laced Up to try out, the only downside I can see already is that they are for larger fingernails which I don't have so they are going to have to be downsize in some way. Any tips or tricks? Anyway for 25p each I think it's worth a shot and all of it will be shown on this little blog. I'll be back later on with the reviews and swatches, I just had to show someone the little splurge!

Combination of Magnetic Polishes.

When I last posted about magnetic nail polish, I did get a bit crazy seeing as there were two posts in quick succession about magnetic nail polishes which I thought was a bit naughty of me but there is now an upside to this because I have needed the magnets from them on another magnetic nail polish which I purchased recently. Now the Sally Hansen "Silver Elements" Magnetic Nail Polish Review was very positive seeing as it was really easy once you read the instructions, but I do confess this isn't such as positive review sadly.

Slate Spark by Sally Hansen is a lovely coloured nail polish seeing as it's a metallic-y style nail polish with hints of glitter which is blue so it stands out from the rest. However the design of the magnetic is the great let-down on this particular nail polish seeing as the design is slightly misleading as it doesn't come out like it should...

The left one is the lid that came with the magnet which I thought would mean the design would be like crosses on the nails however this didn't happen and the design was way bigger the nail so it didn't appear as the lid design. BUT the nail polish was salvaged! I used another nail polish magnet lid which was also used - Barry M "Burgundy" Magnetic Nail Varnish and the nail polish was saved, here are the results:

There you go, a brilliant polish but not a brilliant magnet to go with it. I am hopeful that I just received a dud magnet seeing as the previous magnetic nail polish by Sally Hansen was brilliant and easy to use. Another lesson for you guys that you can mix and match the magnetic lids meaning less purchases as you can re-use other nail polish magnets!







Too much magnetism...

It may of come to your attention that there has just been a post about magnetic nail polish, but another one came in the post this morning and it just couldn't be helped! This wasn't intentional because one was ordered in advance and one was just an impulse, it takes no genius to work out which is which...

It's the good old Barry M nail polish, it's NP 327 with the additional Base & Top Coat by the same lovely people. This particular polish was chosen due to the colour as the others in the Barry M collection didn't appear to be that great with the exception of the green one which I have seen recently on someone's nails - they looked fantastic so I might treat myself to that one also at some point...

I realise that this isn't the use for it but it does make a brilliant red (slightly pink) colour by itself as it's brilliant coverage just in one layer which normally takes two to get great coverage. Previously on magnetic nails, there have been two layers of dried nail polish before adding the magnetic but clearly it's not needed. So here's the fun bit:

 

An excellent quick effect to add to your nails! Well I am fibbing a little bit seeing as they didn't all go well and being me I redone these ones... So it took a while. But as a recent convert to the magnetic effect, this is amazing as the strips looks as if you have taken the time to paint or decorate them on but surprise surprise you haven't meaning lots of complements for them!

1st ever attempt at Magnetic!

Seeing as it's going to be the party night of the year this evening, I wanted to post to you guys something fun and sparkly and magnetic nail varnish fits the bill. It's definitely different and really shimmery. I decided to start with a named brand such as the lovely Sally Hansen seeing as trying with cheap ones probably wont work as they aren't as good a quality. I will let you into a little secret though... this was purchased at the £1 shop again! Just to say this will probably be quite looooooooooong seeing as it's partly a tutorial and there's many photographs - sorry!

So here's the varnishes with a lovely backdrop which is quite Christmas-y colours :) It's the Base & Top Coat by Barry M and Magnetic Nail Colour in Silver Elements by Sally Hansen. So here is my step by step tutorial to using the lovely magnetic nail varnishes, the only thing I'd say beforehand it's basically practise makes perfect. Don't be disappointed like me when it wasn't perfect the first time...

Step 1. Apply the first coat thinly and evenly.

Step Two. Apply a second coat, you may skip this step if you feel you don't need to but I did seeing as the one coat wasn't opaque enough to cover the nails.

Step Three. As I am basically a child and enjoy applying crackle effect to nail, this step was a great step as well as it's really cool to watch happening to your nails. This is when you apply a thick coat of nail varnish then immediately after place the magnet above the nail. (You have to do them one at a time.)

Being one of those people that thinks they know everything, I didn't read the instructions before doing this so I only applied a thin coat of nail polish meaning they didn't come out well as seen here:

Only two fingers had the desired effect so warning to you guys read the instructions first on the nail varnish effects to get it correct on the first attempt (I now had to read do my nails at this point as I was naughty and didn't listen to instructions...)

 

Step Four. Apply top coat.

Step Five. Relax and enjoy your nails, they look amazing! I'd recommend this brand of magnetic nail varnish as it was really easy to do and get the magnet to work it's magic. Also a Happy New Year to you lovely readers.