Sunday 11 September 2016

Barry M Review

Hi there! I've been wanting to start up a blog for a long while now, and I've finally made one! Here I'll be reviewing nail related products, in my honest opinion. 
Feel free to ask me any questions by emailing me or asking me on my Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/nails.by.hayley/ .

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Here I have some gorgeous polishes by Barry M. Barry M is the leading British colour cosmetics company. Founded in 1982, Barry M is famous for its wide range of colourful, cruelty free, on trend products and is dedicated to offering high quality at affordable prices.

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First up I have "Coconut" from their Gelly Hi Shine collection. This is a very creamy white polish, with a gorgeous shiny finish. It reminds me of the typical white French tip shade, as it's not deep white. It applied smoothly to the nail and self levels well. This isn't that perfect one coater that we all look for, however it is at full opacity in two generous coats. 

This shade can be found at your local Big W store for just $9.95! 

Coconut
 

 

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Next up I have "Sugar Apple" from their Gelly Hi Shine collection. This is a gorgeous mint green polish, with a stunning shiny finish. Sugar Apple reached full opacity in 2-3 generous coats. It applies smoothly to the nail and self levels well. This is my favourite Barry M product I own, it's just stunning. 
This shade can be found at your local Big W store for just $9.95!

Sugar Apple
 
 

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Here I have "Sugar Plum" from their Gelly Hi Shine collection. This is a bubblegum pink polish, with a perfect shiny finish. This polish surprised me by how opaque it was, it was fully opaque in 1 coat, which I've never experienced with a pink polish! 2 coats just brought out a slightly brighter pink, but no big difference. Sugar Plum applied smoothly to the nail and self levelled well.
This gorgeous shade can be found at your local Big W for just $9.95!

Sugar Plum
 
 

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Next I have "Mermaid" from their Aquerium collection. This is a stunning flakie polish featuring flakes of blue, green and gold. I personally like to use this polish at a top coat (as shown), but I imagine it would look fabulous sponged on if your looking for a fuller/more opaque look. I used 1 coat painted like you would a normal top coat on top of Sugar Apple. Mermaid took a while to apply evenly across the nail, however you can use a toothpick to pick up individual flakes for perfect placement. 
You can find this shade (and Sugar Apple) at your local Big W store for just $9.95!

Mermaid
 
 

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Next up I have "Eat My Dust" from their Speedy collection. This is a arctic blue polish, with an amazing shiny finish. I didn't imagine this polish would be shiny, but it was full of surprises. This polish dried super quick, perfect for on the go moments. It was fully opaque in 2 generous coats. This polish applied very smoothly and evenly to the nail, as it has a wider brush than the others. 
You can purchase this stunning blue at your local Big W for just $9.95!

Eat My Dust
 
 

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Last I have "Berry Cosmo" from their Classic collection. This is a dark burgundy polish with an amazing shiny finish, the shiniest of all my Barry M polishes! This polish applied smoothly and evenly to the nail, and was opaque in 1-2 generous coats. This reminded me of another polish they sent to me previously, 'Vintage Violet'. 
You can find this shade at your local Big W for just $9.95!

Berry Cosmo
 
 

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Barry M is my favourite nail lacquer, I'll definitely be working with these polishes a lot on my Instagram page! All the polishes I reviewed had perfect formulas, and self levelled well. Barry M polishes are a bit thicker than most lacquers, however I loved that, as I hate polishes that are too thin! Most polishes were fully opaque in 1-2 easy coats, and were quite pigmented. 
I highly recommend these products, they definitely won't let you down.


* Disclaimer: Barry M Australia kindly sent me these polishes to review with my honest opinion.