Barry M Textured Nail Paint 'Atlantic Road'

When I heard that Barry M were releasing some textured nail polishes, I was very excited! I love that Barry M are always thinking of and bringing out new products. Barry M is a brand that I have loved for so long, their products are always great and their prices remain cheap!

I almost purchased one of Nails Inc's Concrete nail polishes during my Boxing Day spree in Liverpool but did not want to part with that much money on a product that I may not like, so Barry M is a great alternative.

Barry M Textured Nail Paints were released in Superdrug last week (13th Feb) and in Boots yesterday (20th Feb) - so I made a lunch break trip to Boots, of course!

The shades are great for summer, with Atlantic Road (blue - as in this review), Ridley Road (mint green), Kingsland Road (light pink) and Station Road (yellow).
The names come from famous haunts where Mr Barry Mero began his early working days in the markets of South and East London - what a great idea.

Originally, I planned to get Ridley Road, but in store, Atlantic Road stood out more. I like Kingsland Road but I have so many pink polishes and rarely wear pink. Station Road, I tried to find cool but it just isn't working for me. It's a very umm shade. I'm not sure if I like it or not really. Yellow nail polish...

The shades remind me of Barry M's Ice Cream collection.

Application was easy. I used 3 coats. 2 coats was good, but the third coat added that extra bit of texture.

At first I was not overly blown away, I painted my nails last night and only did 2 coats to begin with...but once adding a third coat this morning and seeing the polish in the daylight, I LOVE IT!

What I did notice (which you can see in my last photo) is that the third coat that I did last night (thumb nail) doesn't look as textured as the other nails (that I painted today). I think that the start of the polish isn't great but once you have used it a little, it is more gritty/textured. Perfect!

The polish has a glossy finish, which seems weird with a textured, rather gritty polish but it works and really adds something.

When I say gritty, don't think this leaves nails rough, it doesn't. It leaves a very soft gritty texture on the nails.

You know a nail polish is good when a stranger compliments it! The salad girl in Subway today noticed them through the glass and said she loved the shade and asked what it is.

This really is a fantastic polish.

(Note - I haven't tried removing it yet...)

I may have to purchase some of the other shades...

I have bought a fair few nail polishes already this year but hey, a girl can never have TOO many nail polishes :)

Barry M Textured Nail Paints are available in Boots, Superdrug and online at www.barrym.com

I purchased mine from Boots, they have a deal on, save £1 when you buy 2 Barry M Nail Paints.

I'll be blogging about my other new Barry M polish in the next couple of days. It's one of the new Gelly shades :)

Have you tried textured nail polish?

What do you think of textured nails?

In other, non-nail related news, I have booked a night in a hotel in Edinburgh! Yay :) 4 weeks time, I'll finally be venturing in to Scotland! Exciting times. I have so many adventures planned over the next month, I can't wait.

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Barry M Croc Effects

A nail post for all you lovely girlies tonight :)

I have just painted my nails and decided to give my Barry M Croc Effects nail polish a second try!

(The first was an epic fail, my bad!)

Here's what I used:

Barry M Croc Effects (323) £3.99, available on Barry M's website and Boots (and possibly Superdrug?)

Minnie Mouse Nail Polish, shade 'Minnie' £1.99, from H&M last Summer

 I LOVE this polish, and the Hello Kitty & Bambi ones that H&M brought out last year.

Seriously recommend trying H&M polishes, a bargain at £1.99, brilliant, gorgeous lasting colour with just 1 coat :)

Croc Effects :)

 My right hand...not quite as successful :-/ I can only assume it was down to me being right-handed and not great at painting left-handed with as much neatness and maybe not using enough polish???

I would really recommend this polish :)

I love Barry M!

One thing I would point out (as I found out after my first failed attempt using this) is that nail polish must not be dry when applying this on top! As the bottle says, which I MAY have missed 'Wait 1 to 2 minutes until nails are touch dry. Do not apply to dry polish.'

Also, be patient...the effects do not start for a few minutes ;-)

What do you think?

Will you be buying this?

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A £5 Shopping Trip and Exciting Products

Hey girlies :)

Today I was kindly woken up at 9am by my sister (thanks Donna!). We went shopping in Telford. I only had £5 to spend, which I had in a pot at home.

I got 2 little things today:

Boots:

As soon as I walked into Boots I spotted the new Midnight Enchantment collection by No7, cute packaging/look and lovely products. I only got the nail polish, as Donna had a No7 £5 voucher with her, meaning it cost me just £2 :)

Check out the collection here.

No7 Midnight Enchantment 'Glitter Bomb' Nail Polish

£2 using £5 voucher (£7 full price)

I only swatched it on my ring finger, as I had painted my nails just a few hours earlier.

(Nail varnish is H and M Hello Kitty, as mentioned in a previous post ;-) )

Superdrug:

I have been in need of some moisturiser for my face, so was pleased to find this little gem in Superdrug :)

Vitamin E Intense Moisturise Cream

£2.99, Superdrug

(Apologies for the dull lighting! I had to turn flash off to photograph the Moisturiser as it kept beaming off the pot!)

After Telford, I then spent around 6 hours trying/continuing to sort out my bedroom! FUN!

During a break from the mammoth task, I checked my emails, to find an email from Barry M about their new 'Croc Effect' Crackle Paint.

The photo looks pretty cool, though I can't get my head around how it would come out any different to the original Crackle Paints!

I've just watched the video on the Barry M website and it does appear different to the original Crackle Paints.

Priced at £3.99 and available here.

(Photo: Barry M website)

What do you think of the new Croc Effect?? Will you be buying?

Next up, Britney Spears perfumes...

30ml perfumes currently on offer in Boots, £12.99 from £22 (£13 on website, for some reason 1p more than in store!)

I saw the Brtiney perfumes on sale at Boots whilst going in for lunch on Friday.  I love Radiance, my sister has this and it smells so good, but I hadn't tried any of the older ones, until Friday!

I tried Midnight Fantasy, and OMG, AMAZING!!

(Photo: Boots website)

I COVERED myself in the stuff and when I was at the till the girl asked 'What perfume are you wearing?' *CRINGE*...'it's the Britney 'Midnight Fantasy', I just sprayed some' (more like used the whole bottle, haha!), she said it smelt really nice! The smell lasted ALL DAY AND NIGHT! I was sat in my NVQ exams smelling it, even later in the evening, sat watching TV I kept smelling it, great lasting power!

I don't usually go for celeb perfumes, but this is definitely on my Christmas Wish List :)

What is your favourite Britney perfume?

Oh, and I passed both my NVQ Key Skills exams - yay! Thank God! One more stress out of the way :)

Hope you are all having a great weekend :)

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The Halloween Post *Pic Heavy*

Hey girlies :)

So, my final post on Halloween...as promised!

I went out on Monday night (Halloween) to C:21 nightclub, for Miss Roxy's Halloween Extravaganza (gay night!).  Lloyd Daniels was there performing, and Marlon(?) from X Factor was also there watching.  I don't really remember what Lloyd Daniels was like on X Factor, I only remember the voice man saying 'LLOYD DANIELS!' in the over dramatic voice (you know what I mean!), haha.

I went with my 2 'Fellow Jeggers', Aimee and Sally and boy, we had a good laugh!

Despite having work at 9am the next day, I managed to stay til close at 3:30am, eventually got home some time after 4:15am! I managed to get just 2 hours sleep before work, but felt fine!

However, I would like to add, never try Kamikaze shots!! I don't know what is in them, but they are WRONG!! Thanks Sal!

Anyway, on to the photos, apologies for the pic heavy post!

Queen of Broken Hearts

Queen of Broken Hearts and Aimee 'Corpse Bride'

Queen of Broken Hearts & Sally 'Chucky' (haha!) 

Bumped into my old friend Craig in C:21 so decided to have a Piggy Back ride, for old time sake :) We used to always do these when we hung out back last year, oh, those were the days!

In case you are wondering, it all started on Valentines Day 2010, when we were at the seaside and saw a kid laughing, having a Piggy Back ride, to which I said 'Oh, I miss Piggy Back rides!!'...and Craig told me to get on his back! The rest is history! Haha. He's a lot stronger than he looks! 

End of night shot

Aimee kindly gave us Trick or Treat goody bags, yay!

Accessories :) 

Stockings and shoes :)

My good old Leg Avenue Queen of Hearts costume :)

A closer look at my make-up (and another towel turban shot, haha!)

Basically, I planned the eyebrows and had the idea of the lips, but had no idea what else, so this was all a bit last minute.

The black on my cheeks started with fallout from the Barry M Dazzle Dust on my eyelids, I tried to wipe it off and it created the bruised look, so I dabbed bits of the DD over my face, smudging as I went along.

The black brows and mole were done using Barry M Waterproof eyeliner pencil.

Some old concealer on my lips, with a bit of Collection 2000 red lippie in the centre.

I also sprayed my face with hairspray to reduce the risk of melting brows/make-up!

This look is pretty simple really and took about 10 minutes!

 That was Halloween, and as an added extra, below are some photos from the night before Halloween.

After coming home from a day in town I decided to try out a witchy look. 

Products used to create my 10-Minute Witch look (plus my usual foundation, powder and mascara) 

Nails:

Barry M Spring Green with Purple Rain Nail Effects

The only topcoat I have is a glitter one, I thought this looked pretty :)

Difficult to photograph though!

Found these Mr Kipling Demon Cakes for £1 in Sainsburys...

Raspberry flavoured, YUM!!

In the evening I went for a non-alcoholic beverage at Source Vodka Bar with 2 of my lad mates and one of their female friends.

I decided, as it was the night before Halloween, to do a Halloween/witchy-inspired look :)

Again using the products mentioned higher up this post (but without the scariness and brows!)

I also tried to dress appropriate to the look :)

The top is about 10 years old, from Pilot (remember that shop??)

Maxi skirt: Select. One of my most worn items of clothing! Love it!

Bag: Primark

and that is the end :)

I hope you like and that this post wasn't too annoying, being so pic heavy!

Hope you all had a great Halloween and are having a nice week!

Mine has been a bit up and down really, but hey ho! One week tonight I shall be going to see Lee Evans with my mum, dad and sister for Dad and Donna's birthdays, YAY! I'm sure Lee Evans will cheer me up a treat :)

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A Sunny Saturday Haul

Hey girlies :)

I am going to avoid writing a lot in this post, as it is quite photo heavy!

Today I went shopping at Merry Hill, I got a few things, and also saw lots I wanted (some of which is below!).

I will follow on from this post with a post on my new nail varnishes ;-)

Superdrug:

Mint Carmex, £1.27 (Half Price)

Barry M Nail Effects Foil (I finally found one!), £3.99

Garnier Eye Make-up Remover, £1.50 (Half Price)

Garnier Mineral Roll-on Deodorant, 89p (Half Price)

Garnier invisimineral Spray Deodorant, 95p (Half Price) 

Half Price Garnier

I have tried this stuff and it is good, moisturising and not sticky! Though the minty smell and taste is very strong. I think that the strawberry or cherry flavour would be best.

3 for 2 on 17 nail varnishes :) and I found the Magnetized ones, woo!

I got the maxi skirt that I wanted :)

£25, River Island (as mentioned in a previous post)

Yes, the weather is currently hot and sunny, but I couldn't resist this for when the cold comes!

£12, Primark

And now for some snaps of a few things that I saw today and want :) But resisted buying!

I want a lot from Lush! Including the Candy Cane soap (front table), Northern Lights soap (neon one on same table) and not in this photo, Pow Wow lip scrub - bright green in colour, lovely smell and made from popping candy!!!

Soul Cal Boots, £29.99 from Republic

Boots with sheepskin style lining, £19.99 from New Look

Zebra dress, £39.99 Idol at New Look

Tunic, £17.99 from New Look

£20 from River Island

£15 from River Island

I saw a few other things I wanted too, but didn't get photos!

Up next, nail varnish post...

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