NailaDay: Barry M Coral and China Glaze Blonde Bombshell Skittlette

Another mani that's great for summertime. I know. It's almost Fourth of July and I'll have an appropriate manicure for you guys soon but this is one that I pulled out from the vault that I wore last year. It's with Barry M Coral again, what a great polish! I just love all the polishes I have from Barry M. 

The accent nail is China Glaze Blonde Bombshell and the stamped image is from a Pueen Encore plate. I use that set a lot, don't I? It's the only one handy enough for my lazy self to dig out because all of my other plates are currently stuck in boxes and I could use this set 50 more times and still not duplicate myself. It was a pretty good purchase. 

Here we are with Barry M Coral and CG Blonde Bombshell without the stamping. I tell you, I fell in love with Blonde Bombshell in this mani. I love the mix of small and medium gold glitters. It's a simple formulation but the density and sparkle is really nice! This here is about 2 1/2 to 3 coats.

Thanks again for looking!!

Barry M Cosmic Glow

Hello everyone!
A little magnetic fun for you guys today. This is one of the nail polish trends that I will never get tired of. I gave up on them for a while since I thought my nails were too curved for this to look pretty with. Then I realized, it was only certain designs that I didn't like, not the magnetic effect itself. This polish, Barry M Cosmic Glow, came with a magnet that seemed to actually work with my nails. I also absolutely love the holographic particles in this polish!

This polish was released in 2012 along with a few other magnetic colors. This was the only one with holographic glitter in it so the only one I felt like picking up!

As with magnetic polishes in general, this took about two coats. I did not use the magnet with the first coat and only used it with the second coat. I've had a lot of trial and error with magnetic polishes in the past which let me get the best out of this one. Even so, I still got a little smudge on my ring finger where I got too close to the magnet.

I was super worried that my topcoat would smear my lines as it has done so in the past, so I let it dry for a long long time before putting the topcoat on. I used Seche Vite here. Even then, there was some blurring. This is the crispest they were. They kind of spread out slightly over time. Something I wish I had known about magnetic polishes ahead of time so I wouldn't have been so disappointed when I first started using them. Now that we have those very strong neodymium magnets, I have been itching to try it with these polishes.

And that's it! See you guys next time!

Barry M Bright Purple

Hello everyone!

A quick post today, as these Barry M posts tend to be for me. I still have a few more that I have swatched, waiting to be posted. I chose to show this one today, Barry M Bright Purple. This is a beautiful and bright jelly like creme. This took me three coats to get great opacity. I've used this polish before in one of my all time favorite manis.

I love polishes that have this somewhat squishy quality to it. There may be a sense of patchiness when you look at these pictures but in real life, it was not at all noticeable.
That's all for today. Have a good night, everyone!

Barry M Amethyst Glitter

Hello all. I'm back again after a super long hiatus. By now it must be totally obvious that this blog is purely for me. I don't think anyone even reads this anymore.....

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Okay, this is Barry M Amethyst Glitter. Another one from the vault. A glitter bomb of all even glitter sizes. I loved loved this one. So sparkly and fun!

The first two pics are without topcoat and the last one is with top coat. Definitely helps with the sparkle. 

Barry M Nude and Barry M Rose Quartz Glitter

Hi all! I'm back with another couple of Barry M polishes today. I used them together in this manicure. This is Barry M Nude with Barry M Rose Quartz Glitter. The first three pictures are taken in my lightbox. I did this manicure as a glitter sandwich. First, two coats of Barry M Nude, then a coat of Rose Quartz Glitter in a gentle gradient with more of the glitter concentrated at the tips. Then another coat of Nude and another coat of the glitter, again in a gentle gradient. 

The Rose Quartz Glitter is made up of rose gold hex glitters mixed with tiny holographic glitters. It's really very pretty in real life.

I did like this manicure quite a bit. I received a lot of compliments with this one for the few days I wore it. I think I hadn't been in the mood for a nude mani at the time so I didn't love it like I have certain others.

I took these last two pictures in my bathroom. The lighting there always seems to give such a different look to some of my polishes. Real, but different. I quite liked the way it looked so I thought I'd include them here too.

And that's it. Again, thanks for looking!!

Barry M Coral with Yellow Topaz Glitter

Holiday weekend is over and we're back to the same old, same old. We're back to swatch posts from the vault again. This is a two in one, Barry M Coral topped with Barry M Yellow Topaz Glitter. I love the coral but I LOVE the glitter. It's so lovely in real life. Great mix of sizes, some are holographic, spreads evenly with good coverage but doesn't overpower the base. I love it. I don't know why I haven't used it more. Oh, wait, I know. I have enough polish to last me two lifetimes. Oh yeah. 

Here's Coral by itself. This is three coats for full coverage. It's really less orange than it appears here but I can never take pictures of coral without it looking too orange. 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Barry M Shocking Pink

I haven't decided on my July 4th mani yet, or even if I'm going to have one, so here is another swatch from the vault. It's a good one, Barry M Shocking Pink. I've already used it a few times in manis so I must really love this pink. This is an easy two coater. I picked this up during my very productive trip to London a few years ago.

There will be manis featuring this polish in the next several posts.

I took advantage of the gorgeous weather today to do a little workout outside and watch my son at the same time. It was perfect. Not too warm, not too windy. Just took my yoga mat, weights and my laptop outside and did a half hour of total cardio fix. Wish I lived somewhere where this was an option everyday!

Anyway, hope everyone has a fun July 4th and thanks for looking!!

Barry M Indigo with Finger Paints Daubigny's Garden

So, since my last post, things have pretty much gone back to normal at Casa NailaDay after the vacation. I'm looking at the vacation photos and dreaming of the next one already. 

For today's post, I'm back to digging in the vault to show you an old one, since I will forever be playing catch up it seems. I wore this over a year ago, all the way back in probably Jan 2015. I had been wearing Barry M Indigo, a polish I loved so madly when I saw it at the store that I instantly bought a backup, when I went to Sally's just to look around. I saw Finger Paints Daubigny's Garden sitting on the shelf looking all sparkly and mysterious, and I knew they were a perfect match. I brought it home and did this mani. This is one coat of Daubigny's Garden dabbed over three coats of Barry M Indigo. 

In the bottle and over dark colors, the glitters in FP Daubigny's Garden have a green/gold duochrome shift. In the bottle there are some purple flashes as well but I didn't see it over the base of Barry M Indigo, I guess because it's also purplish. I will have to try it over lighter colors to see what other colors this chameleon glitter polish changes to. A quick internet search shows that the purple shade is more prominent over lighter colors.

Here's a low light picture to really capture the duochromy shiftiness of the glitters in Daubigny's Garden.

Here is my swach of Barry M Indigo, three coats. It was slightly harder to use than I had anticipated. The color is dark but the formula still required three coats for even coverage. I was hoping it would therefore have a more jelly like look but it doesn't so much in person. The brand new fresh coat of Seche Vite makes it looks wet in this picture but I got shrinkage soon after. I'll have to try it will Gelibility to see if that will solve some of these issues because I really do love the color. It's a blurple color but my camera kept wanting to take the purple out of it so I color corrected it by warming up the tone a bit. Now the color is accurate but my hands look jaundiced.

That's all folks. Again, thanks for looking!! Until next time!

Barry M Red Glitter

I just sigh every time I see pictures of this polish. I think it should have been called Dorothy's Shoes. Unfortunately, it has the very uninspiring name of Red Glitter. That is such a generic term for this fiery, palpitation inducing, dream of a color!! This was my favorite polish to swatch of all the Barry M polishes, and there were a number of really good ones as you'll see in the several upcoming posts. 

Now, on to lots of pictures.

Here are a couple from my bathroom. The different lighting gives it a much more orange-y glow.

As you can see, even just during the process of taking pictures, the top coat sunk farther and farther into the polish. This will require at least two coats to stay smooth. That's okay. That's a glitter for you!

Thanks for looking!!

Barry M Bright Red

Short post for you guys today. In this one and the next one, I'm going to show you the two Barry M red polishes I have. This is a very simple red, bright and clean looking. My definition of a tomato red. This is three coats but you can see that even then, there's a little bit of a visible nail line in the pictures. In real life, it was not as obvious. 

My next post is going to be a very very sparkly Barry M red. I adored it sooo much so keep a lookout for that one.

On a personal note, we are on a much needed vacation this week. I still can't stay away from work a 100% but most of the time is spent running after my two little boys. They are growing up so fast it's amazing watching the tiny details of growth emerging each day. Here is a bonus picture of my older one watching a little bit of Daniel Tiger in the morning while we try to catch a few extra minutes of sleep.

Barry M Blueberry with watermarble and holo skittlette

I'm back with another manicure from the vault! I wore this about a year ago, when I started going through all my Barry M polishes and swatching those. Just to warn you, you will be seeing a lot of Barry M polishes in the next several weeks. 

This manicure features Barry M Blueberry, a gorgeous effortless sky blue color that took three coats for opacity. I probably could have been fine with two but for a very stark nail line. 

The silvery holo on my middle finger is Orly Mirrorball. I did a watermarble accent on my ring finger with Barry M Blueberry, Plum and Prickly Pear. 

I have a bunch in this variation of blue. It's a favorite of mine.

Born Pretty Holo #3 over Barry M Shocking Pink

      I have a really yummy holo polish to show you guys today! Over the last year or so, I have found a new love for really bright pinks. The bolder the better and this particular combination fit that bill perfectly!

      I had bought a bunch of Born Pretty holographic polishes a while ago and have just now started trying them all out in my effort to swatch my entire stash. This isn't exactly a proper swatch though, since it's over Barry M Shocking Pink. The Born Pretty polish had looked a little sheer with one coat so I wondered how it would look over a really bright pink and it didn't disappoint! This is two coats over the Barry M pink. I'll show swatches of that in a different post.

These polishes come in a 6 ml square bottle. The short cap does make handling it somewhat awkward but the polish itself does not have any formula issues and the bristles themselves are long and flexible enough to make application relatively easy.

The holo flame in these polishes is not particularly strong. It is pretty apparent in certain indoor lighting or bright sunlight but fairly non existent in other lighting. That being said, the base color in this particular shade was so lovely that I really didn't mind. I wore this for almost a week without getting bored.

Although the product here is something I bought myself, I have recently been contacted by the Born Pretty Store to review a sample of some of their other products. I don't have those products right now but I do have a discount code you can start using. Use "PRK31"  during checkout to get 10% off your future purchases and look out for my review of more products on this blog at a later date!

These polishes and other Born Pretty products can be purchased on their website. Looks like the price of some the polishes have gone up somewhat since I bought them a couple of years ago, which is a shame. Most of them still look reasonably priced, especially with sales and discount codes that are available.

Barielle Belly Dance

       I have a very simple manicure for you today. As you may have noticed if you follow my blog for any length of time, I very rarely do nudes. It's not that I don't like them. I just don't gravitate towards them when trying to decide what to wear each time.  I usually save my nude shades for when I need an understated look, such as for interviews, etc. So, when I began swatching my Barielle polishes, this shade really took me by surprise. Since I haven't needed to wear a nude in a while, it really surprised me how simple yet elegant my hands looked when I wore this. This is Barielle Belly Dance. 

The formula was good. It only took me a couple of coats for goot coverage and it was very easy to clean up. The accent nail was done with Barry M Rose Quartz glitter. I'll be showing you that one again with a different manicure in a later post.

And, that's all!