Nail Art: I Been Drankin' Watermelon

With summer kind of being in Scotland, fruit patterns are all over the place - nails, fashion, homeware. Watermelon and pineapples are my personal favourites, and I currently have a watermelon clutch from new look (which a friend very nicely got me as part of a graduation present!) and a pineapple backpack from topshop. 

I was going to do watermelon nails a few weeks ago bit of course my nails broke and I had to but them down to nubs again :(

Nail Polishes used:

Barry M Gelly: Greenberry

Models Own Hypergel: Coral Glaze

Models Own nail art pens: black and white

Nail Art: Matching Pastel Aztec

It's graduation season and with that comes fancy dresses! My boyfriend's graduation is before mines and I've decided to wear a pale grey shift dress with a pastel aztec pattern from missguided. I don't often wear such bright colours but thought I'd make the effort for summer. 

I attempted to do matching nails, by picking out specific parts of the pattern. However they didn't come out as neat or as dainty as I'd hoped. But they could be worse haha! 

Colours used:

Models Own Hypergel: Cornflower Gleam

Models Own Scented: Banana Split

Barry M Gelly: Greenberry, Dragon fruit, Papaya 

Revlon: Hazy 

All The Black & White Glitter Topcoats!

I'm a hoarder. And I like the current indie inspired trend of black and white glitter topcoats. After purchasing 3 of the loreal offering, I knew I needed Barry m's confetti topcoat which has bar/strand glitter compared to circle/hexagonal glitter in the loreal topcoat. 

I've yet to purchase multiples of the Barry m one, but I shall do at some point because I think black and white is unusual for a glitter polish and goes with pretty much any colour for when you're having a mind blank on what nails to do. 

Here, I layered them both together over Barry m's Greenberry and I love it so much. It's does lead to a little but if glitter overkill, as the Barry m applied a bit easier than the loreal (I only have one coat of each) but I don't mind too much! 

Swatched! Barry M Gellys

Hey guys, I have a swatches for you guys today after I discovered Superdrugs 3 for 2 sale and they are currently stocking the new confetti and nail art pens from Barry m (blog posts on them to come).  

This post shall be on some of the newer Gelly polishes, specifically Key Lime, Greenberry, Dragon Fruit and Guava, which are all opaque in 2 coats but I used 3 as always. 

Key Lime is a bright lime green creme that is a really unusual colour to find I think. I know Barry M has a similar colour in their normal collection which I also have but I found it to be far too sheer even for a normal jelly finish. This is a much better alternative! 

Greenberry is a very bright turquoisey colour with a hint of bright green to it. I love this colour and it's very summery. 

I picked up Dragon Fruit as I don't actually have many pinks in my collection. This has as light shimmer running through it however it's not too noticeable. 

Guava is a darker turquoise leaning towards blue which I think is nice for summer nights out.