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So yesterday you saw the 2 Superdrug Limited Edition Nail Paints ( post here ) that Barry M will be releasing on the 4th June, today I bring you the 2 Boots releases, Carousel and Bikini. Barry M Boots Summer Limited Edition Carousel & Bikini Carousel is a gorgeous coral with a golden shimmer. You can see from the bottle that the shimmer is amazing, however it doesn't transfer well to the nail and I really struggled to see it under all sorts of light conditions. The formula for this is a little thick so be careful when applying. I used 2 coats, no topcoat for the photos below. Barry M Boots Summer Limited Edition Carousel Barry M Boots Summer Limited Edition Carousel Macro Bikini is a dark lavender with blue tones. It is also a creme polish (the only one out of the 4) and has the best formula out of the lot. It took 2 smooth coats, no topcoat for the photos below. Barry M Boots Summer Limited Edition Bikini Barry M Boots Summer Limited Edition Bikini Macro Both these polishes w...

Barry M are releasing 4 new limited edition polishes over the coming weeks, 2 are exclusive to Superdrug & 2 to Boots. These summer limited editions always have patterned lids, unlike the Christmas limited editions which seem to have foil lids. They did the same last year for their summer limited editions but the lids were zebra & aztec themed. I have to admit to loving these themed lids & this years are totally cute!  Barry M Superdrug Limited Edition Seaside & Promenade Today I have the 2 Superdrug summer limited editions. Seaside (Blue) & Promenade (Pink), I love they're summer themed names and the colours are amazing. Both these polishes have a gorgeous shimmery finish that is similar to the base of the Barry M Superdrug 50th Birthday polish. The formula is a little sticky so be sure to wait for the layers to dry before applying the next otherwise you'll end up dragging the polish. Seaside is a gorgeous turquoise blue with a silver shimmer and green und...

Firstly no I don't have any new Barry M polishes, haha but I have made my very own exclusive limited edition Barry M polishes and thats almost as exciting! I suspect all polish lovers imagine themselves creating their own line of polishes. However the idea of setting up an independent, indie polish company is just beyond the realms of possibility for me at least. So I thought, why not start small scale and create a couple of polishes at home. Three simple but different ways of frankening: 1. Mixing old bottles of nail polish to create new colours. 2. Crushing up eyeshadow pigments and mixing it with clear polish to create a polish that matches your makeup. 3. Mixing glitter into old bottles of polish to create your own glitter wonder. I decided that I would start with the latter as I had a couple of spare bottles of Barry M lying around and some pretty glitter that I was itching to add to some polish. Equipment: Nail Polish Glitter Card Scissors Sticky tape I bought my glitter f...

So the last few days I have been seriously thinking about my polish journey. What I am doing well, not so well, where I am and where I want to go. I have no set plan, as long as the colours, patterns and art is fun and creative I am happy. However I do want to grow, so to speak, in the nail world and this requires a certain level of planning. So I decided to set up a facebook and twitter for 'The Polish List'. I am hoping that twitter will be a little more relaxed than the posts I put on my blog. I love how easy it is to post whats on your mind at that minute, what you spot in the shops and that you can easily communicate with brands. Facebook will be a place to share all my photos, photos of other people who have been inspired by my work and also nails I do for friends etc. I want it to be a place where my followers and I can share and discuss nail polish etc with a little less of the restrictions imposed by instagram (easy link sharing, quick photos that aren't so perfect...

So my recent delivery of Lacquer Lab polishes contained a polish with they are sadly discontinuing. I am so glad I managed to get my hands on it as the formula of Red Planet from their Studio Collection is amazing and the colour is beautiful. The name inspired my nail art. I have never thought of painting an alien on my nails until I read the name of this polish this evening. I did consider painting a bright green martian but then I thought the nails could look Christmasy despite the nature of the design. It took me around an hour to paint this, I am still slow with my designs but I never like finishing unless I think it's perfect. Even now I look at this picture and see at least 10 corrections I wish I had made. Here is a quick overview of the steps. I always sketch out the shape in the palest colour of the design. I find it helps as I have got dimensions incorrect in the past. Then I add the details in stages. Be prepared to fiddle around a lot near the end, I still have not got ...

The Lacquer Lab unexpectedly announced the release of 2 beautiful new luxury creme polishes on Friday the 16th May called the Salt and Pepper Duo. I grabbed them immediately, I am always on the lookout for new white and black polishes. Salt is a snowy white. It took 3 thin coats to get full coverage. Formula was good and application easy, as always these creme polishes are great. Pepper is a jet black. This is an incredible polish, all but one nail I managed to get away with using only one coat. The formula is the best I've seen from TLL and consequently the application is brilliant. I did some rather literal nail art using these 2 polishes. Yes that's actual salt and pepper on my nails and yes I know that the P is before the S so it reads Pepper and Salt. Honestly, little things like that really get my OCD flaring up. Luckily I am too sleepy today otherwise I would have redone the letters the right way around! This will teach me for rushing into something and not planning prop...

Fimo canes are one of the most unused 3D nail art tool I know of. Yes, everyone loves a rhinestone but these canes come in all sorts of cute and colourful shapes that I truly believe that they're as versatile as rhinsetones. I have used them in a few mains now (see at end) but the most recent was in recreating a pattern I spotted on a Topshop dress . I thought I'd give you a little 'How To' as I know a lot of people are unsure at how to go about using canes. Supplies Fimo canes/Slices Blade Nail polish/Glue Firstly the fimo. I suggest you buy rather than make the canes as I have no idea how you'd go about that. eBay is your best friend here. I think I bought a pack of 50 random canes for £2. Crazy cheap! You can also buy them pre-sliced for around £1 in a nail art wheel. You don't get nearly as many but it's more convenient. Then you need a blade (gah!), I hate blades even though I'm a scientist and have dissected many a thing. I got this amazing pen bl...

I love doing these comparison posts, it gives me a chance to look at all my polishes again and rediscover a few old beauties. A few of the new Summer Matte polishes look a little familiar so I have swatched them against other similar Barry M colours. I haven't branched out to other brands as I don't have a huge amount of non-English polishes. All details are on the photos, I have used the names found on the base of the bottles but if you have any questions please comment below. The only one which may need explaining is the SLE 2013 name which was the Neon Pink with Zebra lid summer limited edition released by Superdrug last year.   These new Summer Matte polishes are officially due for release in June. However I bought mine from the Boots website for £3.99 which is selling them early (correct at time of blog post being published).

So Barry M announced today that they are releasing yet another mini collection, this time the polishes are an addition to their Matte range. I have to admit that I stumbled across these polishes on the Boots website in the week and ordered them straight away. All the swatches below are 2 coats. The formula was amazing, pigmentation perfect and the drying time great. I had difficulty with the older Matte polishes formula but these seemed different. I have shown the polishes as they are in the first photo and then in the second photo with a coat of Barry M clear topcoat as I know the matte finish is not for everyone. Wahiki is a unusual yellowy-lime green polish. I actually like it on even though it looks a little dodgy (thoughts of baby poo and bogies did cross my mind). Barry M Matte Wahiki Barry M Matte Wahiki with topcoat Miami is another pink superstar from Barry M. I love it so much and believe me when I say Barry M have no dupes to this. Barry M Matte Miami Barry M Matte Miami wit...