My Favourite Summery Nail Varnishes

Evening all!

If you'd prefer to watch me ramble on, rather than read me ramble on, here is the video version of this post. Bloopers included, ofc :)

Attractive thumbnail, as ever.

Anyway, on to the nitty gritty! Thought I would show you my favourite summery/hot weather nail varnishes. Now, in all honesty, I'm not the type of person that co ordinates my nail varnish with the season, or my outfit, or anything really. I just wear the nail varnish that I feel like wearing, but there are definitely colours I am more drawn to in hotter weather.

Barry M Berry Ice Cream, Topshop Minted, Barry M Pure Turqoise, Barry M Mint Green, Barry M Peach Melba. 

Barry M Berry Ice Cream- a lovely Parma Violet shade that isn't too pastel.

Topshop Minted- probably my top fave nail varnish, ever. Topshop nail varnys are a little bit pricier than Barry M, and with less product, but this colour is worth it! This is a beautiful, bright mint green /blue.

Barry M Pure Turquoise-  A fab, true sky blue!

Barry M Mint Green- More of a subtle, muted green, but lovely nonetheless. Barry M formulas never disappoint! 

Barry M Peach Melba- A lovely pastel peach shade, there was a huge buzz around this shade a while ago, and I'm still loving it :)

From L to R, 3 coats, 2 coats, one coat.

Lastly, Models Own Hed Kandi in Ibiza Mix. This is a fabulous glitter polish, with different shapes, sizes and colours of glitter, suspended in a clear varnish. This looks amazing on it's own, over any other summery polish, even over black.

Does anyone have any nice hot weather nail varnish recommendations? Not that there's any hot weather here at the moment! 

Thanks for reading :)

NOTD- Tangerine Dream

G'day!

I painted my nails last night, so I thought I'd show you what I went for :)

I'm not entirely sure if I actually like this Tangerine shade, but it's always good to experiment!

I originally wanted to do black, with a red glittery accent nail, but my black nail varnish had gone all goopy and horrible, so I plumped for Barry M's Tangerine and Barry M's Red Glitter.

I was watching Mirror Mirror as I applied this, so it's not very neat, and my nails are in really bad condition at the mo, but what can ya do!

On a side note, has anyone seen Mirror Mirror?! I thought it was really good, deffo worth a watch! :)

Haulin' #1

Bonjour!

I've been buying bits and bobs here and there for a while, thinking I would put it all together for a big collective haul. I have since realised that would be waay too much for one post, so I will be separating it out!

Models Own Aqua violet Beetlejuice nail varnish

Revlon Lip Butters in Lollipop, Candy apple and Tutti fruitti

Models own nail art pens in yellow, blue and pink

I'd been checking out the Revlon lip butters for a while, after hearing all the hype on youtube/blogs. For summer, I still like to wear lip colour, but my usual lipsticks can feel a bit heavy, and make me feel like I look a bit too made up. After swatching the colours, I decided that I wanted to try Candy apple, a lovely red, Lollipop, a nice bright pink with cool blue/purple undertones, and Tutti frutti, a bold orange. Now all I had to do was wait for the day when my Boots would have them all in stock! This never happened, so in the end, I managed to nab the last Candy apple from Superdrug. I then got the other two shades, and the beautiful beetlejuice nail varnish in Boots with their 3 for 2 offer. 

At the Models Own section, I saw that they finally had some other colours of my beloved nail art pen, so I added them to my basket as well!

I haven't had much chance to try out the lip butters yet, but when I do, I'll make sure to do a review. This is the first time I've tried a Models Own nail varnish, and I'm not very impressed with the formula, although the colour is lovely.

I can't wait to try and create some really bright nail designs with my new colours, I may attempt something easter-y!

Anyone else bought anything in the Boots 3 for 2? I'm not sure how long it's on for, but it's still on now :)