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Hello lovelies,

I can't believe it's October again! The cold weather is slowly approaching and with it the Halloween and holiday season. I will be publishing few Halloween-inspired designs during October. I've already shown you earthy gradient inspired by Halloween and today I've been playing with textured polishes.

I have used two textured glitter polishes from China Glaze Apocalypse of Color 2014 Halloween collection - Love Your Guts & Getting To Gnaw You. All I did was paint two coats of Love Your Guts and when it dried I painted swirls and lines with small brush and Getting To Gnaw You. Simples!

I find Getting To Gnaw You very interesting because I don't have any colour similar to this. It has dark brown base with copper glitter and it dries nicely textured but looks lovely with topcoat as well. I love how the textured effect 'made' the manicure, it looks so much better than classic glossy finish.

Both polishes were sent to me by nailpolish.co.uk, and they can be purchased for £4.95 each. Nailpolish.co.uk is UK online store that offers various nail polish brands including China Glaze, OPI, Sally Hansen etc. plus it offers free delivery!

So what do you think? Would you wear textured design like this or are you done with the texture trend? Let me know in the comments!

Have a lovely day. Lucie x

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Hello lovelies,

Have you seen all the new polishes Barry M is releasing? Oh so many prettion! I've written about them in this post. I've already swatched the whole Glitterati collection which is what today's post is all about.

Glitterati collection consists of six glitter shades with some holographic glitter thrown into it. They are very sparkly and fun and even though the colours are more suitable for summer I still like them!

Starlet - hot magenta pink jelly full of glitter particles. Some of them have holographic effect and are tinted by the jelly base. I think this is more of a summer shade but hey - it's glitter! I've applied two thicker coats and topcoat for the pictures. It dried little gritty so topcoat was necessary.

Socialite - blue-based purple jelly base full of glitter. The glitter is mix of holographic and regular glitter in different colours creating crushed jewel-like mix. I needed two thicker coats for full coverage and topcoat to smooth out the surface.

Catwalk Queen - Aqua green base full of glitter mix. This is definitely a summer shade, it's like a tropical sea, so very pretty! I've applied two thicker coats as it's a bit sheerer.

VIP - bright blue jelly base full of glitter mix. Another very bright and gorgeous colour! I've applied two thicker coats and topcoat. It applied well but the formula was a bit thicker.

Fashion Icon - grape purple with slight colour shift to blue. This is an interesting colour. It mostly looks like dark purple but sometimes you can see a lot of electric blue in it. It is again jam packed full of glitter. I've applied two regular coats and topcoat, this shade is better pigmented than some previous ones.

Rockstar - charcoal base full of glitter mix. I don't think any rockstar would be ashamed to wear this super sparkly shade! Rockstar reminds me of a night sky full of stars :) I'm wearing two regular coats and topcoat.

The whole collection is very beautiful and super sparkly and my absolute favourites are Catwalk Queen, Rockstar and Fashion Icon. All polishes had the same formula - they applied well but more I've used the polish the thicker the formula got. I could see it mostly at the bottle neck so I think some thinner will be needed in the future. Otherwise they dried fast and only a bit gritty so topcoat sorted it out. Very nice collection!

Barry M Glitterati collection is available at Barry M website, in Superdrug and Boots. Launching in Superdrug 24th September and in Boots 1st October.

Let me know what you think in the comments!

Have a nice day! Lucie x

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