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Hello lovelies,

Have you heard f the new Barry M Matte colours for this summer season? Well I have swatches of all six shades right here! The Summer Matte Collection is being released right now and the colours are just like from a carnival - bold, bright and fun!

Miami - medium flamingo pink. Miami is not as bright as the other shades in this collection but it's still very summery. I've applied two thicker coats to get full coverage.

Rhossili - magenta shade. It might look a bit more blue-based in the pictures but it's a beautiful magenta colour. It applied well and the pigmentation was good too. Two coats were enough for perfect coverage.

Copacabana - bright tomato red. The formula was nice to apply and highly pigmented so I'd advise to double-up on base coat to prevent staining. I needed two regular coats for full coverage.

Waikiki - light lime green? yellow green? It's certainly quite a unique shade. It applied well but the pigmentation was slightly lower so I've applied two thick coats or three thin coats would do too.

Cancun - bright teal with strong green undertones. Cancun looks a bit too blue in my pictures but it just wasn't possible to capture the true colour. Definitely expect more green-ish teal. It applied well and I needed two regular coats for full coverage.

Malibu - bright blue. Malibu is one of my favourite colours from this collection. It's bold, it's gorgeous and well-pigmented. I've applied two regular coats.

Barry M is also releasing a Matte Topcoat. As you can see in the pictures above, I have applied the Matte Topcoat to each polish to show you the effect. The Matte Topcoat creates nice matte finish without any white spots.

It is clear to me that the finish of all the polish is not very matte but rather satin or rubbery so if you want truly matte finish apply the Matte Topcoat. You can also have them in nice and glossy finish, just use topcoat.

Overall, I love the colours and my favourites are Malibu, Rhosilli and the crazy Waikiki. I would have loved them even more if the finish would be properly matte but I don't mind that much to be honest.

This collection is available now at Superdrug, and from 11th June at Boots and on Barry M website.

Here are some new Barry M releases:

Hope you've enjoyed this collection and let me know which one is YOUR favourite! Have a nice day! Lucie x

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Hello lovelies,

So since I'm celebrating awesome 30,000 followers on Facebook, I wanted to share with you this Gradient Pattern Garden Nails today. Thank you so much for the following and reading my blog, it means the world to me!

I haven't done some proper patterned nails for a while and then I got the idea of gradient patterns! Barry M Almond (reviewed here) was the perfect base so I matched he colours to it:

I really love how the whole manicure came together! It took a little bit longer because of all the intricate patterns but the result was worth it!

I have used acrylic paints for the patterns, Krafty Gurl Gloss It topcoat and of course the Barry M Almond. What do you think? ;)

There is only last few days left to nominate your favourite blogs in the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards, entries accepted till 2nd June. I would be absolutely thrilled if you would be so kind and nominate my blog, let's show them that nail blogs are here too! If you like my nail art, tutorials and my work overall, then please nominate Lucy's Stash (lucysstash.com) in the Best Established Beauty Blog category HERE. You don't have to be in UK to nominate my blog. You can live anywhere in the world! Thank you x