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Hello lovelies,

Today I want to show you a gel polish manicure that I wore on my 2-week holiday in August. I've opted for a gel polish again so that I wouldn't have to worry about my nails for the whole time. You know how it is - nail polish chips in a week if you're lucky and with no time to re-paint your nails you walk around ashamed of chipped nail polish :D I was still in process of growing and shaping my nails so I know the nail shape isn't perfect.

I opted for bright neon nails with vertical colour gradient and fine mermaid glitter gradient over the top. This is the finished result:

Summer Gradient with Mermaid Effect Glitter | Gel Polish Nail Art
Summer Gradient with Mermaid Effect Glitter | Gel Polish Nail Art
Summer Gradient with Mermaid Effect Glitter | Gel Polish Nail Art
Summer Gradient with Mermaid Effect Glitter | Gel Polish Nail Art

 

So how I did these nails? I've done the regular nail prep including cuticle removal, wiping nails with alcohol, applying a gel bonder and Color Club Foundation+Primer Gel Base Coat. Then I've applied a coat of Color Club French Tip, a white creme gel polish. It's always a good idea to apply neon colours over white as it helps them get brighter. Next step was to create the vertical gradient. For this I've used three IBD gel polishes in Head-to-Toe Gelato, Parisol and Ingénue.

 

I've painted each half of the nail with different colour and blended it with the brush in the bottle. It's not ideal but it worked just fine. I wasn't after a perfect gradient so using a brush straight from the bottle was okay. Besides, it's not very easy to do a gradient with gel polish (thicker gels are better) and a brush. Once I was done with the gradient and cured the nails, I've applied Indigo Nails Mermaid Effect glitter with a fluffy brush. I didn't put the glitter on whole nail but as a gradient so it looks like the glitter fals down the nail. Lastly, I've sealed the nails with Color Club Seal+Shine Top Coat. The nail lamp I've used for this was Melody Susie LED Violetili lamp because I don't have Clor Club nor IBD lamp.

 

Summer Gradient with Mermaid Effect Glitter | Gel Polish Nail Art
Summer Gradient with Mermaid Effect Glitter | Gel Polish Nail Art

 


And this is how my manicure looked after more than two weeks...

 

Summer Gradient with Mermaid Effect Glitter | Gel Polish Nail Art

 

I was very pleasantly surprised that the gel manicure lasted perfectly like this considering I was combining products from different brands. The removal was a bit of a pain because the longer you wear gel and gel polish, the harder it gets. But I managed and now I'm back to regular nail polish!

 

So what do you think of this simple yet fun nail art? Would you wear it? Let me know in the comments ;)

 

Have a lovely day! Lucie x

 

Hello lovelies,

How are you all today? It's new collection time! Barry M has recently sent me their Summer 2016 releases and today I'd like to show you the Lolly Gloss Collection. This collection features four new colours in a sheer jelly gloss formula. The polishes are meant to be worn alone or layered over each other or other polishes.

Barry M Lolly Gloss Collection | Summer 2016 - Review & Swatches
Barry M Lolly Gloss Collection | Summer 2016 - Review & Swatches

 

 

Orange Fizz - bright red orange jelly with orange sweets scent. I've applied four coats which provided quite good coverage but I could still see my nail line a bit. Below also shown coverage of 1-4 coats. No topcoat.

Barry M Lolly Gloss Collection | Summer 2016 - Review & Swatches
Barry M Lolly Gloss Collection | Summer 2016 - Review & Swatches

 

 

Pink Candy - raspberry pink jelly with very sweet candy scent. I've applied four coats which provided quite good coverage. Below also shown coverage of 1-4 coats. No topcoat.

Barry M Lolly Gloss Collection | Summer 2016 - Review & Swatches
Barry M Lolly Gloss Collection | Summer 2016 - Review & Swatches

 

 

Cherry Drop - cherry red jelly with very sweet scent. I've applied four coats which again provided quite good coverage. Below also shown coverage of 1-4 coats. No topcoat.

Barry M Lolly Gloss Collection | Summer 2016 - Review & Swatches
Barry M Lolly Gloss Collection | Summer 2016 - Review & Swatches

 

 

Purple Pop - grape purple jelly with sweet scent with a hint of grape. This is my favourite shade of all, it looked exceptionally well! I've applied four coats which again provided quite good coverage. Below also shown coverage of 1-4 coats. No topcoat.

Barry M Lolly Gloss Collection | Summer 2016 - Review & Swatches
Barry M Lolly Gloss Collection | Summer 2016 - Review & Swatches

 

I thought I won't like this collection at all but after swatching all of the shades I've changed my mind. I really like that each colour has a sweet scent when it dries and they are all super glossy. The formula was easy to apply and thin layers dry relatively quickly but when there are 4 layers built up, it takes much longer and I would recommend using fast drying topcoat.


This collection has the very popular rounded and tapered flat brush that makes it very easy to achieve clean lines and I didn't have to do almost any clean up! So overall, I was pleasantly surprised :)

 

Barry M Lolly Gloss Collection is available at barrym.com, in Superdrug and Boots stores and their websites. Boots currently has an offe buy 1, get 2nd half price.

 

Have a lovely weekend! Lucie x

*PR samples