I’ve mentioned Barry M’s AW 2014 nail releases in previous posts, which deserve an ode of their own, so here are swatches of the shades I have with some notes on my picks of the bunch. With classy gloss crèmes, silk finishes, brightly coloured fine glitters and dramatic chunky glitters, I think there’s something for everyone here.
Let’s start with a run through of the shade names & finishes…
{1-5 are chunky glitters; 6-8 AW Classic glossy crèmes; 9-11 Silk finish; 12-17 Glitterati; 18 two-tone metallic}
- Atlantis - super chunky rainbow glitter, 2 coats
- Twilight (exclusive to Tesco) - mix of fine & chunky silver glitter, 2 coats
- Atlantis (over Nightshade) - 1 coat
- Twilight (over Nightshade) - 1 coat
- Starlet (over Nightshade) - fine coral/bronze glitter, 2 coats
- Ballerina - dusky pink glossy crème
- Vintage Violet - dusky plum glossy crème
- Nightshade - blackened plum glossy crème
- Orchid - deep purple silk finish
- Poppy - rich red silk finish
- Forest - deep teal silk finish
- Rockstar - fine silver glitter in sheer black base
- Catwalk Queen - fine glitter in sheer aqua green base
- VIP - fine glitter in sheer turquoise base
- Fashion Icon - fine glitter in sheer purple base
- Socialite - fine glitter in sheer bright pink base
- Starlet - fine copper glitter in sheer coral base
- Persian - purple/gold metallic duochrome
My favourites are Atlantis (no 1), a mega chunky rainbow glitter that’s part of the Aquarium collection; Starlet (no 5), a fine coral glitter which looks amazing alone or over a darker shade (see no 5) and Vintage Violet (no 7) a dusky plum that I’ve been wearing a lot in recent weeks. I know lots of you have already picked this up and fallen hard for it since I swatched it in this post. The Silks are my least fave as personally I prefer a glossy finish.
(Sidenote: Persian (no 18), a duochrome purple/gold almost petrol-like metallic reminds me of Nubar Peacock Feathers, a discontinued cult favourite which some of you nailistas may remember? It was a deeper purple with a greeny-gold duochrome, but this is the closest I’ve seen. The duochrome effect can be best seen in the very top pic.)
As it took me a while to find the various finishes online, here are individual links:
Glitterati, £3.99 | Chunky glitter/duochrome, £3.99 | Classic Glossy Crèmes, £2.99 | Silks, £3.99
Any of these jumping out at you?
PS you can see some of them on my nails on my INSTAGRAM (from pinkie: 17, 13, 4, 14 & 1 - all applied over 8, Nightshade) .
