Maybelline Color Show Coral Craze and Dollish Polish Have a Berry Good Day

I love a coral nail when the sun is shining, I picked the Maybelline up from Boots a few weeks ago and the Dollish Polish was from the order I received last month.

Maybelline Color Show in Coral Craze

Dollish Polish Have a Berry Good Day

One coat of Coral Craze, it is nearly opaque in one coat but I could still slightly see the nail line so I put a second coat on.

Two coats - it is fully opaque in two coats.  The consistency of the polish is good and the colour dries nice and glossy, however I really didn't like the brush it feels very thin and soft so didn't give much control when applying the polish.  I had to really take my time when applying the polish so that I didn't get it everywhere!

This is the first polish I have from the Color Show range so I don't know if all the brushes are like this or if I got a dodgy one!

They retail for £2.99 at Boots.

Have a Berry Good Day is from the Cartoon Series and is inspired by Strawberry Shortcake.

This shade boasts an endless sea of pink & green glitters, varying in shapes, sizes, and shades all in a clear base riddled with pink color-shifting flakies! 

This is one coat of Have a Berry Good Day with Seche Vite topcoat.

The polish is packed full of glitter so it was very easy to apply and I didn't have to fish for glitter or dab it on.

I purchased the mini of this polish which retails at $5.00 here.

Have you tried any of the Maybelline Color Show polishes?  Do you agree about the brush or did I get a dodgy one?!

Barry M Indigo and Nail Pop Sequin Effect Swatches

Hope all my UK followers are enjoying this fabulous weather! About time we saw some sunshine!

Another nail post from me, this week on the All Things Nails facebook page we had a flakies event.  Every week is a different event which is great for trying out polishes that have been sat untried in your stash or for trying colours that you wouldn't normally try.  So if you like painting your nails head over to the page and join in.

Barry M Indigo - One Coat

This is my favourite Barry M polish, it is such a gorgeous colour.

Two coats of Barry M Indigo, fully opaque in two coats and dries to a beautiful glossy finish.

I then topped it with Nail Pop in Sequin Effect (Shade 24)

I have had this polish in my stash for quite a while but hadn't used it yet.  It is so lovely! I can't stop moving my fingers around to see the different colours.

This is the first Nail Pop polish that I have used and I was really impressed, the coverage is brilliant and the application easy.  I have had a look at their range and I want to pick up the pearl effect polish.

In artificial light

In natural light

In natural light

I really like this colour combination and it is a bargain too - the Nail Pop retails for £5.00 on Superdrugs website and the Barry M for £2.99 here.  Superdrug currently have a promotion on for 3 for 2 on all nail products too.

They also have this polish in a 4 pack called Winter Brights for £12.00.  The pack is included in the promotion too so you can definitely get a bargain!

Leighton Denny Caught Red Handed and China Glaze Fairy Dust

Hi everyone! Can you believe we are at the end of June already, where is this year going??

China Glaze Fairy Dust

Leighton Denny Caught Red Handed

This is two coats of Caught Red Handed, I don't own many Leighton Denny polishes but this red is gorgeous!

This polish is from the Criminal Collection.  It is a shimmery bright red and was fully opaque in two coats.  It dries to a lovely glossy finish and this pic is without topcoat.

I absolutely love China Glaze Fairy Dust! 

This is two coats.  It just makes the world a more magical place!

Blurred on purpose (honestly!) to show you the gorgeous sparkles.  

I think these polishes look lovely together and I couldn't stop waving my hands around in the sunshine to make my nails sparkle!

Mavala Pastel Polishes Review and Swatches

These Mavala polishes were used to create the nail look for the Holly Fulton S/S13 show at London Fashion Week (well not these exact polishes, you know what I mean!).

Gorgeous pastel shades that are perfect for this time of year.

The bottles each contain 4.5ml of polish.

All the shades apart from white have an iridescent sheen.

One coat of Lemon Cream.

Two coats of Lemon Cream, as you can see it is still very sheer and definitely needs a third coat!

Three coats of Lemon Cream, indoors.

Three coats of Lemon Cream, in daylight.

My nail line is still slightly visible after three coats but the colour is lovely!

One coat of Aquamarine.

Two coats of Aquamarine.

The coverage is better than Lemon Cream but still needed three coats to achieve good coverage.

Three coats of Aquamarine, indoors.

Lovely and opaque in three coats.

Three coats of Aquamarine, in daylight.

I don't know if you can see the iridescent sheen from the polish in the bottle? I've tried my best to capture it for you.  It doesn't pick it up on any of the pics of my nails.

One coat of Lagoon.

Two coats of Lagoon, indoors.

This is my favourite out of the four polishes.  The polish was the best consistency and was opaque in two coats.

Two coats of Lagoon, in daylight.

One coat of White.

I found this polish hard to apply, it was very watery and seemed to get everywhere!

Two coats of White.

Even after two coats the polish was streaky and had lots of bald patches.

Two coats of White topped with one coat of each of the colours.

I think two coats of Lemon Cream and Aquamarine would be needed really, Lagoon was fine with one coat.  I did find that using the colours over the White bought out more of the iridescent sheen.

This is the first time I have tried Mavala polishes, they were sent to me for review.  I am not used to having to apply 3-4 coats of a polish for it to be opaque - I think it may be because they are pastel shades as Lagoon was a dream to apply.

I tried the polishes over a number of different base coats as I found this made a real difference to the finish, the one I found best was Sally Hansen Insta Grip Fast Dry Base Coat.  The polishes applied beautifully to my nail wheel and only needed two coats of each to be fully opaque with no streaking or bald spots so it may be that my nails are a bit oily?

The polishes retails for £4.50 and you can find them in John Lewis, Debenhams and Boots.

Have you tried any Mavala polishes?

OPI Mariah Carey Liquid Sand Review

When Caroline from Musings of a Beauty Addict Mum went on holiday to America for Christmas she kindly asked if there was anything I would like her to pick up for me.  I had seen quite a few swatches of these online so asked her to pick me up the mini set, these retail at approx $10 (£6) in America and £12.95 over here on Lena White so it was quite a saving! 

The mini set contains 4 shades L-R

Get Your Number

Can't Let Go

The Impossible

Stay The Night

Get Your Number - matte blue with holo glitter

Can't Let Go - matte purple with purple glitter

The Impossible - matte pink with pink glitter and stars

Stay The Night - matte black with red glitter 

These are two coats, no topcoat.

Consistency of all the polishes is really good, drying time average (although felt like a long time without the help of Seche Vite!)

The polishes are a lot more sparkly in real life, I thought that the glitters would be matte but its is the base that is matt not the glitter.

I thought the texture of the polishes would be quite rough but while you can feel they are slightly rough I wouldn't say its a much as a normal glitter.

I was disappointed that no stars come out of the bottle for the swatch of The Impossible!

These have one coat of Seche Vite, they probably need two coats to feel smooth.  

Caroline got me these as a Christmas present!

Wet n Wild palette in Petal Pusher

EOS balm in lemon drop

I can't wait to try the palette the shades are perfect for me.  I have read a lot of good things about Wet n Wild eyeshadows!

I love EOS balms, I currently have three on the go.  I'll open this one when the weather starts getting sunny as the SPF15 will come in very handy.

What do you think of these polishes?  Will you be buying them?

Angelica Nail Colour Sweetie Pie Swatches and Review

Hi everyone! I feel like I have been neglecting my blog this month - I've been busy working and having lovely days out with my family as it is the school summer holidays. The boys are out walking the dog so I am quickly typing up some blog posts!

This is my final review on the polishes I was sent by Angelica Nail Colour. 

L-R

Gloss Top Coat Review

Brit Pop Review

Angel Review

Sweetie Pie

A gorgeous pastel baby pink

The shade is Sweetie Pie 

I have a problem with the brush, it becomes detached from the lid and I have to put the lid back on and keep trying until it "catches" - the Gloss Top Coat does this now too. 

One Coat 

Two Coats

This was my least favourite from the polishes I was sent to review. The consistency of the polish is quite thick and gloopy and I found it hard to paint my nails with it. The other polishes had a great consistency and were very different from Sweetie Pie.

Angelica Nail Colour in Brit Pop is sold in Primark in the UK for £2.50 per bottle and contain 10ml of varnish.

Have you tried any of the Angelica Nail Colour polishes? What did you think?

Angelica Nail Colour - Brit Pop Glitter Polish Review

Look at this gorgeous polish! Brit Pop by Angelica Nail Colour.

Wow! Look at all that glitter! 

Brit Pop 

This was definitely the polish I was most excited about when I opened the package, I love glitter polishes. 

Absolutely packed full of multi-coloured glitter.

One Coat

Two Coats 

I love this polish! It is absolutely packed with glitter and is so bright and colourful. It dries quickly and is not too gritty although, as with all glitters, it needs a top coat. Angelica Nail Colour in Brit Pop is sold in Primark in the UK for £2.50 per bottle and contains 10ml of varnish. For £2.50 this is an absolute steal!

Angelica Nail Colour are in the process of setting up their website, but you can also find them on Twitter and Facebook. They sent me this polish for review.

Thank you to Sandy Godfrey for this picture of her holding her bottle of Leighton Denny Over the Rainbow. Brit Pop seems like a very good dupe to me!

What do you think? Have you tried this brand before?