Barry M Gelly Hi Shine Nail Paints - Dragon Fruit and Grapefruit
Sunday, March 17, 2013As you are probably already aware, I like nail polish a little bit, well ok then, I have a bit of a problem with buying nail polish, ok ok there I said it, it's out there, I am a nail polish addict!
I first spotted the Barry M Gelly Hi Shine Nail Paints on one of my rare trips out to the shops, I was in Superdrug and the colour of one of the polishes caught my eye, I was ready for home though, tired and in pain and really couldn't be bothered to queue, but later on in the day I wished I'd picked it up, typical!
Last weekend Simon was heading to the local retail park to go to Pets At Home for our animal supplies, and he asked if I'd like to go with him (wow he knows how to show a girl a good time) joking aside, there is also a Boots and Next on the retail park so it means I can go to a couple of the shops I like without having to take a trip to a shopping centre, meaning more walking and travelling both of which really do me in.
Whilst in Boots I noticed they had all thirteen of the colours of the Barry M Gelly Hi Shine Nail Paints in stock and they had an offer on, if you bought two you got £1.00 off, not the greatest offer in the world but a pound is a pound I suppose. I was drawn most to the two pink colours Grapefruit and Dragon Fruit, it was Dragon Fruit I had spotted a few weeks ago when I first saw the polishes so I knew I wanted to get that one and I really liked the vibrant shade of the Grapefruit. I have read a few reviews on the gelly polishes and also watched you tube reviews and have seen lots of people say they are "exactly like a gel manicure" they "last for so much longer than normal Barry M" and "you only need one coat" so I thought for £3.99 and a pound off for two, I couldn't go wrong really could I? Or could I?
The first polish I tried was Dragon Fruit, first of all I applied my Orly base coat Bonder and then three coats of the Dragon Fruit, yes you read that bit right, three coats. As I mentioned previously I had seen reviews on these where people said they only needed one coat, I'm going to be blatantly honest now and there is no way on Gods green earth you could get away with one coat of these, even after two coats I could still see those annoying little gaps you get in the polish just on the odd nail, you know the ones I mean. I am a bit of a perfectionist and maybe you could get away with two coats but for the opaque finish I like I needed to use three coats. I finished off by using my Orly top coat Glosser.
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