With yesterday being payday, I decided this month’s treat would be a new nail polish or six. After managing not to kill the Tweens blocking the Models Own stand, or orgasm at the sight of every single Barry M shade at their Topshop Oxford Circus concession let me introduce, from top to bottom: Lavender, Barry M A clear polish with large purple pieces, I’m not too sure if I could pull this off alone, but on top of Barry M Pale Purple it should hopefully look really good. Silver Cascade, Barry M Essentially, this is OPI’s Mad as a Hatter, with a pricetag a third of the size. Obviously it’s not going to apply so smoothly, and even with a top coat Barry M glitters tend to be gritty at best, and flaky at worst, but who could resist that shade? Grape Sorbet, Rimmel Part of the Lycra Pro range, the bottle boasts up to ten days of wear. Seeing as I always chip my polish on the second, if not first day, this will be interesting to try out. The shade itself is a sheer, dusty pink which I think is going to need a good few coats. The fan brush seems to give wide coverage, though, which is always good. Pink Amazon, Rimmel Another Lycra Pro shade, this seems to go on much better than Grape Sorbet. The shade is a really bright raspberry, with my main worry being that it’ll appear cheap. I reckon I’ll end up lining this with gold to give it an edge on every other hot pink everybody’s wearing. Pure Purple, Models Own I LOVE THIS. A dusty, grimy purple which gets darker as you layer it. I’m thinking painting this on heavily and pairing it with charcoal detail, or just the one coat and top it with Barry M Lavender. In The Navy, Models Own I always view blue nail polish with some trepidation, as trying to find the line between “twelve year old girl” and “corpse” is always a tricky one, but I think Models Own might just have nailed it. One coat gives your regular blue but two turns it into a really deep grey blue. This seems perfect as an alternative to black, which also seems a bit “twelve year old” if you can’t pull it off. I can’t wait to try it!

With yesterday being payday, I decided this month’s treat would be a new nail polish or six. After managing not to kill the Tweens blocking the Models Own stand, or orgasm at the sight of every single Barry M shade at their Topshop Oxford Circus concession let me introduce, from top to bottom:

Lavender, Barry M

A clear polish with large purple pieces, I’m not too sure if I could pull this off alone, but on top of Barry M Pale Purple it should hopefully look really good.

Silver Cascade, Barry M

Essentially, this is OPI’s Mad as a Hatter, with a pricetag a third of the size. Obviously it’s not going to apply so smoothly, and even with a top coat Barry M glitters tend to be gritty at best, and flaky at worst, but who could resist that shade?

Grape Sorbet, Rimmel

Part of the Lycra Pro range, the bottle boasts up to ten days of wear. Seeing as I always chip my polish on the second, if not first day, this will be interesting to try out. The shade itself is a sheer, dusty pink which I think is going to need a good few coats. The fan brush seems to give wide coverage, though, which is always good.

Pink Amazon, Rimmel

Another Lycra Pro shade, this seems to go on much better than Grape Sorbet. The shade is a really bright raspberry, with my main worry being that it’ll appear cheap. I reckon I’ll end up lining this with gold to give it an edge on every other hot pink everybody’s wearing.

Pure Purple, Models Own

I LOVE THIS. A dusty, grimy purple which gets darker as you layer it. I’m thinking painting this on heavily and pairing it with charcoal detail, or just the one coat and top it with Barry M Lavender.

In The Navy, Models Own

I always view blue nail polish with some trepidation, as trying to find the line between “twelve year old girl” and “corpse” is always a tricky one, but I think Models Own might just have nailed it. One coat gives your regular blue but two turns it into a really deep grey blue. This seems perfect as an alternative to black, which also seems a bit “twelve year old” if you can’t pull it off. I can’t wait to try it!