GOT Polish - Lime - Barry M Gelly Key Lime

Hi Goddesses

As you know, I'm not big on the greens, but there is something about the obnoxiousness of a lime green that I really love, even if they don't necessarily suit ME.

To be honest, today's choice was simple - I only have 2 lime greens, both by Barry, and this one is by far the superior  (oh, I also have Lilypad Slimey Limey, but I only got that this year).

I stamped over Key Lime with another Messy Mansion plate (MM12) (yup, obsessed) and then something interesting happened.  Until now, that would have been it.  I painted, I stamped, I stopped.  But looking at the mani, it seemed really naked and in need of .... embellishment.

For me, that's a sign of how the ladies who stamp have really raised the bar this year.  I'm seeing stuff I've never seen before that is just sooooo gorgeous and so layered .... so I picked up a strange little green polish I have by Daring Digits called Fallen Leaves, which is a barely-there green filled with holographic micro glitter.

I used a thin nail art brush to paint between the lines, and I gotta say, it looks so much better for the embellishment, doesn't it. 

So, stamping .. I'm getting more adventurous.  Let the good times begin!

Barry M Gelly Week - They Stamp Too!! (with Cheeky Jumbo Plate 5)

Hi Goddesses

It’s Barry M Gelly Week on the blog this week to celebrate the very imminent arrival of the new Barry M Gellys to the High Street.  They are due to launch next week on the 5th, but I know some ladies have had luck picking some up already.

Today’s post uses all 3 of the 5 Gellys from the Collection – you can refresh yourself on them HERE – and is over a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.

One of the hidden secrets of the Gelly polishes is that they also make great stamping polishes, so I wanted to include a mani that put that to the test and showed you how opaque they are.

I am currently a million times in love with the new Cheeky Jumbo Plates and this lovely pattern comes from Plate 5, which is all about Music.   As on most large plates, some stamps work better than others, and this one wasn’t quite perfect for me.  I struggled to get the whole pattern on the plonker, even when I tried with a Konad.

So what do you do when that happens?  You’re in love with your mani but your stamping is a little lacking.  Well on this occasion, I added a skinny French tip.  The funny thing is, it looks like it was supposed to be there!  It really rounds the mani off nicely, and grounds it.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s Gelly Nail Art – I have loved each and every look, although today’s is probably my least favourite.  Which one have you loved the most ??

Have a great weekend.  Enjoy xx :)

Barry M Gelly Week - Gradient Meets Cheeky Jumbo Plate 3 (catchy lol)

Hi Goddesses

It’s Barry M Gelly Week on the blog this week to celebrate the very imminent arrival of the new Barry M Gellys to the High Street.  They are due to launch next week on the 5th, but I know some ladies have had luck picking some up already.

Today’s post uses all 5 Gellys from the Collection – you can refresh yourself on them HERE – in a rainbow gradient running from thumb to pinkie.

I do have a little sad though – I am not totally happy with the thumb, as Blue Grape has turned (an albeit cracking shade of) indigo when layered over Dragonfruit.  I wish I’d done what I did on a couple of the other nails, and painted it half and half, with some sponging down the middle.

The stamp used is from Cheeky Jumbo Plate 3 and I love it !!  I’m going to be using it a lot.  It’s so big and bold and chunky – I love it I love it I love it!

So which nails are your favourite?  I think the 2 with Key Lime really stand out – they just look amazing against the boldness of the stamp – and I also love (obviously, after yesterday) anything that’s a Mango-Dragonfruit cocktail :)

One more post to come tomorrow, where I’ll be showing you that these aren’t just glorious colours, they STAMP too.

Enjoy xx :)

Barry M Gelly Week - Blue Grape, Key Lime and Guava Tape Mani

Hi Goddesses

It’s Barry M Gelly Week on the blog this week to celebrate the very imminent arrival of the new Barry M Gellys to the High Street.  They are due to launch next week on the 5th, but I know some ladies have had luck picking some up already.

Today’s post uses 3 of the 5 Gellys from the Collection – you can refresh yourself on them HERE – and is over a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.

I’m a little bit obsessed with tape manis at the moment.  I’m not the only one – Nailasaurus, Manicurator, work/play/polish – they are all tape mani experts, and it’s become a bit of a mission to get my tape manis GOOOOOOD.

I'm not perfect yet, but I'm determined to get there :)  Being me, the pattern on each nail is different, but I used the same roll of tape throughout.

One of my tape mani issues is pooling, and on this mani, I had none of that – so what did I do?  Well, as you may be able to tell, this is a splodgerama.  So after painting my nails white and appling tape, I used tweezers and a small piece of make up sponge to very carefully colour my nails in.

Not only do I like the random splodge formula, but it made the tape mani much easier to execute.  The polish applied is quite sparing, but you can build it up to achieve density – and then peel it off with no puddling issues whatsoever.

This is definitely how I’m going to try my next few tape manis :)

Which nail is your favourite?  Enjoy xx :)