Sinful Colors nail polish Review - Just You Wait (858)

I popped into my local Boots a few days ago and spotted a lovely display of these nail polishes. I think the thing that caught me is that they were £1.99 each!!!!!!!! I'm not going to lie, I got a tad excited. I'd heard of Sinful Colors in America and had no clue that they were coming to the UK and now they are here I have a feeling the little of my student loan that remains may be going towards a few more of these babies.

Barry M Hi-Shine Gelly Nail Polish Review - Blueberry

This is the 2^nd polish that I bought from the Barry M Gelly range. It is a lovely periwinkle blue which is super cute for summer. I have recently bought a few blue varnishes (and a few navy dresses?!) of varying shades because the China blue and toile trend is huge this summer. This is a perfect colour to fit this trend.

Barry M Hi-Shine Gelly Nail Polish in Blueberry - a beautiful periwinkle blue

Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine nail varnish – Grapefruit review

 I love a good nail varnish. At the moment I am loving high shine, ultra glossy varnishes that are easy
and quick to apply but look even just a little bit like an expensive manicure (that I obviously can’t
afford. I’ve eaten pasta and cheese for dinner the past 3 days in a row). In Superdrug’s 3 for 2 offer I
picked up 3 of these Barry M nail varnishes that are apparently meant to give an ultra glossy finish.

Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine nail varnish: Grapefruit - definitely a pinky coral

Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine nail varnish: Grapefruit

Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine nail varnish: Grapefruit

Grapefruit is a very pinky coral. It is perfect for summer – as are the majority of the Gelly collection. It is bright and pigmented and just an overall beautiful colour. Colour wise – you can’t fault it.

These polishes are supposed to be one coaters apparently. I used two – the first coat was very streaky. However, if you use two thick coats you get a nice, thick effect that actually looks a little bit plumped. I want to try it out with my Nails Inc. Plumping Top Coat and see if that improves it more so.

Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine nail varnish: Grapefruit - without flash

Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine nail varnish: Grapefruit - with flash

The staying power is reasonable. I’ve had it on for 2 days and it has had very minimal chipping without a top coat.  By that, I mean it hasn’t chipped enough for me to start picking it off further and feel the need to remove it. It says you don’t need to add a top coat but that might help with longevity – but I’d personally use an ultra-shine top coat as to not ruin the shine of the polish itself.

Overall, it’s a lovely polish in a lovely colour that applies reasonably well. I have a lot of Barry M nail varnishes and recently, I have been ignoring them and been buying more expensive brands such as Revlon and Nails Inc. However, it seems that my Barry M varnishes are lasting longer than the more expensive counter parts. Who’d have thought?

Have you used these new Gelly varnishes? What are your thoughts? What are your favourite colours from the collection? Let me know!

Rachael xoxo