Hi everyone,
I have bought some new polishes and was so impressed I just had to tell you about them.
The Magnetics craze has been around for a while now in the world of nail art, and so many different companies have brought out their own version trying to outdo their competitors. I as an avid fan of nail art and all its new styles and techniques have of course collected several of these different polishes over the last few months from big brands like Nails Inc and China Glaze to drug store brands like Boots 17 and Fashionista. However one brand has stood out for me amongst all the others and they also happen to be the brand with the most variety in colours and magnet designs.
Barry M is best known in the UK at least for its large variety of bright colours available through its make-up range and its nail polishes. Early in the year they brought out 4 magnetic polishes, in the classic silver, burgundy, violet and navy, each with their own magnet design. I bought a couple of these colours and was instantly impressed by the strength of the magnets compared to any other polish I had tried. The patterns were instant and long lasting, and the contrast between the colour and the black which appeared (I am assuming this is some kind of iron to react with the magnets) was very stark and made the patterns visible from a distance and made a great impact on the nails.
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| From Index to pinky: Venus Sunset, Neptune Sea, Moon Dust and Super Nova |
Well now they have added to this original range with what as far as I am aware is the first glitter magnetic polishes on the market right now (please let me know if I’m wrong). They have added 5 new polishes, of which I have 4, and although the magnetic designs are the same from the original collection, I am not too upset as the fantastic colours more than make up for it!
This time the colours also have far more interesting names such as Moon Dust which is a metallic bronze base colour with tons of gold micro glitter. The other colours are Neptune Sea which is a metallic blue/silver base with bright teal micro glitter, Venus Sunset a coppery bronze metallic base with red and silver micro glitter, Super Nova which has a metallic gunmetal silver base with lots of holographic micro glitter and finally Cosmic Glow which is a grass green metallic base with a whole heep of bright green glitter (this is the only colour I don’t have...yet). My only flaw with these products is that the names only appear on the website, on the bottom of the bottles the stick just reads “magnetic sparkle gold” or “magnetic multi sparkle” which defeats the object of the giving them these beautiful names int he first place.
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| From Left to Right: Super Nova, Venus Sunset, Neptune Sea and Moon Dust |
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| 344 - Moon dust in the bottle |
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| 344 - Moon dust come with diagonal line magnet |
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| 345 - Neptune Sea |
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| 345 - Neptune Sea comes with cracked glass/union jack magnet |
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| 346 - Venus Sunset |
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| 346 - Venus Sunset comes with arrow lines magnet |
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| 347 - Super Nova |
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| 347 - Super Nova comes with horizontal straight lines magnet |
On their own as normal glitter polishes these would be pretty gorgeous, however when you use the magnets the black contrast colour makes the glitter stand out so bright its mesmerising. When I first tested the super nova polish I wore it to work and have several of my female and male colleagues asking how I had achieved the design, which to me is the biggest compliment to a product you can get.
The packaging for the polish is very simple and the shape is identical to the traditional Barry M polishes, except for the outer lid. There are clear instructions on how to apply the polishes and how to use the magnet but to be honest it’s a very simple process that anyone, even without any prior nail art experience could master. I do find that the design comes out better if you apply 2 coats and let them dry completely before applying the final thick coat and hovering your magnet above. The small ridge at the top of the lid allows for you to place the magnet and hover it above your nail at just the right place, and the size of the magnet is also quite big allowing for quite wide and long nails to take advantage of these gorgeous designs.
What I also like about the bottle is that once you have bought them you can peel off the bar code sticker you have a side to the bottle which is completely bare and allows you to really see the gorgeous colour and glitter inside. I get really annoyed when bottles like this are completely covered all over and you don’t actually get to have a real look at what’s inside.
In conclusion I think that Barry M magnetic Glitter polishes are the best on the market right now, in terms of colour range, magnetic strength and design durability. They are long lasting, full of beautiful glitter and are so simple to use it takes no time at all to get stunning designs on your nails.
They are avaliable from Barry M's website and in the UK from Superdrug and Boots stores or online at only £4.99 each!
Hope you enjoyed reading about these amazing polishes and I hope you come back to read more of my reviews.
Love
Jude xxx
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