Barry M Haul

As you may know, I have recently discovered a love for Barry M nail paints (Haul & Review)

With a burning desire to feed my new addiction I headed to my local Boots and picked up some more of my bottled obsession...

I wanted a few Christmassy/wintery colours and definitely wanted to try the Silver Foil Effects after falling in actual love with the Lilac Foil Effects I received free with my last Barry M purchase. I decided to go to Boots instead of Superdrug this time and was glad I did as Boots also had a Free Gift offer on when you spent more than £6 on Barry M products and, what makes it even better is that the free gift was different to the free gift I received from Superdrug. The free gift at Boots is a Limited Edition silver glitter Nail paint and I looooove it! Its really festive and just what I was looking for! What I love the most about it is that it is super glittery - I recently bought a silver glitter top coat from the George make up range at Asda and was disappointed at how un-sparkly it was on my nails but the Barry M silver glitter would satisfy even the most sparkle-obsessed, glitter-aholics!

As I had to spend £6 or more to receive the free gift I began searching the shelves for another shade (I already had the Silver Foil Effects clutched in my hand so needed to spend another £2). I made the mistake of asking my fiance, Scott, which colour he thought I should get and he proceeded to point to EVERY neon-bright, summery colour in sight! I was torn between the Dusky Mauve (Again!) and Mushroom but Scott insisted that I stop playing it safe and get a brighter colour, or at least something a little different. He tried to persuade me to buy Emerald but it just wasn't for me... I toyed with the idea of buying Coral, Peach Melba or Ice Cream Pink (All thoughts of Festive colours banished from my mind!) which were all lovely colours, but I eventually decided that they were too summery for this season. Finally giving up on the Emerald suggestion, Scott moved on to the Blues - we had Cobalt Blue, Blueberry Ice Cream, Blue Moon.. all of which were nice colours (I especially loved the Cobalt Blue!) but as I have only just started wearing nail varnish I felt they were just too bright and 'in your face' for me at the moment... Maybe I will invest in some brighter colours in a few months when i'm more daring with my nails. After suggesting every other shade of Blue, Scott finally got round to Navy and I was intrigued. I have seen quite a few people with Navy nails of late and really like the look. Scott almost died of shock when I said yes to the Navy, unable to believe that he had suggested a colour and I had actually agreed with him!

Now, after finally choosing the Navy, I had an extremely blonde moment! I forgot that the Silver Foil Effects was priced at £3.99 and, thinking that it was only £2.99, I started to scour the shelves for yet ANOTHER shade as I thought I hadn't spent £6 yet. Cue Scott suggesting Emerald (again!) and whinging that we had been in Boots for ageees! After another five minutes of bickering over which colour to get I decided to just get the three in one top coat - a boring but sensible choice in my opinion.

I took my purchases to the till and only when I was walking out of the shop did I realise that I didn't even need the top coat as I had already spent more than £6 before getting it! Not to worry, top coats always come in handy I suppose...

Do you have any of these Barry M Nail Paints? Which is your favourite all time shade?

With Love,

Rachel x