Hello lovelies,

As you probably know from my Barry M event report, Barry M has released Midnight Gelly collection for this Autumn/Winter season. This collection contains four new shades in off-black colours and super glossy Gelly formula. The colours are very far from the bright and pastel colours Gelly range currently has and I gladly welcome the change. Gelly formula is great so more colours, the better!

Barry M says: "Devilishly dark past the midnight hour. A/W1 saw a range of dark moody hues hit the runway, get the look and rock an off-black shade this season. Barry M Gelly Nail Paints provide an extra glossy, long lasting finish."

Black Grape - blackened navy blue. The colour can be nicely seen in a brush swatch and in the first coat but the second coat makes the colour fully opaque and dark as night! I could see hints of the blue tint in certain light but mostly it looks like black (not that it's a bad thing!). I'm wearing two coats and topcoat.

Black Currant - blackened red-based purple. The shade has just a hint of purple otherwise it appears almost black in two coats. I'm not wearing topcoat.

Black Cherry - blackened wine red. Gorgeous dark vampy red opaque in two coats. No topcoat

Black Pistachio - blackened dark green. This shade has a lovely green tint even though it's still very dark. It's fully opaque in two coats, no topcoat. Unfortunately it stained my nails yellow a bit despite using thick base coat.

All of the Midnight Gelly polishes have the same formula. They all applied easily and were opaque in two coats. The formula is very glossy and fast-drying yet not patchy. I'm also glad to see the rounded flatter brush back again, it makes the application much easier even on my small nails.

Midnight Gelly polishes and all the other new releases are available now in Superdrug, Boots and online on Barry M website.

Have a lovely day! Lucie

*Products featured were PR samples

Hello lovelies,

How are you all doing? I'm still very excited from my last post about VOLOOM hair volumizing iron - have you seen it yet? It's such an awesome hair tool! I hope you've enjoyed something little bit different. Now it's back to nails with this romantic-looking nail art design.

I have been testing the new KIKO Perfect Gel Duo in Milky Mint a while ago and I couldn't resist doing some nail art with it. Milky Mint is beautiful aqua mint colour and it goes perfectly with soft pinks and purples so that's what I paired it up with...

I've used KIKO Milky Mint, Bundle Monster neon round glitter and gold caviar beads from Light In The Box.

How to get this look:

1. Paint your nails with two coats of KIKO Milky Mint
2. Apply a tiny bit of the Perfect Gel Topcoat to the top area of the nail and stick three purple glitters in a half moon shape
3. Again using the topcoat stick smaller pink glitters next to the purple glitters and on the sides if you need to fill the space
4. Last embellishment are the caviar beads - Stick them in between the purple glitters using topcoat.
5. Topcoat the whole nail with KIKO Perfect Gel Topcoat

Hope you've enjoyed this post and have a lovely weekend everyone! Lucie x