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Second Thoughts

6 July 2014
When these new additions from Barry M arrived on our shelves at some point last year it was chaos - the hype for these little bottles at the time was something else! Now I'm not someone that'll go out and buy something just because everyone else has it and if I'm honest I think the hype put me off. I did however a few months later pick up one summery shade just to make my own mind up about the range and have only got round to giving it another go again, now.


The Gelly hi shine nail paint is supposed to be long lasting and shiny; giving the illusion of wearing gel nails however none of this actually seemed the case. In fact the first time I wore this I had high hopes and applied two coats (as usual) and was left greatly disappointed! They just appeared the same as any other nail polish in my collection and the gel effect just didn't seem to happen. On top of that within 2 days a couple of my nails had chipped - now I know I like to re-paint my nails alot, but I don't like to that quickly. The sad part was I wasn't even doing anything that would necessarily chip them so I said my goodbyes and stored it way way down at the bottom of my collection.

And that is where it stayed until the other day, I was looking for a nice summery shade and thought it was time to give it another whirl - even if I'm not too keen on a product I'll always try and use it up (I hate wasting things and most of the time the product just needs a little getting used to). I've now been wearing this particular colour on my nails for four or five days and they look as if they've only painted, a bit of a turn around from before! #success I've also had numerous compliments on the coral shade and although it still doesn't look as if I'm wearing false nails as such, the formula is super glossy and gives more of a finished look to the nails. Now that I've passed my hate phase (well dislike) in the love/hate relationship I'm really loving the gelly nail polishes and I'm determined to pick up a few more summer shades to keep me going. Leave me a comment below if you can think of some nice summer shades....

Thanks for reading, Jenny xo
P.s have you tried any colours from the Barry M Gelly range? what do you think? 
8 comments on "Second Thoughts "
  1. I'm glad these nail polishes have worked out for the best and not been a waste of money! I too avoided the hype around them because it seemed too good to be true and most nail polishes seem to flake off within a day no matter what I do. Love the beautiful orange shade though! xx

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    1. thank you, yeah I hate when a product turns out to be a waste! perfect for this time of year, the sinful colours range in Boots usually lasts forever or the new Barry M aquatic collection if that helps :) xo

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  2. I've always loved barry m nail polishes but some of the gelly formulas they just haven't quite gotten right! I bought a pink and a lilac one not too long ago and they've just gone on streaky and chip so easily. Glad to see that yours has worked out for you though! x

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    1. hmm maybe its just the lighter shades that the gelly formulas aren't too good with! thank you :) i'm sorry that yours didn't xo

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  3. I'm yet to find a polish that doesn't chip after a couple days....maybe i'm too heavy handed or maybe i expect too much but unless i opt for actual gels i don't have any luck at all!

    The colour of this is lovely though.

    Keli | kelskurls.blogspot.com xx

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    1. the sinful colours range from Boots and the aquatic collection from Barry M tend to last ages on me and just would not chip at all, maybe some of those might work? :) thank you xo

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  4. Oh My Gosssh! Such a great color♥ Love it♥

    Lakshmi in Trance

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    1. isn't it, usually I'm not a coral person but this was too pretty to not try! xo

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