Accidental Festive Nails

Yes I hear you cry, it's barely the first week of sodding October, you do not want to talk about Christmas! Well tough.


A little while ago I picked up Barry M's red glitter polish on a Buy One Get One Half Price spree in Boots, thinking I would save it till Christmas time.

Well, I changed my mind this weekend as I was too excited to try it, and after a pimms and lemonade (you know the premixed ones in a can? I'm sophisticated like that) I thought to myself "Hey you - let's break the darn rules and paint our nails Christmassy - you are 26 years old - you can do whatever the hell you want!" Ahem.

Moving on, I painted a base coat of my new Barry M base and top coat in one (my nails are no longer stained, it's a revelation), then a coat of a lovely pillar box red by Max Factor; it's one of their dinky polishes, I think it was in a free gift set. I then applied a generous coat of the Barry M glitter, followed by the top coat.

And look how preeeeeeettttty they are! I keep sneaking a peek at them! The pictures don't quite do the product justice. I completely underestimated how tightly packed the glitter is in the Barry M polishes, they almost look like the Rockstar Gel nail polish, the effect is so good!

It's hard to believe such a great range of polish (I've nearly used up the Rose Quartz glitter) is just £2.99 and it's always on offer in Boots or Superdrug.


I can't wait to do these again, but I will play with the look a bit more, perhaps a ring finger in gold glitter, or gold glitter half moons to make them really festive!

It's the only thing making me look forward to the cold weather so far....

What do you think of the Barry M glitter polishes?