Barry M Spring 2013 Textured polishes
All hail Barry M!
No, really. This is a brand that continues to offer great staple shades of polish as well as up-to-date trends at prices that the normal person can afford. Yes, I don’t really bat an eyelid at the idea of spending a tenner or more on a single bottle of polish but it’s easy, when you have enough bottles of polishes that you require a special piece of furniture in which to house them, to forget that that is pretty pricey. But £3.99 is a much friendlier price tag, especially if it’s for something unique like textured polish that you might not be 100% sold on but want to give a red hot go. Following the higher end brands we have four gritty textured polishes – a grainy, matte formula that creates a unique textured effect for a grunge-chic look. The four spring shades are named after famous haunts where Mr Barry Mero began his early working days in the markets of Ridley Road and Brixton. There is Ridley Road (Green – I disagree, it’s mint), Kingsland Road (Pink), Station Road (Yellow) and Atlantic Road (Blue).
My thoughts on these are at the bottom of the post, first though, pictures!
Barry M Spring 2013 Textured polish ‘Atlantic Road’
Barry M Spring 2013 Textured polish ‘Atlantic Road’
Barry M Spring 2013 Textured polish ‘Atlantic Road’
Barry M Spring 2013 Textured polish ‘Atlantic Road’
Barry M Spring 2013 Textured polish ‘Atlantic Road’
Barry M Spring 2013 Textured polish ‘Atlantic Road’
Barry M Spring 2013 Textured polish ‘Atlantic Road’
Barry M Spring 2013 Textured polish ‘Atlantic Road’
First of all, the thing I’m sure most of you are curious about, the texture. It’s not as unsettling as I thought it might be. It might look a little sandpaper-esque but it’s not at al rough, just bumpy, and quite nice feeling in a bizarre way. It’s quite nice to stroke. Not at all strange.
Formula wise, these all needed two coats, and are all shown without a top coat to show maximum texture. The base is a little on the thin side but I still found it a little bit difficult to apply a thin enough coat – too thick and the base floods the gritty particles. Two thin coats allow the texture to show through without too much base filling the gaps.
Wear seemed quite good too. I wore the yellow for a whole 24 hours (in honour of Australia Day), which may not sound long to most people but I cooked, cleaned and washed up and I’m very very good at chipping polish almost immediately after it dries.
Personally, I’m not a pastel fan. When people ask for my polish dislikes it goes like this: brown, yellow, orange (though Halloween oranges often break that rule), bar glitter, pastels. So i wasn’t thrilled by the colours, but then spring isn’t my season. Given that list you’d think the yellow would be my least favourite, but in actual fact I think it’s my favourite because of the subtle (very subtle) shimmer that is lacking in the other three shades. It just gave it that tiny little bit of interest whereas the others felt a bit ‘meh’, though it doesn’t show in photos and is super faint in person. Also, the names are a cute idea, but given that nails inc name their polishes in the same way after streets of London and they recently released their ‘concrete’ range it feels a bit unoriginal.
On the whole though, if you’re curious about textured polishes I’d recommend giving one (or all) of these a try. They’re reliable as with all Barry M polishes, and let’s face it, a little bit fun!
Important Bits:
| Volume: |
10ml |
| Cost: |
£3.99 |
| Availability |
Launch dates are: Superdrug February 13th & Boots February 20th. Products will also launch on barrym.com on February 13th. |
These items were sent for review.
