Gimme Glitter: Barry M Confetti - Sour Apple

Hello there fine folks!! This is the sad day that school starts :( But also the brilliant day where I got a new indie polish!!!! :D Expect to see that soon, it's all mad exciting. Anyway I got this polish as a gift from a dear friend (the same friend who gave me the indie polish today :)), I love all the Barry M's, obviously not all the Barry M's are perfect (but the vast majority of them are) and the "Confetti Effects" could have been the ones to tear me. Bar glitter is a controversial thing but I am not a hater like most people seem to be.

Sour Apple is full of matte blue and yellow bar glitter, dupe to Nails Inc Brighton (well at least I think so), I honestly don't think bar glitter is all that bad, I think it's ok. What I really like is the colour combination, it's like bar glitter Floam!! I know I will never possess Floam (neither am I very bothered by that at all) but having the bar glitter version is pretty nice. Seriously once people start making matte neon bar glitter polishes I will be so done (though once people start making matte neon anything polishes I will be so done).

The Confetti effects came out last year with 5 polishes, what I really liked is all the sweet based names, how cute right? Maybe I'd get another from this collection, wouldn't make it a priority but I rather like this one.

Each coat was packed with glitter, I used 3 coats cause as usual I wanted the glitter packed look, not difficult to apply, everything spread fine so in general application was good. I put this over various green polishes, weirdly the glitter made them all look more similar. This glitter isn't necessarily rough but it's not completely smooth without topcoat. Ok removal isn't a breeze, but once you've "broken through" the mound of bar glitter it's actually not too hard to remove, better than a lot of other glitter polishes.

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a lovely day!! :)

Gimme Glitter: M&S - Light Mix

Hi there guys!! I hope you have keeping up with your resolutions if you made any and are persevering. I don't usually make resolutions, in yesteryears I did the whole stop biting your nails (yes, I used to be a biter!!) but then I actually did and gained another obsession haha. But this time I have legit ones which I want to progressively tackle, go self-improvement!!! One of the main ones is waste less time and less procrastination, that will be a hard one but determination is a thing, there's no use giving up before you've begun (haha I'm feeling so deep :P).
Anyway I have a super pretty glitter, like who knew M&S could come out with such awesome, I don't know if it's technically glitter but not like it really matters :)

Guys, this is SO pretty. Seriously. I don't know how to describe this, I don't want to call them shards because they're not they're not sharp and sticky out either. But they are not flakies either, I've decided it's "flards" or "shakies" both names I'm not particularly fond of lol. Also the type, I guess there's an element of iridescence there, but the "shakies" (:/) are mostly blue, green, purple, pink and peach, but pastel versions. I think Light Mix looks best over darker colours but I also have it over a pale base.

This is another from the limited edition set from M&S, seriously pretty polish I am so impressed. I tested it out over a both of colours on a sheet of paper but decided on this combo because it has a somewhat mermaid-y feel about it.

I used 1 packed coat for each nail over M&S - Peacock, it spread easily but if there wasn't a packed coat obviously not so many "flards" (oh gosh I hate using this term -_-) would be on the nail. But one thing I'm really happy about this polish is that none of the "shakies" stick out (cause I hate that!!) and bother me, it was all over smooth ever without topcoat.

Thank you very much for reading and I hope you have a great day!! :)

Comparison: Mint Greens

Hi there guys!! Hope that if you're having time off you're enjoying it, I'm contemplating doing work, I decided after new year's day I would and this time I'm determined!! Cause like I actually need to get this stuff done...
I have another comparison today, only took me like 4 months, honestly I don't have all the polish to compare but I want to make my comparisons somewhat worthwhile. So mint greens, I don't know how I obtained so many but such is a nail art fiend's life :P

So we have Essie - Turquoise & Caicos, Rimmel - Misty Jade, Max Factor - Cool Jade, Barry M - Mint Green and I threw in Illamasqua - Nomad even though it is very different.
Misty Jade is the most blue toned and Cool Jade is the darkest of the lot. Honestly I think these are jade greens, I think the Barry M and the Essie are the most similar with the Essie being slightly lighter. But they're all quite similar as you can tell and they are especially similar in certain lightings, except Nomad, much more green-toned and beautiful.

My favourite is obviously the Illamasqua, the colour is the most beautiful in my opinion (it was in my favourites last year :)) but the most expensive, it's rare I splurge but I feel like Nomad is really worth it. But maybe you feel the Illamasqua is similar enough to the other polishes, personally I don't haha. But my second favourite is Cool Jade, not only because it was given by my friend but also it's a gorgeous colour with a perfect formula. Maybe you think I'm crazy and these are all identical to you but as the Like A Candy Shop meme goes "They're not the same, they're similar".

Illamasqua was 2 perfect coats that totally could've been one if I used a thicker coat of polish.
Barry M was 3 coats but probably could've been 2, tash on the gloopy side but my bottle is old and it's not bad at all. Seriously this was one of the first polishes I ever bought in a bunch of Barry M's.
Max Factor was also 2 perfect coats.
Rimmel was 3 coats, also probably didn't need it another slightly gloopy one but not bad.
Essie was a definite 3 coater, jelly so it's easy to bubble, I'm not the biggest fan of this polish. I thought I'd love it but no, as you can see its very similar to other polishes I own and it's not better. I keep saying I'll try to use this more, who knows if I'll ever do that haha.

Thank you for reading (and found this somewhat useful?) and I hope you have a wonderful day!! :)

Top 15 Nail Polishes Of 2013: Part 2

Hi there guys!! Ok we are continuing the favourite polishes today, I have to say the top 3 polishes for me were so easy to place. From yesterday's post if you've been reading last year you might be able to guess what the top 8 could be. But I love all these polishes :D

8. Barry M - Superdrug Xmas Limited Edition 2012 B. I just loved this polish the moment I put it on, of course it's a shadow of it's former self now because of bleeding glitter (seriously it sucks, bleeding is a pain) but it's still beautiful. I adore the mix of glitter and the holographic glitter in this is SO special.

7. Hare Polish - The Teen Queen. I don't make many indie purchases but this definitely is a worthy edition to my collection, I LOVE the matte blue glitter and that blue shimmer is so so pretty.

6. OPI - Jinx. This blew my mind when I first got it, the sparkliness was making me insane (in a good way). The golden sparkle is extraordinary and I think this is bombin' on my skin tone which is rare but if a polish loves you, you love it back ;)

5. Barry M - Prickly Pear. Guys, you know I love this (or maybe you didn't, well that's a fact about me), this turned me into a total purple fanatic, there was me thinking I didn't need this. Just a beautiful blue-toned pale purple.

4. Barry M - Guava. Now I got this very recently and I haven't worn it a million times but sometimes you just have to wear something once and know it's love. Guava is an amazing colour, right inbetween blue and green, and I love blue and green so this is right up my alley (not my camera's alley though, my camera hates it haha).

3. Models Own - Beach Party. Why didn't I get this sooner??? Clearly an orange neon is required for me, yeah it's an orange neon, it's fantastic, it's fantastically bright and I really really love brights. It doesn't require a white base, a neon not requiring tedious neon needs, this one is incredible. I seriously seriously need to wear this again and again and again.

2. Barry M - Superdrug Summer Limited Edition 2013 A. This was another love at first polish, even before I found out that this was a neon it was beautiful. I just ADORED the colour, then I found out it was a neon and I was done. I do not care that it requires 3 coats over white and it's a jelly and jellies and I don't get along all that great so bubbles. I can look past ALL of that cause it's so beautiful.

1. Lush Lacquer (now Polish Me Silly) - Clowning Around. Please don't tell me this was a surprise, did you read how crazy about this polish I was? Go on, read it, I could not even. And I still can't even, rainbow neon glitter. It's a combination of all my favourites things. Obviously this was going to take the top spot cause it's the most beautiful thing I've seen in my life. Even after sad glitter bleeding it's still beautiful and I hold on to the memory (and pictures) of when I first tried it. Oh gall dem big pink hexes, and all dat neon glitter, urgh I can't THE FEELS.

Well that's me done for this year, here's to another year of gorgeous polish!! I'm quite emotive about nail polish if you couldn't tell from this post :P Last year I was saying how I was surprised about the lack of pink polish, made up for it this year though. Barry M is clearly my big winner this year, they released some incredible polishes that I really appreciated. I can never guess what's going to be in my favourites from year to year, it's great. I never knew I was going to be introduced to the most beautiful neon glitter of my life. So I'm looking forward to fantastic nail polish. So this year had 1 Lush Lacquer, 7 Barry M's, 1 Models Own, 1 OPI, 1 Hare Polish, 1 The Face Shop, 1 Etude House, 1 Nails Inc and 1 Color Club. Yep Barry M definitely dominated. Same went for last year actually. I hope there are some great neons this year cause I'll be even more done than I am right now haha. Thank you very much for reading and I hope you have a lovely day!! :)

Top 15 Nail Polishes Of 2013: Part 1

Hello there guys!! Here we are, favourite polishes of last year!! I feel like doing it in January gives the cycle completion and I guess the year wasn't finished cause you never know you might find your favourite polish on the 31st of December (though it's highly unlikely). Not everyone does these but I LOVE IT. I'm obviously not the most qualified considering I don't get masses and masses of polishes a year (and I'm glad, I like using my polishes well) but I love giving polishes the love they deserve. As you can tell last year's top 10 polishes (see: January 2013 in the archive ;)) have now turned into the top 15. There was me halfway through the year thinking I wouldn't even get a top 10, yeah... Oops?

And the end of the year always brings the most polish compared to the rest of the year and then there's the mass "swatching" and debating what to include. This list was not easy to compile, I kept rearranging the order and reconsidering everything but I think I have got my final list. 

One thing about my list is that not all of these polishes came out in 2013, last year I wasn't too bad about having the same year polishes but this year, nope. My favourite polishes cannot be determined by year, but the colours that I love and feel happy having on my nails. That can't be wrong, so here are my top 15 polishes of 2013 starting at 15 (and split into 2 parts :P).

15. Barry M - Berry Ice Cream. There's no better way to start the list than with a Barry M. Oh Berry Ice Cream, the polish that began my journey as a purple fiend, now there's are tons of purple polishes that I'm loving and craving (which can be seen as a good or bad thing). The subtle pink tone is so pretty and it's a great base that I feel looks really nice with nail art. And is lovely as a stand alone polish!!

14. Color Club - Sky High. It's weird that I don't have that much blue polish in my favourites but this one is gorgeous. The purple duochrome really is something, it's mesmerising o.O

13. Nails Inc - Notting Hill Gate. I got this for Christmas last (last?) year, I can't say no to a neon. Especially if it's neon pink. This is a pretty fantastic neon pink, it's not got a perfect formula but I don't care, it's neon pink.

12. Etude House - WH901. I love matte glitter, I love pastel and all the little shaped glitter is SO cute. The holographic and white glitter are very nice touches to this polish, though the formula has little to desire it's so cute I can definitely forgive it.

11. Barry M - Greenberry. As I've mentioned this colour used to be my perfect colour, it's a stunner still though. I'm not particularly fussy when it comes to formula but this is really is perfect. It's lovely, it's bright, it's amazing.

10. Barry M - Dragon Fruit. The Barry M Gellies were stellar this year and expect to see more in this list. I love pink polish, it's probably irrational but I'm okay with that. The shade of Dragon Fruit is gorgeous. The silver shimmer in this is also gives this pink polish something special.

9. The Face Shop - Vanilla Sugar Yogurt. Rainbow glitter, and I was down. I don't know why I love the orange glitter in this but I do, but just look how much fun this polish is!! Like a fun, colourful cake.

Well this is the first half, second half coming tomorrow. I hope you currently like my picks, thank you for reading and I hope you have a fabulous day!! :)

Teal Nails: M&S - Peacock

Hi guys!! I said I would be starting the year swatching and you better believe I am, I'm still kind of mind-blown that Marks and Spencer does nail polish, and good ones at that. My friends gave me a limited edition set for my birthday and I have been trying them out for nail art and that, the selection of colours were good. Some really good, I do like a good teal so this was a welcome entry to my collection.

All pictures should be slightly more on the green side, my camera seriously hates green, I can say it hates other colours but really it's pretty good with them. But green, no, teal is another issue entirely. I'd describe Peacock as a dark shimmery teal with teal sparks which you can kind of see in the pictures. I don't know what else to call them apart form sparks, it's not really glitter or shimmer. Tis is a nice polish.

One thing I really like about the M&S polish range is that they have names, and not bad ones at that. So many brands that not named their polishes, resorting to numbers or colour (which I prefer to numbers honestly) or nothing at all (which really annoys me, what am I meant to write here???). Hopefully Marks and Spencer nail polish prospers, it's good (and has names)!!

2 easy coats, shorter nails and thicker coats you could probably do 1. Really there's no formula issues whatsoever, v easy to apply. I used thin coats which gave "more precision" and 2 coats is something I'm kind of used to.

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a great day!! :)

SImple purple flowers + hot pink glitter

Hi there guys!!! Welcome to the new year *manly whoop*!! To a year of good times, being kind and less procrastination. And welcome back to PlumeriaPainted, I love florals and it's nice to start the year that way. Inspired by Mr. Candiipants cause this floral design was a stroke of genius, so easy to do yet looks so good!! The colour combos are endless and I just love her nail art, it's incredibly funky and on another note she is just hilarious!!
Also I feel like I want to mention her cause of the whole stealing issue that we've been all hearing about and unfortunately Candice has been affected by. I'm appalled with the stealing and frankly I think it's sickening, this is hard work created by talented artists and it's carelessly being stolen for profit (and probably to aid egos too). There are plenty of places to read up about it if you want to so I'm not gonna go into it.
I always give credit when I'm inspired by another, it's common decency really, and they deserve it! I can imagine she who will not be named stealing from me (which is something I'd hate to happen) and her getting away with it cause this place is so small, but people are catching on and hopefully she'll be stopped. She's stolen from the big dogs, obviously someone is going to notice!!
Lol that got deep, sounds like something from a fantasy movie (;)), sorry to start the post with a mild rant but it's been very apparent lately. Anyway to the nails, we are now back to focusing on the nails!!!

I was stuck with what to do with my nails then flowers appeared, then all the glitter. I thought the design could do with more pink so glitter was the answer. I told myself to use less glitter in designs but I don't think I can do that, expect lots of glitter this year (and all the years)!!! I quite like this, it's simple and sweet. Also the odd appearance of the square glitter is cool.

The flowers were done with the brush of the polishes, so easy to do. Also I used no black nail art pen, I placed black glitter and I really liked it. The hot pink glitter was a mixture of dabbing and placing, I wanted quite a lot of glitter. My bottle of Minnie Style has more pink due to me placing the white glitter in that polish in various designs.

Peachy pink: Barry M - Princess
Glitter: OPI - Minnie Style
My bezzie bought me another bottle of this cause she is the best, I feel like 2 bottles is fine and also they are very different. My current bottle has squares (not to mention a big decrease in white glitter) and my new bottle has no squares and an equal amount of pink and white glitter (obviously not exactly equal) :)
Purple (lightest to darkest): Essie - Lilacism, Barry M - Prickly Pear with Topshop - Razzmatazz, Illamasqua - Jo'Mina, OPI - My Current Crush and OPI - Plum & Get It
Black: the black glitter from Barry M - Ruby
Green: Barry M - Greenberry

Thank you so much for reading (ma lil' rant lol) and I hope you have a great day!! :)