Barry M - Silk Nail Paint

When I popped into Superdrug the other day (I'll be honest, I never really pop in, i'm always in there for aaaaages) I was greeted by a display of Barry M's brand spanking new range of Silk Nail Polish! Did I buy one? Yes, yes I did... did I need it? Probably not... but I wanted to try it out.

             

I'd seen rave reviews online and simply couldn't resist trying one out.. and I wasn't disappointed! The shade I bought was Blossom which is a pearly, pastelly, baby pink colour. Altogether there are 6 beautiful pastel colours in Barry M's new range, there's Blossom, Pearl (a pastelly ivory/white/pearl,) Truffle (a browny/beige,) Meadow (a pastelly baby blue,) Mink (a pastelly bluey/green,) and finally Heather (a pastelly purple.)

I put on a clear coat as a base before I started and then applied 2 coats of Blossom. The final result was a beautiful pastel pink, the more layers you put on, the more intense and brighter the colour will be. The polish itself went on really easily, like with all Barry M nail polishes, it simply glided on, no tackiness, lumpiness or blobs like with some cheaper polishes in stores. It didn't take too long to dry either and the overall finish is a smooth and silky, matte sheen. Definitely a polish to pick up if you want to wear pastel shades this season.

You can purchase any of these new Barry M polishes from Superdrug, either in store or online **here** for £3.99 each.

Makeup - Gothic Glam

                 

                   

Products used:
Mascara - Bourjois Volume Clubbing Mascara
False Lashes - MUA Vixen
Eye Shadow - Blush Professional 88 Colour Palette
Eye Liner - Barry M Bold Black (pencil)
Eye Liner - Barry M Wink Black Marker
Face - Bourjois Healty Mix Serum Gel Foundation in No 51.  MUA Bronzer 'Bronzed Perfection.'
Brows - MUA Luxe powerbrow in Mid Brown
Lips - Illamasqua Lipstick in Pristine

Makeup - Pink Smokey Eye

"Your face is a canvas for a beautiful piece of art."

The Eyes
*Prep them first, normally I use a bit of primer, but if that's not to hand you can dab on a bit of concealer over your lid and under your eye.*
First use a black liner pencil to tightline your eyes, for those who aren't familiar with the term, 'tightlining' means colouring in the waterline of your eye. You have an upper waterline and a lower waterline, if you look up there is a tiny bit of space between your lashes and your eye, that's your upper waterline. Then if you look straight ahead you'll notice just above your bottom lashes there is another tiny bit of space.. the lower waterline. Once you've done this, pick up your chosen pink eye shadow and cover your entire lid, you want to blend this out slightly above your crease line (this is the crease line that you see when you have your eye open). Then using a black shadow you want to deposit the colour at the outer corner of your crease line and blend slightly inwards but not too far, you don't want to reach the middle, just sit it in the outer corner. Then similarly using a white shadow, you want to deposit the colour at the inner corner of your eye and then blend slightly inward.
Next up is the eyeliner along your top lashline, the tricky bit is getting your flicks/wings to look symmetrical, but that comes with practise and a steady hand. I do find it easier using a pen/felt tip style liner though when drawing a winged line on. On this look, which you can't see because my eyes are closed I used the liner pen under my lower lashline as well, just to add an extra bit of drama to the look. Then pop on your false lashes (if you want the dramatic eyes effect, or you can pop on a bit of mascara.)

The Face
This is far simpler, prep your skin and put on a primer (if you use one) and then foundation. Make sure you buff it into your skin and then you can contour and highlight like I've done *make sure you blend it in too* (I contoured using a bronzer round my face and down my neck, either side of my nose and in the hollows of my cheeks/ just under my cheek bones. I ran a highlighter down the bridge of my nose, my cupids bow, which is the V shape of my top lips and ran a bit on the centre of my bottom lip.) Or alternatively if you like a simpler skin base you can just add a touch of blush to the apples of your cheeks.

Then you can brush on a light pink gloss and you're ready to go!