Crumpet Reviews - Barry M Confetti Polishes part 2 - Bubblegum and Sour Apple

Hi Goddesses

More Barry M for you today – the 2nd half of the Confetti hairy glitters which go on sale very VERY soon!

Today we have the more colourful glitters – a bluey one and a greeny-teal one.  Despite my hatred of hairy glitter, I actually almost like these :)  they are MUCH more palatable than the 3 I reviewed HERE.   I think sometimes when brands try something new, it’s easy to play safe and go for the obvious colours, but this proves that the slightly wilder versions are usually the winners.   

Bubblegum is the blue confetti, a ticker tape of bright aqua with occasional white pieces

I layered this over Blue Grape Gelly and they play really well together.

Sour Apple is the green looking one, although it actually doesn’t contain any green.  It has identical or similar aqua to Bubblegum, and this time, lemon is mixed in.  This is why it looks green from a distance, as the eye merges the lemon into the aqua.

I layered this over Key Lime Gelly, and again, they worked beautifully together.

In hindsight, I’m almost surprised Barry M didn’t create 5 Confettis to match the 5 Gellys they released – imagine if they had done an orange and peach one, or a teal and mint, or a red and pink.  They would have looked awesome.

By the way, if you’re wondering, I did get the Sequins to review, but decided not to.  You may have seen other bloggers try to swatch them, and they are not pretty.  They are glitters in a textured base, and I had real difficulty applying them.  My swatches looked like a 3 yr old had done them, so I exercised quality control and deleted them.  If you’re curious, the best swatches I have seen are at One Nail To Rule Them All.

These polishes were sent to me for my honest review.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend! xx

Guest Post from Emma of Cambridge Nails - April's Nail Art Winner

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Today we have a Guest from Emma of Cambridge Nails who won the April Nail Art Contest.  Without further ado - here we go!

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Wow a guest post on The Crumpet and I'm so excited, I love The Crumpet. I won the April Amateur Nail Art Contest with my Daisy Chain nails so this is completely different. I decided to go for a geometric design that I've been planning all week. It's based on this type of optical illusion (by ParrotBoy) where you can see the cubes in 3D and they flip in and out. I decided to do this as an accent nail mani as it would get a bit too much if it were on every nail.

I think this turned out really well although the black could have done with a little bit more of a going over (one of those things the camera brings up which isn't visible in real life). It's not as good as on a  flat surface because my nails are very curved so the perspective isn't quite right.

I tried a few different weird hand poses to get both my accent nails in a similar orientation but this was the best one. What I mean by the cubes flashing in and out is that the turquoise diamonds can be either the top or the bottom of the cubes, clever huh?

The polishes involved are NYC Blue Sky, Nails Inc Hampstead Heath, Barry M Indigo and Barry M Black nail art pen. I used a small nail art brush to fill in the squares I had mapped out with the colours and then went over with the nail art pen to outline. If anyone wants a tutorial I'm happy to show you how I mapped out the pattern on my nails.

I want to say thanks to Debbie for hosting such an awesome nail art contest which encourages people like me who are just starting out to enter and for allowing me to write a guest post :).

Crumpet Reviews - Catrice Lilactric, The Dark Knight and The GlamoureX Factor

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Today I have 3 polishes which were sent to me for review by the lovely Sally Magpies.  For those of you who don't know her, she's a UK e-tailer stocking all sorts of fabulousness, from Layla to Essence to Picture Polish to indies ... and very soon, Emily de Molly.

next to a Barry M brush, which I consider "standard"

Let's start away from the colours.  I loved these polishes, and this is why - the brush.  It is possibly the best brush ever to sit in a nail polish bottle.  It's short, it's wide and it glides around the nail like a chubby figure skater on acid.  RESULT.  For my nail shape, this brush is perfection.

Colourwise, all of these were beautiful in their own way.    The GlamoureX Factor is a metallic gold with some warmer, beige hints.

It glides onto the nail beautifully.  If you're looking for a statement polish for an accent nail, this is a great choice.   There's lots of gold polishes out there, but ease of application makes this one a winner.

The Dark Knight is a midnight-infused purple, from the Garden of Shimmer.   This is dark, fragrant, and quite possibly deadly.

It's an impossibly dark purple, yet still glorious rather than sinister.  This is sooooo witching hour.  The glow of the shimmer keeps this alive and pulsing on the nail.

Isn't she just AMAZING??????

And then my very favourite - Lilactric.   Super pale pinky-lilac polish, drizzled with gold shimmer.   

On the nail, this is like a cute fluffy bunny - so delicate, so precious, so pure.  Utterly beautiful, like a cashmere sweater.

You can peruse Sally Magpies HERE - I dare you to not buy anything, it's not possible!  You can also follow on Facebook HERE.

These products were sent to me for an honest review - enjoy xx

Crumpet Reviews - Chirality Cereal Killer Collection Part 2

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Let’s start with a funny story shall we?  In life, I have my polish loves and my polish HATES.  As you probably know by now, hairy glitter is top of that list.   The other occupants?  Well, they would be green polishes, anything yellow, pukey pastel peach, glitter in a white base and weird shaped glitter.

On Wednesday, this dropped through my letterbox – 4 new Chirality polishes to review.  And what are they?  Erm, green, yellow, peach and weird shaped glitter.  Pretty much all of them in a white base.  LOL.   As I remarked to a friend, you couldn’t have sent me a more nightmarish package to review if you’d tried ….. 

So it’s with a lot of weirdness that I announce that I actually like all of these polishes.  Now, that’s not the same as saying I love them, or that I would want to wear them every day, but each one is beautiful in its own way.  Especially the green.   THUNDER!!!!  Did I really just say that? Yup.  Crumpet likes the green …….

This is the 2nd part of Chirality’s Cereal Killer Collection, where multi coloured polishes, which look a little like bowls of cereal, are named after serial killers, for the pun.   Amanda took a lot of stick for her first collection, and the associations she was making, so I’m a little surprised she has ventured there again.  However, I am always proud of any artist who doesn’t let the boo-ers deter them.   Personally, I’m all for witty word play, and I don’t for a second think Amanda is trying to say serial killers have “inspired” her, but I understand why it has made some people uncomfortable.

Shall we start with the green then?  Apple Jack the Ripper is just GAWJUS.  Like seriously, jaw-droppingly gorgeous.  This is without doubt the best green glitter I have ever come across.

I love the mixes of green in this polish.  Some of the pieces are celery green, and it really really works.  I also love the assortment of shapes, especially all the round gliter.  I never thought I’d say this, but I do genuinely like this.

Starkweather Pops is the yellow one, and again, this works.  It’s pure summer sunshine on the nail – bright and happy, and whilst it’s not “my thing”, it really is pretty.

Again, the shape mixture works – the squares especially removing any tweeness if might have otherwise had.   I ran out of time, but I do plan to stamp some bumblebees over this.

Gacy Charms is the multi-shaped glitter in a white base.   Again, I didn’t dislike this, and it actually made me happy wearing it.  I think it’s the pink circles which are just about the best thing to ever happen to glitter.

There are a LOT of different shapes going on in here, especially round ones, but it just WORKS.  This is so carefree and pretty.

And finally the peach one – Frosted Speck.  Peach always makes me shudder.  It’s a colour I’ve never understood, and my skin tone just repulses it.  However, this is lovely.   On the nail, it’s nude as much as peach.

More than anything, this looks bridal to me.  The colour is beautifully understated, and the white glitters give it an edge that is super subtle.  Again, this is not a “me” polish, but if you like subtle, this one should be on your list.

So, here I sit, super surprised.  I genuinely liked all of these, and that’s quite an achievement when none of the polishes are ones I would usually give a second glance to.  The green is the undoubted winner, and I can’t believe I’m actually urging people to buy a green polish lol.

All the swatches were over 1 coat of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, and I used 1 coat of glitter, with a few extra dabs to fill in the gaps, and 2 coats of the peach.

I also want to take a minute to point out how much more advanced these are than the first collection (which you can see here).  The first 4 were pretty much the same polish in 4 different colours, whilst here, we have genuine complexity in the glitter mixes.   This makes me really excited for what Amanda will do next.

You can buy these polishes HERE and you can follow on Facebook HERE.   

These polishes were sent to me for an honest review.  Enjoy xx 