Nail Art Style

Hey everyone! So for my second post today I'm bringing you my Beauty and the Beach competition entry. I'm sure most of you know what it is but for those who don't it's a beauty competition held by Travel Supermarket for a chance to win £500 or £1500! All you have to do is upload an entry inspired by the beach, you can find the rules here, but it ends tomorrow so be quick (I am the queen of last minute!). I know this is a nails blog, but of course I'd like to be in with the chance of winning the full amount, so I hope you'll excuse pictures of my face! I'll put them after the jump and the nails before for those of you who dont.

So for the nails, I went directly with the 'beach' theme, and painted a beach on my nails. My style is definitely more cartoon-ey so I wanted to stick with what I know best. I decided to add things you can find and do on the beach.       On my thumb I did a rock pool with a crab next to it, on my pointer finger I did flip flops, on my middle finger is the edge of a picnic rug, on my ring finger is a bucket and spade and a sandcastle with a flag, and on my baby finger is a starfish. 

To do these nails I started off with a base of Butter London - Fiver, and then I sponged on Barry M - Blueberry, but I decided it didn't look very good so I used a paintbrush to make it more of a straight line. Then, on the tips of my nails I sponged Butter London - Cuppa. Then I got a tiny piece of sponge using tweezers and sponged on the white for the foam of the waves. I then mixed Barry M - Blueberry with some white to create the 'waves' with a tiny brush, and I used the same white (MASH - White nail polish) for the clouds (which unfortunately haven't shown up too well in photos). The yellow on the rug, sun and bucket is Clinique - 70 Degrees and Sunny, the red on the rug, flag and spade is Essence - Redvolution, and the crab is redvolution mixed with a tiny tiny bit of brown, the green on the flipflops is Clinique - Hula Skirt, the orange starfish is Clinique - Juiced Up, the black detailing, such as the birds, is China Glaze - Liquid Leather, and the darker brown for the stones and sandcastle is Barry M - Mushroom, either on its own or mixed with white. I did all the details with a tiny cut down brush. (Phew that was a big paragraph)

Overall, I absolutely love this collection and I can't wait to see if Barry M come out with any more colours.

I also want to give a mention to their new waterproof gel eyeliners. I know this is primarily a nail art blog, hence why I have sneaked in a preview of tomorrow's nails, but I am genuinely impressed by these eyeliners, and as they were sent to me for review I felt it only fair to ... well review them.



I remember very well from my hormonal teenage years that when something claims to be waterproof, it normally isn't. But these are. They are genuinely awesome. I wore this on my hand (and on my eyes like you're supposed to) all day yesterday and there was still some left on my hand today. After two showers, washing up, washing my hands and me trying to rub it off with water, I can assure you these are 100% waterproof! 

They are releasing 3 brand new shades alongside the new nail varnishes and a new mascara. The three colours are (in descending order) Champagne, Silver and Black and each retails for £4.59, which I would definitely say is worth it. Each comes in a tiny pot, but a little goes a long way, and the brush is great. The new 'Lash Vegas' mascara will also be released at a price of £6.49 at the same time. I unfortunately don't have the set up to take pictures of my eyes as my student halls are pretty dark, but, alongside the rest of the new releases, it's awesome!

These will all be available in Superdrug and on the Barry M website from February 13th, and in Boots from the 20th. You can get updates on this on their Facebook and on their Twitter.