Our love affair with Barry M is by now well documented. We have our ups and downs, but ultimately Barry M always manage to win our fickle hearts back with their range of amazing nail polishes. The new Royal Textured Glitter Collection was announced as part of their new releases for autumn/winter (which I did a full overview of that you can see here) and I knew they’d be right up my street as I’m a sucker for a glitter polish. Rather than being like Barry M’s other glitter polishes though, which are usually large glitter particles suspended in clear polish, these are thick polishes that are densely packed with glitter to give a full, textured finish.
I was lucky enough to receive the shade ‘Duchess’ for my birthday, which is primarily a nude with flecks of pale pink. Initially I applied this over a base coat of my favourite nude Barry M shade, ‘Lychee’. Once I started applying though, I realised the polish is so thick that it could easily be used by itself and would give an opaque finish with two coats.
I’m absolutely in love with the final effect. Although it’s very glittery, it dries to a matte finish which actually stops it from looking too full on and blingy. It has a textured finish, but thankfully not in the same way as the Textured Nail Effects paints Barry M released a while ago. I found that they were too gritty, and weirdly they seemed to pick up fluff and colour off other things they came into contact with. The Royal Glitter polish is nowhere near as gritty or rough, so the final effect is much nicer
This collection is commonly likened to the OPI Liquid Sand polishes, which retail for £11.50. I haven’t tried the OPI ones, but considering Barry M’s polishes cost almost a third of their price at £3.99, they’re clearly a much more purse-friendly option. They’re absolutely perfect as we get nearer to the – prepare yourself for the C-word – Christmas season, and I definitely plan to stock up on the other shades in the collection.
Another rousing success for Barry M’s nail polishes. Three cheers for merry England!
Great look – and a lovely shade. I’ve got Countess at the moment but you’ve just convinced me to get this as well :o). Xx
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Ooh do it – I definitely want to pick up a few of them 🙂 xx
this looks lovely! I might have to pick this up today!
I definitely recommend it, think I’ll be picking up the white shade next! xx
So pretty and right up my street. I think I’ve found a new Barry M polish to add to my collection! x
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I’ve always loved their glitter polishes so knew I would love this too, but it’s definitely surpassed my expectations 🙂 My collection is getting pretty big now haha, think I’ll do a post showcasing them all soon! xx
So shimmery and gorgeous! Want!
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It’s lovely isn’t it! xx