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Thursday, February 24, 2011

My New Barry M's with...yep more Crackle!!

So I received some Barry M polishes in my swap, and I have never used this brand before so I was so excited! I wish these were available in the US, but thanks to a new friend, Suzanne, I have my first 3! The third is the Barry M crackle, and I will be playing with that later on in the week. For this I started with Barry M, Cyan Blue. The formula on this was perfect!



Then I added Barry M, Silver Sea. I love this, it is very sheer, but has such pretty silver glitter bits in it!!


then because I just wanted to play, I added China Glaze Crushed Candy over top, but I didn't add a coat of SV.




















Okay I promise to give you all a Crackle break after this, lol. I received my 2nd swap package and it contained some more amazing pretties that I can't wait to share with you all!!

37 comments:

  1. This is so pretty! Barry M have got a crackle polish, hoping they'll do more colours in it soon! :)

    http://rachlovesleopardprint.blogspot.com/

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  2. I have Cyan Blue aswell, was wearing it all last week and got loads of compliments :) I love what you've done with it! Makes me want to invest in Silver Sea to put over it now heehee!

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  3. A lovely blue. Everytime I go into Superdrug, I keep looking at this one, next time I will have to have it:)

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  4. oh!!!!
    this is so cute!
    great post!!!
    xoxo
    follow u =)

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  5. Ooh loving seeing the pretties, they look so fab on you :) I love the layering combo of cyan blue and silver sea too(which is discontinued but available on eBay ;)) Barry m have the most perfect paradoxal and partuculair (sp)dupes too :)

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  6. Nice combination, love the colours!

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  7. Thanks girls!!!

    iloveleopardprint, yeah I got that one too, I can't wait to try it out :)

    SuzanneM, it's all thanks to you!!! Oh that's right I did hear that Barry M had a dupe.

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  8. I love Barry M nail polish. There are so many colours to choose from and they always apply really well. They're really cheap too!
    Excited to see more crackle polish, I just got mine in the mail yeterday so I'm yet to play around with them!

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  9. When you were playing around with your nails did any of your crackles change to the color under them!? My white did that over a neon teal I had on yesterday-- not sure if it was because I didn't put a topcoat over the teal or what..

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  10. this colour combination looks amazing ;)

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  11. I love blue so this mani is absolutely fantastic! I think it's better without crackle but nice with it too (:

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  12. OMG i love it before the crackle, and i usually like crackle manis. Barry M looks awesome!! :o)

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  13. I don't mind all the crack! And again such a lovely combination.. you are so great at that!

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  14. Thanks you guys!!

    Antoszewskia, that is weird, no mine didn't. Di dyou do a thin coat of the white? That could be it.

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  15. Wauw, great combination. Love the collors!

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  16. I think this is one of my favorite Crackle manicures. It looks like the ocean! : D

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  17. I love Cyan Blue on you as well as Silver Sea, how gorgeous! I wish the crackle had left bigger gaps to let more of that blue show through!

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  18. By luck I was able to get 4 of the China Glaze Crackles. I was in Ulta and they were all sold out after just getting a shipment yesterday. I went over to Sally beauty just for a shot and the lady said they just put them out today. I grabbed all but the Black (Because I have the OPI shatter) and the Purple (just didn't see myself using that one). I'm so excited and can't wait to try them!

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  19. I LOVE this combo, it's perfect!!

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  20. Thanks you guys!!!

    L, you weren't by chance the girl in line next to me at Sally's in PA, lol. When I was checking out a girl was buying some China Glaze Crackles that were behind the counter :)

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  21. i never saw silver sea from barry m on sale :(

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  22. I'm a Brand Spanking New blogger/follower - these combos are so pretty! being from the uk we see Barry M all the time (i actually think i own almost all of them now!) and its good to see you did something new and interesting with it! i love that crackle polishes and glitter topcoats can re-ignite excitement for an old polish - im digging my cyan blue out right now!!! i also wanted to let you know that your (utterly fantastic) blog 100% inspired me to create my own - for this i thank you! keep them coming!
    Emily @emilysnailfiles
    xx

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  23. Emily, Awww thank you soo much!! I'm now following you now :) I wish I had more access to Barry M, the formula is great!!

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  24. Haha nope, wasn't me unfortunately (I'm up here in NY lol). This store actually had them out on display next to all the other polishes -not sure why they thought they would last long enough to keep out a full display :)

    And thank you for fueling my new obsession with polish haha.

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  25. Okay, haha, I had to ask. As for your new polish obsession, you're most welcome, hee hee

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  26. Erika, thanks for becoming a follower! I'm getting there, isn't blogging fun?!?! haaha! Barry M goes on so lovely and smoothly, and the colours always pop! if you ever want any sending over, just let me know, I'm more than happy! i know what its like to NEED a polish that seems worlds away!
    Emily x

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  27. Emily, thank you so much!! It really is fun, and a great outlet for me. I really appreciate the offer to help out!

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  28. I actually did a mani almost identical to this one on my blog too! That is so funny... proof that great minds think alike! ;o)

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  29. I bought my first cracks polish the other day in a shade very similar to this and I put it over my pearly white pedi (revlon pure pearl) and it looked pretty amazing!

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  30. PS... I don't know if all crackle polishes work the same but I did notice a thicker layer produced a large crackle pattern and a thin layer made a more fine crackle pattern! I love this stuff now!

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  31. Lula, omg, crackles are so much fun!! Yeah, I love the fact that you can manipulate the crack size :P

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