Swatch: BarryM - Silver Multi Glitter

Hi ladies! I have one of the recently released BarryM glitters to show you today that have been sitting in my 'to post' folder for a while now. Silver Multi Glitter is a finely milled mixture of Silver, Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow & Pink glitters, reminiscent of their now discontinued shade 'Silver Cascade' which was also dubbed the OPI - Mad As A Hatter dupe. Although, not owning Silver Cascade myself, from photos I've seen around the web the glitters in Silver Multi Glitter appears to be a lot finer than those in Silver Cascade. For the photos below, I used 3 coats of Silver Multi Glitter alone without a Base/Top coat. As with all BarryM polishes I have tried, I had no issues with the formula and they dried relatively quick!

You can purchase Silver Multi Glitter directly from their website, which offers worldwide postage, or if you're in the UK Silver Multi Glitter is also available for purchase at Superdrug & Boots stores nationwide for £2.99 each. What do you think to Silver Multi Glitter? Can you see yourself purchasing it any time soon?

Swatch: Essie - Resort 2012 Collection

Hi ladies! I'd like to apologise for the lack of posting recently, I haven't really had the time to sit down and get some polishes swatched for you let alone write the posts to go with it! I'm hopefully going to be back on track now and I have some exciting new polishes coming up for you shortly, so stay tuned for those. Today I have the Essie 'Resort 2012' Collection to show you, unfortunately I only have the minis of these, but after seeing them on my nails, I think I may have to purchase the full sized ones! Anyway, enough rambling, let's get into the post!

Label Shot

Indoors, Natural Light

Direct Sunlight

Pink-A-Boo is a semi sheer, baby Pink with Blue and Pink iridescent micro glitter. I actually liked this one more than I thought I would, the iridescent glitter really does bring this otherwise plain, pale Pink polish to life. The photo above is 3 coats, but as you can see the nail line is still visible, nevertheless it's still very flattering to the nail and I actually think this suited my skin tone very well!

Label Shot

Indoor, Natural Light

Direct Sunlight

She's Picture Perfect is a gorgeous light Periwinkle with a Blue/Pink shimmer. I wasn't sure what to make of this polish, the shimmer does make it different to other Lilac polishes, but the shimmer only becomes apparent when in direct sunlight, which is a tad disappointing for me. The above photos are 2 coats, I did find the formula of this polish to be a little thicker than the others, which resulted in having to re-do my pinkie finger!

Label Shot

Indoor, Natural Light

Direct Sunlight

Sure Shot is a bright, perfect for Summer, Magenta shimmer. This has to be my favourite out of the four in the collection, go figure?! The photo above is 2 coats, but you could easily get away with one thick coat. This was also my favourite formula to apply, it went on without any issues, which is definitely what I look for in a polish!

Label Shot

Direct Sunlight

No More Film is a deep, 'Blurple' creme. This definitely leans more purple than it shows in the photos, but nevertheless it's still a beautiful shade. The application was a bit hit and miss, it applied well in one coat, but it was the kind of formula that tends to flood around your cuticles, which can be a HUGE PITA. You should definitely take care when applying this polish to minimise the chance of flooding, slow and steady always wins the race, right?! The photo above is 2 coats due to some flooding clean-up mishap!

Essie Resort 2012 mini collection retails for £16.95 (or £11.95 at BeautyBay!) or you can purchase each polish separately for £8.50 each, again from BeautyBay (or £9.95 RRP) - but we all love savings right!
What are your thoughts on Essie 'Resort 2012' Collection? Do you have a favourite?

Swatch: GOSH - Rainbow

Hi ladies! I'm back again with another lusted after polish from GOSH; Rainbow. Like Holographic, Rainbow was discontinued a while back and is getting harder and harder to find at a reasonable price but being the bargain hunter I am, I was able to find it for £6! Which is only £1 more than GOSH retail price in the UK. Rainbow is a gorgeous flakie which shifts from Orange to Copper to Yellow & Green - if you could capture the beauty of Autumn/Fall in a nail polish, this would definitely be it! In the bottle there seems to even be a Blueish shift, but I didn't really see that on the nail. The photos below are one coat of Rainbow swatched over Essie - Licorice, as you can see even with just one coat the amount of flakes are unreal!

Slightly Blurry Label Shot

Natural Light

Indoor, Natural Light

And of course, like multiple other polishes, I had to see what it was like matted! So here it is with one coat of ELF; Matte Finisher.

Natural Light

Direct Sunlight

Did I mention already that this is ONE COAT?! I can safely say, that this is the most 'flaky' flakie polish I own. How would you like the chance to own one of your own? Well, I have a spare bottle waiting for my 1000 follower giveaway (which I am only 4 followers away from!!) so be sure to stick around for that. In the meantime, have you entered in my 700 Follower Giveaway yet? One lucky winner will win the 3 new Summer shades of the Beetlejuice Collection from Models Own!

Swatch: Dandy Nails - You Set My Soul Alight

Hi ladies! 3rd post today, call me butter...cause I'm on a roll. I was going to leave this until tomorrow to show you, but it's so pretty I had to show you it right away. Dandy Nails is a new custom polish range created by Sandy of Dandy Nails and can be bought directly from her Etsy store! I currently have 3 of her polishes, but after swatching all of them, I can safely say I will be purchasing more in the future.

You Set My Soul Alight is a black jelly based packed with pink, purple, teal & silver holographic micro glitter. The photos below are 2/3 coats of You Set My Soul Alight alone, you can choose to layer it over a black polish if you're a little stuck for time, but I wanted to see how it stood on it's own two feet.

Natural Lighting (please excuse my AWFUL cuticles/skin in these photos!)

Direct Sunlight

Blurred so you can see the pretty holo!

How pretty! Besides it being a gorgeous polish, I originally wanted this for the name. I'm a HUGE Muse fan, Supermassive Blackhole being one of my favourite songs (of which the polish name originates).
You can purchase Dandy Nails polish directly from her Etsy store for $7.50 - $8, which is roughly £4.80 - £5.20. What do you think to You Set My Soul Alight? Will you be ordering from Sandy any time soon?

Swatch: Butter London - The Black Knight

Hi ladies! I know I haven't actually posted a swatch in a while, truth is I was going to take a hiatus, but I missed it a lot! So I'm back with a vengeance and I WILL post more frequently, I promise. I'm also going for a new layout with my posts, I want to make it a lot simpler to read and also shorter. When I have my photos to the left and text next to it, I feel obliged to fill the entire space with words, but sometimes I don't even have that much to talk about. Anyway, enough rambling, let's get into the post.

Today I have for you another newcomer to my blog, Butter London! The Black Knight was one of the polishes I was sent by Emily in a mini swap package after I moaned how much I've been lusting after it! The Black Knight is a sheer, black base packed with blue, red, pink and purple glitter. To save time and polish, I layered 2 coats of The Black Knight over Essie - Licorice. I didn't have too many problems with the application, I did notice the glitter clump in a couple places, but I think that was a lot to do with the amount of polish I had on my brush!

Crappy bottle shot.

Natural Daylight (excuse the nasty cuticle disaster & shoddy clean up!)

Direct Sunlight

You can purchase Butter London directly from their website for £12 each as well as various on line retailers such as BeautyBooth, Naturismo for £9.60 and even Boots for £10 each!

OPI - Mad As A Hatter

Oh hai again ^.^ I wanted to start my swatching posts off asap, just because the quicker I get through them, the quicker I can buy polish again! YAY. No, this doesn't mean I'll be posting 50 million posts a day, I'll just stick to one (maybe two, or three, or four) no, just one.

What better way to start than with OPI - Mad As A Hatter! *pause momentarily to stare at the glittery goodness* If you haven't been living in a dark cave with no Internet, then you will have heard all about this beauty. Mad As A Hatter is one of 4 polishes from the Alice In Wonderland collection released in January 2010, and is one of the most sought after polishes of all time. I was lucky enough to find it on eBay for less than retail price! Needless to say I snatched it up right away as there were only 3 in stock.

The way I'd describe Mad As A Hatter, is a party on my nails. It's packed full of micro glitter in an array of colours, red, purple, green, gold, silver, the list is endless. Just to show the sheer beauty, I actually attempted to get a macro shot! Wanna see?

Oooh, pretty! Apologies for the unfocused macro, my camera cannot for the life of it take half decent shots, so I had to crop this from another photo of my nails..I NEED a new camera and fast! What do you think of this beauty? Do you own it or are you lusting after it?