Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine and Textured nail paint

Slight nail polish splurge alert – but with offers on Barry M nail polishes, how could I resist?

The Gelly Hi-Shine polishes are supposed to give a super glossy finish, while the Textured polishes are the exact opposite, with a gritty and matte appearance.

I’d been looking for a nice racing green shade and at just £3.99 each, I snapped up four nail polishes all in one go.

I plumped for:

Watermelon, Lychee, Papaya, Kingsland Road.

The first three are the Gelly Hi-Shine finish, and I don’t have a topcoat on – just two coats of the polish.

Watermelon is that deep green I’d been after, Lychee is a mink-coloured nude, and finally Papaya a great bright coral-orange.

With flash.

They are all shiny and glossy which is lovely, but are they any shinier than a regular polish?  I’m not convinced.  

These go on easily enough and I’ve actually worn Watermelon for a few days on all of my fingers (as you can see from the state of my green fingers – having a nightmare with cotton wool atm).

The colour range is really quite good in these, with 13 different shades in the collection.  I liked watermelon and can’t wait to wear lychee and papaya when I’m into my spring/summer shades.

But I don’t think these wear as well as other Barry M polishes.

Kingsland Road is the Textured nail paint, and it’s very interesting.  This is actually three coats because I smudged it but it’s gone all thick and quite blobby. 

Umm....

It wasn’t that easy to apply, but I think if you’re looking at this textured nail trend, these Barry M polishes are a really easy and inexpensive way to tap into that.

What do you think of textured finishes?