Days 29 and 30 of 31 Day Challenge - Blue Base and something you haven't tried before

Ug this picture is awful, but all the ones I took were and the manicure is GONE now darling, GONE! Still digging through my unused polishes and picked out all the blue ones I had yet to use. This is 'Blue Sparrow' by China Glaze. It says it's a neon on the base and it is pretty bright (not that you can tell from this pic). I thought I'd pop a flakey glitter over the top which is Barry M 'Atlantis' and because the colour combination of the glitter had some green I alternated the base colour on my fingers.

This Glitter is gorgeous and Barry M along with Rimmel was one of the first brands I started to collect. Their collections are just getting better and better and at £3.99 for a polish, with constant offers at both Boots and Superdrug, you can't go wrong. I still have bottles that I bought over 5 years ago that are still good to use. Today they also released their new speedy nail paint collection!

So on to something I've never tried before... double stamping! I bagged a few of the new Models Own Chrome polishes which I heard were good for stamping with and used the Indigo and Mauve to double stamp this image on a base of 'Tempest' by China Glaze.

Still need a bit of practise at this stamping business but quite happy with this attempt, one word of warning though, you have to be quick with these Chrome polishes if stamping with them.

They dry quite quickly and if you're too slow the image won't transfer to your nail and stay stuck on the stamper.

Barry M Autumn Textured Polish

Last week's shopping brought me to Superdrug who as usual were doing a deal on Barry M polishes, two of their effects polishes for the bargain price of £6. I bought two polishes from their Autumn/Winter 2013 textured range. 'Countess' above which is deceiving in the bottle as it looks brown in colour but on the nail is purple. What a lovely surprise, and is so, so sparkly!

I also bought the white textured polish in this range too, called 'Lady'. Pictured on the left of the picture below.

These pictures really doesn't do this polish justice, for more swatches and better images of 'Countess' and Barry M's whole Autumn/Winter textured polish range, click over to Polly Polishes Blog.

These are really a great rival to OPI's Liquid Sand collection, and at a much lower cost too. I only used one coat for my manicure which has covered well and looks great, but check out Polly Polish swatches, next time I'm going with a Top Coat!

Also this weekend in preparation for Nail Art fun, the Konad items I ordered arrived. Two stamping plates and I thought I'd invest in some proper stamping polishes too. Nothing fancy here, just a black and a white, pictures to follow!