Barry M Gelly Summer 2013 collection review and swatches
Friday, January 03, 2014
This collection belongs in Summer 2013 but after purchasing and swatching them in September I've put off posting them until now. I just couldn't bear to wait for Summer to come around again for me to show this post.
Whilst doing these swatches I was sitting in quite an uncomfortable position at a table with a height I wasn't used under a different lighting so at first I wasn't really pleased with these swatches. Now that I'm looking at them again they don't seem so bad.
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| Bottle shots (L-R): Key lime, Guava, Passion fruit, Blue grape and Mango. |
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| Bottle shots (L-R): Key lime, Guava, Passion fruit, Blue grape and Mango. |
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| Bottle shots (L-R): Key lime, Guava, Passion fruit, Blue grape and Mango. |
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| Mango |
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| Mango |
Mango is a bright orange with a tricky formula. It feels a little thick and goopy whilst applying it. It's almost opaque on the first coat but because of the consistency it turned out somewhat patchy. I can't put all the blame on the polish though since this was the first time painting my nails in a very long time. This required two coats and took a little while to dry but the photos are a little inaccurate. They're showing up as a really bright orange there. They are, but not so much. More of the bottle shade.
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| Key lime |
Key lime is an apple green. It's nice and bright with a formula very similar to Mango, tricky application. This one had a few weird streaks but after two coats it evened itself out. It's hardly noticeable, don't you think?
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| Guava |
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| Guava |
Guava, this one's more of a turquoise blue rather than that you see in the photos because it's absolutely inaccurate. Blue's can be a pain to capture sometimes. The formula on this one was much better than the previous two though. It applies thin because it's a little runny. It's almost opaque in one coat with a few streaks and with two coats it evened itself like the first two.
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| Blue grape |
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| Blue grape |
Blue grape is a bright cobalt blue. Blue grape has a thin and runny formula and it could pass off as a one coat-er with a thick layer but I chose to do two here.
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| Passion fruit |
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| Passion fruit |
Passion fruit is like a raspberry pinky red. Very bright. Opaque in one coat but here's two to make sure everything is covered nicely. This one dried fast.
All the swatches are done without a top coat. Well, they don't really need one which lives up to the Gelly hi shine name. If you're planning to wear these longer than I did then a top coat is definitely recommended to extend the wear time. Some of the photos show the colours to be a bit brighter than they actually are but only just by a little.
The whole collection is a perfect fit for summer. All the colours look so juicy and my favourite ones would have to be blue grape and passion fruit; the colours are just so bright.
What do you think about this collection? Which one is your favourite?
1 comments
These colours are great for the summer! And that finish, wow!
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