Twinsie Tuesday: Textured Nails

This week's theme is definitely one of my least favorite trend: textured nails.

This is the only brand so far that I have tried and so far, I'm not really loving it.

 

What do you think? Barry M Ridley Road.

The application sucked. It was so weird and gritty. I mean, what could I expect? It is suppose to be gritty but I'm definitely not used to it. Plus, I had to apply 2 layers, which I didn't have the patience for because it took so long to dry. This, is totally not my thing.

What do you think?
Anna 

For more textured looks, please check out my Twinsies' post for today!

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Traci at DrinkCitra

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China Glaze For Audrey Comparison/Dupe

Hola! It's Wednesday and I am super excited for this weekend. Tomorrow is my little family photo shoot, YAY! I can't wait! I have got to find something for my little guy to wear. And this Saturday, I'll be attending a wedding and have nothing to wear, so that'll be an adventure. I definitely need to find a day specifically only for homework. Maybe tomorrow morning/evening or Friday. Only 4 weeks of summer semester! Yay! I might be swamped with essays since I have 3 5 page essays plus a midterm and final all in 1 month. YAY (sarcasm) don't you just love school?

Oh, sorry for the last Twinsie post. As I reread it, I realized that it didn't make any kind of sense. I was sort of in a rush. Uberly sorry!

But today, I have this awesome ChG For Audrey comparison for you!

Left to right:
Barry M Blue Moon, China Glaze For Audrey, WnW I Need A Re-fresh Mint, Ulta Mint Condition

Ok, yeah. I know Barry M Blue Moon is way out of the picture. In my head, I was like "YEAH! Totally it could definitely go with For Audrey!" After I compared it, well... You can evidently see above the result.

So let's get on with it now since we've got that settled with. If you don't know, China Glaze For Audrey was created in tribute to Audrey Hepburn and Tiffany & Co. For Audrey was inspired and famous for that beautiful Tiffany Blue. I can't compare the 2 actual blues but from other photos that I have seen, they look pretty close. Although close, the famous Tiffany Blue has a color trademark so I'm sure it won't be dead on accurate.

I would say that Wet n Wild I Need A Refresh-mint is closest to China Glaze For Audrey. I Need A Refresh-mint is a tiny bit darker, but from a far, you could not be able to tell the difference. Mint Condition is slightly cooler and darker but pretty comparable still. However, the final verdict is WnW I Need A Refresh-mint. With that said, Walgreens is currently having a sale on $1.99 products for $.99! So I picked up this WnW baby for only $.99!

What do you think? Do you own any of these?
Anna

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Blue Moon

Hopefully everyone had a great weekend!

Tomorrow is Monday, and summer classes start. No break from Spring semester unfortunately, but I'm sure (and it better be) worth it.

Today I have this pretty mani for you! Thanks to Abbie from AbbieNail. I received this in my first international swap. I wish we had Barry M in the states. Man! Actually there are so many polishes in the UK that the US is missing. How sad. For the UK readers, are there polishes here in the US that isn't easily accessible to you?

Showcased above is Barry M Blue Moon. This is such a beautiful glossy pale baby blue. It sort of is jelly-ish and quite sheer. For me, this mani required 3 coats. At 2 coats it was still streaky, so 3 did the trick. I love the way it looks. I'm not really a blue person kind of polish, but I can definitely do this one. The one thing I was a little disappointed by, as you can see in the last photo, there is a very slight blur-ply (blue-ish purple) shimmer to it in the bottle but did not transfer on the nail. Before swatching it, I knew already that it wasn't going to show up once I polished it on my nails. However, I really enjoy this color. I can't want to try out some more Barry M's.

What do you think? Do you own any Barry M polishes that you would suggest?
Anna

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