Barry M Berry Ice Cream

This is such a yummy color! Berry Ice Cream is a true lilac polish. It's really pretty and summery and girly. I like the formula of the polish, but I needed 3 coats for it to be even. It also changes quite a lot depending on the lighting.
I have a paler version of this polish in OPI's Panda-monium Pink and I like them both a lot.
Polish in the sun, natural light and with a flash.

Barry M Red Black

I really like the idea of Barry M's Red Black, not quite red, not really black. And in many ways it is. I was quite surprised that the first coat went on very sheer, but with three coats I was content that it was rather even. I'm not sure that I would call it red-black color, at times it looks more brown than anything.
Below is the polish in sunlight, natural light and with a flash.

Barry M Dausky Mauve

Wow! I'm in awe of this color. I don't have anything similar to this taupe beauty! Dusky Mauve is this purple, brown, gray mix with pink shimmer in it. It goes on fine in 2 coats, but for my liking three coats of this polish look better.
Below are the swatches in the sunlight, natural light and with a flash. It's a slight pity that in natural light you can't really see any shimmer, it just looks mud-like.

Barry M Parcel

I got this in the mail today. How exciting is that!!!! Here we have 6 nail paints and a crackle effect polish. I'm super excited about these colors, can't even decide which one I want to try first.
Left to right: Nail Effects, Berry Ice Cream, Pure Turquoise, Mint Green, Dusky Mauve, Red Black, Indigo.

Polish fail

One of the biggest nail polish fails to date has been my first and unfortunate experience with China Glaze. I was about to start my placement at a company, and needed a beautiful neutral polish. I chose China Glaze Innocence. It was the most adorable color, just pink enough to be girly, but not nearly bright enough to be inappropriate in the workplace. All in all, I was in love with this polish. I would wear it for a few days, when it would start to chip, I would just repaint my nails. And on my days off, I would go all out, and have red, purple, gold nails. All was well.
But after a few weeks I noticed that my nails were yellow, something that almost never happens to me. I assumed that it must be the dark\vibrant polishes I wear during the time off. So I stopped wearing them. It didn't help, and my nails were becoming even more yellow. I changed my base coat, maybe it was at fault, but to no avail. By this point my nails were embarrassingly yellow, really bright. And if before I was able to wear just clear polish and be happy, now I just couldn't.
At this point I started to suspect my beautiful China Glaze; I bought a much cheaper drugstore brand polish in boring beige and waited to see the result. My nails started growing out without the yellow tinge. Unfortunately Innocence had to go. It took me months to grow out the yellow nails, even buffing did not help to improve the look.
As it can be expected, I am really apprehensive to try China Glaze again. I mean, it was a nude polish! I dread to think what my nails will look like after a dark CG polish. All in all, it is a real pity that this was the experience I had with my first China Glaze. Yet there are still a few of their polishes on my wish list.

OPI Ate Berries in the Canaries

This is another borrowed polish from Sophie. Ate Berries In The Canaries is a pink-purple creme from the 2009 fall Spanish collection.

I quite like this color, but the wear was not good at all. I don't use quick drying top coats, but this time I tried Orly flash dry drops on top. Hmm... They did nothing at all for me, I mean they didn't dry the polish much faster, it was still about 30 minutes before I could function normally. And I suspect that the quick drying top coat is the reason that the polish started chipping after a day and a half. I guess I will eventually try the polish again but without the drops.

OPI Catch Me In Your Net

The same day I bought the two Misa polishes, I also couldn't resist getting this polish.
Catch me in your net is a polish form the Summer Flutter collection from 2010. It's a vibrant blue-green foil metallic. It goes on beautifully and is opaque in two coats.

This polish has been on my wish list for a while now. And I admit that it is gorgeous, I especially like the way it looks more green than blue in artificial light. But at the same time I'm not sure that I can carry it off. Perhaps if wear something blue with it...

Even my dad noticed this polish, something he never does.
my dad: hmm... that's an interesting polish.
me: yeah, I just need to find something to wear it with
my dad: how about gloves?