Essie 'Stylenomics'

Not your typical summer nail polish colour but I love this dark forest green shade. Its very dark on the nails almost verging on black, perfect for those who like vampy nails.

Bourjois So Laque Glossy 'Amanda Defile'

This is such a lovely mint. Its more of a green mint than a blue mint which personally I prefer. The formula is also amazing.

Models Own 'Pray'

Again, probably not what most people would choose for summer but a really nice mushroomy grey colour, almost like a warm dark taupe.

Essie 'Absolutely Shore'

Probably my all-time favourite summer nail polish shade. A super pale mint colour that looks amazing with a tan. I don't know why there is so much hype over Essie's 'Mint Candy Apple' because this in my opinion is so much nicer!

Barry M Hi-Shine Gelly 'Lychee'

Another firm favourite of mine, a really gorgeous pinky nude colour. I usually find nude colours too grey for my skintone but this one compliments it perfectly!

What are your summer favourites?

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I'm sure you guys know by now how much of a fan I am of the Barry M Gelly Paints. I really love how thick they are and how they give such a glossy gel-like effect. I knew the moment that they released some more colours I'd have to pick up a few more. One colour really stood out to me and that was this electric blue. This shade of blue has literally been everywhere this Spring/Summer and I love wearing it on my nails with a monochrome outfit.

Have you tried any of the new shades?

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I went on a nail polish shopping spree a few weeks ago and picked up so many nail polishes that I really didn't need, but you can never have too many nail polishes right?

One of the ones I picked up was this lovely colour from the new Maybelline Nail Polish line. Its a really nice dark smokey purple colour and looks great with neon especially. However I wasn't a fan of the formula of this polish, it just applied really patchy and needed at least three coats to get a nice opaque colour. I just think in comparison to what else is in the drugstore in terms of nail polish formulas this really isn't very good. I do love the colour though so will probably keep on wearing it just for that!

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After hearing ViviannaDoesMakeup rave about this nail polish I decided I needed to try it. I've never really been into bright mint colours and I've especially never been that fussed about Essie's Mint Candy Apple, I don't really understand the hype. However this mint is much more my style. Its a very pale, milky mint, you could almost say it was off white but I think its absolutely gorgeous and goes with so many things. I would probably compare it to Models Own Utopia, however a mint version of it, so easy to wear and perfect for Summer.

This nail polish has definitely become a firm favourite and is one I will be reaching for time and time again this Summer. I don't think this colour is available in Boots however I found mine fairly cheap on eBay anyway so I would definitely recommend looking on there.

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I've been after a gorgeous mint for ages and so I was very excited to hear that Bourjois had released a range of pastels and neutrals that were very glossy, like my favorite polishes the Barry M Gelly Paints. I resisted the temptation to walk away with every shade and instead stuck to the mint colour I wanted. It really is such a gorgeous colour and one that will be gracing my nails for the majority of Summer.

The formula is also really long lasting, definitely on par with the Barry M Gelly Paints. A very thick polish that needed a maximum of two coats, seriously I could have easily gotten away with only one coat, and dries to a very glossy finish.

Have you tried this range?

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The moment I saw an advert for these in a magazine, I knew I wanted one!! I think its such a cool idea to put a nail polish and a complimentary glitter in one pot, unfortunately when I went into Boots this was the only colour they had in stock but I shall be definitely heading back for more!

Basically its as simple as a solid block colour on the nail with a glitter on the top, nothing groundbreaking but I love how this glitter changes colour once its on the nails and looks so gorgeous. This shade is a very very dark green, possibly verging on the side of black with a clear, holographic glitter. At only £7.99 which is great value for essentially two polishes in one. Infact I'm putting the glitter on all the other nails as we speak aha! Gorgeous, can't wait to get some others:)

You guys know how much I love these polishes, I've talked about them enough haha! This one is now a firm favourite for Summer, infact even wearing now is making me feel summery. A gorgeous bright orange colour that has a red tinge to it (definitely more red than the pictures suggest).

I think it looks amazing with monochrome outfits and I can think of so many ways to wear it, possibly my favourite out of the Gelly paints? Maybe, we'll see aha.

Barry M Gelly 'Watermelon', H&M 'Blue My Mind', Essie 'Stylenomics', Barry M Gelly 'Lychee', Essie 'Snap Happy'

I've been really loving my nail polishes lately, seriously changing the colour every few days which I know is probably really bad for my nails, not giving them a break haha but oh well! These are my favourite Spring polishes, usually I tend to wear dark vampy polishes all year round but this year has been different for some reason. I don't know whether its the lack of sun but I've been drawn towards so many different bright colours, very unusual for me.

Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine in 'Watermelon' here
This is a really lovely bright teal which I love wearing. Its not too dark but its a lovely in between, not quite a bright polish but not quite a vampy polish. Anyway I really like it and find it surprising easy to wear!

H&M Nail Polish in 'Blue My Mind' here
I absolutely adore this nail polish. After lusting after Electric Blue items for ages I finally took the plunge and went for this nail polish (I've since bought a jumper in the colour aha). A bargain at £2.99 and definitely my all-time favourite colour for this Spring!

Essie Nail Polish in 'Stylenomics' here
I couldn't do a nail polish post without including a vampy one, sorry! Ha, I love this colour a super dark teal, verging on the side of black. A nice change to a dark vampy red which I tend to wear throughout Winter.

Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine in 'Lychee' here
This has to be the perfect nude! Not too grey like many other nudes but then not too pink either. I can definitely see myself wearing this throughout Spring. I also love the finish of these polishes, super glossy and quite thick which gives a really professional finish!

Essie Nail Polish in 'Snap Happy'
I got this mini in the Essie Winter Collection but I think its much more suited to Spring. A gorgeous pillar box red, I think its quite hard to find a nice Summery red that isn't too dark and I think this is it!

I have done blog posts on the top four polishes and the Essie 'Snap Happy' one will be coming soon, so if you want to see swatches then just click next to the name.

Whats your favourite Spring polish?

I've been after a bright blue nail polish like this for absolutely agess, I finally found one in H&M of all places for a bargain at £2.99! Most of the blues I had tried had either been too dark, so more like a navy or not bright enough, however this one is just what I was looking for. Its also the perfect way to break into wearing bright colours for Spring. I've been after a jumper in this colour from Topshop, this colour was great to introduce me slowly haha because I'm honestly not great with bright colours! I definitely plan on getting the blue jumper now though!

Whats been your Spring nail must-have?

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Yet another Barry M Gelly Paint, I really love these and I am so looking forward to trying the Satsuma colour! This colour is a gorgeous dark green/teal, although I was a little put off originally by the fact its called Watermelon?! I thought it'd be a really weird green aha! I think this is one of the darkest colours they do in the range but I'm glad they have chosen a few dark colours because at first it looked to be all brights, which although I'm a fan of, I always go back to my dark vampy colours.

Recommend any other colours to me?

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I finallyy got around to trying the Hi-Shine Gelly nail polishes from Barry M, I know I'm a little late on the bandwagon but to be honest when I looked at them when they were first out none of the colours stood out to me. I certainly don't remember seeing this nude colour. This is seriously the most excited I've been about a nude nail polish in a long time. Usually in theory I like nude nail polishes but in reality they are usually too grey toned for my skin tone and as such they just make my hands look weird. However this gorgeous pinky nude is just perfect for my skintone.

Onto the formula, I must admit I was a little disappointed when I tried this for the first time, I found it quite thick and it dried so quickly that I didn't get time to spread properly or I ended up putting too much on and then struggling to spread it again. However after I few nails I soon got into the swing of it, putting on just the right amount of product and I started to love this more and more. I actually really like the thick consistency now because my nails are quite rough and brittle and as such I usually have to put quite a few coats on to make them smooth. With this I only needed two coats, in fact I probably could have got away with one coat even but I fancied doing a second coat aha:)

Big fan of these, I'm hoping to get the red corally colour next, perfect for summer!

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