Saturday 2 June 2012

Blue nail polish!


NYC - Water Street Blue £1.79 
Barry M - Cyan Blue £2.99
Models Own - Indian Ocean £5.00

I have never really been a big fan of blue nail polish (except for the odd dark navy blue colour here and there) but I recently saw someone wearing Butter London's 'Slapper' and absolutely loved the way the bright, vibrant turquoise blue looked on their nails. So, I decided to creep out of my comfort zone and pick some blue polish up for myself. After doing a little bit of research, I decided the best high street dupe I could get for 'Slapper' would be Barry M's 'Pure Turquoise' which I thought I had picked up but - and this will teach me in future to actually look at the names of the products I pick up before buying them - I ended up with 'Cyan blue' which, as you can see from the picture, is still a pretty bright colour.

I purchased all three of these polishes from either Superdrug or Boots.


What are you favourite blue polishes for summer?

16 comments:

  1. I'm so into trying different nail polish shades, I'm actually wearing a blue one right now haha I really want to try the Models own one it looks gorgeous x

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    1. Oh! Which one are you wearing? I've only tested out the Models Own one and it's very, very sheer :/

      Chelle x

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  2. I am desperate to own Indian Ocean! I'm wearing Electric Blue at the moment by La Femme Beauty xxx

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    1. Not sure if I have heard of that make, where do you get them from?

      Chelle x

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  3. NYC have the best nail polish, love it. H&M have a really nice blu nail polish atm.x

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    1. I've been hearing a lot of good things about the H&M ones. I will have to try them out!

      Chelle x

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  4. I really love the Models Own shade! I don't own that many blue ones, but I'm currently wearing the Barry M one you've featured in this post - how odd

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    1. Indian Ocean by Models Own is such a pretty colour but it's so, so sheer :/

      Chelle x

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  5. Oooh that Models Own nail varnish looks lush ! xoxo

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  6. i currently have this cyan blue on my fingers now :) its a gorgeous colour,

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    1. Oh, I forgot to pick up the Turquoise one while in Boots yesterday! I don't know if I still need it though now that I have Cyan Blue. I will have to compare :)

      Chelle x

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  7. Ahhh indian ocean looks so pretty in the bottle! I really want to try it now! x x

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    1. It is pretty but better as a layering polish because it's so sheer.

      Chelle x

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  8. I bought a gorgeous Barry M blue polish the other week, I believe it was Cobalt Blue! I've also got Indian Ocean which looks gorgeous over black weirdly x

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    1. Oh, I haven't really experimented with Indian Ocean yet. I will have to try it over black. I'm excited to see what it looks good with!

      Chelle x

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