Nails Of The Day - Barry M Holochrome Holographic Effect Vegan Nail Paint - Aqua Aura*

Talk about slow but this post or the pictures at least have been in my drafts for about year now! Eeek better late than never I guess, but I hope that this shade really was worth the wait.

Over the last 12 months or so I can honestly say I've probably worn this shade at least once a month, you know me I love a holographic nail polish and this one as the saying goes is a doozie.

Released to the market in 2025, Barry M Holochrome Holographic Effect Vegan Nail Paint in Aqua Aura, is the perfect combination of blue and green, all combined in a gorgeous multi dimentsional holographic formula.

In natural light, 9 times out of 10 it probably doesn't look that impressive but add a bit of sunlight, or even the glow from your big light, and it comes alive, with flashes of holographic, multi coloured sparkle. You can certainly see the difference between the pictures I've taken in natural light and the pictures that I've taken with the flash.

Application was pretty decent, the brush was a nice width so it was possible to paint some of my short nails at least with just one swipe. 

The coverage was pretty good in fact if you applied it super carefully you might be able to get away with one coat - There was no real streaking and it self levelled pretty well. If you're going to paint your nails though you may as well do it properly and seeing as it was pretty quick drying, I went for two coats here for maximum drama and sparkle! 

When it comes to wear time holographic polishes for me at least seem to fall into two main camps, polishes that barely last 24 hours without chipping and those that cling on for grim death, and whilst Aqua Aura wasn't completely indestructible, the wear time was decent even without a top coat lasting for about a week with just a tiny bit of tip wear, and the odd small chip. Add a decent top I managed about 10 days again with just a few small chips and some tip wear, and I even experienced a bit of grow out.

I think this polish is absolutely stunning even on my short nails (cry they are actually even shorter now!), on long nails of course it would probably be even better but if you have short nail please don't shy away from a bit of colour and sparkle. As I say I've worn this polish pretty consistently over the last year, and I always love how polished a holo makes my nails look.

The one thing I would say is that this polish is now showing all the signs of being well used, the further I've got down the bottle the thicker it's starting to get, and I've had to clean the neck of the bottle and even the brush itself to avoid gloopiness so alas I can see me having to replace it sooner rather than later, and yes I definitely will be buying another bottle!

Aqua Aura is one of 6 shades in the Barry M Holochrome Holographic Effect Vegan Nail Paintrange. I know own all of the shades, the initial four, Aqua Aura, Lavender Lights, Pixie Pink and Silver Stardust, and I've just recently added the two newest additions Clementine Comet, and Pistachio Prism to my collection. I've already shown you Pixie Pink, and next up on the blog from this line at least will be Lavender Lights which I've got ready in my drafts folder x The other shades you might have to wait a little bit longer for because as I say my nails as short, short at the minute, and have you tried painting your nails in this heat and humidity? A none drying gloop fest is my experience even with strengthener at the minute so goodness knows what actually polish will be like. Never mind if you do want to try these fabulous shades for yourself they retail at around £4.49, and they are currently available from Superdrug and direct from Barry M, selected shades are also available from Amazon. Have you tried these polishes yet? Let me know in the comments x 

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