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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Nails Of The Day - Barry M Holochrome Holographic Effect Vegan Nail Paint - Pixie Pink*

There is nothing that I love beauty wise than a holographic nail polish. The way they change colour and sparkle when the light changes just soothes my soul, and makes me happy.

It's fair to say that over the last 12 months I've been on a bit of a journey with my finger nails - from outright destruction and damage central in January and February, to health and length and then back to just a bit healthier - it's certainly been a case of two steps forward and 3 steps back at times, but I'm on the right track again, and I've found a few products that given regular use, time and patience can really make a difference.

Something that definitely helps is painting them and keeping polish on at all times - I'm yet to brave gels again so normal polish it is, Despite several half hearted attempts to weed my own personal polish mountain, I've still got way too many bottles of nail colour - I have been good though and I have pretty much stopped buying new polishes but earlier this year I saw that Barry M had a released a new nail polish range and it really was love at first sight.

Although Barry M has changed a lot since I first started buying from the brand (and the prices have gone up!) one of their mainstays is still their nail polish in those familiar square bottles. Colours and finishes have came and gone over the years but I can'r honestly remember them ever producing a holographic polish before, so I guess the release of their Holochrome Holographic Effect range was long overdue.

The range comprises of four polishes and yes  you've guessed it, I bought every single one of them, the four shades are - a silver, a lilac, an aqua blue / green and of course a pink named Pixie Pink.

This polish comes with a nice wide brush which curves to the cuticle perfectly making it a really easy polish to paint.

The coverage is excellent - with careful application you could probably get away with one coat but for the full on sparkly, rich finish I went for two.

Now as you can see I've taken some photos with the flash and some without, and some even ever so slightly out of focus, so you can get a real idea of both the colour and finish, and just how this beautiful polish reacts to the light.

It's a lovely warm pink crammed full of holographic rainbow sparkle, that reacts to movement and the light and creates flashes of every shade you can think from gold to blue, to purple .

As I say application itself was a breeze and I didn't need to do any real touch ups, and if you're impatient or you can't sit still it also dried pretty quickly.

As much as I love a holographic polishes they do have a bit of a reputation for poor wear time - in fact if you remember the original holographic polish GOSH Holographic, they eventually used to label it 24 hour wear! Thankfully I didn't need to change this polish the next day, I applied it on top of two coats of a nail growth treatment and I added a coat on top and I easily managed a week with only minimal chipping and even then it was pretty easy to fix with another coat of polish ;)

 

I honestly don't think that any of these pictures do this polish justice, it so pretty I'm actually wearing it at the moment and watching the colour change and as I'm moving my fingers is actually really distracting lol.

If you're fan of sparkle this holiday season or even like me all year round, but you aren't a fan of the rough finish that you can often get from glitter polishes, then holographic polishes are the way to go. Barry M Holochrome Holographic Effect Vegan Nail Paint in Pixie Pink retails at £4.49 and is available from Superdrug, and direct from Barry M.

Are you a fan of holographic polishes? Let me know in the comments and I'll see you soon with another catch up empties post x 

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