Review: Barbara Daly Nail Polish in Starlight

Barbara Daly Nail Polish in Starlight - in natural light

With Flash

This is a gold metallic polish with a lot of subtle glitter.  It's a cool shade of gold, with tiny specks of iridescent glitter.  It's smooth unlike a lot of glitter polishes and is fully opaque after 2-3 coats.


This would be better suited to someone with a darker skin tone, I might use it for doing nail art.  This polish would be great as an accent nail to a nude colour like Grey Suede from Revlon.

Glitter Nails

^ Wearing W7 Nail Polish in 'Cosmic Purple'.  It has purple and pink glitter mixed in with blue glitter.  I love it, it's so sparkly in real life and it is opaque after two coats.

Christmas Beauty Gift Ideas!

Need an idea for a Christmas gift for someone?  There are loads of different make-up gift sets out in time for Christmas this year.  Here are a few I've picked out which would make great Christmas presents.


1. Stila 'In The Light' eye palette - €33.60
2. O.P.I Gold & Caviar Duo - €20
3. Soap & Glory Graffiti Print Minis Set - €18 (on sale €14)
4. Benefit 'I'm Glam Therefore I Am'- €39.68
5. NARS Holiday 2011 Lipstick - €23.54
6. Too Faced 'Beautiful Dreamer' - €49.09
7. Nail Rock Duo nail wraps - €13.45
8. Barry M Lip Paint Set - €16.14
9. NARS 'Drop Dead Gorgeous' Nail Varnish set - €29.59
10. Nails Inc 'In The Crowd' Mini Nail Polish Set - €53.13


All products are available from asos.com and usual official stockists of each brand. 
Images from asos.com

How to do: Leopard Print Nails

Here's a tutorial on how to do your own leopard print nails.  First of all you will need three nail varnish colours, a light one for the base, another colour for the spots and a dark colour to outline.  You'll also need a thin brush (you can use a paint brush) to paint the outline.

Step One:

Paint your nails with your base colour.  I'm using 'Found My Love' from Essence.

Step Two:

Paint small splodges of your second colour on your nails at random.  I'm using 'Milan' from No7 which is a glittery pink.

Step Three:

Using a thin brush and your dark colour, outline parts of the second colour and do small dots in between too.  It doesn't matter if the outline is a bit messy because it gives a good effect.  I'm using 583 'Mystery Night' by Gosh which is a metallic dark purple.

Step Four:

Paint on a topcoat to make the design last longer and you're done! :)