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Barry M Hi-Shine Gelly Nail Paint in Papaya

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Isn't this colour gorgeous?! I resisted these Gelly polishes for a while. Having swatches them in store I wasn't impressed with their drying time even with just one coat but couple a 3 for 2 offer with the need to own every coral ever and I caved. Who could blame me? 


Minimal tip wear on my lesser used digits since Thursday (today being Tuesday) although I did have to redo my index finger yesterday. 
I'm still not impressed with the drying time or the stability once dried but some good ole Seche Vite fixed that and these have lasted fairly well! Maybe Seche has just spoiled me... Ah well I'm sure I'll live!

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  1. Unknown21 August 2013 at 03:18

    My problem with these polishes is that they aren't really Jelly's :( super pretty colour though!

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    1. FaeriBex21 August 2013 at 14:32

      I think the key here is the G. The way I take it they're not traditional Jelly formulas that look like actual Jelly. Instead they're trying to buy into the Gellish trend (long wear & high shine) whilst sticking with traditional cream colours which is their speciality. Unfortunately they don't pull off anything near the quality & stability of Gellish and we've just ended up with slightly shinier versions of existing polishes.

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