Monday, March 11, 2013

Textured Nails - Nails Inc Vs Barry M



Textured Trio - Barry M Vs Nails Inc


Now, I have had the Nails Inc. Concrete polish in Monument, for a good few months - link, and I absolutely love it. The quality is fantastic, and the finish is just as rough and abrasive as you'd want for a polish aptly named 'Concrete'. However at £12 a bottle, it isn't the most purse friendly polish to ever grace my finger tips.

So, when BarryM recently introduced their 'textured' polishes, for £3.99 a pot, I just HAD to buy some and check the results...

In my opinion the BarryM pots are just fantastic value for money. They may not have quite the same intensity in roughness, as the Nails Inc polish, but they create a very very similar effect, and for literally a third of the price it almost seems like a no brainer.

Having said that, you may need to apply more than one coat to get the intensity you desire from the BarryM polishes, whereas the Nails Inc needs one coat, and it does not budge. 

I think the BarryMs are definitely a fantastic, purse friendly dupe for the Nails Inc, and I highly recommend trying one of the mouth-watering pastel shades, as the trend for textured nails is going nowhere. However, if you want to splash out on, yes, a slightly better quality, more intense polish, then the nails inc are for you. But the differences are really, so so minimal.

The Polishes themselves are - Mint Green is 'Ridley Road' by BarryM, Pastel Pink is Kingsland Road, also a BarryM number, and the Lime is Monument by Nails Inc.















What do you think to these polishes? Would you go Nails Inc. or BarryM?



12 comments:

  1. Honestly I am not a fan of the textured nails! But I love the colors :D! Stop by won't you!

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    1. Well there are loads of nail trends right now, I just love testing them all out, and honestly I love these! You're right, the colours are great, so fresh for spring :)

      Lauren xx

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  2. Such lovely colours x

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  3. Not sure about textured. They look great but how easy is the varnish to remove? xx

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    1. They aren't as difficult as glitter by a long way. I just use a regular polish remover and after holding the pad on my nail for a good few seconds, I find it comes off relatively easily, definitely not as much effort as glitter etc :)

      Lauren xx

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  4. Love your blog,
    I've nominated your for a liebster award


    500daysofsally.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/liebster-award
    xxxx

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    1. Thanks! I have done it twice and been nominated again a few times, so I definitely need to think of more questions :D, it means a lot!

      Lauren xx

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  5. Cute colors :) I like the pink one especially!

    xx MODEOGAMY

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    1. Thanks, me too the pink is such a lovely pastel, and I think the texture just toughens it up!

      Lauren xx

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  6. Such a good review thanks, i really wondered what they looked like on :-) definetly want to try the mint green barry m one now haha.

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    1. Thank you! Thank really means a lot, I'm glad you liked it :)! Yes the mint green is lovely too. They do a pastel yellow and blue too, which i'm sure are just as amazing!!

      Lauren xx

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