Barry M Coconut Infusion nail paint in Laguna and Skinny Dip

Barry M Coconut Infusion nail paint in Laguna and Skinny Dip

I am a chronic nail biter so I always have my nails painted. Been a big fan of Barry M for years now, they have always offered the best colour choices and now they offer some really interesting finishes and things as well. So when I saw these nail varnishes popping up on social media I wan intrigued, I hate putting base coats and stuff on as I find nail varnish peels off my nails really easily if its to thick so I don't like all the layers. I was a little sceptical about the claims of helping your nails but reviews said they dry quickly and are opaque so I figured I'd give them a go.

Wasn't blown away by the colour choices (there's a lot of brownish nudes) but I can see why they'd want to get these shades right as there is a lack of neutrals for different skin tones. Hopefully they'll expand the colour range in the future. I prefer grey toned nudes to brown but that's just me.

Coconut Infusion nail paint in Laguna

This applied really well and was opaque in 2 coats which is unusual for such a light colour, and gave a high shine finish. Though I have always found blue nail polish to be the easiest to work with for some reason so that may be part of it (I know that doesn't make much sense but there we go). I got 6 good days of wear out of this before there were noticeable (thought still not major) chips, that's impressive as I'm kinda rough on my nails. I really like this shade to as I have a thing for blue and green nail colours.

Coconut Infusion nail paint in Skinny Dip

Skinny dip is the lightest shade they have at the moment and it's a fairly good match for my skin tone. These sort of light colours can be very tricky to get right, they're often patchy and need multiple coats to stop the nail colour showing so it's a proper test for the formula. I was less impressed with this upon application then the blue, not as opaque after 2 coats but it was quick drying and fairly smooth which is unusual for an off white shade. I'm probably being a little picky over the opaqueness of it, I don't think anyone else would notice because they won't be examining my nails that closely. Gives a great high shine finish and I was asked if I was wearing gel nails with this colour on so very pleased with that. This colour wore for about 4 days before major chips and regrowth annoyed me enough to make me change it but it could have probably gone another day.

I'm happy with these. I don't know that they're actually making my nails any better because I'm not using them exclusively, but I enjoy them anyway. They are quick drying, hard wearing and the usually tricky pale colours I picked are quickly opaque which is a big plus for me. I'll be picking up the green shade bikini and the lilac/pink surfboard next I think.