For the price MUA products never fail to please, this little varnish is called nail quake in silver, once painted over another color it creates a cracking effect. If you think this effect will cost the earth or can only be done by a professional then think again.

This is very very simple to use and at only £2 is amazingly cheap, I put a metalic blue underneath to make the cracking stand out and I love the effect.

The nail varnish drys very quickly, just a note it needs to be thickly applied to get a really good effect otherwise it creates very thin lines that look  more like a bad paint job than the effect you may be looking for.

The instruction are literally two lines and you can not go wrong, to do all nails and even wait for a clear coat to dry it took me maybe 15 minutes at the most. Perfect if you are looking for salon style nails but don't have the time or money. I'm very pleased with this product.

MUA Magnetic nails are really easy to use, I was expecting it to be some hard trick to get to the desired effect, but it wasn't. It's £3 a pot and there were about 7 different colors to choose from.

The color itself without the effect is really pretty, the color I choose is regent street and I picked it because its a beautiful metalic purple. to get the wave effect all you have to do is to paint a coat on your nails and wait for it to dry, paint a second coat and then hold a magnet (included in the lid) over the nail for about 10 second and voila to job is done.

The nail varnish itself is very hard wareing, I have had no chips or scratches on the polish. I have not used a top coat, but i imagine if it is this durable without a clear coat, you may never get it off with a top coat! The varnish dried really quickly and was easy to apply, its just the right consistancy. It took no more than 10 minutes to do two coats and create the effect.

I have fallen in love with the effect and the ease, when you consider other nail varnishes that are a lot more expensive and are not as interesting I think that you really get very good value for your money, plus with the added durability, you get a great effect for next to no effort, very little time and cheap.

Please excuse the bad paint jobs as I have never been very good with my nails. I picked these little beauts up on a whim, they were 3 for the price of two, so I bought 2 for me and 1 as a present.

It was the red one I was after but I decided to give the gold a go as well. They are £2.99 each and have an excelent choice of colors to choose from.

This was the first time to my memory that I had ever bought any BarryM Nail Varnish and especially as the price is quite on the cheap side I was sceptical, I was wrong.
It took two coats of each colour to achieve good coverage and its stated on the pack that you should apply over a base coat. I applied the coats very thick to see about the drying time and I was pleasantly surprised with the speed, They dried to the touch after only a few minutes and even after the first coat the color was almost true to the bottle, however the second coat added a little more color and sparkle to the nail.