Candy Shop Dupe? (Not Quite)

If you've visited Hummingbird before, you'll know that I love Deborah Lippmann, especially 'Candy Shop'. Now, I have to be honest, I got a bit excited and ahead of myself with this post - I really thought I had managed to concoct a dupe of 'Candy Shop' but upon uploading the pics and having a look at piccys online I realise that I was slightly mistaken.

But, before this I had been over the moon, like deliriously happy because each time I looked down at my nails it looked like 'Candy Shop'! Yay for me!

So how did I make this beautiful nail? The base was 2 coats of Barry M Strawberry Ice Cream (See my post about that here) and on top I put my housemate's New York Colour 'Lights, Camera, Glitter' - but I think it's quite old because I've not seen in around. (Sad face)

However, as I said - on closer inspection it just doesn't look the same. The pink needs to be more of a dusty rose pink and the sparkles just aren't magic enough!

'Dupe'

Real

The real thing is just sooo much better

So I had been super excited about these nails (hence all 12 photos - sorry!) but I've got to hand it to Deborahh Lippmann, she's got the magic touch.

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Deliciously Dark Nails

This dark polish is a real treat to apply, the brush is the best i've seen, one stroke = one coat! I'm really impressed with Rimmel's 60 second paints, they're just great!

          

Deliciously Dark is a very deep blackcurrant colour, these photos don't really do it justice as they look pretty much black but I promise it's purple really!

This is the picture on the website but I don't really think it's accurate as it comes out much darker, but it shows you the primary of this deep colour.

I really would recommend as the brush is just so easy to use, makes nail painting even quicker and easier than usual!

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Spring Has Sprung!

We are finally out of Winter, YIPPEE!! (Touch wood!)

Yes, all of a sudden the daffodils have popped up and I'm getting super excited about Spring. I love spring, it's such an exciting time of year; there's the hint that Summer's on its way, everything's so cheery and pretty - plus it means that there will be tonnes of wedges in the shops!


I wanted to share with you a few of the things I love about Spring...

Ahhh, Gossip Girl... I'm not sure who else could pull off that outfit aside from Chuck, but somehow I still think he's super hot, even though he looks like a total dwork! As for Blair, I wish this is what I could wear!

This dress is BEAUTIFUL! It's so delicate and the colours create the perfect pallete for Spring if you ask me! 

Also, look at these great colours! I wish I could wear these but my butt is too large to pull it off! But, that does not mean that I cannot enjoy these lush pastel jeans from afar!

For those that don't know this is the Royal Crescent in Bath, my home town! Spring also means going back home to stay with my family in the uni holidays, but sadly this means that I will also be stuck with my head in zzz boring law books revising for summer exams, which will surely lead me to my next Spring piccy...

Yes, cocktails! Especially Cosmos! Mmm, I love sipping a nice cocktail in a street cafe with the evening sun.

Oh my word - will my obsession ever end?? Seriously though, those who check out this blog must think I have a serious problem, I've lusted after some Deborah Lippmann nail paints for so long and I've still not got any. But, look, this is so perfect for Spring, so cute! This is 'Candy Shop' and tomorrow I'm going to town with mumsy so I will march to House of Fraser and see if they have it - I've seen on the website that they do, but I don't want to get my hopes up!

Aww, and finally to my other obsession - WEDGES! How cute are these Ugg wedges?? Gimme gimme gimme!

What gets you excited about Spring? Are there any signs that Summer is on the way where you are?


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New Barry M Nail Paints!

My new Barry M nail polishes arrived today!! I absolutely adore Barry M nail paints; they’re the best that I’ve come across. I already own a few of them, but I can never just buy one! I usually buy them in store but in an attempt to reduce my spending I bought them online – however, this didn’t really save me any money…

I was a bit nervous about buying nail paint online for a couple of reasons, firstly I thought they might break in the post and secondly I thought the colours might not be truly represented on the website.

However, I had no need to worry as they were packaged in a cute little jiffy bag and were securely bubble wrapped!

These are the two I went for:

Hologram Hexograms

Strawberry Ice Cream

As you can see I love the sparkly nail look so I’m very excited about the Hologram paint and I think the Strawberry Ice Cream will look cute and in theme with spring! But also as it is so cold at the moment I thought if I mixed the two together it would look like sparkly frosting on a cupcake!

Strawberry Ice Cream 

Hologram Hexograms

My only slight criticism would be that delivery was quite expensive I thought. In total, with VAT added the delivery cost amounted to £2.95 which meant that all in all for two nail paints it cost £8.93 which is a lot, especially when considering that the paints are only £2.99 each!

But that is my only criticism, other than that I really would recommend purchasing Barry M nail paints!

If I have any readers, have you tried Barry M nail paints? Which are your favourite?


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