Gina Tricot ~ Brilliantly Blue with Models Own ~ Juicy Jules

Gina Tricot Beauty Nails ~ Brilliantly Blue

Shimmery smurf blue with sparse microglitter

I don’t know how well known Gina Tricot is around the world, but for those of you who don’t know it: It’s a chain of clothing shops that have now also started to sell makeup and nail polish. I have bought a couple of them – it’s always nice to know what’s the local polishes are like.

“Brilliantly Blue” is exactly that. It’s the colour of a smurf with a tan :D The formula is really good to work with and it was almost opaque in one coat. I obviously applied two to give this polish the best possible conditions.

Here it is in all its glory – shiny, but without top coat:

I like the subtle microglitter in this polish! And the shine is fantastic!

I wanted more glitter though. I used Models Own’s  “Juicy Jules”, which is a holographic glitter. I thought it was a topper when I bought it, but it’s far from that. Stay with me a little while longer, and you’ll see!

I taped my nails and painted one coat of Juicy Jules on the half of the nail that wasn’t covered with tape. Then I made three dots with Juicy Jules on the blue half of the nail, and three dots with Brilliantly Blue on the glittery half of the nail. I finished my mani with a coat of Poshé top coat:

Here’s the mani seen from “the blue side”:

I love the glitter, although I’m not quite convinced that the dots were a great idea - but there you have it. Done is done, and tomorrow there’s another mani awaiting…

Here are the two pretties:

So; what do you think? And do you know Gina Tricot?

Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 7/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 7.5/10
Buy again: Yes