Barry M nail art pens

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Me like

Thought they may have been in a day early but apparently not.

They loom really good, think I will fare better with solid nib.

Jasmina wrote:They loom really good, think I will fare better with solid nib.

Me too which is why I want to give them a go!!

Sorry to pooh pooh it, but, why not use a sharpie?

Lady S wrote:Sorry to pooh pooh it, but, why not use a sharpie?

Cause of the sales pitch?! Lol

Good point I suppose!

Have spoken to someone who tested them, and they said they are like a felt tip pen. I imagine sharpies are alot cheaper.

I like the look of the pens, but have never tried sharpies. I'll give the sharpies a go this week.

I can confirm the black sharpies do work, I did a thumb nail test the other day and it was fine, my sharpie was a but butchered though as the hubby had used it for marking fences with grr. I'm after getting the silver, good and bronze trio but struggling to find it instore

Does anyone know how much Sharpies normally cost each? I looked online, but I could only really see packs and I just want one to try. I might have to visit WHSmith tomorrow.......

I use Sharpies, they work well but they do tend to smudge when you top coat, so you really need to leave it dry for a while. My sister uses some Sharpie equivalents from Poundland or somewhere, and I don't think she has any problems with those.

Sharpies work just fine! My nails are a bit long for most of the stamping plates, so if I stamp in black, I freehand in the missing bits with a black Sharpie Let it dry properly before you put on top coat!

My local post office sells them for about £1 each; I've also got a multi-pack from Tesco that worked out a bit less than that.

fellrunner wrote:My local post office sells them for about £1 each; I've also got a multi-pack from Tesco that worked out a bit less than that.

Thanks fellrunner, I'll have a look in Tesco and my local Post Office next time I go.

I'd never thought of using Sharpies!! Such a good tip.

You can buy mini sharpies too and these tend to be cheaper. Might be worth looking out for these if you want a variety of colours but not the cost of the big ones.

I bought a Sharpie yesterday for £1.15 from Wilkinson.

Ok so I just had a play with my blunt sharpie marker

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There's no way I could do it on my righ hand but I could do it on a pedi

That looks really good over the holo

That looks lovely, have you too coated yet? I'm concerned about potential smudge.

Sally Magpie wrote:That looks really good over the holo

Thankyou

Princess.. I have top coated the thumb after 5 minutes and just did a gentle sweep over, I made sure I had a big bead of top coat so that it would spread with minimal brush strokes

Really, really want to try the metallic trio now!

Yay for Sharpies! I was pretty much sure that I was going to get a Barry M Pen but there's not point if you can get the same thing for much less, definitely going to be looking around for them!

Thanks for the tip, and love the holographic thumb!

Thank you rachelliza x

I picked up the pink and white yesterday, they'd sold out of the black annoyingly. Haven't tried them out yet though. I might take a little look at the metallic Sharpies...

I assumed sharpies would smudge really badly as they have done when I tried using them on nailwheels. If I left them uncoated I could still smudge off with my finger ages after, if I top coated they sort of spread and smudged.
Not that I'm likely to try and of these things myself as I'm so cackhanded that - unless "it like a 5 year old drew it" becomes fashionable - there's not much point;)

(actually that's probably doing a a disservice to many 5 year olds)

Yeah it was definatly a gentle touch that was needed, I want the metallic trio so bad now! X £4.99 on eBay delivered is the cheapest I have found them x