Nail Polish Battle 2025: Purple

There were 13 new purple polishes this past year;

Orly Rollin With My Homies^ // Orly Shut Up Heather^ // Orly Stay Rad^ // Orly How Tragic^ // Rogue Twinkling Vibes // Ethereal Midsummer Eve // Barry M Purple Rain // Orly Now or Boucle-ter^ // Orly Faux Fir^ // ILNP After Hours // Orly I'll Misty You^ // Orly Oh My Stars^ // Orly Grunge Glam^

The top three were Shut Up Heather^ a vivid purple, After Hours a black based blue magnetic and the winner;

The winner was Twinkling Vibes, a blurple based flakie, Rogue are well known for their flakie bombs;

  

Empties: November 2025

I finally finished a polish from my finish the bottle project!

OPI Alpine Snow | Good basic white cream, it was fine but I have other pure whites so not a repurchase [swatch].

Primark - PS Love Noir | This is a dupe for a perfume for Miss Cherie. I like it when I'm not wearing something patchouli based.

Fragrance Oils Sex Bomb, Avobath and Calmer | All three were scent dupes of the Lush products. I may repurchase at some point.

John Frieda Hair Foam | I  like the foam because one box goes a long way and covers my long hair. The dye does wash out of my hair after a couple of months but it also means there isn't a harsh demarcation line of roots. I will repurchase at some point.

Superdrug Fruity Pumpkin Spice Shower Gel | Usually the fruity shower gel is fine, this one seemed more watery though and the scent wasn't particularly pumpkin spice like. I'd not repurchase this scent.

Wickford and Co Pumpkin Chai Candle | This had an okay scent throw, I would purchase from this brand again just not this scent.

Hotel Collection Pumpkin Spice Candle | Again this had an okay scent throw, I don't think I would repurchase from the brand again. The jar did look seasonal.

  

Nail Polish Battle: Miscellaneous

This is the last battle, and the category is everything that didn't fit elsewhere. There was 17 polishes in this battle;

KbShimmer Ex-Static // Orly On A Break^ // Orly Bohemian Child^ // Orly Chillax^ // Barry M Silver Stardust // Barry M Lavender Lights // Mooncat Fool's Gold // Orly Lost in the Maize^ // Orly Acid Trip^ // Orly Party Popper^ // Rogue Arson // Barry M Aqua Aura // Chamaeleon Little Mermaid // ILNP Mad House // ILNP Radioactive // Cirque Mood Ring // Emily de Molly Shadow Brew

Working out my top three wasn't too difficult, I ended up going with a photoreactive / solar polish, a duochrome crackle and a magnetic.

In third place is Shadow Brew, it doesn't look that good in the photo but as I wore it velvetised there was a good flip between black base and the aubergine shimmer;

Second place is Arson, its a duochrome crackle which I've not seen before;

Which means the winner is Little Mermaid, my second solar reactive polish. I don't often buy them because like thermals the pigments die. I like this polish in both forms so whichever it dies in I will still wear. It transitioned really fast in the summer sun and I would wear it more often but its not often sunny, particularly this time of year in Northern England.

 

Sunlight / Indoors

  

Nail Polish Swatch: Rogue - Arson - Crackle

Colour | Red / Gold / Green

Finish | Crackle, Multichrome

Opacity | One Coat over Barry M Crush

How Much | 12.5ml

Brush Type | Paddle

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

Purchased From | Rainbow Collection

  

Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Holo and Snowflakes

Today I am sharing my of the prompt 'Holo and Snowflakes' decade on from the original which you can see here.

Base Polish | ILNP - After Hours

Stamping Polish | Barry M - Holographic Lights

Stamping Plate | UberChic - Holiday Jingle

2015 Version;

  

Nail Polish Battle 2025: Pink and Red

Today I am looking at the seven pink and red polishes that came into my collection this year;

Orly GRLPWR^ // Orly Yeah, For Sherpa^ // Orly Leather You Like It Or Not^ // Orly Spice Up Your Life^ // Orly We Flannel-ly Made It^ // Orly Cran-Barely Believe It^ // ILNP Roulette

Pink and Red's aren't something I really enjoy wearing and so working out my top three was easy;

Orly Yeah, For Sherpa^ // Orly Cran-Barely Believe It^ // ILNP Roulette

For some reason my photos above weren't colour accurate, if I am to wear a pink it would be Yeah, For Sherpa;

Between the top two I think that Roulette is the winner, a magnetic, holo, copper polish;

 

  

Nail Polish Battle 2025: Nude, Orange, Pink and Yellow

Today I am sharing the 14 polishes that are nude, orange, pink or yellow.

Orly Totally Clueless^ // Orly Shaggin Wagon^ // Barry M Limoncello // Orly Leave Britney Alone^ // Orly So Fetch^ // Orly Cowabunga!^ // Orly Hunky Dory^ // Barry M Pink Paloma // Barry M Peach Spritz // Orly Most Definitely^ // Orly Juicy Velour^ // Orly Night Fever^ // ILNP Brightside // Orly Light My (Camp) Fire^

There were a lot of polishes to whittle down in this category, nude and yellow polishes were easy to remove but the oranges were harder. In the top three there was a cream, a holo and a shimmer;

Barry M Peach Spritz // ILNP Brightside // Orly Light My (Camp) Fire^

But for me the winner had to be Light My (Camp) Fire^, it is a deep orange base with a bright copper shimmer which really does look glowy;