Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Purple Fabric

Today I am sharing my of the prompt 'Purple Fabric' decade on from the original which you can see here.

I went with tartan today;

Navy Base Polish | OPI - Holidazed Over You

Flakie Polish | Lumen - Crystal Cave

Purple Polish | Orly - Alloy Matey^

Black Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black

White Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - White

Snow Stamping Plate | Nicole Diary L13

Tartan Stamping Plate | UberChic Pretty in Plaid 4

And knit 10 years ago;

  

Nail Polish Battle 2025: Top Six

So today we are looking at the winners from the previous battle posts, there was six categories and so six winners. Surprisingly three of the winners were Rogue Lacquer polishes;

Fancy Gloss Midori Sour // Rogue Happiest Day on Earth // Rogue Twinkling Vibes

Orly Light My (Camp) Fire^ // Rogue Arson // ILNP Roulette

Midori Sour, is a bright green polish with a strong blue contrasting shimmer;

Arson is a multichrome crackle polish which is very unique;

Roulette is a copper, black, magnetic polish with a scatted holo;

 

However, as much as I like the above polishes the top three of 2025 are;

Rogue Happiest Day on Earth // Rogue Twinkling Vibes // Orly Light My (Camp) Fire^

Happiest Day on Earth is a bright blue polish with blue, aqua and black flakies;

Twinkling Vibes has a blurple base and purple, cyan and magenta flakies;

Light My (Camp) Fire had been on my wishlist since 2022, it is a orange base with a strong golden shimmer to it;

And the final post will be after 25th once I have finally decided on which of the top three are the actual winner of my 2025 polishes!

  

Nail Art: Gingerbread Man

Base Polish | ILNP - Roulette

Red Accent Polish | Orly Cran-Barely Believe It^

Shimmer Gingerbread Polish | Orly - Golden Waves^

Cream Gingerbread Polish | Barry M - Cafe Au Lait

Black Accent Polish | China Glaze - Liquid Leather

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black

Stamping Plate | Bohemia Stamping - Santas Snacks

  

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