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 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

  

Nail Polishes Worn: October 2025

Cirque Colors Mood Ring // Cat Tail Bloody and Bruised // Orly Grunge Glam^ // Emily de Molly Nightshade Sheer Tint

Emily de Molly Shadow Brew // Orly How Tragic^ // Barry M Instant Effects // Orly Light My (Camp) Fire^

Barry M Matte Crush // Rogue Arson // OPI Alpine Snow