Nail Polishes Worn: March 2024

Only seven worn this past month, I've been too busy this past month to wear more.

ILNP Chai Latte // Orly Regal Pine // Fancy Gloss Rust Shards // Orly Ripple Effect

Emily de Molly The Same Path // Barry M Jalapeno 

   

Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Animal Print

Today I am sharing my of the prompt 'animal print' a decade on from the original which you can see here.

Base Polish | ILNP - Chai Latte

Grey Polish | Orly - Endless Night

Black Polish | China Glaze - Liquid Leather

000 Paint Brush

2014 Version;

   

Nail Polish Battle 2023: Orange, Yellow, Gold

This past year I have added nine polishes in to this category;

Orly Claim to Fame // Orly On a Whim // Barry M Sunflower // Barry M Pumpkin // Orly In the Conservatory // Orly Connect the Dots // Barry M Mistletoe // OPI Sleigh Bells Bling // ILNP Chai Latte

This wasn't too difficult to choose my favourite three as I don't really enjoy wearing gold polishes.

In third place is Claim to Fame, a warm cream polish somewhere between an orange and yellow;

Second place is In the Conservatory, a terracotta much deeper cream shade;

Which makes Sunflower the winner, it is another cream mid yellow to orange shade. It is something I wanted to wear compared to other typical yellow shades.

   

Polishes Worn: July 2023

July here has been very rainy, my polishes worn during the month seem to be quite muted.

Orly Persistent Memory // Painted Polish Right As Rainbows // A England Whitby Abbey // Barry M Chai Latte

Born Pretty Store Frantic Fire // DRK Nails Warm Breeze Cozy Beach // Orly Smoke Jelly // Fancy Gloss White Out

Nails Inc Pudding Lane // Born Pretty Store Sunset Pink // Orly Stop the Clock // Fancy Gloss Evil Witch

   

Nail Art: Life is too Short for Bad Coffee

Base Cream Polish | Barry M - Chai Latte

Base Holo Polish | Born Pretty Store - Frantic Fire

White Cream Polish | OPI - Alpine Snow

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black

Stamping Plate | UberChic - Better With Coffee

   

52 Week Challenge: Inspired by a Book

This week's prompt is 'Inspired by a Book' today's nails are inspired by Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. The bubbles on my thumb are from the heatwave we had in the UK, although I think it works with nautical themed nails.

Here is a link to my 2012 version, as well as the image below my 2022 version;

Dark Blue Polish | Nails Inc - Baker Street

Mid Blue Polish | Barry M - Berry Pie

Light Blue Polish | Barry M - Ocean Blue

Neon Pastel Orange | China Glaze - Flip Flop Fantasy

Gold Polish | Barry M - Syrup

Brown Polish | Barry M - Chai Latte

Stamping Polish | Dance Legend - White Stamping

Wave Stamping Plate | Creative Shop 51

Sea Themed Stamping Plate | Beauty Big Bang XL001

   

Nail Polish Battle 2021: Nude and Brown

Previously I looked at the pink, red, orange and yellow polishes, green polishes, glitter polishes from 2021, today I am looking at brown and nude polishes.

Barry M - Vanilla Slice // Barry M - Down to Earth // Barry M - Tiramisu // Barry M - Mushroom // Barry M - Cafe au Lait // Barry M - Chai Latte // Barry M - Cappuccino // Aj Nails - Venus // Danglefoot - I'm Gonna Wreck It! // Barry M - Espresso

Out of the ten polishes I worked out my top three;

Cappuccino was part of the Autumn 2021 Nude gelly collection, I chose this mid brown shade as its not too dark or too light. I think it a good basic cream polish. Comes with a paddle brush and is opaque in two coats.

I'm Gonna Wreck It! is a holographic brown polish which I liked wearing in autumn, it was part of the Under Appreciated Disney Holo's collection. It took two coats to achieve fully opacity and has a flat, wide brush.

Meaning the winner is; Aj Nails Venus This was a more recent purchase, I was looking for a duochrome polish with the same colour shift as the flakes in Fancy Gloss Magma, which came second in 2020 nail polish battle. This polish has a beautiful red, orange, green shift which I really liked wearing this past autumn.