Nail Polishes Worn: December 2023

Orly Crash the Party // Nails Inc Great Queen Place // Orly Smoke Jelly // ILNP Orbit

OPI Rhinestone Red-y // Cirque Last Unicorn // Polished for Days Doom Buggy // ILNP Rainy Days

Emily de Molly Never Found It // Fancy Gloss Christmas Party // Barry M Berry Cosmo // Orly Spark

   

Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Neon Marble

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

Base Polish | Orly - Crash the Party

Pink Polish | Nails Inc - Great Queen Palace

2013 Version;

   

Nail Polish Battle 2022: Light Purple

Today I am looking over my lighter purples, I've split the purples in to two as purple is the colour I appear to have bought this past year.

Prism Polish Heists Are Dumb // Barry M Party Ring // Orly The Snuggle is Real // Barry M Hibiscus // Barry M Bitter // Orly Crash The Party // Polish Molish Fairy Peas // Barry M Gummy Bear // Orly Alexandrite By You // DRK Warm Breeze Cozy Beach // Ard as Nails Sea Sapphires // Barry M Cherry Tart // Jen and Berries Yes My Gatekeeper // Nailed It Turnip Head

Picking my top three was tricky, however I ended up with a cream, a glitter and a flakie.

Third place is Gummy Bear which is a mid purple cream, not as visually interesting as the other two.

Sea Sapphires is second, my first polish from 'Ard as Nails. It is a cobalt jelly base packed with fuchsia ghost flakies.

Meaning the winner is Fairy Peas, which is my first Polish Molish. I found the round green glitters quite different from other glitter polishes. Fairy Peas is a purple jelly base with pink flakes and circular green glitters.

   

Halloween Nails: Purple Stripe Cameo

As with previous years I will be attempting to post a new Halloween design every other day throughout the month.

Purple Polish | Orly - Crash the Party

Black Polish | Barry M - Black Forest

Striping Tape | Born Pretty Store Rose Gold Tape

Matte Topcoat | Barry M - Matte Topcoat

Stamping Polish | Dance Legend - Stamping White

Stamping Plate | Bundle Monster 407

   

Nail Polish Swatch: Orly - Crash the Party (Pop! Summer 2022)

This polish is very difficult to photograph accurately. It is similar to Synthetic Symphony, although that is darker and cool toned, Crash the Party is brighter and warm toned.

Colour | Grape Purple

Finish | Cream

Opacity | Two Coats Shown

How Much | 18ml

Brush Type | Flat, Wide, Rounded Cuticle

Collection | Pop! Summer 2022

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

Bought From | Nail Polish Direct

   

52 Week Nail Challenge 2022: Stripes

This week's prompt is 'Stripes' here is a link to my 2012 version, as well as the image below my 2022 version;

Purple Polish | Orly - Crash the Party

Black Polish | Barry M - Black Forest

Striping Tape | Born Pretty Store Rose Gold Tape

2012 Version;

   

Nails: Top 5 Summer Polishes 2022

Summer Solstice will be tomorrow and so I should get around to sharing my top summer polishes for 2022. These are the polishes from my collection I will be reaching for more often.

If you are interested you can see my summer picks for 2021 here, 2020 here, 2019 here, 2018 here, 2017 here, 2015 here and 2014 here.

Orly - Crash the Party // Polish Me Silly - Glow Girl // ILNP - Funshine Smoothie // AJ Nails - Peacock // Barry M - Holographic Lights

Crash the Party is a bright warm neon purple polish, quite bold and very difficult to photograph.

Glow Girl a flakie topper, I recently wore it over a lilac cream for a ethereal sort of design.

Funshine Sunshine is a bright warm yellow holographic polish, holo polishes look great in sunlight.

Peacock is very much a neon green, one that is opaque in two coats and no white base coat required. Neon polishes are something I reach for more often in summer.

Holographic Lights, is another holo polish so great in sunlight, and this one is a bright silver.