Nail Polish Swatch - Fancy Gloss - Sapphire Shards (Thermal)

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and so every Friday to raise awareness I am doing blue nails.

Type one diabetes can be diagnosed at any age, are you aware of the four T's?

The four T's stand for Toilet, Thirsty, Tired and Thinner.

[Cold]

Colour | Dark to Light Blue, Blue Flakes
Finish | Thermal, Small Flakes
Opacity | Three Coats
Brush Type | Flat, Wide, Rounded Cuticle
How Much | 15ml
Vegan | Yes
Cruelty Free | Yes
Purchased From | Rainbow Connection

[Warm]

[Mixed]

  

Topic Tuesday: Top 5 Indie Brands

I found this question harder than the mainstream one a few weeks ago. I could have chosen more however AJ Nails Collection, Prism Polish, Danglefoot, Fancy Gloss and Tonic have to be up there in my top five indie brands.

Aj Nails - Venus

Prism Polish - Snuggly Snood

Danglefoot - Cyclops

Fancy Gloss - Sapphire Shards

Tonic - Pixie Parade

  

Nail Polish Swatch: Fancy Gloss - Candy Cane (Thermal)

[Cold and Warm] 

Colour | Red to Pink base, Red White Glitters
Finish | Thermal, Glitter
Opacity | Two Coats
Brush Type | Flat, Wide, Rounded Cuticle
How Much | 15ml
Vegan | Yes
Cruelty Free | Yes
Purchased From | Rainbow Connection

[Cold]

[Warm]

  

Nails: Top 5 Winter Polishes 2021

As yesterday was Yule, the Winter Solstice signalling the start of the official winter season in the Northern Hemisphere I thought now would be a good time to share my top five winter polishes. I have done similar blog posts in previous years 2020 (here), 2019 (here), 2018 (here), 2017 (here) and 2016 (here).

Models Own - Gold Rush // Barry M - White Moonstone // Fancy Gloss - Candy Cane // Barry M - Icicle // A England - Proserpine

Gold Rush is a straight up metallic gold polish, very vivid but seasonal.

White Moonstone is new to my collection, a white textured polish with a slight sparkle to it. A white is always good for nail art around this time of year, having texture to it is something a bit different.

Candy Cane is another new to my collection polish, it is a thermal going between light pink and red with red and white glitter pieces. Almost like nail art in a bottle.

Icicle is a silver holographic bar glitter with micro glitter particles in it. For me this might be more New Year appropriate but anytime in December holographic polish would work.

Finally Proserpine, which is a darker green holographic polish. Green is a shade I lean towards in December, as this is holographic is adds something extra to a cream green.

  

Topic Tuesday: Brands You Want to Try in 2021 - Update

In January I said I would like to try more Danglefoot, ILNP and Fancy Gloss this year.

Danglefoot is on hiatus because of maternity leave so I haven't bought anything from them this year.

I have two new ILNP, Black Orchid and Funshine Smoothie.

As for Fancy Gloss I have a black clear thermal from them which will be good for peek-a-boo style Halloween nails.

  

Nail Polish Battle 2020: Winner!

Finally I am reaching the end of the 2020 battle!

The last round we ended up with the top three polishes, Jinx, Magma and Eclipse;

For me the first polish to eliminate was Jinx, it is a stunning polish, strong holographic silver.

Choosing between the top two polishes was very difficult! In the end coming in at number two was Magma, I like all of the different autumnal colours the flakies show. Only came second because it is a topper rather than a polish you can wear as is.

 

Which means that the winner of 2020 nail polish battle is ILNP Eclipse. I think it was the first of a kind with its multichrome deep red pigment. It is incredibly distracting when wearing it as it changes colours in different lights, and different finger positions. 2020 was a year that called for distraction and that is why Eclipse won.

 

 

  

Nail Polish Battle 2020: Top 3

Having completed all of the seven colour categories the following polishes won each round;

Tonic - Jinx // UberChic - If You've Got it Haunt it // Barry M - French Rose // Fancy Gloss - Magma // Danglefoot - The First Avenger // ILNP - Eclipse // UberChic - Say Boo and Scary On

Harder to chose my top three as they were all already up there in favourite tier. Jinx is a very holographic silver polish and the other two are both darker shifty duochromes.

Tonic - Jinx // Fancy Gloss - Magma // ILNP - Eclipse