Swatch: Barry M - Gelly Hi Shine - Greenberry 312

Colour: Spearmint Green
Finish: Cremé
Opacity: Two Coats
Brush Type: Standard
How Much? 10ml

GOT Nail Challenge: Green

Today's prompt was 'green' and for this I used Sleek's Poison Ivy which I got in if not before June 2011, it also stamped quite well which was good to know. The accent nails are Barry M Greenberry which is more of a recent purchase, from May 2013.

Polishes Used: Sleek - Poison Ivy, Barry M - Greenberry
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 407

Battle of Nail Polish 2013: Top Three!

These are the polishes which made it in to the top polishes of 2013, if you wanted to see which polish won last year then click here.

  
A England - Sleeping Palace | Sinful Colors - Snow Me White | Nails Inc - New York Noir

   
Barry M - Blue Grape | ELF - Sea Escape | Barry M - Mango

  
Leighton Denny - Be My Berry | Barry M - Greenberry | Layla - Flash Black 08

   

Ciate - Vintage | Barry M - Countess | Essie - Leading Lady

The top three of these polishes for me would be: Despite there being a lot of Barry M the top three surprisingly don't appear in there. I do think that Barry M does deserve an honourable mention as during 2013 the brand brought out hit after hit (excluding the sequin texture trio). Clearly though 2013 was the year of the holographic's runner up polishes are...

3) Layla - Flash Black - This polish is so stunning, it has a strong holo running through it and it dances even when not in direct sunlight.

2) Essie - Leading Lady - This polish is a great festive red, has a subtle glitter running through it which makes it festive without it being over the top.
 

And finally the top polish of 2013 is...

1) A England's Sleeping Palace from the Burne-Jones Dream collection. I like this one because it has a purple tone to it and of course it is a lovely holographic finish. The formula is perfect and the brush works fantastically. An A England polish came in at number two last year which goes to show how stunning, and works of art these polishes are.

Nail Polish: Battle of Reds and Greens

If you would like to see which nail polishes were battling it for the red last year then click here, and Greens here. This year the battles will only be using the new polishes I have got since last year.

Barry M - Passion Fruit | Essie - Snap Happy | Ciate - Mistress | Nails Inc - Luminous Metallic Red | Ciate - Dangerous Affair | Leighton Denny - Be My Berry | La Femme - Aubergine | Jacava - Damson

And the winner is:
Leighton Denny - Be My Berry, I think this is the perfect Christmas red. Had I have been doing this during the summer I think there may very well have been a different winner.

Moving on to the Greens

Ciate - Mojito | Barry M - Key Lime | Barry M - Greenberry | La Femme - Mint Cream | Collection 2000 - Electirc Dreams | Yes Love - K033 | ELF - Green Machine | OPI - Die Another Day

And the winner is:
Barry M Greenberry, purely because it is a very unique colour in my polish collection and the formula is perfect.

Review: Hex Nail Jewellery - Unicorn Head

Ultimately inspired by the lovely Charlie from PoppingNails!

Barry M - Prickly Pear
Barry M - Greenberry

Color Club - Poptastic
Unicorn Head - HEX Nail Jewellery

Time Period Challenge: Futuristic

Today's challenge is the last one, the prompt is 'futuristic' and I decided to do a USB as in the future I have no doubts that you will be able to hook yourself up to some sort of computer and you can pay for nail polish like that, or be able to download what images you have seen in order to print them out or make them in to jpg's. For the other nails I just sponged some colours over them.

Barry M - Prickly Pear
Barry M - Greenberry
Color Club - Poptastic!
W7 - Black
Stargazer - Silver Chrome
La Femme - Grey Cream

Sunday Stamping: Spring Colours

Another Sunday rolled around and I have no idea where this week went! Far too much stress! Anyhow on to the nails which is of course what you all came to see, the challenge was spring colours and this green I thought was a nice basic spring time colour. A bit of a ornithological theme.

Base Polish: Barry M - Greenberry Hi Shine
Stamping Polish: W7 - Black
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster BM11
Bird Stickers: From Fake Tattoos, review coming soon