Nail Polish Battle 2014: Duochrome + Holographic

 MUA - Stormy Skies // OPI - Peace, Love and OPI // W7 - Twilight

And the winner is Twilight, this is a stunning duochrome going from navy to purple, it is more of a glass flecked duochrome polish.

 

Moving on to holographic polishes;

A England - Encore Margot // Moyra - Gravity // Moyra - Aquarius

The winner is A England's Encore Margot, simply because I prefer a silver than a coloured holo. All three of these are great holographics though, just less impressive during the winter.

 

Nails: Autumn Leaves

Generally I'm not a fan of frost finish polishes but I thought the MUA Stormy Skies colour went well with the Autumn theme. I used Barry M's Mango and ELF's Fire Coral to create a gradient on my ring and thumb nail. Then I painted over the gradient with Sinful Colors' All About You, then finally stamped over with some leaves from Bundle Monsters BMH11.

Base Polishes:
MUA - Stormy Skies
Barry M - Mango
ELF - Fire Coral
Sinful Colors - All About You

Stamping Polish: MoYou Nails - Special Stamping Polish - Black
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster H11

Halloween Nails: Evil Faces

Base Polishes: Barry M - Magnetic Burgundy, MUA - Leicester Square
Stamping Polish: MoYou Nails - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster H06

Zombie Hands
October 31st
Red Eyes
Glow in the Dark Polish
Glowy Eyes
Neon Bats
Evil Faces

Nails: World Mental Health Day 2014 - Schizophrenia Awareness

Today is World Mental Health Day, and this year the focus is on Schizophrenia. From what I gather last year the idea was you wear purple for awareness, and the awareness ribbon colour is grey.

Polishes Used:
MUA - Frozen Yoghurt
Barry M - Matt White

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 321
Stamping Polish: Miss Sporty - New Black 420

Tri-Polish Challenge: Teal, Grey and Lilac #4

This challenge has been going on for well over a year now, and all good things come to an end and this is the last month. The idea is there are three colours pre-picked and you find those three colours in your stash and use them in some kind of nail art. For the grey I used Sally Hansen's Dorian Grey, the Teal is ELF's Teal Blue and the Lilac is MUA's Frozen Yoghurt.

For these nails I made some nail decals and applied them to the ring finger and thumb.

Sally Hansen - Dorian Grey

ELF - Teal Blue

MUA - Frozen Yoghurt

Barry M - Espresso

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 411

Stamping Polish: MoYou Nails - Special Nail Polish - Black

Tri-Polish Challenge: Teal, Grey and Lilac #3

This challenge has been going on for well over a year now, and all good things come to an end and this is the last month. The idea is there are three colours pre-picked and you find those three colours in your stash and use them in some kind of nail art. For the grey I used Sally Hansen's Dorian Grey, the Teal is ELF's Teal Blue and the Lilac is MUA's Frozen Yoghurt.

I need to practice using my striping brush and these are the result of that. Still need more practice but am improving.

Sally Hansen - Dorian Grey

ELF - Teal Blue

MUA - Frozen Yoghurt

Striping Brush

Colour Me Crazy: Pastel

Sally Hansen - Dorian Grey
MUA - Frozen Yogurt
ELF - Teal Blue

GOT: Ignored

Magnetic polishes were a trend that didn't stay around for too long, I keep forgetting I have these as they live with my glitter polishes and I prefer cream ones. For this I used Barry M's Magnetic Burgundy from July 2012 and MUA's Leicester Square from May 2013.

Barry M - Magnetic Burgundy
MUA - Leicester Square

Tri-Polish Challenge: Teal, Grey and Lilac #2

This challenge has been going on for well over a year now, and all good things come to an end and this is the last month. The idea is there are three colours pre-picked and you find those three colours in your stash and use them in some kind of nail art. For the grey I used Sally Hansen's Dorian Grey, the Teal is ELF's Teal Blue and the Lilac is MUA's Frozen Yoghurt.

These were very simple to do, and for once the colours seem to go well together!

Sally Hansen - Dorian Grey

ELF - Teal Blue

MUA - Frozen Yoghurt

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