Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Inspired by a Video Game - Animal Crossing

Today I am sharing my of the prompt 'inspired by a video game' a decade on from the original which you can see here. Originally I did Sonic the Hedgehog, today is Animal Crossing.

Grass Nails

Base Polish | Orly - Plastic Jungle

Dark Green Polish | OPI - Is That a Spear in Spear in Your Pocket?

Mid Green Polish | China Glaze - Head to Moj-itoes

Lime Green Polish | Barry M - Fizzy Apple

Fossil Nail

Base Polish | OPI - Do You Have This Color in Stockholm?

White Polish | OPI - Alpine Snow

Tom Nook Nail

Base Polish | Leighton Denny - Creme De La Creme

Light Brown Polish | OPI - Espresso Your Inner Self

Dark Brown Polish | Barry M - Cocoa

Pink Polish | Barry M - Raspberry Ripple

White Polish | OPI - Alpine Snow

Black Polish | Orly - Liquid Vinyl

Green Polish | Essie - Mint Candy Apple

Blue Polish | Rimmel -  Danny Boy, Blue!

Nook Inc Aloha Shirt Nail

Base Polish | Leighton Denny - Morning Dew

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Persian Turquoise

Stamping Plate | Born Pretty Store - Autumn L002

Cosmic Auria Topcoat

Dotting Tools

00 Nail Art Brush

2013 Version;

   

Nail Art: Spring Equinox

Saturday was the Northern Hemisphere's Spring Equinox, so I thought I would do some nails to celebrate. As well we using more of the pink I am trying to finish!

Base Polish | Essie - Mint Candy Apple

Pink Polish | Champneys - Pink

Green Polish | Barry M - Spearmint

Stamping Polish | Beauty Big Bang - 002

Stamping Plate | Nicole Diary L01

  

Nail Polish Battle 2020: Blue

Barry M - Berry Sorbet // Essie - Mint Candy Apple // Barry M - Sour Candy // Barry M - Ocean Blue // Rimmel - Danny Boy Blue // A England - Skinhead // Tonic - Dragons at Dusk // Danglefoot - The First Avenger // Nail Artisan - Witching Hour

Danny Boy Blue is a true colbalt blue, quite vivid similar to the original Sally Hansen Pacific Blue or Nails Inc Baker Street. No mistaking this for black or even a white, certainly a blue.

Dragons at Dusk is a beautiful duochrome polish, changing from blue to purple, there is also some teal in there too which is nice.

Which means the winner is The First Avenger which is a beautiful metallic primarily blue but a duochrome changing to purple on different angles.

  

Swatch: Essie - Mint Candy Apple

Mint Candy Apple was THE nail polish of the year in 2013. I didn't get it then, but saw it recently on sale for under £3 and picked it up. The shade has changed slightly since it's first incarnation in 2009 from slightly blue tinged green to a mint tinged green. The formula has also improved.

Colour | Light Mint Green
Finish | Cream
Opacity | Three Coats
Brush Type | Standard
How Much | 13.5ml

  

Nails: Raspberries

I'm pretty sure in my 10 years of nail blogging I haven't done raspberry nails, strawberries a couple of times. Also I really need to work of my top coat application!

Base Polish | Essie - Mint Candy Apple
Stamping Polish | Beauty Big Bang - 002
Accent Polish | Barry M - Pomegranate
Stamping Plate | Beauty Big Bang - XL001

  

Nails: Top 5 Spring Polishes 2020

Barry M - Ocean Blue // Essie - Mint Candy Apple // Barry M - Papaya // W7 - Sheer Lemon // Barry M - Candy Floss

Today is the Spring equinox, not that it feels like a hopeful time. But Spring is here nonetheless and so I'm sharing my Spring 2020 nail polish picks. I have done this type of post before which you can see 2019 here, 2018 here, 2017 here, 2015 here and 2014 here.

You don't need these specific polishes, but these are ones that I want to reach for during Spring. I seem to have gone for all pastel polishes this year.

Ocean Blue is one of the newer polishes from Barry M, it is a light blue cream shade. This is very obviously a blue polish, so something to wear which is clearly not just an off white shade. Light enough though for Spring.

Essie Mint Candy Apple, this polish was THE nail polish a few years ago. This version leans green, a light mint green which as a pastel is very much a colour that screams Spring to me.

Barry M Papaya is the brightest of the polish I picked, not a vivid orange but a lighter, muted orange shade.

I don't have many yellow polishes but W7 Sheer Lemon is one of around five polishes I have. This one is a pastel polish but is clearly yellow rather than a off white shade.

Barry M Candy Floss, is a very light pink polish. This is something that screams Spring to me, very light though so perhaps something I wouldn't wear as is.