Nail Polish Battle 2022: Winner

Today is the final post looking at all the polishes joining my collection in the past 12 months. The following are the top three;

Fairy Peas // Sapphire Shards // Bloody and Bruised

So the first to be cut is Fairy Peas. It is a purple jelly base with pink flakes and circular green glitters. The reason why it finished in third place is because I don't like wearing glitters often as it can be a pain to remove, but it is a beautiful polish.

Choosing between the top two was difficult, in the end Bloody and Bruised came second place. It is a cream thermal changing from plum, blue to lilac. This is my first tri-thermal and you can clearly see all three colour shifts. The only thing that made this second and not first was how it is a cream thermal finish.

Which means Sapphire Shards is the top polish coming in to my collection this year. It is a thermal going from light blue to dark blue with small blue flakies within. This won as it is a thermal but has metallic flakies in which elevates it from the cream finish Bloody and Bruised.

   

Nail Polish Battle 2022: Top Three

Today I am looking at all eight polishes which won each previous rounds to work out what the top three polishes are which have come in to my collection within the past year.

Polish Molish Fairy Peas // Barry M Chase // Fancy Gloss Sapphire Shards // Danglefoot Champagne Supernova // Whatcha Love and Tragedy // Cat Tail Bloody and Bruised // Wildflower Stolen Flame // Orly Liquid Vinyl

Fairy Peas, 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.

Chase is a cream berry shade, it is very basic compared to others in this battle.

Sapphire Shards is a thermal going from light blue to dark blue with small blue flakies within.

Champagne Supernova, is quite autumnal. Brown, orange, red, green multichrome with scattered holo.

Love and Tragedy is a busy polish with lots going on, magnetic, green to purple multichrome with flakies.

 

Bloody and Bruised is a cream thermal changing from plum, blue to lilac.

Stolen Flame is a blue / purple packed with flakies and micro holo glitters.

Finally Liquid Vinyl, which is a basic black cream polish. It is very opaque, has a paddle shaped brush and has quickly become my go to black polish.

After looking at eight polishes I have whittled them down to Fairy Peas, Sapphire Shards and Bloody and Bruised;

   

Nail Polish Battle 2022: Dark Purple

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

Femme Fatale Cave of Wonders // Kathleen and Co Graveyard Shift // UberChic Don't Hex My Vibe // Vanessa Molina Dark Opal // Paradox Crocus Sativus // Danglefoot Evil Robot Lady // Danglefoot Apocalypse // Glisten and Glow Cats and Bats // Cadillacquer Purple Lights // FYNO Nirvana // Cat Tail Bloody and Bruised // Orly Plum Noir // OPI Abstract After Dark

As with the light purples it was tricky to choose only three from the 13 in this category. Went with a magnetic, flakie and a tri-thermal.

In third place is Graveyard Shift, a multichrome magnetic which looks better in person than in photos.

In second is Crocus Sativus (Saffron) which is a jelly violet base with pink flakies and scattered holo.

Finally in third place is Bloody and Bruised, my first tri-thermal polish. It is a cream thermal changing from plum, blue to lilac. I hope the thermal doesn't die soon in it.

   

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.

   

Nail Polish Battle 2022: Yellow, Orange and Gold

Today I am looking at the 14 yellow, orange, gold polishes, majority of them are from Barry M;

Models Own Goose // Barry M Yellow Flash // Barry M Dandelion // Barry M Crown // Barry M Syrup // Barry M Treacle Syrup // A England Flaming June // Barry M Honeysuckle // OPI Espresso Your Inner Self // Orly Touch of Magic // Barry M Gaze // Barry M Launch // Barry M Defiant // Danglefoot Champagne Supernova

I don't often reach for these shades, but ended up picking the following for the top three.

In third place is Flaming June, it is a very bright but autumnal holo polish.

Second is Touch of Magic, its a warm bronze tone, almost a rose gold shade.

The winner of this round is Champagne Supernova, very much an autumnal polish which I have worn a few times during the past few months. Brown, orange, red, green duochrome with scattered holo.