Nail Polish Battle 2023: Purple

There were 14 new polishes in this category in 2023;

Lumen Sunkissed Skies // Painted Polish Blueberry Bliss // Orly Serendipity // Barry M Wisteria // Orly Opposites Attract // Danglefoot Have You Got the Passports // Mooncat Smokescreen // Rogue Fantasyland // Barry M Orchid // Fancy Gloss Galaxy Orchid // KbShimmer How Polarizing // Penelope Luz Toss a Coin to Your Witcher // A England Van Helsing // A England Whitby Abbey

Trying to pick the top three of this category was hard.

Smokescreen is a magnetic polish, with a magenta shimmer;

Galaxy Orchid is a thermal cream going from purple when cold to blue when warm.

Which means the winner of this round is How Polarizing which is purple, navy magnetic polish with scattered holo particles.

   

Nail Polish Battle 2023: Pink

Pink is my least favourite polish colour, but I still ended up adding 10 to my collection;

Barry M Peony // Essie Lovey Dovie // Orly Meet Cute // Barry M Calla Lily // Orly Check Yes or No // Barry M Wild Fig // Orly Oh Darling // Barry M Poinsettia // OPI Charmed I'm Sure // OPI Feelin' Berry Glam

The top three from the pink polishes are below, the photo makes them look lighter than they are;

Meet Cute us a salmon pink cream, I like the Orly lids and the brushes they make the polish easy to apply.

In second place is Oh Darling, which is a bright mixture of pink and red.

The winner of the pink polishes is Poinsettia, a deep pink which has some purple in it too. The brush on Barry M Gelly polishes are wide and have a rounded cuticle which is my preference. 

   

Nail Polish Battle 2023: Orange, Yellow, Gold

This past year I have added nine polishes in to this category;

Orly Claim to Fame // Orly On a Whim // Barry M Sunflower // Barry M Pumpkin // Orly In the Conservatory // Orly Connect the Dots // Barry M Mistletoe // OPI Sleigh Bells Bling // ILNP Chai Latte

This wasn't too difficult to choose my favourite three as I don't really enjoy wearing gold polishes.

In third place is Claim to Fame, a warm cream polish somewhere between an orange and yellow;

Second place is In the Conservatory, a terracotta much deeper cream shade;

Which makes Sunflower the winner, it is another cream mid yellow to orange shade. It is something I wanted to wear compared to other typical yellow shades.

   

Nail Polish Battle 2023: Green

Now that it's December, it's time for my annual nail polish battle. I find it interesting to look back over the year at the new polishes I have acquired and seeing which ones are my favourites.

Since last years nail polish battle I have 80 new nail polishes which is 20 less than last year. Today's battle is green polishes;

Polish Molish Meadow // Barry M Pear // Barry M Cactus // Rogue Tomorrowland // Orly Metamorphosis // Barry M Pine // Danglefoot Sassenach

Choosing my top three wasn't too difficult, interesting to see none I chose were cream finishes;

In third place is Tomorrowland, a bright green flakie with black flakes;

In second place is Sassenach which was one of my last purchases of the year. It is a very shifty duochrome going from green to purple;

Which leaves Metamorphosis as the winner of the green polishes. It is a deep green with a copper shimmer shift, something I haven't seen before unlike the previous polish;