Nail Polish Battle 2014: Black + Silver

Every year I do a battle of the nail polish, this year I have changed it up to using only new polishes for 2014. That way I can go through the polishes much easier. On to today's battle, looking at black and silver polishes;

 Pretty - Leather Look // Essence - Black is Black // Leighton Denny - Steel Appeal // Barry M - Espresso // Nails Inc - New York Noir

While I really liked the brush on the Essence polish the one coat opacity of the Nails Inc makes it the winner. Which is a shame because it was free with a magazine!

 

Moving on to the silvers, I didn't get many this year!

CK - Silver Streak // Barry M - Silver Foil Effect

The winner is the Barry M, because it is much less streaky and as an added bonus it is great for stamping with. 

 

Nails: Lela Rose AW 2014 Inspired

I find inspiration everywhere for nails and so finding it in fashion isn't something new. The particular inspiration I used was a dress from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014, and a Lela Rose dress.

Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz

Max Factor - Intense Plum
Miss Sporty - Goth Me Black
Nails Inc - New York Noir

GOT: White Base

For the white base I used Sinful Colors Snow Me White which I got July 2013, making it just over a year old in my collection.



Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
Nails Inc - New York Noir

Dotting Tools

Nails: Octopus

Base Polish: Nails Inc - New York Noir, TarasTalons - Purplelicious
Stamping Polish: Barry M - Silver Foil Effect
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 401

Sunday Stamping: Global Tiger Day

Global Tiger Day is 29th July.

Base Polishes
Nails Inc - New York Noir
Barry M - Mango

Stamping Polish: MoYou Nails - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 223

Nails: Cameo

Base Polish: Leighton Denny - Opaque Elegance
Stamping Plate: Nails Inc - New York Noir
Stamping Polish: Bundle Monster - 404, 407

GOT: Gradient

The prompt for today's golden oldie challenge was gradient, I used George - Smarty Pants which I got in March 2013 and Yes Love  L011 which I got in June 2013.



Polishes Used: George - Smarty Pants, Yes Love - L011
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 406
Stamping Polish: Nails Inc - New York Noir

Sunday Stamping: Spring

What is more Spring like than pastels and cute animals. I used the stamping decal method to get the colours in the animal faces.

Base Polish: Pretty Quirky - The Hitcher
Stamping Polish: Nails Inc - New York Noir
Stamping Plate: Konad S10

Other Polishes Used: 
Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
ELF - Fire Coral
La Femme - Grey Cream
Color Club - Amost Famous

Sunday Stamping: Bad Ass Nails

The theme 'Bad Ass' could mean anything really!

Base Polish: SarahSmiles - We'll Have The Best Stories To Tell
Stamping Polish: Nails Inc - New York Noir
Stamping Plates: QA5, QA8

Nails: St. Patrick's Day 2014

Way back in 2011 I did some St. Patrick's Day nails (here and here) then I did some Pot of Gold ones in 2012. That brings us to last year and the nails that I did were a little bit of a stamping disaster here. Finally these are my 2014 St. Patrick's Day Nails:

Base Polish: Ciate - Mojito
Stamping Polish: Nails Inc - New York Noir
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster H04, H05