52 Week Nail Challenge: Inspired by Colour - Halloween

This week's prompt is 'Inspired by Colour' I combined it with Halloween for spooky month. Here is a link to my 2012 version, as well as the image below my 2022 version;

Black Polish | Nail Artisan - The Power of the Darkside

Green Polish | Aj Nails - Peacock

Orange Polish | Barry M - Tangerine

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Stamping Black

Stamping Plate | Hit the Bottle - Embrace the Darkside 03

   

Nail Art: Neon Skittle

Purple | Color Club - Pucci-Liscious

Green | Aj Nails - Peacock

Orange | Color Club - Wham Pow!

Pink | Color Club - Warhol

Yellow |  Orly - Glowstick

   

Nails: Top 5 Summer Polishes 2022

Summer Solstice will be tomorrow and so I should get around to sharing my top summer polishes for 2022. These are the polishes from my collection I will be reaching for more often.

If you are interested you can see my summer picks for 2021 here, 2020 here, 2019 here, 2018 here, 2017 here, 2015 here and 2014 here.

Orly - Crash the Party // Polish Me Silly - Glow Girl // ILNP - Funshine Smoothie // AJ Nails - Peacock // Barry M - Holographic Lights

Crash the Party is a bright warm neon purple polish, quite bold and very difficult to photograph.

Glow Girl a flakie topper, I recently wore it over a lilac cream for a ethereal sort of design.

Funshine Sunshine is a bright warm yellow holographic polish, holo polishes look great in sunlight.

Peacock is very much a neon green, one that is opaque in two coats and no white base coat required. Neon polishes are something I reach for more often in summer.

Holographic Lights, is another holo polish so great in sunlight, and this one is a bright silver.

   

52 Week Nail Challenge 2022: Neon

This week's prompt is 'Neon' here is a link to my 2012 version, as well as the image below my 2022 version;

These are a lot more neon than showing up.

Purple | Color Club - Pucci-Liscious

Green | Aj Nails - Peacock

Orange | Color Club - Wham Pow!

Pink | Color Club - Warhol

Yellow |  Orly - Glowstick

Stamping Polish | Dance Legend - Sticky Black

Stamping Plate | Bundle Monster BM04

2012 Version;

   

Nail Polish Battle 2021: Greens

On Thursday I looked at the glitter polishes from 2021, today I am looking at the green polishes. Green isn't a colour of choice usually, but I was looking for a replacement for the green Yes Love K036 polish I used up.

Aj Nails - Peacock // Orly - Plastic Jungle // China Glaze - Head to Moji-Toes // Barry M - Rock Pool // Barry M - Huckleberry 2021 // Barry M - Jalapeño // Barry M -  Evergreen // Barry M - Thyme

Choosing my top three wasn't too difficult;

I bought Aj Nails Peacock when I realised I didn't have a neon green polish, this one is opaque in 2-3 coats which for a neon I think is good, very bright.

Jalapeño was part of the Summer 2021 gelly collection. It is a deep green shade which is light enough to tell it is green and not black. Almost a one coater with a paddle brush for easy application.

Which means that Orly Plastic Jungle is the winner, part of the 2021 Electric Escape collection. Firstly I wanted to say that this polish it notoriously bad at photographing accurately, it is less neon than in the photo. The brush is a nice wide paddle shape and was opaque in two coats. For me this polish replaced Yes Love K036, the finish of that was more rubberised whereas this is a cream. A bright grass green shade I like to use in nail art.

  

Nails: Top 5 Summer Polishes 2021

Summer Solstice will be next Monday and so I should get around to sharing my top summer polishes for 2021. These are the polishes from my collection I will be reaching for more often.

If you are interested you can see my summer picks for 2020 here, 2019 here, 2018 here, 2017 here, 2015 here and 2014 here.

Barry M - Pineapple Punch // Dystopia - Couldn't Miss This One This Year // Orly - Synthetic Symphony // Polish Me Silly - Glow Girl // AJ Nails - Peacock

Barry M Pineapple Punch this polish was released earlier this year and its very bright yellow, clearly not neon but bright enough.

Dystopia Couldn't Miss This One This Year is a photochromatic polish which means in sunlight it changes colour. Great for summer as there isn't much sunlight here the rest of the year.

 

Orly Synthetic Symphony is a bright purple polish, quite bold and very difficult to photograph.

Polish Me Silly Glow Girl a flakie topper, I like it over black as it shows off the blue, purple, pink colour shift.

 

AJ Nails Peacock is very much a neon green, one that is opaque in two coats and no white base coat required.