33 Day Challenge: Using Most Owned Colour

Looking through my polish collection it was clear that the colour I have the most of is purple, I counted them and I have 40 bottles of various purple cremé. So that number doesn't include glitters, holographics and magnetics.

Sinful Colors - Verbena
Barry M - Indigo
W7 - Black
V Shaped Nail Guides
Fauxnad M57

Swatch: Barry M - Countess Texture

Without Topcoat          |          With Topcoat

 

A blurry photo to show how glittery the polish is: 

 

Swatch: Yes Love - K033

Colour: Purple
Finish: Rubberised
Brush Type: Flat and wide (not as wide as OPI)
How Much? 16ml

Nails: Gradient Ice Cream and Cupcakes

This year I really seem to be doing a lot of gradient nails, really easy to do and looks good. Today I have stamped a full nail image over all of the nails for a simple but hopefully effective look.

Gradient Polishes:

Sally Hansen - Delphinium

Sinful Colors - Verbena
Color Club - Pucci-liscious 

Stamping Polish: W7 - Black
Stamping Plate: Konad Q1

Swatch: Models Own - Purple Haze

This is a standard one size, one colour purple glitter polish. The photo was of three coats so would work better over a coloured polish base.

Swatch: Barry M - Special Effects Purple

Barry M now have quite a colour selection of these crackle / shatter polishes. I've now swatched this along with the gold, white, pink, and of course black.

 

Colour: Purple

Opacity: While it does cover darker bases, it looks better against a lighter base

Finish: Matte

How Much? 10ml

Brush Type: Standard

Price: £3.99

31 Day Challenge: Purple

Base Polish: ELF - Black
Purple: Jade - Diamond Velvet

Nail Polish: Battle of the Purples

As I have so many purples I've broken this down to two parts

Barry M - Berry Ice Cream, Color Club - Pucciliscious, Ylim Mood - #15, China Glaze - Grape Pop, Barry M - Dusky Mauve, Miss Sporty - 330, Max Factor - Meteorite  ELF - Party Purple, ELF - Royal Purple, Barry M - Indigo

Cutting those down to three was not an easy task! A vibrant lilac, creamy, neon Pucci-Liscious. Dusky Mauve which is a really nice polish at first glance its a bit of a boring greige but it as this purple shimmer running through it. makes it special.

Barry M Indigo wins hands down, it's very vibrant and always perks me up while I am wearing it.

Second half of the purples...

Stargazer - Purple Chrome, Ciaté - Wait After Dark, Barry M - Blackberry, Stargazer - 161, No.7 - Violetta, OPI - Honk if you Love OPI, Rimmel - Hard Edged, Models Own - Purple Mystique, Rimmel - Night Before, ELF - Plum, Orly - Fowl Play, NYX - Purple Ink, ELF - Party Purple, ELF - Dark Purple Glitter, OPI - Nevermore

Got those purples down to four and added in the Indigo from before.

Final three are Barry M - Indigo, Orly - Fowl Play and NYX - Purple Ink

And finally the winner is, NYX! Very difficult to choose, ended up with this as Fowl Play is a flakie which stunning but I prefer something a little more versatile. The NYX can be worn alone or with nail art so that's why it got picked.

Eradicate Hate Purple Nails - NO H8

Bullying is not funny. It is not cool. It is not right. And more importantly, it is not okay. 

Most of us are, thankfully, residents of countries that support tolerance and many of our families have settled in these places simply for that reason. Generations later, it is our responsibility to perpetuate that message of tolerance across our new social platforms, including the internet.

As members of the nail polish blogging community, we all share a love of beauty, color, and lacquer. Other than that, we are remarkably different: from our race to our religion to our hair color...even to our polish application techniques. To marginalize anyone because of those differences is completely unacceptable and today I take a stand against that. I refuse to allow other people's view of "normal" dictate how I behave, believe, and blog. 

In solidarity with a multitude of bloggers linked below, my purple manicure represents my proud commitment to the No H8 movement. Today, November 8, I dedicate my post to ending bullying of any kind and to encouraging diversity and imperfection among our colorful community.

There is more to life than messy cuticles. Raise awareness for cancer, for mental illness and male cancers. Do something positive not negative. 

Don't bully others, it affects them more than you will ever be able to comprehend.

Swatch: Hits - Dionisio

The holographic of this seemed to be quite sparse, very pretty though and I will be wearing it time and time again. I think it may be better to use more than one coat of the polish. 

In the photos I layered it over Barry M Indigo. 

6ml

Swatch: A England - Lady of the Lake (The Mythicals)

I used two coats of the polish and its wonderfully pigmented, 3 free, not animal tested, great bottle shape, brush is standard.