Swatch: Jacava - Red Velvet

Colour: Ox Blood Red
Finish: Cremé
Opacity: Two Coats
Brush Type: Standard
How Much? 12ml

Nail Polish Battle 2014: Reds

Looking at the new red polishes of 2014

Nails Inc - Optic Flame // Barry M - Crush // Sally Hansen - Potent Port // Jacava - Red Velvet // Leighton Denny - Vamp

Barry M's Crush is a really nice colour but I find it chips so quickly on me. Also Vamp is a gorgeous colour but it leans very dark which while I do like, it isn't red enough to win the red category! So the winner is Red Velvet, a tone or two lighter than Vamp and very clearly a deep red.

 

Tri-Polish Challenge: Blue, Yellow and Red #4

This challenge has been going on for well over a year now, but the idea is there are three colours pre-picked and you find those three colours in your stash and use them in some kind of nail art. For the blue I used Max Factor's Odyssey Blue, the yellow Collection 2000's Sorbet and the red is ELF's Red Velvet.

Max Factor - Odyssey Blue
Collection 2000 - Sorbet
ELF - Red Velvet

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Tri-Polish Challenge: Blue, Yellow and Red #3

This challenge has been going on for well over a year now, but the idea is there are three colours pre-picked and you find those three colours in your stash and use them in some kind of nail art. For the blue I used Max Factor's Odyssey Blue, the yellow Collection 2000's Sorbet and the red is ELF's Red Velvet.

Max Factor - Odyssey Blue
Collection 2000 - Sorbet
ELF - Red Velvet

Tri-Polish Challenge: Blue, Yellow and Red #2

This challenge has been going on for well over a year now, but the idea is there are three colours pre-picked and you find those three colours in your stash and use them in some kind of nail art. For the blue I used Max Factor's Odyssey Blue, the yellow Collection 2000's Sorbet and the red is ELF's Red Velvet.

Max Factor - Odyssey Blue
Collection 2000 - Sorbet
ELF - Red Velvet

Tri-Polish Challenge: Blue, Yellow and Red #1

This challenge has been going on for well over a year now, but the idea is there are three colours pre-picked and you find those three colours in your stash and use them in some kind of nail art. For the blue I used Max Factor's Odyssey Blue, the yellow Collection 2000's Sorbet and the red is ELF's Red Velvet.

Max Factor - Odyssey Blue
Collection 2000 - Sorbet
ELF - Red Velvet

I used Jacava Vanilla Slice as the base.

Sunday Stamping: Birth Stone

The glowing ruby shall adorn,
Those who in July are born;
Then they'll be exempt and free
From love's doubts and anxiety.

Seeing as my birthday is in July that makes my birth stone Ruby. If only wearing a ruby helped with all doubts and anxieties! Anyhow on with the nails...

Stamping Plate: QA28
Stamping Polish: Stargazer - Silver Chrome
Base Polish: ELF - Red Velvet

Nail Polish: Battle of the Reds

Another day, another battle! This time it is red polishes.

 Eyeko - Saucy, ELF - Light Red, Miss Sporty - 160, ELF - Medium Red, ELF - Cranberry, Barry M - Raspberry, Kleancolor - Metallic Red, ELF - Red Velvet, Sleek - Royalty  ELF - Dark Red, OPI - Sanguine, No.7 - Damson Dreams,  Eyeko - Vampira, OPI - William Tell Me About OPI

First off the top four are such a wide range of shades, which will make the next battle really difficult! ELF - Light Red is a prime colour, so simple. Barry M - Raspberry is a really lovely colour difficult to know where to place it red or a pink?

Barry M Raspberry and Eyeko Vampira made it through the round. Vampira is a very blackened red with red glitter throughout the polish.

I could have easily brought both in to the final but alas Eyeko Vampira made it on its own, purely because its a blackened polish and I have a leaning towards darker shades.

Swatch: ELF - Red Velvet

ELF - Red Velvet

Top Coat OPI - Nail Envy 

Lasting Power: Average

Opacity: Two coater

Brush Type: Average

£1.50 - 10ml

Nails: Red Velvet Flowers

Base: ELF - Red Velvet

Stamping Plate: BM 205

Stamping Polish: ELF - Black