Nail Art: Purple Chevron

Base Flakie Polish | Painted Polish - Right as Rainbows

Base Holo Polish | A England - Whitby Abbey

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Polishes Worn: July 2023

July here has been very rainy, my polishes worn during the month seem to be quite muted.

Orly Persistent Memory // Painted Polish Right As Rainbows // A England Whitby Abbey // Barry M Chai Latte

Born Pretty Store Frantic Fire // DRK Nails Warm Breeze Cozy Beach // Orly Smoke Jelly // Fancy Gloss White Out

Nails Inc Pudding Lane // Born Pretty Store Sunset Pink // Orly Stop the Clock // Fancy Gloss Evil Witch

   

Nail Art: Not Getting Older, Just Levelling Up

Base Flakie Polish | Painted Polish - Right as Rainbows

Base Holo Polish | A England - Whitby Abbey

Pink Holo Polish | Cupcake Polish - Berry Lookin Good (faded from purple)

Green Holo Polish | A England - Catherine Howard

Purple Holo Polish | A England - New Romantic

White Polish | OPI - Alpine Snow

Red Polish | Ciate - Mistress

Mauve Polish | Barry M - Darkside of the Shroom

Pink Polish | Nails Inc - Queensbury Way

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black

Stamping Plate | UberChic - Happy Birthday

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Topic Tuesday: Odd Colour Combos you Love

While colour has a theory behind it, it doesn't mean personal taste has to follow. I seem to gravitate to purple base with pink flakies more than I would have expected myself to.

Painted Polish Right as Rainbows | Ard as Nails Sea Sapphires

 

   

Nail Art: Rainbow Dances Half and Half

Holo Polish | A England - Polovetsian Dances

Flakie Polish | Painted Polish - Right as Rainbows

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Nail Polish Swatch: Painted Polish - Right as Rainbows [PPU July 2021 - Rewind]

Colour | Cornflower Blue Base. Pink, Orange, Green Iridescent Flakes

Finish | Crelly Base, Multichrome Flakies

Opacity | Two Coats Shown

Brush Type | Flat, Wide, Rounded

How Much | 13.2ml

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

Theme | Over the Rainbow

Purchased From | Polish Pick Up UK

  

Topic Tuesday: Favourite Polishes that are no longer available

Both Right as Rainbows and Raspberry in Blue were Polish Pick Up exclusives and so are no longer available, they are both are purple flakie polishes.

 

  

Nail Polish Battle 2021: Purple

Previously I looked at the nude and brown polishes, pink, red, orange and yellow polishes, green polishes, glitter polishes from 2021.

Today I am looking at purple polishes, I have added 22 new purple's to my collection which is the largest category in this 'battle'.

Essie - Saltwater Happy // Barry M - Lilac Orchid // Barry M - Palma Violet // Emily de Molly - Rock Solid // Prism Polish - Cortinarius // Orly - Synthetic Symphony // Painted Polish - Right As Rainbows // Quixotic Polish - Morning Glory // Girly Bits - Where My Demons Hide // Aj Nails - Purpleous // Barry M - Plum Jam

Prism Polish - Snuggly Snood // DRK - Raspberry in Blue // A England - To The Lighthouse // UberChic - Creep It Real // Picture Polish - Bold // Danglefoot - Tears in Rain // Barry M - Indigo // Danglefoot - Cyclops // Rogue Polish - Spiced Plums // Tonic - Dragonfly Parade // A England - Virginia Woolf

As there were so many purple polishes choosing my top three was very difficult;

Right As Rainbows was a surprisingly good polish, it was part of July 2021 rewind Polish Pick Up. It is a cornflower crelly base with iridescent multichrome flakes. I usually prefer darker polishes but this one is quite special and the flakes make it glowy, it has a flat and wide brush and takes two coats for full opacity.

Next is Virginia Woolf which is much more a 'me' shade, it is part of the Moments With Virginia collection. The holographic polish was a one coater and the brush is a paddle shape. Virginia Woolf is a deep garnet shade, more of a berry colour than a straight up red or pink.

And so the winner of this battle is Danglefoot Cyclops, it was so hard to choose between this and the A England. Cyclops was part of the X-Men Hero collection, and the brush is flat and wide. It is a jelly indigo base with copper flakes within it. It is shown below with two coats but I prefer to wear it layered over an indigo polish such as Barry M Indigo as I don't like jelly polishes on myself.