Topic Tuesday: Favourite Nude Polishes

I'm not someone who wears a lot of nude polishes, looking at my collection I've chosen the top two I like.

Nails Inc - St. Albans Grove and Barry M - Peanut Butter

  

Then and Now Throwback Nails: South Park

As today is a Thursday I am throwing back to some nails I did in 2010, and recreating them now 11 years later to see if I have improved! While I don't own all the exact polishes used originally, I have used similar colours.

Base Polish | Nails Inc - Regent's Place

Other Polishes
Barry M - Butterscotch Sundae

Barry M - Cocoa

Barry M - Banana Split

Barry M - Kiwi

Barry M - Key Lime

Nails Inc - St Albans Grove

Nails Inc - Optic Flame

OPI - Alpine Snow

OPI - My Wishlist is You

Rimmel - Rita's Black

Yes Love - L011

000 Paint Brush

Dotting Tools

Rainbow Collection Silicone Mat

I think I have improved somewhat, but plenty of room for improvement. People, even cartoon ones are so hard to freehand!

  

Nails: Golden Butterflies

Base Polish | Barry M - Ginger
Dry Brush Polishes;
Nails Inc - St Alban's Grove
Barry M - Cardamom
Barry M - Copper Mine
Barry M - Butterscotch
Stamping Polish | Ebalay - Rose Gold 004
Stamping Plate | Nicole Diary L20

  

Nails: Autumnal Dry Brush

Base Polish | Barry M - Ginger
Dry Brush Polishes;
Nails Inc - St Alban's Grove
Barry M - Cardamom
Barry M - Copper Mine
Barry M - Butterscotch

  

Halloween Nails: Skeletons

Base Polish | Nails Inc - St. Alban's Grove
Black Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black
White Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - White
Stamping Plate | Born Pretty Store - Halloween L008

  

Nails: Apple Pie

Base Polishes:
Barry M - Paprika
Leighton Denny - Opaque Elegance

Accent Polishes:
Ciate - Mistress
Barry M - Key Lime
Nails Inc - St. Alban's Grove

Stamping Polish: MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster H13

26 Great Nail Art Ideas: Mixed Tape Mani

To create these nails I used some standard nail art striping tape as well as a chevron tape to create the ruffles.

Nails Inc - St. Alban's Grove
Avon - Frosted Peach

Striping Tape
Chevron Tape

Nails: #SockItSelfie Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Eating Disorder Awareness Week runs from 27th February until 5th March 2017. This week also ties in to the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (#NEDAwareness) in the States.

This year the theme is raising awareness of the importance of early intervention [more information here]. As usual the UK theme is sock it to eating disorders, and so here are my nails for my #SockItSelfie 

Base Polishes:
Nails Inc - St. Alban's Grove
Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sharpie

Nail Polish Battle 2016: Nude and Grey Polishes

 Champanys - Nude // Nails Inc - Green Park Mews // Nails Inc - St Alban's Grove // Essie - Cocktail Bling // Barry M - Chai // OPI - Liv In The Gray // OPI - No More Mr Night Sky

While nude polishes have there place in my collection, they aren't something I prefer especially comparing them to darker colours. I really like the flat, curved cuticle brush on the Essie polish. It is a good opaque cream.

However Liv In The Gray is the winner, a dark grey colour which isn't dark enough to make it mistakable for a black.

Nails: Gingerbread Nails

Base Polishes:
Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
Nails Inc - St. Alban's Grove
Stamping Polishes:
ELF - Light Red
ELF - Brown
Stamping Plates:
MoYou - 417
MoYou London - Festive Collection 03