Nail Art: Umbrella

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and so I will be doing blue nails to raise awareness.

Type one diabetes can be diagnosed at any age, are you aware of the four T's?

The four T's stand for Toilet, Thirsty, Tired and Thinner.

Base Polish | ILNP - Thundercloud

Blue Accent Polish | Nails Inc - Baker Street

Black Accent Polish | China Glaze - Liquid Leather

  

Nail Polish Battle 2024: Everything Else

Today's battle is a catch-all for the rest of my 2024 polishes;

Orly Sea Spray // KbShimmer That's the Spirit // Nails Inc South Beach // Saffron Glow in the Dark 04 // KbShimmer Love at Frost Sight // Barry M Silver Star // ILNP Thundercloud // Rogue Peacocked // Fancy Gloss Blueberry Yoghurt // Emily de Molly Never Found It // Emily de Molly Nightshade // Colores de Carol Stripes and Scares

As this was the catch all battle there were 12 polishes so working out the top three took a while;

As someone who doesn't particularly like wearing white polishes I was surprised that That's the Spirit made it into the top three. It's a white crelly polish with black and orange various size hex glitters;

Thundercloud is a buildable grey base with iridescent flakies, to me it looks like a grey rainy day on my nails;

The winner of the round is Stripes and Scares which is a black crackle / shatter polish. As someone who was around during the 2010 crackle trend I'm glad it is back as the polishes I had have either fully dried up or are very low and so am glad to have this replacement in my collection;

  

Topic Tuesday: Autumn to Winter Transition Polishes?

Polishes that are more cool toned and darker grey ones would be on my go to autumn to winter rack if I were to have one. Polishes such as Vintage Violet and Thundercloud;

 

  

Nail Polish Swatch: ILNP - Thundercloud

Colour | Dark Grey, Iridescent Flakes

Finish | Jelly, Flakie, Scattered Holo

Opacity | Three Coats

Brush Type | Flat, Wide

How Much | 12ml

Collection | Overcast Collection

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

   

Topic Tuesday: Polish Pet Peeves

I would have said nail polishes which need more than two coats to achieve opacity. However more recently I can appreciate a speciality finish polish which needs more coats to show the glowy shimmer or flakie depth. But a cream finish polish, two coats maximum.

Orly Sea Spray | ILNP Thunder Cloud

 

   

Nail Polishes Worn: January 2024

Barry M Gummy Bear // Barry M Key Lime // Orly Cozy Night // NailKind Tempt Me

Cirque Colors Snow Angel // Nails Inc South Beach // NailKind Mirage Fantasies // L'Oreal Confetti Topcoat

Barry M Renew // Orly Spark // ILNP Thundercloud // A England Encore Margot

   

Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Cuticle Dots

Today I am sharing my of the prompt 'cuticle dots' a decade on from the original which you can see here.

Base Polish | ILNP - Thundercloud

Dot Polish | A England - Encore Margot

2014 Version;