Nail Polish Swatch: Aj Nails Collection - Venus

Colour | Bronze, Copper, Green

Finish | Multichrome

Opacity | Two Coats

Brush Type | Standard

How Much | 10ml

Purchased From | Aj Nails Collection

Vegan

Cruelty Free

10 Free - Non-Toxic

  

Topic Tuesday: Top 5 Indie Brands

I found this question harder than the mainstream one a few weeks ago. I could have chosen more however AJ Nails Collection, Prism Polish, Danglefoot, Fancy Gloss and Tonic have to be up there in my top five indie brands.

Aj Nails - Venus

Prism Polish - Snuggly Snood

Danglefoot - Cyclops

Fancy Gloss - Sapphire Shards

Tonic - Pixie Parade

  

Nail Polish Battle 2021: Winner!

Finally today I am working out which polish won the 2021 battle.

The top three polishes were Bow Blinder, Aj Nails Venus and Danglefoot Cyclops.

First polish I eliminated was Aj Nails Venus, it really is autumn in a polish with it's colour shifts.

 

In second place is Bow Blinder, which has a light reactive finish which is something new to my collection. The reason it only came second is it's a glitter finish and so harder to remove than a cream polish.

Which means that Danglefoot Cyclops is the winner of my nail polish battle 2021. I chose this as the winner as the base is a beautiful indigo jelly finish. The copper flakes go well with it and stand out against the indigo base. I like to layer it over Barry M Indigo to get an opaque polished look.

  

Nail Polish Battle 2021: Top Three

We are close to finding out the winner for 2021. I've looked at glitter polishes, pink, red, orange and yellow polishes, green polishes, nude and brown polishes,purple polishes and grey, blue and black polishes.

These are all of the winners from each round;

Bow - Blinder // Barry M - Boysenberry // Orly - Plastic Jungle // Aj Nails - Venus // Danglefoot - Cyclops // Whatcha - Heart of the Ocean

Halving this category was tricky as they are all my top polishes from 2021;

I chose Bow Blinder because the finish was something new to my collection as it is light reactive.

Aj Nails Venus as it is something I have been wearing a lot throughout autumn.

And lastly Danglefoot Cyclops as I really like the colour combination of the indigo base and copper flakes.

I'm still not sure which is going to be the best polish purchase in 2021!

  

Nail Polish Battle 2021: Nude and Brown

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

Barry M - Vanilla Slice // Barry M - Down to Earth // Barry M - Tiramisu // Barry M - Mushroom // Barry M - Cafe au Lait // Barry M - Chai Latte // Barry M - Cappuccino // Aj Nails - Venus // Danglefoot - I'm Gonna Wreck It! // Barry M - Espresso

Out of the ten polishes I worked out my top three;

Cappuccino was part of the Autumn 2021 Nude gelly collection, I chose this mid brown shade as its not too dark or too light. I think it a good basic cream polish. Comes with a paddle brush and is opaque in two coats.

I'm Gonna Wreck It! is a holographic brown polish which I liked wearing in autumn, it was part of the Under Appreciated Disney Holo's collection. It took two coats to achieve fully opacity and has a flat, wide brush.

Meaning the winner is; Aj Nails Venus This was a more recent purchase, I was looking for a duochrome polish with the same colour shift as the flakes in Fancy Gloss Magma, which came second in 2020 nail polish battle. This polish has a beautiful red, orange, green shift which I really liked wearing this past autumn.

  

Halloween Nails: Candy Corn

I've never tried candy corn, but happy to have done nails with them on as the last time I tried they didn't turn out too well.

Base Polish | Aj Nails - Venus

White Polish | W7 - White

Orange Polish | Barry M - Tangerine

Yellow Polish | Barry M - Pineapple Punch

Stamping Polish | Beauty Big Bang 002

Stamping Plate | What's Up Nails - Creeping It Real BO23

  

Nails: Top 5 Autumn / Fall Polishes 2021

As autumn arrives today I thought I would share my top five autumn / fall nail polishes.
I have done similar posts in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, and 2013.

A England - Gloriana // Aj Nails - Venus // Barry M - Matcha // Barry M - Espresso // ILNP - Eclipse

A England Gloriana is a metallic rust orange shade which reminds me of autumnal leaves.

Aj Nails Venus a polish which is new to my collection but it is a duochrome polish shifting between bronze and gold with a slight green shift.

Barry M Matcha is a army green cream polish which is nice for autumnal skittle nails.

Barry M Espresso, another new to my collection polish. Espresso is a dark brown cream polish, you can tell it is a brown and not black on the nails which is nice.

ILNP Eclipse, one of the first red to black shifting polishes from late 2020. Dark and shifty, something which is distracting watching the shifts on the nails.

  

Swatch: W7 - Metallic Venus

Finish: Metallic / Shimmer

Opacity: Three coats

Brush Type: Standard

This has a slight colour shift to it, sort of glows. Pink - blue - purple, I really struggled to capture all of these shades in my photos.

£1.95 - 15ml

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