Battle of Nail Polish 2012: Top Three!

So we've had all of the battles and now it is time to whittle the best of each round down to the top three nail polishes of 2012!

3) Eyeko - Vampira ~ This is another blackened polish, this time it is a deep dark red glitter. It is quite delicate which is odd coming from such a dark polish. Unfortunately since Eyeko's revamp they have stopped doing nail polish, although I think China Glaze does a similar polish, that is called Lubu Heels.

2) A England - Lady of the Lake ~ Quite surprised that this was the only holographic polish making it in to the top three polishes. This is a dusky purple polish with a really beautiful holograph running through it. Admittedly living in the north of England limits the amount of day light I have and that means less sunlight which makes the polish 70% as amazing as it always is in direct sunlight.



1) Revlon - Facets of Fuchsia  ~ I adore this polish, wore it for my wedding and it is after all a blackened purple. Lot's of depth to the polish, chunky hex shaped glitter too. What more could I want from a polish.

  

Nail Polish: Battle of the Chunky Glitter

Another glitter round, this time it is the special hex glitter.

Barry M - Holograms, Barry M - Jewel Britania, Claire's - Slice of Shine, Kleancolor - Silver Star, Kleancolor - Blind Date, Need Me - 52, Kleancolor - Chunky Holo Black, Kleancolor - Afternoon Picnic, NYX - Dorothy, Essence - Blue Addicted, Kleancolor - Blue Eyed Girl, Revlon - Facets of Fuschia

This type of glitter is my favourite, which made this round particularly difficult to whittle down. Making it though is Barry M's Hex as it is so simple and versatile, Essence is really good too it is a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Across the Universe which is amazing.

Once I had chosen the top three it was quite easy to pick the winner... Revlon because it is what I wore for my wedding and it is purple. It is also a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Bad Romance. Facets of Fuschia also is now a permanent polish in the Revlon line, renamed Scandalous.

Nail Polish: Battle of the Pastels

Collection 2000 - French Tip White, W7 - Polar White, Barry M - Matte White, Sally Hansen - Lavender Cloud, Revlon - Cloud, W7 - Sheer Lemon, Angels Delight, Sally Hansen - First Kiss, ELF - Innocent, Eyeko - Rain, Eyeko - Vintage, ELF - Mint, ELF - Lilac, Sally Hansen - Delphinium 

So first round we have to get 14 polishes down to just four. Me being me I don't particularly have a preference for light polishes! I adore Sally Hansen's Lavender Cloud, it is opaque in two coats and is perfect for those winter nail designs.

However I seem over the past year to have used an awful lot of ELF's Innocent and that is why it is making it through to the next round.

The winner of the battle is Barry M's Matte White, and while I have used a lot of Innocent Matte White wins (just) because it is good for stamping as well as a base for nail designs!

Nail Polish: Battle of the Silver / Grey

Second post in this series and today we are looking at all the silvers and grey polishes, which wins?

Primark - Glo Baby Glo, Stargazer - Silver Chrome, George - Witchcraft, Miss Sporty - 420, ELF - Metal Madness, Revlon - Steel Me, OPI - My Private Jet, Models Own - Gunmetal

These were my top two of the grey / silvers, Metal Madness is a lovely silver polish with a whole load of almost holo glitter packed in. Gunmetal is a perfect metal polish without being a cream, chrome or a shimmer polish.

 

And the winner is Models Own Gunmetal!

Winter Holiday Challenge: Snowflakes

Today is the first of eight nail challenges for the winter holiday challenge over on Crumpet's Nail Tarts. Snowflakes were the nails for today and this is what I came up with. Unfortunately the blue holographic base didn't show up too well for the photos.

Base Polish:

Revlon - Cloud

Kleancolor - Holo Blue (135)

Stamping Polish:

Stargazer - Silver Chrome

Stamping Plates:

Bundle Monster - BM14, BM325

M59

Top Coat:

Miss Sporty - 010

Sat-ART-Day Challenge: Winter Scarf

Now it is December I can officially welcome the festive posts, although that hasn't stopped me using my Ciaté Calendar to count down to Yule.

Challenge today was a winter scarf, this is my third attempt an I am still not happy with it!

Base Polish: Revlon - Cloud
Acrylic Paints

Swatch: Revlon - Cloud

Finish: Cremé I would say, its a off white very pale blue tone
Opacity: The above photo was three thin coats
Lasting Power: Standard
Brush Type: Standard
Anything Else? Dried quite quickly

52 Week Challenge: Week 27 - Quack

Just over half way through this 52 week challenge now. This week as you can guess is Easter themed. 

Swatch: Revlon - Facets of Fuchsia / Scandalous

I wore this polish for my wedding. Exceptionally similar to Lippmann's Bad Romance, it has since been become part of the permanent polish line called Scandalous rather than Facets of Fuchsia.

Revlon - Facets of Fuchsia