Nails: Top 5 Winter Polishes 2021

As yesterday was Yule, the Winter Solstice signalling the start of the official winter season in the Northern Hemisphere I thought now would be a good time to share my top five winter polishes. I have done similar blog posts in previous years 2020 (here), 2019 (here), 2018 (here), 2017 (here) and 2016 (here).

Models Own - Gold Rush // Barry M - White Moonstone // Fancy Gloss - Candy Cane // Barry M - Icicle // A England - Proserpine

Gold Rush is a straight up metallic gold polish, very vivid but seasonal.

White Moonstone is new to my collection, a white textured polish with a slight sparkle to it. A white is always good for nail art around this time of year, having texture to it is something a bit different.

Candy Cane is another new to my collection polish, it is a thermal going between light pink and red with red and white glitter pieces. Almost like nail art in a bottle.

Icicle is a silver holographic bar glitter with micro glitter particles in it. For me this might be more New Year appropriate but anytime in December holographic polish would work.

Finally Proserpine, which is a darker green holographic polish. Green is a shade I lean towards in December, as this is holographic is adds something extra to a cream green.

  

Topic Tuesday: Festive Polish Picks

Recently I got Peppermint Bark which is both a festive name and a festive polish.

  

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 Art: Snowflakes

Base Polish | Jen and Berries - Yes, My Gatekeeper

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - White

Stamping Plate | Born Pretty Store - Christmas L002

  

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 Swatch: Whatcha - Heart of the Ocean [PPU July 2021 - Rewind]

 

Colour | Deep Blue Base, Blue Flakes, Holo Glitter

Finish | Flakie, Glitter

Opacity | One Coat over Navy

Brush Type | Flat, Wide, Rounded Cuticle

How Much | 15ml

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

Theme | The Nineties

Purchased From | Polish Pick Up UK

  

Nail Polish Battle 2021: Grey, Blue and Black

 So far I have looked back at purple polishes, nude and brown polishes, pink, red, orange and yellow polishes, glitter polishes and green polishes, today is all the grey, blue and black polishes that joined my collection in 2021.

Barry M - Aronia Berry // Barry M - Charcoal // Barry M - Berry Pie // Barry M - Blue Margarita // Barry M - Salt Lake // Prism Polish - New Year, New Meh // By Dany Vianna - Starry Sky // A England - The Waves // Whatcha - Heart of the Ocean // Barry M - Night Sky // Danglefoot - Oh Plesiosaur // Rimmel - Moonlight Magic // ILNP - Eclipse (H) // A England - Orlando // Rimmel - Matte Black

By Dany Vianna Starry Sky, I hadn't tried any polishes by this brand but this one is really beautiful. All of the people I have asked have known exactly which art piece inspired the polish, Starry Night Van Gogh. It was part of August's Polish Pick Up and the theme for that was the elements. A sheer jelly base with glitters and star glitters.

Barry M Night Sky is a straightforward navy cream, part of the Green Origin line, paddle brush and opaque in two coats. I like this polish as a base for nail art, layering other polishes over, it is a deep blue but still clearly a blue rather than a black.

Which leaves Whatcha Heart of the Ocean as the winner. Another from Polish Pick Up, the theme of this one was 'The Nineties' and in particular the film Titanic. The polish is a deep blue base, packed with blue flakes and holo glitter. I like the depth of colour in this polish, and it just like the colour of the jewellery dropped back in to the ocean towards the end of the movie.

  

Nail Art: Candy Cane

Red Polish | Barry M - Scarlet

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Stamping Polish - White 

Stamping Plate | MoYou London - Festive Collection 03

  

Nail Polish Swatch: Nailed It - Peppermint Bark

This polish looks like crushed candy canes, good for December.

Colour | White Base, Red Metallic Micro Flakes, Red Shimmer

Finish | Flakie / Shimmer

Opacity | Two Coats

Brush Type | Paddle

How Much | 15ml

Collection | Holiday 2021

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

Purchased From | Rainbow Connection