Nail Polish Battle 2023: White, Grey, Black, Nude

This past year I have added ten polishes in to this category;

Cirque Colors Last Unicorn // Orly Ceci N'est Pas Blanc // Orly Dreamers Awake // Orly Unravelling Story // Orly Endless Night // ILNP Orbit // I Scream Nails Holo Be Thy Name // Orly Shaky Alibi // Barry M Cinnamon // Orly Act of Folly

After thinking about it the following were my top three;

In third place is Endless Night, a gunmetal grey metallic which leans slightly blue.

Second place is Holo Be Thy Name, a dark black linear holographic polish. Hard to make a dark holographic because the partials that do that are grey which lightens polishes. I like this one, the bottle is unique too.

Picking between the top two was difficult, however Orbit won because I own quite a few black holographic polishes and Orbit is unique. It is a grey to red ultra multichrome polish, similar to ILNP Eclipse but grey rather than black.

   

Nail Polish Battle: Glitter, GITD, Jelly, Thermal

This category is a catch all for all other new polishes which haven't fit in to other battles.

Fancy Gloss Violet Ghost // Fancy Gloss White Ghost // Barry M Sprinkles // Cirque Colors Snow Angel // Emily de Molly Isolate // Fancy Gloss Whiteout // Emily de Molly Cosmic Love // Fancy Gloss Rust Shards // Orly Wing It // Orly Spellbound // Orly Wild Card // Fancy Gloss Evil Pumpkin // Fancy Gloss Evil Alien // Orly Oasis Jelly // Fancy Gloss Cold Weather Blues // Fancy Gloss Evil Witch // Orly Mystic Jelly // Orly Smoke Jelly

As there was so many in this category it took some time to work out the top three;

In third place is Wild Card which is a purple, green, black hex glitter topper polish. It is a great one for Halloween month;

The second place polish is Wing It, a black bat shaped glitter with micro black glitters. This is very unique to my collection and although it takes some dabbing to spread across the nail it is definitely worth it;

Choosing the winner was really hard, Cold Weather Blues is a white to blue thermal with hex, micro and snowflake glitters. Such a nice winter polish and I'm hoping the thermal pigment stays alive for some time to come.

   

Nail Polish Swatch: ILNP - Orbit

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Colour | Grey, Red

Finish | Multichrome

Opacity | Three Coats

Brush Type | Flat, Wide

How Much | 12ml

Collection | Cosmic Collection

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

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Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: 2000's

Today I am sharing my of the prompt 'inspired by 2000's' a decade on from the original which you can see here. These nails seemed to be a popular design from the early 2000's.

Blue Polish | Barry M - Blue Guava

White Polish | OPI - Alpine Snow

Striping Brush

Dotting Tools

2013 Version;

   

Nail Polish Battle 2023: Blue

There were eight new polishes in this category in 2023;

Barry M Berry Parfait // OPI The Pearl of Your Dreams // Orly Written in the Stars // Orly Rinse and Repeat // Barry M Blue Guava // Barry M Forget Me Not // Barry M Cornflower // Rogue A Little Dark and a Little Gloomy

Choosing my top three wasn't too hard;

Cornflower comes third, it is a nice mid blue cream polish. I like how deep it is without being too dark.

Blue Guava was from the summer release, I like how bright blue this cream is.

And so in first place is Written in the Stars, which is a light icy blue shimmer polish. I think snowflakes would look good over this.

   

Nail Art: Winter Mittens

Base Polish | OPI - Rhinestone Red-y

Blue Polish | Barry M - Berry Parfait

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - White

Stamping Plate | UberChic - Jingle All The Way