Battle of Nail Polish 2013: Top Three!

These are the polishes which made it in to the top polishes of 2013, if you wanted to see which polish won last year then click here.

  
A England - Sleeping Palace | Sinful Colors - Snow Me White | Nails Inc - New York Noir

   
Barry M - Blue Grape | ELF - Sea Escape | Barry M - Mango

  
Leighton Denny - Be My Berry | Barry M - Greenberry | Layla - Flash Black 08

   

Ciate - Vintage | Barry M - Countess | Essie - Leading Lady

The top three of these polishes for me would be: Despite there being a lot of Barry M the top three surprisingly don't appear in there. I do think that Barry M does deserve an honourable mention as during 2013 the brand brought out hit after hit (excluding the sequin texture trio). Clearly though 2013 was the year of the holographic's runner up polishes are...

3) Layla - Flash Black - This polish is so stunning, it has a strong holo running through it and it dances even when not in direct sunlight.

2) Essie - Leading Lady - This polish is a great festive red, has a subtle glitter running through it which makes it festive without it being over the top.
 

And finally the top polish of 2013 is...

1) A England's Sleeping Palace from the Burne-Jones Dream collection. I like this one because it has a purple tone to it and of course it is a lovely holographic finish. The formula is perfect and the brush works fantastically. An A England polish came in at number two last year which goes to show how stunning, and works of art these polishes are.

2013: Top Five Nail Posts!

With it almost being the end of 2013 I thought now was the time to do a quick year round up. These are the top five nail art posts, the top five other posts will be in another post. If you are interested in seeing which posts were popular in 2012 click here and for 2011 click here.

5) Nancy Mc Cartoon Nails - 264 Views

4) Stamping on Orange Base - 267 Views

3) Tiger Nails - 278 Views

2) Dita Von Tease Nude Half Moon Nails - 293 Views

1) Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Nails - 298 Views

Swatch: MUA - Shattered Ice Nail Quake

MUA - Shattered Ice
Ciate - Vintage

Winter Nail Challenge: Winter Characters

The prompt for today's challenge was winter characters, Raymond Briggs character The Snowman is something which is everywhere at Christmas. Not so much 'characters', more of a single character.

 

Polishes Used:
Stargazer - Navy 105
Miss Sporty - 420
Jessica - Holographic Silver Topcoat
Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Other Tools:
Dotting Tools
Acrylic Paints

Nails: Ruby Glitter Snowflakes

Base Polishes: Ciate - Cutie Pie, Barry M - Ruby Glitter
Stamping Polish: Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 323

Nails: Festive Red Glitter

Quite seasonal and much more sparkly in real life.

Essie - Leading Lady
Avon - Silver Plated

Nail Polish: Battle of Glitters

If you would like to see which nail polishes were battling it for the Glitters last year then click here. This year the battles will only be using the new polishes I have bought since last year, which seem to be quite a lot when it comes down to glitters!

LÓreal - Confetti Top Coat | Barry M - Ruby Glitter | Leighton Denny - Razzmatazz | La Femme - Purple Glitter | Golden Rose - Jolly Jewels 115 | Sinful Colors - All About You | Essie - Cozy | Leighton Denny - I AM  DIVA | Models Own - Juicy Jules | Ciate - Magic Carpet | Essie - Leading Lady | Ciate - Enchanted Rose | La Femme - Jupiter 84 | Ciate - Glass Slipper | W7 - Boogie Nights

Nails Inc - Bow Street | Avon - Fuchsia Dazzle | Avon - Silver Plated | Technic - Carnival | Barry M - Marshmallow | Barry M - Liquorice | Barry M - Bubblegum | Barry M - Sour Apple | Barry M - Dolly Mixture | Barry M - Sequin White | Barry M - Sequin Black | Barry M - Sequin Pink

The top three from all of these glitters for me were Essie's Leading Lady, Nails Inc Bow Street and W7's Boogie Nights.

And the winner is:
Essie Leading Lady! I think this is because it is December and it is perfect for this time of year, at other times during the year I think it would change between the other two.

Nail Polish: Battle of Purples and Holographics

If you would like to see which nail polishes were battling it for the Purples last year then click here, last year there was no holographic polish battle. This year the battles will only be using the new polishes I have acquired since last year.

Barry M - Prickly Pear | Sinful Colors - Verbena | Ylin - Mood Changing Polish #7 | Ciate - Fade to Greige | Ciate - Cabaret | 17 - Royal Indigo | Yes Love - K033 | MUA - Deepest Purple | Barry M - Countess

And the winner is:
Very hard to choose the winner for this one. Coming second place would be Yes Love K033. I really like the colour of this one and the rubberized finish is something a little bit different. I chose Barry M's Countess as the winner because it is nice without topcoat but with topcoat is when it really comes in to its own, completely stunning.



Moving on to the Holographic polishes

Kleancolor - Holo Blue | Kleancolor - Holo Chrome | Kleancolor - Kiss Goodbye | Kleancolor - Chunky Holo Purple | Kleancolor - Midnight Seduction | GOSH - Holographic | Hits - Hefesto | Hits - Dionsio | Hits - Apolo | Jade - Violeta | Jade - Magia Negra | Layla - Flash Black

And the winner is:

As much as I wanted Jade Violeta to win, Layla Flash Black wins because even when this is nowhere near direct sunlight it looks really stunning on the nails which is quite amazing.

Winter Nail Challenge: Christmas Food - Quorn Family Roast

Christmas dinner is just a glorified Sunday Roast Dinner which I'm not really a fan of, sitting around a table and it being this massive thing just isn't something I like. Anyway being vegetarian I don't do the turkey thing, I usually have a bit of a Quorn Family Roast which is why I have done these nails. Something comical like the Greggs the Bakers Nails I did a while back.

Polishes Used: Sinful Colors - Snow Me White, Barry M - Mango

White Acrylic Paint