Nail Polish Battle 2022: Top Three

Today I am looking at all eight polishes which won each previous rounds to work out what the top three polishes are which have come in to my collection within the past year.

Polish Molish Fairy Peas // Barry M Chase // Fancy Gloss Sapphire Shards // Danglefoot Champagne Supernova // Whatcha Love and Tragedy // Cat Tail Bloody and Bruised // Wildflower Stolen Flame // Orly Liquid Vinyl

Fairy Peas, I found the round green glitters quite different from other glitter polishes. Fairy Peas is a purple jelly base with pink flakes and circular green glitters.

Chase is a cream berry shade, it is very basic compared to others in this battle.

Sapphire Shards is a thermal going from light blue to dark blue with small blue flakies within.

Champagne Supernova, is quite autumnal. Brown, orange, red, green multichrome with scattered holo.

Love and Tragedy is a busy polish with lots going on, magnetic, green to purple multichrome with flakies.

 

Bloody and Bruised is a cream thermal changing from plum, blue to lilac.

Stolen Flame is a blue / purple packed with flakies and micro holo glitters.

Finally Liquid Vinyl, which is a basic black cream polish. It is very opaque, has a paddle shaped brush and has quickly become my go to black polish.

After looking at eight polishes I have whittled them down to Fairy Peas, Sapphire Shards and Bloody and Bruised;

   

Nail Art: Corpse Bride - Emily

Base Polish | Fancy Gloss - Cold Weather Blues

Stamping Polishes

Rimmel - Blue Sea Star

Born Pretty Store - Look Back

MoYou - Stamping White

MoYou - Stamping Black

MoYou - Stamping Chestnut Road

Nails Inc - Optic Wave (2015)

Stamping Plate | MoYou London - Corpse Bride Collection 02

Silicone Matt

Squishy XL Stamper

CosmicAuria Topcoat

   

Nail Polish Swatch: Fancy Gloss - Cold Weather Blues (Thermal)

[Mixed]

Colour | Dark to Light Blue, White Glitters
Finish | Thermal, Small Hex Glitter, Large Hex Glitter, Snowflake Glitter
Opacity | Three Coats
Brush Type | Flat, Wide, Rounded Cuticle
How Much | 15ml
Vegan | Yes
Cruelty Free | Yes
Purchased From | Rainbow Connection

[Warm]

[Cold]

   

Nail Polish Swatch: Deborah Lippmann - Razzle Dazzle

Colour | Raspberry Glitter, Raspberry Jelly Base

Finish | Micro Glitter, Jelly Base

Opacity | Three Coats

Brush Type | Standard

How Much | 15ml

Cruelty Free | Yes

Swatch used one coat of a glitter smoother and a quick dry topcoat.

   

52 Week Nail Challenge: Christmas

This week's prompt is 'Christmas'. Here is a link to my 2012 version, as well as the image below my 2022 version;

Base Polish | Barry M - Moment

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Stamping Polish - White

Stamping Plate | MoYou London - Festive Collection 03

2012 Version;

   

Nails: Top 5 Winter Polishes 2022

As today is 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 2021 (here), 2020 (here), 2019 (here), 2018 (here), 2017 (here) and 2016 (here).

Nails Inc Pudding Lane // A England St. George // Orly You're on Sapphire // Barry M Berry Cosmo // Orly Naughty

Pudding Lane - I seem to wear more white during winter than summer, either way its a good base for snow based nail art. This is an off white cream finish polish.

St. George - A good dark green holo polish.

You're on Sapphire - A dark blue shimmer, quite an icy shade.

Berry Cosmo a dark purple but clearly is a purple not a black, cream finish polish.

 Naughty - And finally a deep oxblood cream polish, winter is a time I reach for dark polishes more often.