25 December 2024

Nail Art: Tartan, Tree and Santa Ghosties


Light Green Polish | China Glaze - Head to Moji-Toes
Dark Green Polish | Barry M - Forget Me Not
Green Glitter Polish | Barry M - Good Time Green
White Polish | OPI - Alpine Snow
Silver Polish | OPI - My Silk Tie
Silver Glitter Polish | Leighton Denny - I AM DIVA
Holo Glitter Polish | OPI - Desperately Seeking Sequins
Red Polish | Barry M - Scarlet
Yellow Polish | Orly - Sunny Side Up
Ghostie Stamping Plate | Bohemia - Christmas Ghosties
Tartan Stamping Plate | UberChic - Pretty in Plaid 4

  

24 December 2024

Topic Tuesday: Favourite 2024 Polishes


This prompt ties in with the series I am currently doing where I look back at all my polish purchases of 2024 and decide my favourites;


  

23 December 2024

Nail Polish Battle 2024: Top Three

So far I have gone through nine polish categories, and so today's battle is working out my top three polishes;


Getting to a top three was difficult, and as I write this I am still unsure as to which will win!


The Same Path is a unique S shape glitter topper with some smaller glitter particles;


It's Electric is a electric vivid blue purple polish which seems to change between the two colours depending on the lighting.


Psychedelic it is a purple to blue magnetic multichrome with iridescent flakes.


  

22 December 2024

Nail Polish Battle 2024: Everything Else

Today's battle is a catch-all for the rest of my 2024 polishes;

Orly Sea Spray // KbShimmer That's the Spirit // Nails Inc South Beach // Saffron Glow in the Dark 04 // KbShimmer Love at Frost Sight // Barry M Silver Star // ILNP Thundercloud // Rogue Peacocked // Fancy Gloss Blueberry Yoghurt // Emily de Molly Never Found It // Emily de Molly Nightshade // Colores de Carol Stripes and Scares

As this was the catch all battle there were 12 polishes so working out the top three took a while;


As someone who doesn't particularly like wearing white polishes I was surprised that That's the Spirit made it into the top three. It's a white crelly polish with black and orange various size hex glitters;


Thundercloud is a buildable grey base with iridescent flakies, to me it looks like a grey rainy day on my nails;


The winner of the round is Stripes and Scares which is a black crackle / shatter polish. As someone who was around during the 2010 crackle trend I'm glad it is back as the polishes I had have either fully dried up or are very low and so am glad to have this replacement in my collection;


  

Nail Art: Tartan Stags


Red Cream Polish | Essie - Fishnet Stockings
Red Glass Fleck Polish | OPI - Rhinestone Red-y
Silver Flash Reactive Polish | Bow - Blinder
Black Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black
White Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - White
Tartan Stamping Plate | UberChic - Pretty in Plaid 04
Stag Stamping Plate | MoYou - Festive Collection 01

  

21 December 2024

Nails: Top Five Winter Polishes 2024

As today is Yule, the Winter Solstice signaling 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 2023 (here), 2022 (here), 2021 (here), 2020 (here), 2019 (here), 2018 (here), 2017 (here) and 2016 (here).



Orly Spark, is a copper flakie in a clear base polish;


China Glaze Sleeping Under the Stars, is a dark purple with a faint pink shimmer;


Nails Inc St James, a basic red cream finish;


Emily de Molly Never Found It, green to red thermal;


Fancy Gloss Cold Weather Blues which is now two years old and it still transitions;