Stamping on Sunday: Current Book

A cook book!

Bundle Monster 308
Leighton Denny - Razzmatazz
Barry M - Matte White

Battle of Nail Polish 2012: Top Three!

So we've had all of the battles and now it is time to whittle the best of each round down to the top three nail polishes of 2012!

3) Eyeko - Vampira ~ This is another blackened polish, this time it is a deep dark red glitter. It is quite delicate which is odd coming from such a dark polish. Unfortunately since Eyeko's revamp they have stopped doing nail polish, although I think China Glaze does a similar polish, that is called Lubu Heels.

2) A England - Lady of the Lake ~ Quite surprised that this was the only holographic polish making it in to the top three polishes. This is a dusky purple polish with a really beautiful holograph running through it. Admittedly living in the north of England limits the amount of day light I have and that means less sunlight which makes the polish 70% as amazing as it always is in direct sunlight.



1) Revlon - Facets of Fuchsia  ~ I adore this polish, wore it for my wedding and it is after all a blackened purple. Lot's of depth to the polish, chunky hex shaped glitter too. What more could I want from a polish.

  

31 Day Challenge: Purple

Base Polish: ELF - Black
Purple: Jade - Diamond Velvet

Nail Polish: Battle of the Alternative Glitters

This category is mainly Indie Polishes with a couple of other glitters thrown in for good measure.

 Coverband - Sticks and Stones, W7 - Salt n' Pepper, W7 - Mosaic, A England - Lady of the Lake, A England - Tristam, A England - St George, A England - Bridal Veil, Hare - Midsummer's Midnight, Kleancolor - Blue Satin, Orly - Sunglasses at Night

Getting these polishes down to only three was quite difficult. In the end I settled on Coverbands Sticks and Stones as it is different and works over any base colour. I adore Midsummer's Midnight but only really works over a darker base.

 

The winner of this battle is A England's Lady of the Lake, because well it is purple and looks stunning in all of its holographic glory twinkling in the sunlight.

31 Day Challenge: Pink

Day four of the 31 day challenge from Crumpet's Nail Tarts, and the challenge was do something pink. While I may not be a fan as such of pink I do have way to many in my collection, and used some striping tape.

Color Club - Warhol

Nail Polish: Battle of the Beiges

This is a battle of the beige polishes;

 

Leighton Denny - Leading Lady, ELF - Innocent, ELF - N*de, ELF - Pink, Leighton Denny - Take a Bow, ELF - Blush, ELF - Copper, ELF - Smokey Brown, George - Molton Metal, Ebalay - Rose Gold, ELF - Chocolate

Not my favourite battle but I do use a lot of them for nail art bases.

The winner is ELF's Smokey Brown, I have used up two of these and have this one plus a back up. It just works really well with my skin tone as a base for something more snazzy. Something I cannot be without.

31 Day Challenge: Gold

Base Polish: Ebalay - 004 Rose Gold
Stamping Polish: W7 - Rose Gold
Stamping Plate: M60 (Fauxnad)

Swatch: Stargazer - Silver Chrome

Challenge for today was Silver, as notoriously annoying are chrome polishes for brush strokes I still really like Stargazer Chrome. The bottle wrap may flake off badly but its a nice polish and it stamps nicely too.

Stargazer - Silver Chrome

ABC Nail Challenge: Q is for Quack

Base Polish: LaFemme - Skyblue Cream
Splodge Polish: Ciaté - Big Yellow Taxi
Stamping Polish: W7 - Black
Stamping Plate: Fauxnad - S10
Top Coat: Beauty Secrets Top Coat

Nail Polish: Battle of the Chunky Glitter

Another glitter round, this time it is the special hex glitter.

Barry M - Holograms, Barry M - Jewel Britania, Claire's - Slice of Shine, Kleancolor - Silver Star, Kleancolor - Blind Date, Need Me - 52, Kleancolor - Chunky Holo Black, Kleancolor - Afternoon Picnic, NYX - Dorothy, Essence - Blue Addicted, Kleancolor - Blue Eyed Girl, Revlon - Facets of Fuschia

This type of glitter is my favourite, which made this round particularly difficult to whittle down. Making it though is Barry M's Hex as it is so simple and versatile, Essence is really good too it is a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Across the Universe which is amazing.

Once I had chosen the top three it was quite easy to pick the winner... Revlon because it is what I wore for my wedding and it is purple. It is also a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Bad Romance. Facets of Fuschia also is now a permanent polish in the Revlon line, renamed Scandalous.

31 Day Challenge: Black and White

Having had a complete array of vibrant nails recently I think today calls for something neutral and calm. So to fit in with the new 31 day challenge, I opted for something white. This challenge is being ran by Crumpet's Nail Tarts.

Sally Hansen - Lavender Cloud
Essence - Love Topcoat