Nail Polish Battle 2014: Pink + Purple

Not nearly enough purples have came my way this year!

 Leighton Denny - Pillow Talk // Leighton Denny - Crushed Grape // Barry M - Bikini // OPI - Do You Have This Color in Stock-Holm? // W7 - Purple Rain

Firstly I chose my two favourites from this section, both of these are gorgeous cream colours. Bikini is the lighter of the two, and has cute limited edition packaging.

The winner has to be the OPI, a beautiful colour which translates two or three shades lighter on the nail than in the bottle. I prefer darker purples.

 

Swatch: Kleancolor - Midnight Seduction 170

Colour: Holographic glitter (pink, silver, blue) in clear base
Finish: Holographic
Opacity: The photo is two coats over ELF Chocolate, difficult to reach a full opacity without being too many thick coats.
Brush Type: Standard
How Much? 15ml
Other: This polish has a very potent smell.

Nail Polish Battle 2014: Reds

Looking at the new red polishes of 2014

Nails Inc - Optic Flame // Barry M - Crush // Sally Hansen - Potent Port // Jacava - Red Velvet // Leighton Denny - Vamp

Barry M's Crush is a really nice colour but I find it chips so quickly on me. Also Vamp is a gorgeous colour but it leans very dark which while I do like, it isn't red enough to win the red category! So the winner is Red Velvet, a tone or two lighter than Vamp and very clearly a deep red.

 

Pick n' Mix 52 Week Challenge: Glitter Topper + Crinkle Tape

Polishes Used:
Collection 2000 - Electric Dreams
Stellar - Ayla
Essence - Black is Back

Nail Polish Battle 2014: Blue + Green

Today we have the blue and green polishes;

Nails Inc - Optic Wave // Essence - Miss Universe // Essence - It's Raining Men // Avon - Blue Royale

The winner of this round is another Nails Inc freebie! Optic Wave. This one is a nice tiffany blue cream colour, during 2014 I was on a hunt for a cheap tiffany blue and I found one in this.

 

Nail Polish Battle 2014: Black + Silver

Every year I do a battle of the nail polish, this year I have changed it up to using only new polishes for 2014. That way I can go through the polishes much easier. On to today's battle, looking at black and silver polishes;

 Pretty - Leather Look // Essence - Black is Black // Leighton Denny - Steel Appeal // Barry M - Espresso // Nails Inc - New York Noir

While I really liked the brush on the Essence polish the one coat opacity of the Nails Inc makes it the winner. Which is a shame because it was free with a magazine!

 

Moving on to the silvers, I didn't get many this year!

CK - Silver Streak // Barry M - Silver Foil Effect

The winner is the Barry M, because it is much less streaky and as an added bonus it is great for stamping with.