Nail Polish Battle 2016: Reds and Berries Polishes

Essie - Fiji // Barry M - Rose Hip // Barry M - Sugar Plum // Champneys - Pink // Barry M - Pomegranate // Essie - Shall We Chalet // Essie - Fishnet Stockings // Essie - Bahama Mama // Nails Inc - Piccadilly Circus // A England - Let Me // OPI - Let Your Love Shine

While there were a few different options to chose in this section I ended up with a Barry M, Nails Inc and A England. The first two are very much berry toned cream polishes and the last a holographic.

The winner is Let Me In, a berry holographic. It is very almost a one coater, what I like is how this is definitely a berry tone rather than leaning too far to either pink or red.

Nails: Holographic Christmas Trees

Base Polish: A England - Natasha's Dance / War and Peace
Stamping Polish: MoYou - Special Nail Polish - White
Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store BPL-032

Nail Polish Battle 2016: Random Polishes

Barry M - Mustard // Sally Hansen - Carnivale // Barry M - Paprika // Barry M - Chilli

These polishes didn't seem to fit in any particular category. The winner though is this burnt, spicy red, which is great for the autumn. There is a hint of orange in there too, quite a unique colour as are both mustard and paprika.

Nail Polish Battle 2016: Purple Polishes

Over the past year the purple polishes seem to have been the colour which I have gotten the most of.

Essie - Virgin Snow // Barry M - Vintage Violet // Barry M - Berry Cosmo // Leighton Denny - Raspberry Affair // Nails Inc - Clarence Avenue // Champneys - Plum // Champneys - Mulberry // Sally Hansen - Plum Luck // W7 - Chocolate Pudding // Barry M - Nightshade // NYC - West Village

Breaking down this category was difficult, I ended up with Nails Inc, Sally Hansen and a Barry M. All are darker purple colours.

Clarence Avenue won however because Nails Inc have the best brushes in my opinion. Flat and wide with a curved cuticle which means little to no clean up with is great. This polish is clearly purple where as the other two are very dark, especially the Barry M one, it almost looks black.

Nail Polish Battle 2016: Nude and Grey Polishes

 Champanys - Nude // Nails Inc - Green Park Mews // Nails Inc - St Alban's Grove // Essie - Cocktail Bling // Barry M - Chai // OPI - Liv In The Gray // OPI - No More Mr Night Sky

While nude polishes have there place in my collection, they aren't something I prefer especially comparing them to darker colours. I really like the flat, curved cuticle brush on the Essie polish. It is a good opaque cream.

However Liv In The Gray is the winner, a dark grey colour which isn't dark enough to make it mistakable for a black.

Stamping Plate: MoYou - 417 (Xmas Style Design)*

This rectangle stamping plate is from MoYou and has 20 single nail images on it. It has a plastic backing to protect you from sharp metal edges.

All of the designs stamped across well, the random splodge on the trick or treat pumpkin was my fault as I got the stamper covered in extra polish. Some of the images are also on the round plate MoYou 94.

Here are a couple of designs I have done using this plate:

Spider Webs

Gingerbread Men

Snowmen

£6.99 -MoYou