Nails: Peridot Stags

Polishes Used:
Periot | W7 - Metallic Saturn
Nude | Barry M - Pink Lemonade
Stamping Polish: MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store 192

Swatch: Barry M - Opulent (Boots Limited Edition)

This polish was part of a duo including a matte lip paint in Bittersweet. At first glance it looks similar to Barry M's Sparkling Ruby however Ruby is much brighter than this one.

Colour: Red

Finish: Gold Glass Fleck
Opacity: Two Coats
Brush Type: Flat, Wide, Rounded Cuticle
How Much? 10ml

Nail Polish Battle 2017: Top Three

Having now gone through all of the various categories this post is pulling together all of those winners and then working out what are the top three polishes I have acquired in 2017.

Barry M - Cotton // Barry M - Holographic Lights // A England - Rose Bower // A England - Spirit of the Moors // Barry M - Copper Dreams // A England - In Robe and Crown 

Cotton is a great staple white, however useful it may be in my collection it isn't going to win this battle, it just isn't exciting enough.

Rose Bower, is a stunning vivid pink polish, I don't usually like pink polishes but this one is pretty special. Not special enough to win though, because it is ultimately still a pink.

Copper Dreams, a great autumnal duochrome but for me it isn't that extra bit special enough to make it to the top three.

And so the top three of 2017 are;

Holographic Lights // Spirit of the Moors // In Robe and Crown

One last post to come to find out what my top nail polish of 2017 is.

Nails: Red Reindeers

Polishes Used:
Creme | Essie - Shall We Chalet
Glitter | W7 - Red Dazzle
Stamping Polish: Ebalay - Rose Gold 004
Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store 192

Nail Polish Battle 2017: Blues

The blue category is large with nine polishes.

Barry M - Huckleberry // Barry M - Sky Blue // Barry M - Elderberry // Barry M - Blueberry // Nails Inc - Baker Street // A England - Order of the Garter // A England - Spirit of the Moors // Barry M - Blue Jade // A England - Proserpine

I did manage to get them down to my top three;

Nails Inc - Baker Street // A England - Spirit of the Moors // Barry M - Blue Jade

Baker Street blew up a few years ago when Beyoncé wore it. It is a cream finish polish which is quite vivid.

Blue Jade was a late comer in to my collection, it is nice I think for this time of year, a deeper blue than Baker Street but it is a bit more of a smoky blue.

Spirit of the Moors was one I was gifted for my birthday, it is a bright blue which holographic. Which if you have been following this series you will know is one of my favourite finishes.

Stamping Plate: BeautyBigBang - 13 (Christmas, Snowflake, Snowman)*

 

This is a rectangle stamping plate from BeautyBigBang. It is 6cm by 6cm, it comes in a cardboard slip and with a blue plastic protective layer which you peel off. It also comes with a branded backing which stops the edges from being sharp.

 

The stamping plate comes with nine single images and three full nail images.

I found all of the images stamped across well and the larger full nail images are long enough to use on longer nails which for me is a bonus. I didn't find that I needed any special techniques to get these images to stamp, easy to work with.

Here are some nails I have done using this plate;

[Gingerbread Snowmen]

[ELF Gift Nails]

You will be able to see all of the nail art I have done using this plate here once the posts go up.

I have a 10% off code "ERA10" which you can use on the website if you would like.

Nail Stamping Plate Xmas

BeautyBigBang - £2.96