15 December 2017

Nail Polish Battle 2017: Winner!

So we left off on the top three polishes of 2017 and today I find out which is the winner.

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

Firstly is Holographic Lights, which was the first nail polish in sometime from the high street which made me excited for polish again. Not since the days of GOSH and the original Holographic has there been a polish this spectacular so easily available. That said it is too bright to win this particular challenge.


In second place is Spirit of the Moors, a bright blue holographic finish polish. Really vivid and something I always get comments on whenever I wear it. While I have darker blue holographic polishes and lighter ones also this is definitely a stand out. Bright and vivid and stunning, but for me this is too bright to win, I am drawn to darker things.


And so the winner has to be In Robe and Crown, which is the darkest of the three polishes in the top three. It is described as a "dark lavish red garnet resplendent in its prismatic hologram light". It is a deep purple with aubergine and garnet in there, along with the stunning formula and holographic finish you get with A England polishes. This is a polish I would wear as is without adding extra too which is rare for me to do. I love this polish!


Nails: Christmas Elf


Base Polishes:
Red | Nails Inc - Luminous Metallic Red
White | Barry M - Cotton
Stamping Polish: A England - Rose Bower
Stamping Plate: BeautyBigBang - 13

Nails: Winter Constellations

14 December 2017

Nails: Peridot Stags

Stamped-Stag-Nails-Nail-Art

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.

Swatch-Barry-M-Opulent-Boots-Limited-Edition


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

13 December 2017

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.