13 December 2021

Nail Polish Battle 2021: Purple


Today I am looking at purple polishes, I have added 22 new purple's to my collection which is the largest category in this 'battle'.

Essie - Saltwater Happy // Barry M - Lilac Orchid // Barry M - Palma Violet // Emily de Molly - Rock Solid // Prism Polish - Cortinarius // Orly - Synthetic Symphony // Painted Polish - Right As Rainbows // Quixotic Polish - Morning Glory // Girly Bits - Where My Demons Hide // Aj Nails - Purpleous // Barry M - Plum Jam


As there were so many purple polishes choosing my top three was very difficult;


Right As Rainbows was a surprisingly good polish, it was part of July 2021 rewind Polish Pick Up. It is a cornflower crelly base with iridescent multichrome flakes. I usually prefer darker polishes but this one is quite special and the flakes make it glowy, it has a flat and wide brush and takes two coats for full opacity.


Next is Virginia Woolf which is much more a 'me' shade, it is part of the Moments With Virginia collection. The holographic polish was a one coater and the brush is a paddle shape. Virginia Woolf is a deep garnet shade, more of a berry colour than a straight up red or pink.


And so the winner of this battle is Danglefoot Cyclops, it was so hard to choose between this and the A England. Cyclops was part of the X-Men Hero collection, and the brush is flat and wide. It is a jelly indigo base with copper flakes within it. It is shown below with two coats but I prefer to wear it layered over an indigo polish such as Barry M Indigo as I don't like jelly polishes on myself.


  

11 December 2021

Nail Polish Battle 2021: Nude and Brown

Previously I looked at the pink, red, orange and yellow polishesgreen polishesglitter polishes from 2021, today I am looking at brown and nude polishes.


Out of the ten polishes I worked out my top three;


Cappuccino was part of the Autumn 2021 Nude gelly collection, I chose this mid brown shade as its not too dark or too light. I think it a good basic cream polish. Comes with a paddle brush and is opaque in two coats.


I'm Gonna Wreck It! is a holographic brown polish which I liked wearing in autumn, it was part of the Under Appreciated Disney Holo's collection. It took two coats to achieve fully opacity and has a flat, wide brush.


Meaning the winner is; Aj Nails Venus This was a more recent purchase, I was looking for a duochrome polish with the same colour shift as the flakes in Fancy Gloss Magma, which came second in 2020 nail polish battle. This polish has a beautiful red, orange, green shift which I really liked wearing this past autumn.


  

10 December 2021

Nail Polish Swatch: Barry M - Thyme (Winter 2021)


Colour | Dark Green
Finish | Cream
Opacity | Two Coats
Brush Type | Paddle
How Much | 10ml
Collection | Winter 2021 Gelly's
Vegan | Yes
Cruelty Free | Yes
Purchased From | Barry M

  

9 December 2021

Nail Polish Battle 2021: Pink, Red, Orange and Yellow

So far I have looked back at glitter polishes and green polishes, today is all the pink, red, orange and yellow polishes that joined my collection in 2021.

ILNP - Funshine Smoothie // Barry M - Pineapple Punch // Barry M - Apricot Tart // Barry M - Spicy Mango // Barry M - Hot Chilli // Barry M - Watermelon Juice // Barry M - Cranberry // Barry M - Boysenberry // Barry M - Red Sea // Rimmel - Darkest Desires // Barry M - Goji Berry

Choosing the top three of these was tricky as there were more of them;


I purchased Funshine Smoothie as I wanted to do a holographic rainbow and didn't have yellow holographic polish. This is a yellow which does lean towards gold, it took two coats and has a flatterned brush.


Barry M Spicy Mango was part of the Summer 2021 gelly collection, it is a burnt orange, almost a rust shade. Two coats with a paddle brush for easy application. It's quite a unique shade to my collection as it isn't a standard orange polish.



So the winner is Boysenberry, which compared to other shades in this round almost looks purple but it is a pink. I looked the colour name up and it said "pizza edge". I like this polish, it is nice vibrant, the brush is the newer paddle style and was part of the Green Origin line.


  

8 December 2021

Nail Polish Swatch: Barry M - Goji Berry (Winter 2021)


Colour | Dark Red
Finish | Cream
Opacity | Two Coats
Brush Type | Paddle
How Much | 10ml
Collection | Winter 2021 Gelly's
Vegan | Yes
Cruelty Free | Yes
Purchased From | Barry M