Nail Art: Candy Cane

Red Polish | Barry M - Scarlet

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Stamping Polish - White 

Stamping Plate | MoYou London - Festive Collection 03

  

Nail Polish Swatch: Nailed It - Peppermint Bark

This polish looks like crushed candy canes, good for December.

Colour | White Base, Red Metallic Micro Flakes, Red Shimmer

Finish | Flakie / Shimmer

Opacity | Two Coats

Brush Type | Paddle

How Much | 15ml

Collection | Holiday 2021

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

Purchased From | Rainbow Connection

  

Topic Tuesday: Favourite Polishes that are no longer available

Both Right as Rainbows and Raspberry in Blue were Polish Pick Up exclusives and so are no longer available, they are both are purple flakie polishes.

 

  

Nail Polish Battle 2021: Purple

Previously I looked at the nude and brown polishes, pink, red, orange and yellow polishes, green polishes, glitter polishes from 2021.

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

Prism Polish - Snuggly Snood // DRK - Raspberry in Blue // A England - To The Lighthouse // UberChic - Creep It Real // Picture Polish - Bold // Danglefoot - Tears in Rain // Barry M - Indigo // Danglefoot - Cyclops // Rogue Polish - Spiced Plums // Tonic - Dragonfly Parade // A England - Virginia Woolf

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.

  

Nail Art: Snowy Jumper

Base Polish | Barry M - Thyme

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - White

Stamping Plate | Dixie Plates - Christmas 2021

  

Nail Polish Battle 2021: Nude and Brown

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

Barry M - Vanilla Slice // Barry M - Down to Earth // Barry M - Tiramisu // Barry M - Mushroom // Barry M - Cafe au Lait // Barry M - Chai Latte // Barry M - Cappuccino // Aj Nails - Venus // Danglefoot - I'm Gonna Wreck It! // Barry M - Espresso

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.