Nails: Top Five Winter Polishes 2024

As today is Yule, the Winter Solstice signaling the start of the official winter season in the Northern Hemisphere I thought now would be a good time to share my top five winter polishes. I have done similar blog posts in previous years 2023 (here), 2022 (here), 2021 (here), 2020 (here), 2019 (here), 2018 (here), 2017 (here) and 2016 (here).

Orly Spark // China Glaze Sleeping Under the Stars // Nails Inc St James // Emily de Molly Never Found It // Fancy Gloss Cold Weather Blues

Orly Spark, is a copper flakie in a clear base polish;

China Glaze Sleeping Under the Stars, is a dark purple with a faint pink shimmer;

Nails Inc St James, a basic red cream finish;

Emily de Molly Never Found It, green to red thermal;

Fancy Gloss Cold Weather Blues which is now two years old and it still transitions;

  

Nail Polish Swatch: Orly - Snow Bunny (Apres Ski Winter 2024)

Colour | Pink

Finish | Cream

Opacity | Two Coats

How Much | 18ml

Brush Type | Paddle

Collection | Apres Ski Winter 2024

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

Purchased From | Orly UK

  

Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Snowflakes

Today I am sharing my of the prompt 'Snowflake Nails' a decade on from the original which you can see here.

Base Polish | Dam Polish - It's Electric

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - White

Stamping Plate | Nicole Diary L13

2014 Version;

  

Nail Polish Battle 2024: Glitter

Today's battle is glitter polishes;

Orly Crush // Emily de Molly The Same Path // Emily de Molly Waiting for the Sun // Barry M Ruby Slippers // Fancy Gloss Red Mix // ILNP Bitten // Fancy Gloss Christmas Party // Orly Dancing Queen // Barry M Good Time Green // Barry M Fashion Icon // KbShimmer Scratch That

11 glitter polishes acquired this past year, whittled down to top three;

Christmas Party is a red, green, white flakie topper, its very unique to my collection although I can't see me wearing it throughout the year only in December;

Scratch That is a black topper with stars, circles, shreds and small hex glitters. Another very unique polish to my collection;

The Same Path is a unique S shape glitter topper with some smaller glitter particles. I know I keep mentioning the uniqueness but with a collection my size its hard to find polishes which are actually unique;

  

TopicTuesday: Wicked Nail Art

I've not seen the film or the stage show yet;

Green Cream Polish | Barry M - Blueberry Muffin

Green Glitter Polish  | Barry M - Good Time Green

Pink Cream Polish | OPI - Lucky Lucky Lavender

Pink Glitter Polish | OPI - Let's Celebrate

White Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - White

Black Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black

Witch Stamping Plate | Hit the Bottle - Embrace the Darkside 01

Font Stamping Plate | MoYou London - Scholar Collection 06

  

Nail Polish Battle 2024: Pink

Today's battle is pink polishes;

Orly Wistful Water Lily // Orly Sea Blossom // Nail Kind Moroccan Sunrise // Orly The Floor is Lava // Nail Kind Tempt Me // Orly Bedrock Bloom // Orly Sugarplum Soiree

I worked out the top three of the seven;

Sea Blossom is a light lilac leaning pink cream finish polish;

Next is Sugarplum Soiree, which is a deeper pink shimmer polish. I like the tone of this but not the finish as much as the winner;

And so the winner is Bedrock Bloom, a fuchsia pink and the one I prefer to wear out of all the other pinks;

  

Nail Art: Festive Ghosts and Gingerbread

Base Polish | Nailed It - Peppermint Bark

White Polish | OPI - Alpine Snow

Yellow Polish | Color Club - Almost Famous

Blue Polish | Orly - Rinse and Repeat

Red Polish | Barry M - Scarlet

Gingerbread Polish | Barry M - Copper Dreams

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black

Gingerbread Stamping Plate | Bohemia Stamping - Santa Snacks

Ghost Stamping Plate | Bohemia Stamping - Merry Creepmas

Matte Topcoat | Barry M - Matte Top Coat