Nail Polish Swatch: Essie - Lovey Dovie

Colour | Pink

Finish | Cream

Opacity | Two Coats

Brush Type | Paddle

How Much | Mini - 5ml

   

Topic Tuesday: Top Five Mainstream Brands

Currently I don't seem to purchase many mainstream brands other than Barry M, but the other polishes in my collection which are mainstream which I like are Orly, Essie and Nails Inc.

  

Nail Polish Swatch: Essie - Saltwater Happy

Colour | Pale Purple / Pale Blue

Finish | Cream

Opacity | Two Coats

How Much | 13.5ml

Brush Type | Flat, Wide, Rounded Cuticle

Collection | Core

  

Nail Art: Abstract Lines

Base Polish | Essie - Saltwater Happy

Purple Polish | Makeup Revolution - Take Me

Pink Polish | Champneys - Pink

Blue Polish | Perumba - Cornflower Blue

  

Nail Art: Spring Equinox

Saturday was the Northern Hemisphere's Spring Equinox, so I thought I would do some nails to celebrate. As well we using more of the pink I am trying to finish!

Base Polish | Essie - Mint Candy Apple

Pink Polish | Champneys - Pink

Green Polish | Barry M - Spearmint

Stamping Polish | Beauty Big Bang - 002

Stamping Plate | Nicole Diary L01

  

Nail Polish Battle 2020: Blue

Barry M - Berry Sorbet // Essie - Mint Candy Apple // Barry M - Sour Candy // Barry M - Ocean Blue // Rimmel - Danny Boy Blue // A England - Skinhead // Tonic - Dragons at Dusk // Danglefoot - The First Avenger // Nail Artisan - Witching Hour

Danny Boy Blue is a true colbalt blue, quite vivid similar to the original Sally Hansen Pacific Blue or Nails Inc Baker Street. No mistaking this for black or even a white, certainly a blue.

Dragons at Dusk is a beautiful duochrome polish, changing from blue to purple, there is also some teal in there too which is nice.

Which means the winner is The First Avenger which is a beautiful metallic primarily blue but a duochrome changing to purple on different angles.

  

Nails: Galaxy

After doing pastel galaxy nails I thought it was time to do actual galaxy nails;

Polishes Used;
Barry M - Nightshade
Rimmel - Blue Sea Star
Leighton Denny - Purple Reign
Essie - Virgin Snow
Jessica - Silver Holographic Top Coat

Sponge
Dotting Tool

  

Nails: Pastel Galaxy

I'm pretty sure I haven't ever done a pastel set of galaxy nails before, so they were very overdue.

Many polishes used for these nails;

Essie - Virgin Snow
Chamneys - Pink
Barry M - Fondant
Rimmel - Lovey Dovey
OPI - Let's Be Friends!
Jessica - Silver Holographic

Dotting Tools
Striping Brush

  

Topic Tuesday: Favourite Pink Polishes

Pink is not one of my favourite colours, however I have chosen my top three from my collection. All three are darker colours.

Barry M - Rhubarb | Nails Inc - Piccadilly Circle | Essie - Angora Cardi

  

Swatch: Essie - Mint Candy Apple

Mint Candy Apple was THE nail polish of the year in 2013. I didn't get it then, but saw it recently on sale for under £3 and picked it up. The shade has changed slightly since it's first incarnation in 2009 from slightly blue tinged green to a mint tinged green. The formula has also improved.

Colour | Light Mint Green
Finish | Cream
Opacity | Three Coats
Brush Type | Standard
How Much | 13.5ml