Showing posts with label Indigo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indigo. Show all posts

5 June 2023

Nail Art: Pride 2023

Below are my Pride Month nails for 2023, I did some in 2022 here2021 here and 2019 here.


Red Polish | Ciate - Mistress
Orange Polish | Barry M - Satsuma
Green Polish | Color Club - Twiggie
Lilac Polish | Rimmel - Lovey Dovey
Indigo Polish | Barry M - Indigo

Dotting Tool

   

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.


  

30 August 2021

Nail Art: Indigo Cyclops

Cyclops is a indigo jelly base with copper flakies, I don't like visible nail line on myself and so layered in on Barry M Indigo which matched Cyclops well.


Indigo Base | Danglefoot - Cyclops
Jelly Topper | Barry M - Indigo

  

30 June 2021

Nail Art: Pride 2021

The LGBTQIA+ flag has been updated in the past couple of years. 
I based these nails on the Progress Pride Flag.

Nail Art Progress Pride Flag Nails

Orange Polish | Barry M - Tangerine
Dark Blue Polish | Barry M - Blue Grape
Purple Polish | Barry M - Indigo

White Polish | OPI - Alpine Snow
Light Blue Polish | Barry M - Blueberry

Striping Brush

  

26 April 2021

Nail Art: Cyclops Accent


Light Purple | Prism Polish - Snuggly Snood
Accent Undies | Barry M - Indigo
Accent Polish | Danglefoot - Cyclops

  

3 July 2017

Swatch: Barry M - Indigo

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Colour: Indigo
Finish: Cream
Opacity: Two Coats
Brush Type: Standard
How Much? 10ml

29 September 2014

Nails: Top 5 Autumn / Fall Polishes 2014

I did a post like this one last year, you can see it here if you are interested. Now that it is officially Autumn I thought I would share my top five polishes for this season.

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Barry M - Crush // Leighton Denny - Be Unique // ELF - Fire Coral // Barry M - Indigo // Miss Sporty - Rain Drop 470

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First I have Barry M's Matte Crush, which is a deep burgundy matte shade which also looks great with a shiny topcoat over the top.

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Then Leighton Denny's Be Unique which is a browny / rusty shimmer colour, you do need three coats to achieve opacity but it would also work layered over a red or an orange base.

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ELF's Fire Coral, is a mid-orange cream polish which is perfect for Halloween nails and of course orange is a prominent colour in nature throughout autumn.

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The deep purple is Barry M's Indigo, and is the perfect Cadbury purple. Very difficult to colour accurately photograph. The bottle shot and the photo of the skittle nails above aren't accurate, the photo below is much more true to life. It is a deep colour but not one which looks black and is easier to wear. I need to get a new bottle of this as I seem to be at the very end of this bottle.

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Lastly I chose Miss Sporty's Rain Drop which is a dark green, something a little different from a pure black polish. Lovely and creamy and deep and the brush is quite flat and wide.

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25 August 2014

Nails: Purple Ruffian

I did a ruffian manicure, also called a reverse French.

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Base Polish: MUA - Frozen Yoghurt
Accent Polish: Barry M - Indigo