Nail Polish Battle 2023: Purple

There were 14 new polishes in this category in 2023;

Lumen Sunkissed Skies // Painted Polish Blueberry Bliss // Orly Serendipity // Barry M Wisteria // Orly Opposites Attract // Danglefoot Have You Got the Passports // Mooncat Smokescreen // Rogue Fantasyland // Barry M Orchid // Fancy Gloss Galaxy Orchid // KbShimmer How Polarizing // Penelope Luz Toss a Coin to Your Witcher // A England Van Helsing // A England Whitby Abbey

Trying to pick the top three of this category was hard.

Smokescreen is a magnetic polish, with a magenta shimmer;

Galaxy Orchid is a thermal cream going from purple when cold to blue when warm.

Which means the winner of this round is How Polarizing which is purple, navy magnetic polish with scattered holo particles.

   

Nail Polish Swatches: Orly Hopeless Romantic - Spring 2023

Written in the Stars | Serendipity | Opposites Attract | Check Yes or No | Meet Cute | Oh Darling

Written in the Stars

Serendipity

Opposites Attract

Check Yes or No

Meet Cute

Oh Darling

   

Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Tape

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

Blue Polish | Orly - Serendipity

Purple Polish | Rimmel - Lovey Dovey

2013 Version;

   

Nail Polish Swatch: Orly - Serendipity (Hopeless Romantic Spring 2023)

[Indoors, No Flash]

Colour | Blue with Purple Shimmer

Finish | Shimmer

Opacity | Four Coats

How Much | 18ml

Brush Type | Paddle

Collection | Hopeless Romantic Spring 2023

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

Purchased From | Orly UK

[Indoors, Flash]

   

Nails: Top 5 Spring Polishes 2023

Today is the Spring equinox, and so I'm sharing my Spring 2023 nail polish picks.

I have done this type of post before which you can see 2022 here, 2021 here, 2020 here, 2019 here, 2018 here, 2017 here, 2015 here and 2014 here.

You don't need these specific polishes, but these are ones that I want to reach for during Spring. I seem to have gone for a mix of muted bright polishes this year.

Barry M Lemon Sorbet // Glisten and Glow Minty Fresh // Barry M Peony // Models Own Magpie // Orly Serendipity

Lemon Sorbet is a cream, light yellow polish, nice for spring nails.

Minty Fresh, has a white crelly base with blue metallic flakes. I've not worn this enough, it is light enough to be typically spring like but has the metallic flakes in to keep it from being plain.

Peony is new to my collection for 2023, it is a cream finish purple toned pink. Slightly darker than shown in the swatch.

Magpie a green crelly base with black matte glitter. The specific colour of this is reminiscent of actual magpie eggs.

Serendipity is described as a iridescent blue shimmer, its light enough not to be a bold blue more typical of summer. There is some purple in there too which elevates the polish from a plain shimmer.