Nail Polish Battle 2015: Top 3

So I gathered all of the winning nail polishes from the previous rounds;

OPI - My Silk Tie // China Glaze - Flip Flop Fantasy // Leighton Denny - Heat Wave // Barry M - Sparkling Ruby // Barry M - Forest // Dark Metal Lacquer - Turn Loose The Mermaid // Kiko - 255 // OPI - Give Me Space

Looking a the polishes I was able to eliminate half of them bases on which I had worn more over 2015. During the summer I had a orange moment where I ended up getting a couple of oranges. The other three were more predictable for me.

However I had to eliminate two;

In the top two were Barry M Sparkling Ruby which came out just in time for the festive season, and a first for the gelly collection in that it wasn't a straight up cream finish.

But the winner for this year was Kiko 255, a beautiful dark purple polish packed with multi coloured holographic micro glitter. Very almost galaxy nails in a bottle. A beautiful polish which was a bargain at less than £4 a bottle.

Nail Polish Battle 2015: Neons + Nudes

Leighton Denny - Sink in to Mink // Nails Inc - Star Street // China Glaze - Flip Flop Fantasy // Leighton Denny - Hot Under The Collar // Glamour - 791

The first two were easy to eliminate, the Glamour polish isn't very pigmented and needs 3-4 coats to build up opacity. Sink in to Mink is a great nail art base but on its own isn't that special.

Hot Under The Collar is quite a vibrant orange with a glass fleck finish. More a delicate orange compared to the straight up neon Flip Flop Fantasy.

In the top two are Nails Inc and China Glaze.

 

Star Street is a pale peach colour, a soft delicate kind of shade which would get a lot of wear in spring. The brush on these polishes are great as well, flat and wide with a curved end so it easily fits against the cuticle.

All that said the winner for me is Flip Flop Fantasy, a bright neon orange. Very hard to get a colour accurate photo of! There are a couple of incarnations of this polish, not sure which this one I have is, however it isn't the first one. One I think would be great for the summer.

 

 

Nail Polish Battle 2015: Glitter + Indie

Nails Inc - Savoy Row // OPI - Desperately Seeking Sequins // Dark Metal Lacquer - Turn Loose The Mermaid // Dark Metal Lacquer - Night and the Silent Water // Tara's Talons - My Tangle  

In the top three of this category are;

OPI Desperately Seeking Sequins, a very sparkly glitter with holographic hex glitter and bar glitter

Tara's Talons - My Tangle. How could I not have this one, it is a custom polish the lovely Tara created for me based on a polish I had been wanting for years but could no longer find it to buy it.

However the winner is this beautiful duochrome glitter polish which looks green in the bottle but on the nails it is green, blue and purple. Turn Loose The Mermaid, gorgeous!

 

Nail Polish Battle 2015: Greens

Not too many green polishes this year so this round was quite easy.

Leighton Denny - Morning Dew // Leighton Denny - Dash of Lime // Barry M - Forest

Morning Dew is a classic spring green cream polish

Dash of Lime has a bit of a shimmer running though it which makes it a bit different

However, Forest has to win because it is deeper and while it is supposed to be semi matte in finish with a top coat it really comes to life. Glass flecked and almost mystical, a completely different polish.

 

Nail Polish Battle 2015: Pinks

Pink isn't one of my favourite polish colours but for some reason I seem to have acquired a few!

 Nails Inc - Queensbury Way // Nails Inc - William IV // Leighton Denny - Rosey Posey // Glamour - 825 // Nails Inc - Great Queen Place // Nails Inc - Blake Gardens // Leighton Denny - Heat Wave

In the top three are Nails Inc Great Queen Place, a neon pink. I really like the brush on these new polishes, flat and wide. They also are curved so fit the cuticle area easily.

Blake Gardens is another nice pink, this one is deeper in tone and more wearable to me.

The winner is Leighton Denny Heat Wave, it is a stunning glass flecked pink polish with a hint of red. Something which would look great in the summer (although we don't see much sun up north).

Nail Polish Battle 2015: Purples

Purple nail polish is one of my favourites, which is why I have more new polishes than other colours!

Nails Inc - Palace Terrace Gardens // Leighton Denny - I Like Lilac // A England - Crown Of Thistles // Barry M - Orchid (Silk) // Barry M - Sparkling Amethyst // China Glaze - Sleeping Under The Stars // OPI - Lincoln Park at Midnight // Kiko - 255 // OPI - Cosmo With A Twist 

I managed to whittle my way down to the top three;

China Glaze is a dark purple colour with a subtle fuchsia shimmer running through it.

The top two include a holographic and a micro glitter.

Crown of Thistles is a stunning orchid holographic colour. One I wore a lot during 2015, and something which really comes to life when in direct sunlight.

However the winner of this battle is Kiko 255, a dark purple packed full of micro multi glitter. Almost galaxy like and gorgeous enough to wear as is.