2017 | A Year Of Nails

As I write this, it is 28th December. I wanted to get this post fully written before you are reading this on the 1st January. This post is basically a summary of my year in nails.

What Have I Learnt This Year
Well, I wouldn't say I have learnt that much about nails really. But I have learnt to enjoy blogging more. I know I don't have many followers or many readers. But you know what I don't have a problem with that. This is just a place where I can have my thoughts on nail polish and not feel silly. So maybe next year, will be the year where I can fully take my blog somewhere. Maybe design it differently.

Also, on instagram. I have recently hit 500 followers. This is a huge achievement, especially as I set myself a challenge to hit 400 followers. I know I may not have a huge amount of followers, or get as many likes as I feel a picture deserves. That is what happens when instagram messes up at times and shows pictures on your timeline (whatever its called) from 5 days ago. I also would like to start getting to know people on instagram. I feel I am quite lonely on their at times.

Nail Polishes
I used a total of 70 nail polishes this year with a total of 39 brands used. I will be using hopefully more in 2018. I will be doing 'the untried year' post at some time in January. I also challenged myself to do more nail art. I did a cartoon nail every month, again there will be another blog post on it. Then I took part in 3 glam nails challenges. I couldn't believe how many I managed to fit in.

I am just so excited to see what 2018 brings me nail polish wise, thank you for supporting me throughout the year. I will be busy posting next year and can't wait to see what nail polish collections come out. But again, I hope 2018 will be a brilliant year for you.
Hayley xx

BLOGMAS #24 | Currently Wearing #190

Here I am with another currently wearing, I am slowly getting there with these. Will I be up to date with these posts? the answer is no ha-ha.

 

I am wearing OPI Give Me Space. Right I have a bone to pick with this nail polish. I absolutely love it but it just kept chipping. I know I work with water but most nail polishes don't chip like this on me the way this one did. This is just so pretty and I need to work something out with this polish if I want to use this again.

BLOGMAS #23 | Monthly Haul November

Yes I know blogmas is officially over but I want to be able to completely finish everything.

 

This is a November and December mixed in as I haven't bought much in December. I have Pretty Perfect Polish trio is the rugrats one. I love my new big brother, over my dad's potty, I am reptar, hear me roar. The next one is Slytherin and I got that sent to me very kindly. I have W7 Space Dust, that is such an amazing green. Nails Inc Hampstead Gardens is that perfect mustard. I have 5 Essie polishes, Loot The Booty, Trophy Wife, Jade To Measure, Salt Water Happy, Kimono Over. I have Rimmel Home James!. BarryM bought out so many recently, I have Matcha, Purple Frost, Copper Dreams, Purple Hex, Blue Jade. I have two Sinful Colors Happy Ending and Blue La La.

BLOGMAS #22 | Polish Of The Month November

So my polish of the month wasn't going to be much of a surprise.

 

I have BarryM Blue Glacier. This has been absolutely beautiful and I am so glad I wore this. This polish is absolutely gorgeous, can you believe the blue in it. I need more of these polishes in my life because this would look just so perfect in so so many different colours.

BLOGMAS #21 | Monthly Haul October

As I am writing this, it is Christmas eve. I hope you all have a lovely Christmas.

 

This is actually a small monthly haul, can you believe this. I am shocked at how small this really is. I have BarryM Mystic Purple and Galaxy Green, these were both Boots exclusive polishes. Princess Nail Lacquer is an indie brand I bought quite a few this last couple of months. I am yet to wear any of them though but aren't they beautiful. I picked up Sickening, Crispy & Cool, Hibernation and Aimee. I got two Sparklea Monster Blood and Winnie. Primark bought out some amazing polishes out this year and I cannot wait to get these on my nails. I have Pink Strobe, Desire, Skylight, Peace and Slay.

BLOGMAS #20 | Currently Wearing #189

Here is another currently wearing, lets see what you all think of this polish.

 

I am wearing Leighton Denny Let Your Hair Down, this is autumn in a bottle. Isn't this just beautiful wow. I am in love with it. This took 2/3x coats, I felt some had patchiness onto it. I also have very short nails. But I am very glad to say few weeks later they have grown a fair bit. I am sure this is from the Alice Through The Looking Glass collection.

 

BLOGMAS #19 | Polish Of The Month October

This is my October polish of the month, I am slowly getting through all of these posts. I am sorry if you don't want these posts in January that is why I am trying to get January to a clean slate and brand new posts.

 

POLISH OF THE MONTH

This is Kiko 532 Pearly Amazon Green. This the most beautiful polish I have ever used, I love it so much. I know you all know that this will be in my 2017 favourites so don't be surprised ha-ha. As you know I had a huge haul from kiko and basically am just working my way through it. So expect there to be a few kiko used next year.

BLOGMAS #18 | Monthly Haul September

So here is another monthly haul, are you all excited for Christmas because I am.

I am just going to go through them like I have been because well there is a lot here isn't there. I haven't worn any of these and I absolutely have no shame ha-ha.
Leighton Denny - Let Your Hair Down
AVON - Pampered Princess, Island Goddess, Emerald City (not initially sure if this is the actual polish)
Revlon - Autumn Spice
Pretty Perfect Polish - Blossom, Bunny, Bubbles, Always
Princess Nail Lacquer - Insomnia, Pink Lemonade, Time For A Dip, Nail You See Me, Nail You Don't
Sinful Colors - Base Coat, Endless Blue, Let's Talk, Konstellation
Models Own - Aqua Violet, Top Turquoise
Rimmel - Yes Sir!
Essie - Loot The Booty, Trophy Wife
Sally Hansen - Summerlime
China Glaze - In The Lime Light

BLOGMAS #17 | Currently Wearing | #188

So I am still slowly getting through my currently wearing posts, this is already in my 2017 favourites so don't be shocked.

 

This is BarryM Blue Glacier, this took just 2 coats. Isn't this the most beautiful nail polish you have ever seen. I have never seen some like this before, I am absolutely obsessed with this. BarryM have done so well this year, maybe not bought out as many polishes as we would have all liked but this is right up there with the best. This just reminds me of winter and I hope BarryM bring out more of these polishes in 2018.

 

BLOGMAS #16 | Monthly Haul August

I am slowly getting through blogmas, it doesn't matter if I am still doing it once Christmas is over because 31st December isn't too bad. This is another monthly haul, this time for August.

There actually is a polish missing, I could not find it anywhere. But it was actually upstairs but I ont remember even using it ha-ha.

Essie - Udon Know Me, Strike A Pose Itano, Sunday Funday, Splash Of Grenadine, Petal Pushers
BarryM - Seaside, Damson, Meadow, Vintaga Violet

Orly - Violet Blue, Pink 3D Glitter, Celebrity Spotting
Sinful Colors - Mint Apple, Enchanted
Wikkid Polish - Icy Icy Blue, Shades Of Jade, Rose Gaden
Technic - Pink Ladies, Bourdoir, Violet, Seashell, Double Espresso, Orchid Mist
Primark - Lilac Chrome & Insta Glam (both not pictured), IT Girl
Itsy Nails - City Girl, Cosmic Dust, Green With Envy
Rimmel - Port A Loo Blue
Revlon - Vintage Rose, Wild Violets

BLOGMAS #15 | Currently Wearing | #187

These were my Halloween nails. Yes I am that behind oops.

 

I used AVON Rosie Gold, this is a stunning rose gold foil polish. This took 2 coats and I completely forgot that I owned these purely because I didn't write this on my nail polish list so this wasn't where it was supposed to be. I followed a picture on Google for this inspiration. These are Minnie & Mickey Mouse ghosts. I thought they were adorable, maybe I should have fixed the eyes just a little but that's how things go sometimes. I just added orange swirls because I had nothing else to do.

 

BLOGMAS #14 | A-Z Challenge

This challenge has been going around for a few weeks. Seeing as I don't have a youtube account I have decided I would just show you my a-z of polishes. This is a-z the name of the polishes instead of the brand.

I will just be saying the names of them because I will try and get through a few of these throughout 2018. I have missed out Q,X and Z as I couldn't find any nail polish beginning with that name.
A- Awkward Turtle - Superchic Lacquer  B - Berry Good Looking - Cupcake Polish

C - Cerulean Blue - Kiko  D - Dahlia Mauve - Kiko

E - Evening Shimmer - Ard As Nails  F - Forest - BarryM
G - Ginger Pink - Kiko  H - Hypnotic Bronze - AVON

I - I Saw U Saw We Saw Warsaw - OPI  J - Jeans On - Essence

K - Konstellation - Sinful Colors   L - Lilac Chrome - Primark

M - Mustard - BarryM  N - Nutcracker - BarryM

O - On My Own - Chaos & Crocodiles  P - Purple Fiction - China Glaze

R - Rush - Formula X  S - Shades - Models Own
T - Tempt - Revlon  U - Uh Oh Roll Down The Window - OPI
V - Violet Blue - Orly  W - Well Jel - Next

Y - Yes Sir! - Rimmel

BLOGMAS #13 | Monthly Haul July

This is such a big haul, I won't be going through all of the polishes on their own. I will just be listing them all because this could take me forever if I went through them all.

BarryM - Lemon Ice Cream & Key Lime

Primark - Turquoise, Blue & Can We Not

Sally Hansen - Pretty Piggy!, Auran't you relaxed?, Arm Candy, Crème De La Crème, Shell We Dance? and two top coats (only one pictured)
Essie - Prima Bella, Backseat Besties, Chillato & Melody Maker

OPI - I Saw U Saw We Saw Warsaw, My Voice Is A Little Norse
Next - Fairy Cake, Well Jel & Concrete Carly
Revlon - Tempt & Tantalize
Models Own - Evergreen
Essence - Space Glam

Ciate - Mine's A Mocha
Rimmel - Stormy Skies
Sinful Colors - Daredevil
Nails Inc - Queensgate Gardens

BLOGMAS #12 | Currently Wearing | #186

This photo is just so dark. I am a bit annoyed at this.

 

Okay, I am going to be honest. I am so disappointed in this. I used Models Own Toxic Apple, this took 3 coats and it was awful. This was so sheer, I didn't enjoy this polish at all. This must be the first Models Own polish that I haven't liked. I think I need to use a white polish underneath it. If anyone has used this, please let me know. The other polish I used is China Glaze Ghostess With The Mostess. This is such a lovely glitter and I am a huge fan of it.

BLOGMAS #11 | Favourite Glitters

This was supposed to be yesterday's post. But I am a little behind. But anyway this is my favourite glitters. I can't say I wear a lot of glitters. I think they may be quite neglected when it comes to my collection.

First one is W7 It's Christmas, this is a beautiful red, green and white bar glitter and hex glitters. This can only come out once a year so this is glitter that has been used once. Ciate Fortune Teller, this is a gorgeous holographic glitter. I used this recently when it was some mosaic nail art. I absolutely love this nail polish. I have Essie Summit Of Style, this is such a chunky gold glitter. This wasn't fully opaque on two coats, but you could sponge it on. The other glitter favourite is Miss Sporty Sparkle Touch, this has been very well used and I so regret not picking up another bottle of it.

BLOGMAS #10 | TAG You Might Be A Nail Polish Fantatic If..

I have a tag post, I have been meaning to post this for ages and have written it all out in my nail notebook but I haven't had time to actually post it.

 

1. Have you ever stopped driving because the sun just caught the sparkle of your holographic polish. What is your all time favourite holo? - I actually don't drive so I won't be pulling over anytime soon. But my favourite holographic polish is Natural Collection - Stardust. This is an absolutely beautiful silver holographic. I hope next year i will be able to get more holographic polishes next year as I don't have that many.  

 

2. You know the following terms; holo, sqouval, 3-free and blurple. What are you favourite blurple polish? - I know what all of those terms mean, but we have 5-free. I don't own any blurples or not that I can remember anyway.

3. You plan your vacation based on the brands available there. Which countries do you own (or want to own) polishes from? - I own quite a few American/Australian brands like Picture Polish. I want to try lots of brands in the USA, Sinful Colors even though I have tried them we just don't get very often. I also want to try Pure Ice and Wet N Wild.

 

4. You've slept in the parking lot of Sally Beauty because of 75% off clearance sale starts tomorrow. Where do you go for the best nail polish deals? - I would never ever stay in a parking lot just for a sale that's just stupid ha-ha. I usually go to Poundland and TkMaxx for the best deals.

 

5. You don't like the colour pink but still own 50 bottles of it. Have you ever purchased a polish/colour/finish but you had no idea why once you got it home? - No I like the colour pink. I am usually good when it comes to buying polishes. I always like them.

 

6. You've set an alarm to notify you 15 minutes before the next indie sale goes live. Which is your favourite indie brand and why? - My favourite UK indies are pretty perfect polish and ard as nails. I have never ever set an alarm though.

 

7. You've spent more money on a bottle of polish than lunch. What's the most expensive nail polish you've ever purchased and why? - I have purchased £12.00 Superchic Lacquer - Awkward Turtle. I have always wanted to try this nail polish.

 

8. You started a YT/IG channel so you can converse with others in nail speak? What's the craziest thing you've ever done in the name of getting your hands on a nail polish? - I have never done anything crazy because my life isn't really that crazy ha-ha.

 

9. You are on a first name basis with every drug store sales clerk within a 20 mile radius of your home. Which brand has your favourite bottle shape? Which is your least favourite bottle shape. - No I don't know any shop assistants names or anything. I love the china glaze bottle shapes and my least favourite is Nicole by opi.

 

10. You know the difference between cyan, cerulean and Prussian blue. What is the unusual colour/finish you own? - I probably don't know the difference between any of those blues ha-ha. The most unusual polishes I own are Polish Me Royalty and New Look Petrol.

 

11. You think the colour of your neighours new car would make a great polish. Ugly/pretty colours, yes or no? - YES YES YES. Ugly pretty colours are my absolute favourite shades. I just love them all.

 

12. You've moved to a bigger house so that there's room for your collection. How do you store and organise your collection? - I would love to move to have bigger room for my collection. I will be doing a blog post on how I store it soon.

 

13. You've planned a shopping trip with your girlfriends just so you can make sure you visit TKmaxx/Ulta/Rite Aid in that town. What's your favourite place out of town purchase? - I haven't ever bought anything out of town other than the UK. This really bugs me that we cant get all that beautiful polish.

 

14. You've sent nail mail, where is the furthest you have ever sent nail polish to? - Again I'm really boring, I haven't sent any nail mail. We actually can't send any nail polish out of the UK.

 

15. You've named a pet Zoya or Essie. What is your favourite mainstream brand? - My favourite brand is Models Own or BarryM.

 

Results!
If you said yes to at least 5 questions, you're still fairly normal. The seeds of fanaitiscim hasn't settled in yet. Oh i am disappointed I want to be crazy about nail polish.

BLOGMAS #09 | Ciate Advent Calendar

This is a lowdown on ciate's advent calendars, this calendar is last years. I decided I would do a huge post next year (I know only a few weeks left). This is showing you the calendars and what I think of them.

 

This is actually my 4th year when it comes to ciate's calendar. As you can obviously tell I love them. I know quite a few brands do nail polish calendars, but this is one of my favourites.

 

This is how the calendar is set out, it has got individual boxes. They had changed it, there was two boxes which had just doors. This is a lot better actually because the boxes don't split open as when the doors they fell apart. So this is much easier to be kept together. It also looks really sleek.

 

These are the boxes that they come in, they always have a really cute little quote on the back of the boxes. I love how they are always really well printed out. I am so happy with them.

 

This is the polish. I might do a really big blog post of all of the other polishes you get in every calendar. You get averaging 19 polishes, with some base coats or a top coat. Also you get a nail care treatment which is always very helpful. Sometimes you also get a nail file and on the 24th day you get a huge nail polish. This is so amazing, I am just so happy with all of this.

BLOGMAS #08 | Currently Wearing | #185

This was the polish that I knew I had to wear in the month of October. I am so happy I got this from Rainbow Connection.

 

I am wearing Nine Zero Jack O' Lantern Juice, this took 3 coats. I fully wanted this to be opaque. There is black shards running through this and it looks perfect for Halloween. This is my first time trying Nine Zero and I know for sure that I am going to go and buy some more because this is absolutely perfect. I am so annoyed at how dark this photo is.

BLOGMAS #07 | Throwback Thursday

I don't think I have done a throwback Thursday post before. This is a throwback to show you all of my Christmas nails I have done in the previous years.

 

This is from 2016. I used Ciate Strawberry Milkshake, they are mini candy canes. I am so happy with this one, it is just so girly and very Christmas like. This as I remember was quite a thick polish and I put it on a few coats.

 

This was my Christmas pudding nails, I absolutely love this. I am such a sucker for brown nail polish. This is Sally Hansen Tippy Taupe. This was quite a quick nail art look and hopefully I will going to do another of these and I might do this on more nails.

 

This is my dotticure Christmas tree. I used Collection Jungle Fever, this is such a beautiful green. I followed this from my favourite youtuber/nail instagrammer nails by Jema. She is just so amazing and I love it.

I now have Mr & Mrs Gingerbread. I was inspired by YokoNailArt. I am pretty hard on myself when it comes to nail art because I don't feel my candy canes went as well as I wanted them too. But the gingerbread men looked adorable. I used BarryM Blueberry Ice Cream.

BLOGMAS #06 | Polish Of The Month September

I am slowly getting through these polish of the month posts, I can't wait to get my 2017 favourites post completed.

This is Sinful Colors Blue By You. This is absolutely beautiful polish, I used 2/3 coats. I think now maybe I should have done 3 coats on all fingers But I don't regret it. This was found in poundland, I would totally recommend you go and check out poundland because you never know what beauties you find. This will of course be in my 2017 favourites.

This is Pretty Perfect Polish Why Can't They Tell Us Apart?! This is from the rugrats trio she bought out quite a while ago. This is my first try of this brand and I instantly fell in love with it. I know for a fact also this will be in my 2017 favourites too. I am so in love with this polish.

BLOGMAS #05 | Monthly Haul June

As you can see I have already posted today, I was running a little behind when it comes to blogposts. I am trying to get up to date with them.

This is a huge haul for June. I will just talk about them in groups because otherwise this is going to be a lot paragraph. I have a lot of Primark polishes. The deep blue is Primark Midnight Muse, if you are a follower of my page you will see that this has featured a few times before but never been worn. Next is Primark Grape Soda, such a juicy looking purple. I never thought purple would be a word I would ever describe a colour ha-ha. The beautiful raspberry pink is Primark Vintage Silk, this is absolutely beautiful. Can you see how beautiful that orange is Primark Sunset Strip. I have got Primark Evergreen, I cant wait to wear this in the autumn time.

Now I just have a mixture of polishes. Rimmel Green With Envy, look at how beautiful that polish is. I just can't wait to wear this next year. Rimmel Urban Chameleon, this is an army green and its not anything special but I am a fan. Rimmel Go Wild-Er-Ness, this is a polish that again isn't anything special. But I have seen so many people talk about it but I knew I just needed it. The last Rimmel Saturn, this was a giveaway prize.

Essie Pret A Surfer this was also a giveaway prize. I have Essie Shine Of The Times, this is so talked about I couldn't believe my luck when I saw this on TKmaxx. I also have Essie Viva Antigua a beautiful green with silver shimmer running through it. I have New Look Petrol, this is an amazing polish. I am not sure how fully opaque this would get though. Illamasqua Venous, I got this from the giveaway prizes. I already own a bottle of this, I cannot find the actual bottle I won anywhere I will need to search through my drawer. Pretty Perfect Polish bought out a rugrats trio, Why Can't They Tell Us Apart?, Dumb Babies, Nakey Is Good! and I got a free polish It's Coral Not Carl. Sinful Colors Blue By You, I have worn this polish and it is absolutely stunning. I have three Essence polishes, Essence We Will Spock You, this is a silver holographic. Essence Beam Me Up! this is a pink holographic. Essence Gossip Girl is a dusty purple and it is super pretty.

BLOGMAS #04 | Monthly Haul May

This haul may look deceiving, you are probably thinking 5 polishes. This was the month where I bought 38 polishes from kiko, haul post here.

I have got Revlon Entice, this was a poundland find. I was so impressed with this and it looks so pretty. I seem to be building up quite a bit of this range. The next polish is Sally Hansen Lady Luck, this is a linear holographic textured pink. I picked this up from TKMaxx, I swatched this on my nail wheel and it looked crazy. Next is Rimmel Partner In Lime, first of all lets talk about the name of this. It is a stunning lime and not a colour I have many of. Next is Rimmel Give It Some Welly, again what a great name. I do love a grey polish I can't tell you why. The last polish is Sinful Colors I Klove You, this is a beautiful chocolate brown. I will be wearing this one sooner rather than later. 

BLOGMAS #03 | Polish Of The Month | August

So here is my August's polish of the month. As you can see I am rather behind with this but are we really that shocked ha-ha. Instead of having polish of the month this is two nail art designs.

 

This is nail art of the month, but I do love the polish. I am using BarryM Pink Lemonade. Funnily enough I have got lemons on my nails. Oh I am funny (joking). I loved this nail art because I am so happy with how they turned out because they look so adorable.

 

The next one is Technic White Sands. This is a mosaic, I am again very happy with how this turned out. I do love the mosaic effect to this and I will be trying to do this again on all nails. This may be one of my favourite nail art designs of the year.

BLOGMAS #02 | Currently Wearing | #184

Another currently wearing here for you today, I am slowly getting through these.

 

I love love love this polish! I can't tell you how amazing this polish is. It's such a beautiful green, as you know green is my favourite polish colour ever. I am wearing Kiko 532 Pearly Amazon Green, this took 1/2 coats. This is so pretty but of course as having so much glitter in a polish it goes all over your fingers and sometimes your cuticles. There might be a lot of kiko polishes being shown soon because I bought so many didn't I.

BLOGMAS #01 | Christmas Polish Picks

I am so excited for December to be here, I am starting this month of with blogmas. Blog posts up until the 25th, I have so many ideas planned. There will be a lot of catching up posts as I am a pretty behind with blogging this year. Anyway, forget about that. I am here with my Christmas polishes.  

The first one I have is Models Own Tinsel Town, this is a beautiful pink holographic. I imagine this will be a textured polish so remember the top coat. Christmas is all about glitters and one of my favourite glitters is from Essie Summit Of Style, a thick chunky gold glitter. As always there would have to be a green polish in any kind of polish picks. This is Polish Me Royalty Bluddy Sprouts! I will be wearing this soon so keep our eyes peeled for this one. Another Polish Me Royalty White Kissmas.This is a glitter topper and it has snowflakes running through it and this is such a unique polish. BarryM Gingerbread is a beautiful brown polish and I am a huge fan of this one. Another green beauty is Nine Zero Cat In The Christmas Tree, I have wanted this beautiful polish for just so long. There is a red polish in here, red always features at Christmas. I am not a fan of red but its always needed this is Rimmel Double Decker Red. The last polish is Primark Pink Strobe, I felt that there needed to be a different colour rather than your typical colours.