Best of 2012 - Green Polishes

Hi Goddesses

Given my love / hate relationship with green, it won't surprise you to know that this is a fairly short post ha ha.  I think I've actually worn quite a lot of green this year, but not much of it has looked good on me.

This post then has the greens I have liked and kept, and excludes the greens I liked but which hated me - Cult Nails Deal With It, I'm looking at you !  As before, just click on the polish name to be taken to the original post and swatches.

OPI - Don't Talk Bach To Me

The perfect fugly colour, this is a yellowy baby poop green, laced with shimmer from the OPI Germany Collex.  I loved it, and I've just about convinced myself I can keep it.

OPI - Thanks A Windmillion

Another OPI winner, this time from their Holland Collection.  This is dusty and cool-toned and therefore perfect for my skin tone.  Beautiful sage shade.

Dollish Polish - Zombie Flesh

I don't actually know if this is technically a 2012 polish, but it's one I wanted for most of the year.  Amazing green tones and glitters, lifted into the extraordinary by those pesky black glitters.

Sonoma Nail Art - Here Lies Robert

Sonoma is one of the great indie success stories of the year, and this graveside glitter is a winner through and through.  Black, silver and green blades of grass.

Butter London - Bossy Boots

Creamy and dreamy, this is a beautiful green, slightly yellow in tone.  Celery soup in a bottle.  And nooooo, of course I didn't buy it for the name ......

Crows Toes - Frog's Breath

A magical green and gold glitter, this has enough magic to take your breath away.  A cut above your standard glitterbomb.

So which was your favourite greenie?  I know there are LOADS I've left out ... which one did it for you ?

Enjoy xx :)

Halloweenie - Sonoma Nail Art - Here Lies Robert

Hi Goddesses

Over the last few months, Sonoma Nail Art has become the Holy Grail of my wishlist.  An insanely talented nail artist and blogger, Michelle creates polishes with an artist's eye for colour, polishes that squelch and ooze with creativity and texture, and which I can never ever seem to manage to get my hands on !!

Well, thanks to my lovely friend Emma, I finally own some!!!  Huzzah !!  And today is the first of the 3 Halloweenies I have to show you.  Suffice to say, NONE of them disappoint, and at least 2 of them are vying for my Ultimate Halloweenie Winner Crown.

I was quite shocked that I wanted Here Lies Robert, after all, it's got green in it.  Worse, the green is HAIRY GLITTER, my absolute number 1 urgh factor in a polish, but there is just something so effortlessly cool about how all the elements of this polish combine together.

Essentially this is a black metallic polish, random in composition, and then sprinkled with green.   It's exactly what you would get if you took a piece of a tombstone, blitzed it, and then added some grass from the grave - it's a cemetery in a bottle.

Because it's Halloween, I layered this over Barry M Block Orange, and I love the contrast.   Most of all, I love the randomness of the glitter, and they way it glitters *darkly*, like Death's own reflection.

It won't surprise you that the next 2 polishes are The Red One and The Purple One lol - you'll see those in the next couple of days.  In the meantime - enjoy xx :)