September 2018 Favourites

I actually considered doing these monthly favourites after I have completed the 31DC2018 prompts but it just doesn't seem right to post a September favourites in October.  Since I have started doing monthly favourites posts I have always posted on the last day of the month, and this month really shouldn't be any different.  Like usual, I will only be including the things that I have shared on my blog throughout September.

Nail Art

This month definitely has seen a lot of nail art.  There has definitely been a lot of fails, some inbetweens and ones that I love.  I originally had twelve manis for my favourites but I narrowed it down to three.  I'm pretty impressed that I count it back so much.

Stamping Plates

I have had a few new stamping plates to play with this month and while a lot of them I really like I don't think any quite fit into my list of favourites.  When December rolls around and I sit down to work out my favourites from the whole year I will be thanking me for not adding more plates into the mix.

Mainstream Polishes

OPI Peru Collection
There are a few polishes in this collection that I like, however only two of them are my favourites - Don't Toot My Flute and Grandma Kissed A Gaucho.

Indie Polishes 
There has definitely been a fair few indie polishes coming out this month.  Of course, a lot of the Grace-full Nail Polish and Emily de Molly polishes have made it into my favourites this month.  I'm seriously already dreading trying to narrow down all of my favourites at the end of the year.  Maybe I should start trying to narrow it down now so there is some hope of me actually getting the favourites post down before 2019. 

Emily de Molly September 2018 Releases

HUGE fan of this month's release from Emily de Molly.  One coater cremes and some gorgeous toppers, what's not to love? 

Emily de Molly Walk By Me (Rainbow Connection Exclusive)
You all know that I am such a sucker for purple polishes and flakes!  Add them together and you know they are going to be popping up in my favourites.

Grace-full Nail Polish Enchanted Fables Collection
I love the new Enchanted Fables Collection (and so does my daughter - I've had to put them away so that she doesn't steal them lol).  Three of my absolute favourites from this collection are Hair-o-ine, Siren Tale and Pick Your Poison.

Grace-full Nail Polish Let's Play (Polish Pick Up September 2018)
This polish is stunning!  Love, love, love it!

Grace-full Nail Polish Love Is Lethal (Hella Handmade Creations September 2018)
It's a gorgeous pink and the formula is amazing so there is no way that this baby wasn't going to make it into my favourites this month.

Given how much stuff I have done this month I am actually a little surprised that this favourite's post isn't bigger.  Right, I need to get going so I can do my final mani for 31DC2018!  I'm so excited to complete this challenge.  Hopefully my mani will turn out good!  Guess we will find out tomorrow.

September 2017 Favourites

My last blog post for September!  Woohoo!  This is my 49th blog post for this month.  How crazy is that?  I did a quick count and I have done at least 100 manis this month.  I think I am proud of that effort...and maybe just a little scared.  Anyway, even though there is still one more day left for the 31DC2017 challenge I still wanted to do my monthly favourites today just to keep the consistency on my blog.  I like having my monthly favourites on the last day of the month.  Given how crazy this month has been, this post may be quite long so I will apologize in advance.

Nail Art

This month has been all about the 31DC2017 challenge, but I have also been doing a couple of nail art challenges as well as some stamping plate reviews so it makes sense that there is a lot of nail art favourites.  I am happy that I did manage to cut it back to just nine manis.  

Stamping Plates

This month I haven't really been playing too much with new stamping plates, except for the new Uberchic ones.  I have loved using both the Halloween 03 Stamping Plate and Collection 20 plates.

Uberchic Collection Twenty

In particular I love plates 20-01 and 20-03.  They are full of images that I will continue to grab for.  You can see how I used these plates (as well as getting a good look at the individual plates) here.

Image from Uberchic Beauty

Uberchic Halloween 03 Stamping Plate

I am a big fan of this years Halloween plate from Uberchic.  Uberchic make some of the best Halloween plates.  You can see the original post here.

Image from Uberchic Beauty

Stamping Polishes

Hit The Bottle Pour Some Neon On Me (Part) Collection

I'm sure it is no surprise that these polishes have made their way into my favourites post.  I love neon polishes and these stamping polishes are fantastic.  I am missing two of the polishes....for now.  I will definitely be adding them to my collection very soon.  You can find my original swatch and review post here. 

Indie Polishes

Swatching has taken a little bit of a backseat this month.  Partly from a lack of time, but also because a lot of the things I have to swatch require sunshine which sadly Melbourne is lacking at the moment.  Never fear though, I am sure I will have sunshine soon enough and will be jumping back on board the swatching train.

Emily de Molly September Releases

This month EdM released seven new polishes.  There are some awesome polishes in this release only five have made their way to the favourites list - Door Prop, Urban Dictionary, Magical Refuge, Paper Universe and Sitting Still.  You can see more swatches of these polishes here.   

Mainstream Polishes

The bulk of the swatching I have done this month have come from mainstream brands.  I am considering Bow and Dance Legend as mainstream polishes because I am not quite sure they fit into the indie category.

Bow Nail Polish

I swatched two polishes from Bow Nail Polish this month and I love them both.  The colours are great and so are the formulas.  You can see more swatches and my review here.   Top picture is Feeling Good and the bottom polish is Playing With Fire over a black base.

China Glaze Happily Never After Collection

I am a huge fan of this years Halloween Collection from China Glaze.  Last years collection was disappointing but they have stepped up their game.  I have picked four of the six polishes as my favourites for this month - Crown For Whatever, Sin-derella, Queen Please! and Life's Grimm.  You can find the original swatch and review post here.

Dance Legend - Thinking Out Cloud & Lumos Blue

I received quite a large package from Dance Legend this month and I am slowly swatching my way through them.  Prepare yourselves because October you will be seeing even more Dance Legends on my blog.  Anyway, two of them really caught my attention this month - Thinking Out Cloud and Lumos Blue (even though it's not actually a polish).

OPI Iceland Collection

I am a big fan of the OPI Iceland Collection.  I think the colours are perfect for the cooler weather and the formulas are great across the collection.  There are four shades in particular that stole my heart - Turn On The Northern Lights, One Heckla Of A Color!, Check Out The Old Geysirs and Less Is Norse.  You can see the full collection and my thoughts on the individual polishes here. 

That wraps up my favourites for this month.  Honestly, I am quite surprised that this post isn't longer given how busy this month has been.  Now bring on October!  *spoiler alert - there are a lot of new pretties coming in October.