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Showing posts with label Pointless Cafe's Best of 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pointless Cafe's Best of 2013. Show all posts

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Weekend Bits and Bobs: December 29, 2013 - Makeup Favorites for 2013

Nothing to Disclose




Today I have something a bit different. Polish I know backwards and forwards. Makeup, not so much. Goodness knows I'm not a make up blogger, but I've spent this year trying to learn more and picking out a few things here and there that I love. Today I'll show you my favorites that I've tried. Items that have become essentials in my makeup bag.

Continued after the jump...

Monday, December 23, 2013

Pointless Cafe's Best of 2013 Part 6: Best Polish of 2013

Nothing to Disclose


Today I have the final post in my Best of 2013 series. As I said already, it was NOT easy this year for sure because this has been the best year for polish that I can remember...ever.

Part SIX





1: Top 15 Mainstream Brand Polishes - published
2: Top 10 Boutique Brand Polishes - published
3: Highlight: Top Five Indie Brands (with my favorites from each) - published
4: Top Indie Polishes of 2013 (excluding the Highlighted Brands) - published
5: Brand of the Year (with my top 15 from this brand) - published
6: Polish of the Year - published


By best polish - I mean overall of mainstream, indies, everything. And the winner is...


a-England
Sleeping Palace





I've worn this polish so often since it came out in May that I've nearly finished one bottle and I have 2 back-ups just in case. It's the polish I get the most compliments on as well. I had to order a 4th bottle just this week for a "muggle" friend who's never ordered polish on-line. It's part of the Burne-Jones Dream Collection.

The formula is perfection in a bottle. When I'm in a hurry I can do one quick coat and be out the door in less than 3 minutes. Yes, I've timed it! When I know I can leave it on for a few days, I do 2 coats and a top coat and it outlasts ME with no chips and very minimal tip wear. Usually I wear it without top coat (as pictured above) because I love that finish.

And that's not even starting on how gorgeous it is. The tightly scattered holo and the hard-to-describe brown/grey/taupe/aubergine color just combine to make it my favorite polish ever. Yes I said ever...not just for 2013. There's always a chance that will change, but it's going to have to be something pretty spectacular to oust this one!

Well that takes care of my Best of 2013 posts. What did you think?

What is YOUR favorite polish of 2013? Post a photo of your favorite polish of 2013 on my Facebook Page for a chance to win one bottle of any Elevation Polish of your choice (that is currently available on their site.) On January 4th (11:59 PM) I'll use Random.Org to pick one winner of all who post their favorite polish of 2013 on my page. Tag your post with #bestpolishof2013forPC. I'm not advertising this anywhere but here. No liking, sharing, following required. ANY brand as long as it's your favorite that made its debut this year. So if you've read this far, THANK YOU!

I got these beauties from Ninja Polish and if you're in the UK, you can order directly from a England. You can follow a England on Facebook to stay in the know. You can also have a look at the a England Stocklist page for more e-tailers in your area, including Ninja Polish, Overall BeautyMei Mei's Signatures, Color4Nails and Llarowe.


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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Pointless Cafe's Best of 2013 Part 5: Best Overall Brand of the Year



Well it's that time of year again! Time for my personal favorites of the year. And it was NOT easy this year for sure because this has been the best year for polish that I can remember...ever.

Part FIVE





1: Top 15 Mainstream Brand Polishes - published
2: Top 10 Boutique Brand Polishes - published
3: Highlight: Top Five Indie Brands (with my favorites from each) - published
4: Top Indie Polishes of 2013 (excluding the Highlighted Brands) - published
5: Brand of the Year (with my top 15 from this brand) - published
6: Polish of the Year - published


By best brand - I mean overall. Mainstream, Boutique, Indie...

And the brand is...

ELEVATION POLISH!



My favorites are just about all of them. But I couldn't do that to you. Plus some of my favorites came out before 2013. Couldn't do that to you either. And we won't even get into the samples and small batch prototypes. I wouldn't do that to you either. So I've chosen my top 15 Elevation Polishes that came out in 2013 without any SBPs or OOAKs that you can't have!

Elevation Polish consistently delivers on the formula and creativity, not to mention reliable re-stocks and stellar customer service. And variety! Cremes, shimmers, flakies, glitters, mattes, oh my! This, along with being my most reached-for brand, has made them my Brand of the Year.

Continued after the jump...


Saturday, December 21, 2013

Pointless Cafe's Best of 2013 Part 4: Top 15 Indie Polishes and Honorable Mentions



Well it's that time of year again! Time for my personal favorites of the year. And it was NOT easy this year for sure because this has been the best year for polish that I can remember...ever.

Part FOUR





So here's how I've decided to break it down - this list will appear in each Best Of post and be linked as I post for easy reference.

1: Top 15 Mainstream Brand Polishes - published
2: Top 10 Boutique Brand Polishes - published
3: Highlight: Top Five Indie Brands (with my favorites from each) - published
4: Top Indie Polishes of 2013 (excluding the Highlighted Brands) - published
5: Brand of the Year (with my top 15 from this brand) - published
6: Polish of the Year - published

Continued after the jump...


Friday, December 20, 2013

Pointless Cafe's Best of 2013 Part 3: Top 5 Indie Brands Highlighted



Well it's that time of year again! Time for my personal favorites of the year. And it was NOT easy this year for sure because this has been the best year for polish that I can remember...ever.

Part THREE





So here's how I've decided to break it down - this list will appear in each Best Of post and be linked as I post for easy reference.

1: Top 15 Mainstream Brand Polishes - published
2: Top 10 Boutique Brand Polishes - published
3: Highlight: Top Five Indie Brands (with my favorites from each) - published
4: Top Indie Polishes of 2013 (excluding the Highlighted Brands) - published
5: Brand of the Year (with my top 15 from this brand) - published
6: Polish of the Year - published

Continued after the jump...


Thursday, December 19, 2013

Pointless Cafe's Best of 2013 Part 2: The Boutique Brands Top Ten



Well it's that time of year again! Time for my personal favorites of the year. And it was NOT easy this year for sure because this has been the best year for polish that I can remember...ever.

Part TWO



So here's how I've decided to break it down - this list will appear in each Best Of post and be linked as I post for easy reference.

1: Top 15 Mainstream Brand Polishes - published
2: Top 10 Boutique Brand Polishes - published
3: Highlight: Top Five Indie Brands (with my favorites from each) - published
4: Top Indie Polishes of 2013 (excluding the Highlighted Brands) - published
5: Brand of the Year (with my top 15 from this brand) - published
6: Polish of the Year - published


So let's continue with My Top 10 Boutique Polish favorites after the jump...



Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Pointless Cafe's Best of 2013: Part 1 - Mainstream Brand Polishes



Well it's that time of year again! Time for my personal favorites of the year. And it was NOT easy this year for sure because this has been the best year for polish that I can remember...ever.



So here's how I've decided to break it down:

1: Top 15 Mainstream Brand Polishes - published
2: Top 10 Boutique Brand Polishes - published
3: Highlight: Top Five Indie Brands (with my favorites from each) - published
4: Top Indie Polishes of 2013 (excluding the Highlighted Brands) - published
5: Brand of the Year (with my top 15 from this brand) - published
6: Polish of the Year - published

As I publish each blog post I will add a link to the above list for future reference. ♥

So let's start with My Top 15 mainstream polishes after the jump...