Crumpet's Polishes of the Year 2013 - Neutrals, Monos and Glitter Toppers

Hi Goddesses

Today I've got my favourite random polishes of the year for you.  These are basically all the ones that don't fit into any other colour category, and are either neutral colours OR polishes that can only be worn as toppers.  So, excluding my Big 4 brands, here are my Top 12 "Others" of the Year.

(To go to the post, just click the polish name).

Cirque - Debris



Just a brilliant, black glitter topper.  Exquisite.


Pretty and Polished - Wax Top Coat





Great addition to your mani options - for when you don't want it matte, but there's just a little too much glare!


Too Fancy Lacquer - Chocolate Gold



If you had told me I'd be singing the praises of a brown holo before the end of the year, I'd have said you were mad.  Tis true though, this is beautifully different.


Too Fancy Lacquer - Champagne Cocktail



I thought golds were boring, and then I wore this.  Yellow gold, rose gold, pink edges - wow, this is a work of art.


Dandy Nails - Bound To Fall



Exquisite medium grey with darker speckles, this is like luxurious marble on the nail.  Fabulous.


w7 - Bronze Debris



As you know, I am glitter-ed out, but I made time to adore this sensational bronzey and rose gold masterpiece from "cheap as chips" British brand w7.


Black Cat Lacquer - Vogue



Ah, I'm still mad for this glitter topper - happiness in a bottle.


Black Cat Lacquer - Frozen



I really do have a love affair with shard glitter - I love how edgy it is, and this white, teal and purple mix is great.


Darling Diva - Holiday



One of the highlights of the year for me was CIRCLE GLITTER and this had more CIRCLE GLITTER than a CIRCLE GLITTER loving gal with a CIRCLE GLITTER fetish could reasonably expect.  Love.


Enchanted Polish - Tenderheart



I think this is the only bottle of Enchanted I managed to buy all year, and even then it was *months* after it was released.  This fell straight into my pink-orange-juicy obsessed hands.  Love.


The Polish Bar - Girls Rule



A super fun girly CIRCLE GLITTER, perfect for summer.  Happiness. 

Review - CIRQUE Lapis and Debris

Hi Goddesses

You may have heard me mention Sally Magpies a lot lately.  She's an awesome lady who is kind of becoming the UK version of Llarowe, and bringing loads of awesome brands to the UK.

The latest brand to hit her website (HERE) is Cirque, and Sally sent me 3 to review.  The eagle-eyed amongst you will notice there are only 2 of those polishes in this post, and that's because I'm saving the third for Work Wear Wednesday.

So first up we have Lapis, a stunning blue glitter.  I struggled to build opacity with this ... until I shook the bottle.... sigh .. there really is no hope for me sometimes :)

This is darker and slightly less glittery than the blue OPI Liquid Sand, but it does have texture, and if you don't top coat it, it does have a slightly matte appearance.

The granules in this are quite interesting, and have a coarse sugary effect at times.  The top coat helps them dazzle and razzle in the light, and there's lots of movement with this polish too.

Debris, however, is much closer to my heart.  Beautiful though Lapis is, she doesn't speak to my soul like Debris does.

Debris is an amazing chunky black glitter, with random silver pieces, all submerged in a sparkly syrup.  This is dark magic.

For me, this looks like space junk, all broken metals and satellite parts.  Sally says it reminds her of broken mirrors, and I see that too.

I layered this over Sally Hansen Plum's The Word, purely because I didn't want to layer it over a more obvious colour - suffice to say, I see this a LOT in my future lol.

Enjoy, and I'll see you on Wednesday with the 3rd polish xx :)

These polishes were sent to me for an honest review.