My Spring 2016 Nail Polish Favorites!!

I love this favorites series, and am SO glad it's that time of year again. At the start of each season I pick my top 10 favorite polishes. I like to reveal what the polishes are and then through-out the month I will have a swatch of each polish and a nail design for each one as well as a full length tutorial. 

Showing the polishes first gives you a chance to purchase any of the polishes you think you might like and then you will be able to do any nail designs right along with me! Sound fun?! Here they are:

Polishes listed in no particular order:

Essie Chillato

Essie Off Tropic

OPI I Manicure for Beads

ZOYA Wednesday

China Glaze Boho Blues

China Glaze Let's Chalk About It

Essie Shades On

Defy & Inspire The Hills

OPI Kiss Me on my Tulips

Essie Pool Side Service

For more details about my chosen polishes and links to all of them, please click on the link below for my video!

My Spring 2016 Nail Polish Favorites

-Go Polished

Transitional Nail Polishes (Winter to Spring)

This time of year can just drag sometimes! Don't you agree? It's that time of year when you just want Winter to take a hike and Spring to move in! I don't know about you, but polish is the perfect pick me up for those blues :).

I put together a YouTube video where I have some nail polish suggestions for this transitional phase from Winter to Spring. It's my first time uploading a video where I am actually in front of the camera so everyone be nice to me! Ha! I really wanted to try out this type of video, mostly because these types of videos are really what got me loving polish again. Let me know if you want more videos like this in the future :).

Above are a few of the polishes I mention in the video. I mostly love to wear "dusty" colors this time and year and reserve the spring colors for when it's actually spring. I have several suggestions of color types as well as specific ones. I hope it's helpful and it can pick up your spirits and help you to go polished too!

Click on the link below to view the video:

Transitional Nail Polishes (Winter to Spring)

-Go Polished

My #4 Fall Favorite Polish for 2015...

Essie Vested Interest!

My most favorite out of all my fall picks. I always love a good green polish though. Ha! This polish is from the Essie 2013 Fall Collection. It is a very greyed out green with a little splash of blue. The creamy formula is very easy to work with and it has the perfect thickness. LOVE!

This swatch is two thick coats. So beautiful and perfect for fall, ya'll!

As you can see in this photo, it does really have a bit of blue in it, especially compared to Sew Psyched, which is more of an army green. And, it is much darker than Maximillian Strasse-her. (Just so you know I could have put all these greens in my favorites :), but I had to limit myself to one green.)

If you picked up Essie Fall In Line from Essie's 2014 Fall Collection, then you definitely don't need Essie VI because they are pretty much dupes. I don't own that polish-for obvious reasons so I couldn't picture it here. VI is such a unique color, in my researching I found only one easy to find polish that comes pretty close to VI, and that is China Glaze Take a Hike from their 2015 Fall Collection.

I decided to go with a Fall Flower nail design with negative space. I love the way it turned out!

If you would like to see the tutorial, head on over to my YouTube channel by clicking on the link below...

Fall Flowers with negative space tutorial

Do you love this color as much as I do?!

-Go Polished

#1 Favorite Fall Polish for 2015...

China Glaze For Audrey

My most favorite China Glaze polish-Hand down! The most beautiful Tiffany blue polish-named after the elegant Audrey Hepburn. There is a reason this polish has been around since 2007! The flattering color and perfect formula make it hard to resist. It's opaque in two smooth creamy coats. Everyone should have this in their collection (in my opinion)!

I have four polishes in my collection to compare. Left to Right- China Glaze For Audrey, Essie Turquoise and Caicos, OPI My Dogsled is a Hybrid, and China Glaze Too Yacht To Handle. As you can see For Audrey is a turquoise which leans more blue (which is one reason I love it so much). It also has a subtle brightness/glow. Actually, I can't get enough of these turquoise shades. I like them all for different reasons (haha), but For Audrey is a stand out!

-Nail design for For Audrey- Polka Dots :). Simple. Love. Today was the first day it really felt like fall- perfect day to start showing off my fall favorites :).

Follow my Instagram account for more style integrated pictures of my nail designs-@gopolished.

Fall 2015 Favorites!

Fall 2015 Favorites Revealed!

In the coming weeks I will be sharing swatches, reviews, comparisons and nail designs for each of my 12 picks. I am looking forward to wearing every single one of these!! :)

In no particular order: (If available, each polish listed has a link for purchase;))

1. Essie Bahama Mama
2. Essie She's Pampered
3. Essie Vested Interest
4. China Glaze First Mate
5. China Glaze For Audrey
6. OPI How Great Is Your Dane
7. OPI Purple Palazzo Pants
8. OPI Do You Have This Color In Stockholm?
9. Zoya Payton
10. Zoya Yuna
11. Butter London Lady Muck
12. Bobbi Brown Nectar

*What are your favorite fall polishes? I would love to know!!*

My Summer 2015 Favorites

I have been keeping up with my Instagram account, but with moving this summer and many other commitments, I wasn't able to keep up with my new blog :/. I hope to change that starting now :). I will be doing a few "catch-up" posts in the next few days.

Even though summer has come to an end I still wanted to share my Summer favorites on my blog. They really are that great to share even though summer is over. And, you might be one of those people who doesn't really wear "seasonal" polish colors anyway. There are a lot of them- 16 to be exact! So let's get to it!

1. Essie Cute As A Button - This cult favorite polish is so fantastic!! It's the most stand out coral polish I own. The formula is perfect and you really will stare at your hands all day if you wear it. Believe me! You need this one :). This is two easy coats. (Check my Instagram account @gopolished for a great dupe I found for this if you don't want to pay the $8.)

2. Essie Suite Retreat - New this year from the Resort Collection is this vibrant grayed out purple. It is so opaque. You could cover your nail in one creamy coat, but I always like to do two ;). This color is pretty unique to my collection. (Comparisons for this polish can be found on my Instagram page @gopolished). Two coats.

3. Essie She's Pampered - This is my favorite summer red mostly because it has a touch of pink. Two generous coats.

4. Essie Chillato - This unique polish is new from their Summer Collection this year. I knew when I bought this I would either love it or hate it. I absolutely LOVE it! It has a great formula and is surprisingly classy. Perfect blend of yellow and green. Love!

5. ORLY Cotton Candy - This has been a favorite of mine for a few years. It's such a dreamy pink/peach polish. So perfect for summer. Nothing else to say about it-it's perfect! This is three coats.

6. Essie Salt Water Happy - Came out this summer as well. I know it looks similar to other periwinkle blue polishes out there, but it really is quite unique because it has some gray in it, which I think makes it a little classier. (Comparisons can be found on my Insta page @gopolished). This is two easy coats. You could easily get away with one.

7. Sally Hansen Dive In - Sally Hansen really does have great polishes for a great price and this one is no exception. It is a perfect darker turquoise. The brush on this makes application so easy. I really need to find more favs from this line ;).

8. ORLY It's Not Me It's You - This is a really nice creamy pink Barbie polish. Also been a favorite for a few years. Formula is great! Two coats.

9. ORLY Frolic - As you can see I really love ORLY summer shades! This one is such a beautiful vibrant fuchsia. With only two coats of this polish you can get the look of a gel manicure. It's that good people! I especially love it on my toes.

10. Essie Find Me An Oasis - This pale powder blue polish has a creamy/slightly jelly formula. Takes 3 coats to be opaque. My favorite powder blue!

11. Deborah Lippmann She Drives Me Crazy - Perfect green, perfect formula. I know this is a pricey polish, there are definitely great dupes for this polish. See comparisons on my Insta account @gopolished. Two thin coats.

12. Essie Mod Square - My favorite bright summer pink polish. Nothing better than a great pink, especially on with a crelly formula! This is 2 coats.

13. OPI AmazOn...AmazOff - Green is my favorite color so I always have to add one to my favorites :). This dark slightly gray green has a very, very slight silver shimmer in it. It's very hard to see unless you really look at the bottle. Wonderful formula. It does stain your nails, so make sure you wear a good base coat and remove it carefully. Two thin coats.

14. OPI Don't Bossa Nova Me Around - This is from the Brazil collection last year. It's a gorgeous, flattering, slightly pink nude polish.

15. Essie Brides No Grooms - Such a beautiful coral/red/pink. So shiny and beautiful! Two coats.

16. ORLY Beach Cruiser - One of the only neons I feel like I can pull of on my fingernails. I love this bold neon pink SO much, especially pool side! Great creamy jelly (crelly) formula! So, so summery! Two generous coats.

I hope you enjoyed my favorites! You can also find nail designs for each of the polishes mentioned on my Instagram page @gopolished. Check it out!

My Spring 2015 Nail Polish Favorites

I am SO excited Spring is here! I love to pull out a few of my bright and pastel polishes this time of year. I went through my collection and pulled together 12 of my favorite spring-time colors. They are in no particular order. 

OPI-You're Such a Budapest. LOVE this gorgeous pastel purple the formula is a crelly (cream/jelly) with a subtle silver shimmer. It's my most favorite polish to date! It glides on your nail and applies very evenly. Swatch is 3 coats.

China Glaze-Wanderlust. This is from their Spring 2015 Road Trip collection. It's a cool toned pink crelly with a coppery shimmer (which was hard to pick up on camera). This is 3 coats.

Essie- Splash of Grenadine (my second favorite polish) is a crelly pinky purple and it applies like a dream! This isn't part of their permanent line, but I found mine on Amazon. 2 coats

OPI-Gargantuan Green Grape is a light blue/green cream polish. There are two versions of this polish. The other one leans more lime green. I prefer this one :). 3 coats 

Essie-Bikini So Teeny is a periwinkle that leans more blue than purple. I love the subtle silver shimmer in this polish, and I feel like it makes it last even longer on the nails. 2 coats, should have done 3 though.

Essie- Playdate is a bright cheery Purple cream. Love this one in the summer time as well! 2 coats

Essie-First Timer is a bright grass green. Love this shade so much. 2 coats

OPI-50 is the New Fabulous is a deeper bright pink. I think this particular shade is discontinued. Although, a shade like this is not hard to find, this just happens to be the one I have. I love it's crelly formula. Are you seeing a pattern here?! Can't get enough crellies!! 2 coats

Illamasqua-Noble is a sky blue polish. This brand is a little more pricey, but the formula gets an A+. 2 coats.

OPI-Lost My Bikini in Molokini is from OPI's 2015 Spring/Summer Hawaii Collection and I couldn't pass it up. I love me a good purple. 2 Coats

OPI-Cajun Shirmp is a cult favorite. It's a bright orange/red jelly polish. I find most orange polishes don't look great on my skin tone but, I feel like I can pull this one off. 2 coats

Sally Hansen- Pacific Blue is one of my most favorite polishes. This cobalt blue is stunning! And the formula is impeccable, and it's only $2! Too bad they recently reformulated it :(. If you can find the old one at the store (with this big uniform X) then snag it!

Hope you enjoyed seeing my favorites. 

What are some of your favorites for this time of year?