Fall 2013 Nail Polish Picks

I feel like I just shared with you my summer picks (technically I did, I was wayyy late to that party) and here it is time to share with you all my fall polish picks. These are the polishes from my nail polish collection that I am most excited about wearing this fall. These are some pretty classic fall shades. I love dark, vampy shades in the fall as well as those sort of ugly pretty cement colors, and some darker glitters. So without furthur ado, let's get into it! You can check out my video if you want to hear more about these polishes!



OPI "Color so Hot it Berns"- This is a gorgeous true red that makes it one of those classic reds that are fantastic all year round, but I find myself wearing reds MUCH more often in the fall, of course into the winter/holiday season! "Color so Hot it Berns" is a polish that I currently only own in a mini size, but would love to have it in the full size at some point. The formula is good, the color is gorgeous! The only not so great thing is the price point. I really never like shelling out more than 5 bucks for a polish, and OPI's full size polishes run around 9 dollars. But this one is so pretty, it might just be worth the investment!

(swatch coming soon!)

Revlon Top Speed "Stormy"- This is one of those ugly pretty colors I was referring to. It's a gorgeous sort of  mushroom taupe-y color. Sort of the color of wet cement. I just love this sort of color in the fall. I feel like it's a great darker neutral! The formula on this polish is great! It applies easily, with no problems, is opaque in two coats and dries at top speed!

Sinful Colors Sinfulshine "Steel Reserve" This is a great dark steel gray polish that looks amazing on my skin tone! The sinfulshine polishes are amazing because they dry to a super shiny finish that just looks flawless! You don't even need a top coat! Of course, I always add one to keep my polish lasting a little longer, but you could totally skip that step. These polishes are super affordable, and available exclusively at walgreens, if I am not mistaken. They cost just $2.99!

Revlon "Scandalous"- This is one of my all time favorite polishes! It's a sheer black jelly base with large pieces of fuchsia glitter! This one was originally released under the name "Facets of Fuchsia" and it's just stunning. The base is a bit sheer, so I layer this one on top of a black polish for best results! The glitter in this one keeps it lasting AGES! It's a pain to get off the nail, but I don't mind because once I get it on I am never in a hurry to take it off!

(swatch coming soon)


Ulta "Material Girl" This is one of the newer polishes to my collection. I picked it up in a haul with about 7 other Ulta polishes back when they were on sale for just 2 bucks a piece. I am so glad I did because this is stunning. It's sort of a wine/berry shade with a TON of small holographic glitter in it that is just so pretty! I can't even tell you how much I adore this polish!

(swatch coming soon)

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear "Blue It" This is another super affordable polish that you NEED in you collection if you don't have it already. It's a darker blue, but it is also a bit bright, and it has sort of a metallic finish. Ok, yeah, I am terrible at describing colors, but I think the swatch speaks for itself. It's stunning, and a great fall polish on days when you want something less vampy, but still not too bright. This one is opaque in just one coat! Can't beat that!

(swatch coming soon)

E.L.F. "Copper" This is my favorite Elf polish. I love copper and bronze shades especially in the fall. It's that color of leaves turning color and it's a great polish for my skin tone. Elf's copper is a great formula and a great finish and the color is just right, in my opinion. I don't have anything else to say about it. I will just let the swatches speak for themselves!

China Glaze "Harvest Moon" is similar in color to Elf's Copper, but different enough that I felt it necessary to include this one as well, because it is so pretty! It's got tons of shimmer in it which makes it so beautiful. It's also a bit more bronze-y rather than copper. China Glaze makes some really amazing polishes, and I highly recommend you check them out if you haven't already. Especially this shade! It just screams FALL to me!


Rimmel London 60 Seconds "Sage all the Rage" I just did a nail of the day post on this polish. It's so pretty. I love a light, sage green, and this polish did not disappoint. I picked it up for just a dollar fifty, which is an amazing price. This polish dries super fast, and the color is just so pretty. I'd consider it a nice neutral for the fall time, because even though it's green, it's a pretty neutral shade of green and I feel like it would go with anything!

E.L.F."Chocolate" Beware of this polish because it will stain your nails if you are not careful and apply the proper base coat. But I think it's worth the risk because this beautiful, chocolate brown color is perfect for fall. It's a great alternative to black, in my opinion. Brown matches with everything, so it's a great neutral, but this deep chocolate shade isn't boring. I think it's so pretty. It dries to a nice shine, but I love adding a matte top coat to it because the color handles that finish so well.

Elf's chocolate topped with a matte top coat

OPI "Lincoln Park After Dark" This is such a cult classic color and is always included in people's fall polish picks, so I almost left it out, but I can't. It's the newest polish in my collection and I just love it. It's a so dark it's almost black purple that is just gorgeous. Purple is my favorite color, so of course, I would love this, and the dark dark nature of this makes this the perfect vampy autumn color! I haven't even worn this one yet and I already know it's going to be one of my all time fave polishes. OPI's formula is notoriously good and this color is just so "me"

(swatch coming soon)

Sinful Colors "Calypso" This might be my favorite out of all the polishes I have "picked" for fall. Seriously, if you only get one polish from this list, make it be Calypso! This color is a gorgeous, deep green that looks almost black in some lighting. It's so pretty. The formula on this polish is amazing. It is completely opaque in one coat, and this polish did not chip on me for 5 days! Not bad at all considering this polish will run you just $1.99! And I was lucky and caught it when it was on sale at walgreens for just 99 cents! Score!

Summer Must Haves: Nail Polish Picks

Hey guys! I know it's super late in the season, but I decided to go ahead and share with you my summer nail polish picks. I chose 10 polishes that I love using in the summertime. I am not going to go into a big long intro. Let's just get on with the polish picks!  I will post photos of the polishes on my nails where possible, and otherwise, I'll do a picture of a swatch from my swatch wheel!

1. Julep Eileen- a simple white polish is fantastic in the summer. I love the look of stark white nails. I have a few white polishes, but my current fave is Jule's Eileen. It applies smoothly, if a little thick and is opaque in just one coat!

Julep's Eileen with a silver glitter top coat

2. Sinful Colors 24/7- This is a nice bright neon pink. It's super affordable. Sinful colors polishes are just 2 dollars at your local drugstore. And this is the PERFECT neon polish for summer. It dries to a matte finish, as most neons do, so if you want a shiny finish you have to add a top coat. This polish is opaque in 2-3 coats and makes you look super tan- a summer must!

sinful colors 24/7

3. China Glaze Monte Carlo- This is one of the latest polishes in my collection and I am absolutely obsessed with it. It's a bright blue toned pink that leans almost purple. I wish I had gotten this earlier in the summer because I feel like this would be all I put on my toes all season! This polish applies like a dream. I had no issues at all, other than the fact that it takes three coats to be opaque. But it dries quickly, so that's really no issue at all!

China Glaze Monte Carlo on my middle, ring and pinkie fingers

4. China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy-Here's another neon that I love in the summer. This is one of the most unique neon nail polishes on the market today, in my opinion. It's a coral neon! This is another one that makes me look super tan, which of course, makes me happy in the summer. This one requires a top coat, but it's stunning, and I love it!

China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy with a glitter top coat

5. Wet n Wild Megalast Club Havana- It wouldn't be a summer polish picks post without an orange polish. Orange is one of those colors that I think people tend to shy away from because its not as easy to pull off as pink or red. But orange is a color that I definitely embrace in the summer. Club havana is a bit muted compares to some brighter oranges in my collection, which makes it easier to pull of, and it goes well with my skin tone! The megalast formula of polishes is great! Most of them cover in one coat, and the brush is thick and flat and makes it super easy for application!

Wet n Wild Megalast Club Havana

6. Wet n Wild Megalast Heatwave- This is the perfect summer red. It's sort of a poppy red with some orange undertones. I love it! It's a gorgeous cream polish and has the same awesome brush and formula of all the other megalast polishes. This one might be my favorite megalast polish that I own, and I own quite a few!!

Wet n Wild Megalast Heatwave

7. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mint Sorbet- You might think that mint is much more of a spring color than a summer color. I disagree. I think it's one of those nail polish shades that works all year round. The sally hansen Xtreme Wear formula is awesome, and they are super affordable, at about $2.50 a bottle. This is the perfect mint shade. It applies opaque in one coat, and it's absolutely gorgeous!

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mint Sorbet with a glitter accent nail

8. Sinful Colors Endless Blue- This is the perfect summer blue in my opinion. It's a bright rich royal blue, and it's stunning. It applies really nicely and is opaque in 2 coats. It's so bright and shiny and you almost don't even need a top coat. I think the name, Endless Blue, is perfect for this polish. Don't you agree?

9. Revlon Gold Coin- I feel like I include this polish in my polish picks every season, and that's because it's such a versatile polish! I love metallics all year round and this gold metallic shade is perfect for summertime! Gold coin is one of my all time fave polishes. I can't say enough good things about it. It's affordable, opaque in one coat and it's just beautiful. I wear it quite often as an accent nail with a brighter color. I love that look, and I love this polish! I highly recommend it!

Revlon Gold Coin as an accent nail

10. Revlon Girly- The last polish is one that isn't my typical summer pick, but I just love it. It's a ton of glitter in pink, purple and blue in a light pinky-purple base that is just gorgeous. I don't know if it's because I just got this one not too long ago or what but I have been wearing it a ton this summer and I love it! The base f this polish isn't opaque, so this is best layered on top of another polish. But it's gorgeous, and my final polish pick for summer.

Revlon girly on top of Sally hansen xtreme wear Lacey Lilac

So that's it for my summer polish picks! I hope you enjoyed!

June 2013 Polish Picks

Wet n Wild Megalast polish in "Heatwave"

Sinful Colors "Black on Black" with Elf "Fairy Dust" on top

China Glaze "Flip Flop Fantasy" with China Glaze "Razzle Me Dazzle Me" on top

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Polish in "Mellow Yellow"

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Polish in "Celeb City"

Revlon "Princess"

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Polish in "Mint Sorbet"
with Sinful Colors "Nail Junkie" on accent nails

May 2013 Polish Picks!

I know in my last blog I talked about how I was going to try to bring more non-related polish posts here, and I swear, that is the intent. If you are looking for more than just polish content, and are impatient with the slow pace of this blog (I am sorry I swear it will get better) you can always check out my youtube channel. I try to post three videos a week. Generally on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and there's a wide variety of topics covered there. You can find it here! 

Now that that little disclaimer is out of the way, it's time to share with you all my polish picks for May. These are all the manis I wore in May, and there are a ton of polishes to get through, so let's just jump right into it!

The first mani that I am going to share with you all is a bright bubblegum pink polish from the wet n wild megalast line of polishes. I have raved to you guys on and on about this brand in the past, so I will spare you the details of how much I adore the brush and formula, and simply state that this pretty pink is another home run from the line. It's a nice cream formula that glides on like a dream. And for a bit of sparkle, I added a coat of a shades of the season polish. It's a pink and holographic glitter top coat that you can't really see much in the picture, but it made for a gorgeous mani! Not the easiest to remove, but with the foil method, it didn't give me much trouble!

One of my goals for the month of May was to try out some of the polishes that have been sitting on my shelf for a while that I hadn't used yet. This is one of those polishes. It's a pretty sage green with a sort of metallic shift to it, and it's Sage in the City from the Wet n Wild Fast Dry line. I don't like the fast dry polishes quite as much as the megalast polishes from wet n wild, but they are still pretty good. They do dry relatively fast, and they seem to all be named for television shows, which is fun. This sage green was very pretty, though I am not sure it really suits my skin tone. It was definitely something different than what I usually wear, and I am sure that it will get a lot of use in the future, maybe as nail art, or just an accent nail, since it's not the best color ever on me. The formula was very nice, and applied easily so that's a big plus!

I apologize for the very bad quality photo above. I took this photo immediately after polishing before I cleaned up the edges and before I even put on a top coat. I wanted you guys to be able to see how shiny this polish was all on it's own. And the color is amazing! This is Through the grapevine by wet n wild from their megalast collection. It's a gorgeous grape purple that I was instantly drawn to when I Saw it in the store. This applied beautifully, was opaque in one coat, and the color is just beautiful. One of my favorite polishes from my ever growing collection of wet n wild megalast polishes!

This brings us to mid month when I got my ipsy glam bag for May. Inside was this little beauty. This is Zoya's Blu from their spring 2013 collection. It is a gorgeous pastel baby blue. This polish applied like a dream! I had never tried zoya polishes before. Mainly because of their 8 dollar price tag! I like to keep my polish purchases to the 5 dollars or less side of things. But, Blu's formula sold me, and I may just be picking up a couple more polishes from Zoya in the near future to try! I liked this a lot!

This photo doesn't do this polish that I wore on my toes for May justice at all. I wish I had gotten a better photograph, but this is a cult favorite polish, so I am sure there's tons of swatches online if you are interested in a better look. This is China Glaze's Flip Flop Fantasy. It's a bright neon pinky-orange that is perfect for summer. This polish is matte, as most neons are, so you need a top coat if you are interested in that shiny look. I didn't think that was necessary on my toes, though, so I am wearing it matte and it makes me look soooo tan! It's a great bonus. I love this polish, especially for the toes, and I highly recommend it if you're in the market for a great summer pedi color!

The next color I wore on my fingernails is the sinful colors polish in timbleberry. It's a darker pink color that I really like a lot. My husband actually picked this polish out, and I did an emergency mani in the car, which is why the paint job is terrible, but the color is beautiful, the formula was great, and I have no complaints. You know how much I love sinful colors polishes if you have been reading my blog awhile, and this one is one of my faves!

Next up is a color that I think is great for summer! It's another wet n wild fast dry polish in the color 9.0.2.1. orange. It's a nice mid toned orange with a ton of cold shimmer running through it. It's not your average nail polish for sure, and I got quite a few compliments when I wore this one. I think this would be an awesome polish for the toes as well, at the beach! The formula on this was great Dried super fast and lasted for a good four days before it started to wear a bit around the tips of the nail. I was so impressed with the lasting power!

I saw a manicure on someone (and of course, I can't remember now who it was, sorry) on youtube, and it was a sort of turqoise green polish with a silver accent nail and decided to re-create it. I used the color Rise and shine from sinful colors on my main nails. Now this looks blue in the picture, and no matter what light I tried to photograph it in, it looked blue, but this polish is not blue. It's a sort of bright green with a lot of blue in it. It's a beautiful sort of st patrick's day shamrock green, if you get what I am saying. And it's a beautiful polish. It applied sort of sheer, but three coats got it opaque! And then for the accent nail I used Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear polish in the color celeb city. It's just a really nice metallic silver. And then to add just a hint of something extra I used a silver glitter polish from shades of the seasons on top. I LOVED the way this turned out!

My memorial day nails are next. I decided to keep that same beautiful silver accent nail, and just spice up the other nails. The blue I used pn my pointer and pinkie fingers is an Elf polish called Dark Navy, and on top of that I used 2 coats of China Glaze's mosaic madness which is just a blue and black chunky glitter polish. I really wanted sparkle for this festive mani! The red I used is WEt n Wild Megalast in I red a good book, and I used a red shades of the season glitter polish on top for that bit of bling. I liked this a lot. It looks really sloppy in the photo, but it looked much better in real life. Elf's dark navy was a mini polish from a set that I got a while back, and it was a bit thick and hard to wrk with, but the rest of the polishes applied just dandy and the overall finished look was great!

Lastly I went for some super simple nail art. I applied A Julep polish in Dendrie as my base color. It's a beautiful cream formula dove grey color. And then I used a dotting tool that I got from amazon (a set of 5 dotting tools cost me about two dollars shipped) and did some fun polka dots in the color coral reef from sally hansen xtreme wear. The grey from julep applied nicely. There were a couple bubbles, but nothing unmanageable. I have found that in general, I am not crazy about Julep polishes. Their formula is really inconsistent. Sometimes you get an amazing polish, and other times it's thick and hard to work with. This was somewhere in between. I like this one pretty well. The color is fantastic. Coral reef is a gorgeous coral color that is just beautiful and applies wonderfully. I have yet to be disappointed with a sally hansen xtreme wear polish. This was just another hit!

So that is all of my polish picks for the month of May! Hope you all enjoyed this and maybe got some ideas for polishes to add to your collection! I will be back soon with more blog posts, and in the meantime, as I said above, be sure to check out my youtube channel! I would love to have you as a subscriber! I heart you guys all!

March Polish Picks!

Hi guys! Long time no see! I feel like I have not made a blog post in ages. I guess it's because I have been focusing so much of my time and energy on my youtube channel! If you aren't subscribed to my youtube channel, you should go and check it out! There's exclusive content that you won't find here, on my blog, and I update there much more regularly! www.youtube.com/Jwhackers I think you'll like it there!

If you subscribe to my youtube channel you will see a video about my March Polish picks! This in a more in-depth version of that video. In the video I show the polishes that I chose to wear in the month of March and give a brief description. here I have more details on the polishes, why I chose to wear them as well as photos! yay!

So, the first polish that I chose to wear in the month of March is a beautiful purple shade. It's from Wet n Wild and it's their Megalast formula. The nail polish in called On a trip. It's gorgeous. It's a great cream finish, and glides on the nail effortlessly. The brushes on the megalast brand of polishes is awesome, because it's a thicker, flat brush which makes application a breeze. Just a swipe or two on each nail is all you need, and the formula on this particular color is opaque enough that you could get away with just one coat! I did two, because, well that's what I am used to! This color was not the easiest to photograph. You will see in the photos below. The color is actually somewhere between the two photos, but I did my best to show you all a decent representation of the color.

After I was done rocking the purple, I decided to go with a nice pretty baby pink! I chose another Wet n Wild polish. This time in the wild shine variety! The color I chose is called tickled pink. It's such a pretty true pink. The formula is great and this color is very opaque for such a pastel shade. To amp up the mani a bit I decided I wanted an accent nail, so while I put the girly pink on most of my nails, I did a gold accent on my ring fingers. I did a coat of Revlon's nail polish in Gold coin. It's one of my all time favorite polishes. It's a gorgeous metallic gold shade with an awesome easy to use formula. And then on top of the Gold coin I did a couple of coats of a glitter top coat from Elf in Gold Star. It's just a clear base with large pieces of Gold Glitter. I loved the way this looked together!

About 5 days later, I was rushing out the door, but I wanted to do a little something different with my nails, because the pink polish had chipped a bit. Since the gold glitter accent I had done previously was still perfect, I decided to keep it on, and just replace the pink. I chose a Sinful Colors Polish this time in the color Savage. Savage did NOT photograph true to color at all. In reality there is much more green in the polish making it a beautiful teal color. It just looks blue in the photo and does not do this polish justice at all. I love the sinful colors nail polishes! There are a huge variety of colors in the line, and they are only $1.99 and I often find them on sale for just .99! Can't go wrong with that!

Next up was my St Patrick's day manicure! Not gonna lie, I went a little crazy with this one. I must have really been feeling Gold in March, because I chose yet another gold polish. This time I wore an Avon Nailwear Pro polish in the color gleaming Gold. It's a yellow gold shade that just screamed St. Patrick's day to me. On top of that, I chose a shades of the Seasons glitter polish. It doesn't have a name, but it's a true emerald green color. And then, since apparently that wasn't enough glitter, and apparently I am in love with it, I put a coat of Elf's Gold Star on top. This was a glitter bomb of a manicure and I only wore it for two or three days. I wasn't honestly all that crazy about it, but it sure was fitting for St. Paddy's day!

After I removed the glittery manicure (There's a video on my YT channel all about how to remove glitter polish if you need some tips) I went with something completely demure and pretty. I chose a model city polish in the color orange you just peachy. Model City is an indie nail polish company that I found on etsy, and I just love the polishes. Orange you just peachy is a super muted peachy color that looks almost nude on the nails and has a ton of holographic glitter in it. It's a very unique color and I got a lot of compliments on it!
You should check out her shop, there are loads of unique and pretty polishes to choose from! www. etsy.com/shop/modelcitypolish

About the same time, I went ahead and gave myself a pedicure. I only do my toe nails about once a month. So in honor of spring and warmer weather I chose a bright pink shade for my tootsies! I went with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polish in the color in fuchsia power. This polish just screamed spring for me, and I love the Xtreme Wear polishes! Sorry the picture isn't the best! I went back and touched up my nails after I saw this photo!

And lastly I Will share with you the mani I am rocking right now! It's my Easter nails! I wanted to do something in Easter colors that was a bit more fun, so I did some very basic nail art. On all of my nails except for my ring fingers I painted the Sally Hansen Hard as nails nail polish in the color no hard feelings, which is a pretty lilac purple color. Then, on my ring fingers I did a couple of coats of an Orly polish called Spark. It's a great Yellow shade. Yellow nail polish is about the worst color to apply. I have NEVER found a really good yellow, but this one is pretty decent. It took about three coats to get even and opaque, which, all things considered isn't too bad! And then, I took a wooden skewer (I don't have a dotting tool) and on the purple nails I did yellow polka dots and on the yellow nail I did purple polka dots. I loved the way it turned out and now that I figured out how to do polka dots you can be sure I will be doing them in lots of manicures in the future!

OK so that's it! Those are all the polishes I picked in the month of March! I am so ready for April and lots more spring-time manicures! I can't wait to share them with you all! What nail polishes did you rock in the month of March? Leave me a comment below and let me know! Thanks for stopping by!!