Nails
10 Best Nail Polishes
Looking for an instant accessory upgrade? Dip your nails into one of these top-rated polishes
Like a killer scarf or a one-of-a-kind necklace, your nail color can be a key accessory. Whether you get your nails done at a beauty salon or do them yourself at home, the key to a perfect-looking mani/pedi is polish, polish, polish. And there's really nothing like the feeling of freshly-lacquered nails (that is unless you fish through your purse too soon after painting your nails and ding one of them … don't you just hate that?)
Because we live in an instant gratification, want-it-all age, we expect a lot from our polish. For starters, color choice is of the utmost importance because it has to speak to you, be in vogue for the season and fitting for the special event or vacation you might be heading off to. Beyond that, the color in the bottle has to be true to the way it will look on your nails (especially because you can't always test them in the store), be a good value (read: you want a polish that's not too expensive and lasts a long time), and since we're always looking for ways to shave time off our beauty routines, we also want our polish to dry super fast (so you don't run into the aforementioned issue of dings). Finally, it must be chip-resistant.
Think our standards are too high? Or can one polish really be all of these things? Well, our readers tried and tested many-o-polishes to weed out the not so great ones from the gems, and here we deliver their top 10 best nail polish list.
SEE NEXT PAGE: No. 10: Wet n Wild Rock Solid Nail Lacquer, $2.99
Because we live in an instant gratification, want-it-all age, we expect a lot from our polish. For starters, color choice is of the utmost importance because it has to speak to you, be in vogue for the season and fitting for the special event or vacation you might be heading off to. Beyond that, the color in the bottle has to be true to the way it will look on your nails (especially because you can't always test them in the store), be a good value (read: you want a polish that's not too expensive and lasts a long time), and since we're always looking for ways to shave time off our beauty routines, we also want our polish to dry super fast (so you don't run into the aforementioned issue of dings). Finally, it must be chip-resistant.
Think our standards are too high? Or can one polish really be all of these things? Well, our readers tried and tested many-o-polishes to weed out the not so great ones from the gems, and here we deliver their top 10 best nail polish list.
SEE NEXT PAGE: No. 10: Wet n Wild Rock Solid Nail Lacquer, $2.99
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