January Favorite Nail Art & Nail Polish (say what?!)

Ummm, so I never did get around to doing my favorites for January. I realize that my February was all kinds of screwy but I guess better late than never, right? I hope to have February favorites up tomorrow. 🙂

Let’s start out with my favorite polishes for January. I had a lot of backlog from last year, so surprisingly I didn’t really show off too many “new” polishes in January.

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Favorite Mainstream Nail Polishes of 2014

2014 Favorite Mainstream Polishes | Be Happy And Buy Polish
Good morning! Today is the last of my year round-ups and we’re talking about mainstream polishes! Let’s talk about brands, first. Of course, OPI really is my first polish brand love, so it’s going to be among my favorites; even though they didn’t release too many unique polishes, they did have some stand-outs. I also was impressed by Sinful Colors – they always have a great range of finishes, and textures in unique combinations.

Like yesterday’s post, these aren’t all necessarily polishes that were released in 2014, but they were ones I swatched and showed off in 2014. Why 16? Because I couldn’t make up my mind, darn it! Here we go….

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Favorite Indie Nail Polishes of 2014

2014 Favorite Indie Polishes | Be Happy And Buy Polish

Good morning readers! I’m continuing my 2014 favorites by showing you my favorite indie polishes. Which brands were my favorites? Pahlish, Mentality, KBShimmer, CrowsToes were among the top brands for me, personally. A newer brand that is fast gaining speed for me is Fair Maiden Polish and I can’t wait to see what they have in store next!

My top hits on the blog for indie brands were for A Girl Obsessed, Fair Maiden Polish, and ALIQUID Lacquer’s First Fantastiversary set.

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Favorite Nail Art Looks of 2014

2014 Favorite Nail Art Looks | Be Happy And Buy Polish

Phew! What a year it has been with my nail art! I feel like I’ve definitely grown in my skills, and found my “style”: kind of quirky and offbeat, fun, and detailed! It’s funny to look at my top nail art looks (in terms of hits on the blog), because the top three aren’t even in my list below! They are: OMD2 Dotticure, OMD2 Feathers, and OMD2 Animal Print. My top pinned nail art looks were: Graduation Nail Art, Animal Print, and Jessica Cosmetics dotticure.

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