Top 14 Polishes of 2014

Everyone says it on December 31st: "I can't believe today is the last day of the year"! It is finally here, and to celebrate the end of 2014, I went through my polishes and picked my favorite 14 to share today! These aren't necessarily the best polishes that came out in 2014, but they're the ones I liked the most.

14. Salon Perfect Ruby's Cubes (Top of the Class collection)

I think the novelty of this one is what really sucked me in. I'm a 90's kid, so Rubik's Cubes were a common source of childhood entertainment in my day. Owning a polish inspired by the toy is just.... nostalgic. Here I've shown one coat over Zoya Taylor.

13. Color Club Night at the Met (Made in NY collection)

I'm also a sucker for blue polishes. I really liked the dusty quality of this one, with an added silver shimmer to offset it. This is two coats.

12. OPI 4 in the Morning (Gwen Stefani collection)

I fell head over heels for this one the second I put it on! It is naturally a matte black with silver shimmer. It is gorgeous as-is (two coats), but just mind-blowing with a shiny topcoat!

September Favorites

3. Pretty & Polished Bayou Blitz over China Glaze Tree Hugger

2. Peacocks

1. Kissing Koalas

August Favorites

3. Shark Week 2013 Nails

2. Twinsie Tuesday Chevrons

1. Black and White Fishtail Braid Accent

July Favorites

3. Princessa - Jolly Rancher
I really only had picked this one up because I had never heard of the brand before, but ended up falling in love with how much it glowed!

2. Holo Splatter Nails
As a challenge for Twinsie Tuesday, I used a few Color Club Halo Hues for my first splatter mani, and loved it!

1. Zoo Animals
Definitely my favorite mani I did from this month! They were all pretty easy to do, and so cute!

June Favorites

3. My studded design on green from when I reviewed some products from KKCenterHk. I ended up loving these teeny studs, and especially the studded heart!

2. My Twinsie Tuesday textured fishtail braid. I love textured polishes, and I love fishtail braid manis, so it was next to impossible for me to not like this one!

1. My lily nails. I amazed myself that I could even paint lilies, and I loved how they all turned out!

May Favorites

Once again, I've had absolutely no time at all to gather my favorites from other bloggers, but my favorite three manis I did this month are:

3. Holo Rainbow Seahorses

2. Halo Hues Drag Marble

April Favorites

These are in no particular order this month! I couldn't pick a favorite among them!

So my three favorite manis I have done this month are:

My textured, drippy, rainbow leopard print nails:

March Favorites

Happy Easter! Here are my favorites manis that I have done this month:

3. Lacquers Like Lace - Golly Grape Gelly
One of my favorite frankens! I especially absolutely love it matted!

2. Spring Kickoff Dotticure
This one was so bright and fun, and I just love these four colors together!

February Favorites

3. Crayola - Blueberry

Because it is just such an amazing blue!

2. Le Metier de Beaute - Chrome Passion
So pretty! With an added, gorgeous scattered holo!

January Favorites

3. SXY - Seductive Berry

This brand was a new find for me, and I ended up really liking the two I picked up at Payless! I'll definitely be getting more!

2. Spotted Rainbow Gradient
I love this technique. I need a little more practice with it, but I love the effect. It is almost like the coveted OPI Spotted, only not quite as simple, and you're not limited to one color.

December Favorites

Since I participated in a nail art challenge in December, I had tons of manis to choose from for my favorites. It actually wasn't nearly as difficult to narrow them down as I anticipated it would be!

4. Sinful Colors - Blue by You

I so raved about this polish! I love it. It is easily one of my favorite blues ever, so of course it had to make it into the top picks this month!

3. Snowflake and Snowman Tips

I was unable to come up with an original name for this one... so sue me. Idc, I loved how these turned out! I couldn't get over how adorable that little snowman was!

2. Spun Sugar Rainbow Nails (from Day 13 of the December challenge "inspired by an artwork")

I actually just went into these messing around and they ended up being a thick, goopy mess, but I still loved how they came out!

November Favorites

3. OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons - This quickly became one of my favorite nudes! Being a mini, the brush pretty much sucked, but it is a gorgeous polish nonetheless!

2. Lush Lacquer Pink Panther over L.A. Colors Bashful - I received 3 Lush Lacquer polishes: Mr. Bubbles, Pink Panther, and Lite Brite. Pink Panther definitely ended up being the star of the three and my favorite! I absolutely love it over light pink!

October Favorites

3. Pastel Rainbow Alphabet and Numbers

This is a look I actually wore towards the end of September, but it didn't make it onto the blog until this month. I loved this one so much that I wore it for at least about a week!

2. Wet'n'Wild Fantasy Makers' Once Upon a Time

Out of the three new Wet'n'Wild glitters for Halloween this year, this one is by far my favorite! It is so gorgeous with such great depth to it, but definitely requires a topcoat to maintain its beautiful shine!

September Favorites

Considering that is about all I have been doing lately, this month, my favorite three looks all consist of swatches! ^.^

3. Nostalgic Nail Lacquer - Jordan

Of course I had to include Jordan! Blue polishes are my favorite and I love the little pops of green glitter mixed in with this one!

2. Zoya - Dita

Dita surprised me! I actually ended up really loving it! I don't wear pinks often, but this one is definitely gorgeous!

August Favorites

My top 3 for this month were a little harder to narrow down, but here are the ones that made the cut!:

3. Colorblind Leopard/Cheetah

2. Puzzle Pieces

July Favorites

For this month, my favorite manis that I did are:

#3 Interconnecting Dots

I do wish these had turned out better than they did, but I loved the look of this design! I may have to try them again in the future!

#2 What a Hoot - Owls in Bright Orange

I have been loving owls lately, for some reason and had been meaning to try owl nails for some time. So I figured, what better way to show off a swatch of a new polish I'd bought! ^.^

June Favorites

I've decided to start doing end-of-the-month posts recapping my favorite manis from the month. For this first installment, I have only three looks, in order of least to most favorite:

3. This one was my first attempt at the laser mani. It was pretty, and I love rainbow looks, but there are two more that I liked a little more.