There have been so many great polishes this year! It was hard to narrow down my favorites, so I ultimately decided to go with four lists, so here they are. Because I’ve been sick for over a week, I haven’t had time to swatch all these, so I went the easy route and made a video of bottle pics. I hope you guys don’t mind!
First up, my 12 favorite 2012 releases from mainstream brands (in no particular order):
- Essie Orange it’s Obvious
- Essie Butler Please
- Essie Go Overboard
- OPI Every Month is Oktoberfest
- OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls
- Zoya Arizona
- Nicole by OPI Khloe had a Little Lam-Lam
- China Glaze Desert Sun
- China Glaze Manhunt
- China Glaze Champagne Kisses
- butter LONDON Jack the Lad
- butter LONDON Two Fingered Salute
Next, my top 12 indies from 2012:
- Windestine Moana
- Windestine Snow Prince
- Happy Hands Afternoon Thunderstorms
- Happy Hands I Just Blue Myself
- Dollish Polish Dino-mite Yoshi
- KBShimmer Witch Way
- Hare Polish Supernova Springs
- Hare Polish Bury the Hatchetfish
- Lac Attack Felix Felicis
- Lac Attack Death Day Party
- A-England Saint George
- A-England Jane Eyre
And, since this blog is relatively new, and I’ve really enjoyed discovering some older polishes this year, I thought I’d include a list of polishes that I’ve loved this year, but were released before 2012. So here it is:
- OPI Glitzerland
- OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue
- OPI Cuckoo for this Color
- Essie Lilacism
- Essie Chinchilly
- butter LONDON All Hail the Queen
- Sephora by OPI Slushied
- A-England Tristam
- China Glaze First Mate
- Orly Mirror Mirror
- Sally Hansen Pacific Blue
- Nina Ultra Pro Cobalt
There are no pictures of these, but I wanted to include my favorite collections of 2012:
- Lac Attack Magical Musings
- China Glaze On Safari
- OPI Skyfall
- OPI Germany
- Happy Hands I’ve Made a Huge Mistake
- Windestine Hawaiian Collection
- Windestine’s new collection
- A-England Gothic Beauties
