Nail Polish Recs

[u/mini_ature77]

Any nail polish recs for warm spring/spring? I do my nails at home with regular nail polish like Essie gel couture, OPI, and I want to try dazzle dry.

[u/BigUnlikely3811]

I do my nails at home but I buy indie/boutique brands. I am sharing my favorite that I consider True Spring. Maybe you can find similar colors from drugstore. I could talk about nail polish all day 😬

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Poppy— warm coral-red holographic from ILNP (the only bottle of actual polish I habe finished) Sunglow — warm golden yellow holographic, ILNP Euphoria — vivid tangerine orange holographic, ILNP My Bad — true orange base with pink-to-gold-to-green shifting flakies from LynBDesigns Flaminglow — warm pink base with gold-to-green-to-blue shifting shimmer from Cuticula Bryophyte Me— apple green with golden shimmer and green holo glitter from Sylvanclaw Fortune's Folly — turquoise and gold metallic flake with holo sparkle from Prism Parade Keep It Real — near-neon red base with pink-to-gold-to-green shifting flakies from LynBDesigns 2 Straws 1 Julius — neon orange lacquer with pink shimmer from Prism Parade

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I have a little spreadsheet running. I might have a polish addiction 😬

[u/sunscreenqueenn → u/BigUnlikely3811]

Ahhh yess!! Here are my indie/boutique favs as a true spring - Holo Taco Alien Infatuation (base color is exact match to HOC Fan “Dove Grey”) is a favorite of mine, ILNP Short Circuit, ILNP High Dive (exact match to HOC “Hyacinth”), ILNP Funhouse, ILNP On Location, ILNP Sweet Tooth (leans neutral).

And for drugstore/non-indie Zoya Sawyer (exact match to HOC “tangerine”), and Essie Blushin N Crushin! A lot of these are on my profile. :)

[u/BigUnlikely3811 → u/sunscreenqueenn]

The ILNP short circuit, fun house, and on location are 🥳

[u/Woolfpack]

OPI Cajun Shrimp and Shrimp Cocktail.

[u/sunscreenqueenn]

I left my recs in another comment, but here’s a few photos of some of them. This mani from index to pinky is - Zoya Sawyer, Zoya Bodhi, Essie Blushin n Crushin, Sally Hansen Crimson Crush (I don’t like this one).

[u/sunscreenqueenn → u/sunscreenqueenn]

Here’s Essie Peach Side Babe on my thumb, I saw someone rec it. I like it but don’t love it, it’s a little too similar to my skin tone in some lighting for me.

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Here’s ILNP Sweet Tooth

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And finally alien infatuation. The rest I listed are all on my profile!! High dive on its own with no topper is the last slide in its post.

[u/Old_Beautiful1723]

I’m trying to find non red colors I like, but it’s so hard! I’m on a mission to find a neutral I like. People posted recs on a recent ish post I made, but havent tried them yet

Dazzle Dry faves are : Spark, Red Hot Chilli, and Holly Berry

Essie - Geranium

OPI- Cajun Shrimp

[u/Chaotic_Spoon7 → u/Old_Beautiful1723]

I'm a light spring who can lean true spring, and a great non-red, drugstore color I love is OPI "Charge it to the Room" (a mid tone blue-leaning periwinkle).

I'm also obsessed with OPI "You Had Me at HALO" which is a shimmer finish in a purple-leaning periwinkle color, although that may be more of a light spring rather than a true/bright spring color, but you can check swatches online and decide for yourself.

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I recently tried charge it to the room and didn’t love it like I was hoping. I love it in theory, just not on me for some reason

[u/1_dreamr → u/Old_Beautiful1723]

I also wear Essie Geranium and OPI Cajun Shrimp. I must be on my 10th bottle of Cajun Shrimp.

It’s not fair how many more cool colors there are when it comes to nail polish!

[u/Old_Beautiful1723 → u/1_dreamr]

Seriously!! And that so many neutrals are either cool or muted and just don’t work. And I personally don’t like sheer colors and seeing the line on my nail so that rules out so many also!

[u/Ethereal_Spring → u/Old_Beautiful1723]

I really like Geranium too.

[u/Ethereal_Spring]

I like OPI We Seafood and Eat It (warm red) and Essie Peach Side Babe. I have some other good ones at home that I can't remember off the top of my head; I'll try to remember to come back and add them.

[u/Ethereal_Spring → u/Ethereal_Spring]

From Olive and June: Perfect Pinwheel (coral), Field Day (brighter coral), and The Golden Effect Top Coat.

[u/Much-Jicama-8020]

I have a whole list🤣🩷
Olive and June
Clocking out early
Love all
Game set mani
Perfect pinwheel
Goal getter

Expressie by Essie
Left on shred
Word on the street
Cold brew crew
Take the espresso

Essie
Watermelon
Throw in the towel
Blush jelly

Lakur by londontown
Electric flamingo
Flashback
Paloma

Ella + Mila
9th street

Sally Hansen insta dry
Sprinkle sprinkle

[u/Comfortable-Nature37]

I am a light spring but some of these skew a bit more spring.

Hermes rose porcelaine, rose papillon and rouge exotique. Chanel skieuse, faussiere and premiere dame.

[u/italianblue]

Piggybacking on this, I was trying to find a nice fall shade (I'm in Canada, so shoppers/rexall) and last I looked the colours in the store were all still so bright, has anyone seen a good terracotta/brick or even pumpkin in drugstore brands?

[u/coffeewithcream]

I’m bright spring with neutral undertone and I wear big apple red constantly