Year in Review: 2016 Favorite Polishes

2016 was a great year for my blog! I got to work with a lot of amazing indie brands, as well as mainstream. I also co-founded The Color Box, which has been an amazing experience. I tried to narrow down my favorite polishes from the year, which was a hard thing to do! Unfortunately, a lot of my personal purchases never get swatched and/or photographed and shared with you all, so most of these except one I think, are ones that you all have already seen. I wanted to put them all in one post and show my favorite indie brands some love though! In no particular order...

Anchor & Heart - Vacation Land

One of my favoritest new brands to come out of 2016!

Athena & Aphrodite - Moneta's Jewel

A lesser known brand that deserves some more love from us!

Baroness X - Doomfire

I'm sure this will be on a lot of 2016 favorite lists!

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer - Wash Away What's Past

Inspired by my favorite musical, Les Mis!

Black Dahlia Lacquer - Rose Bud

A truly unique and amazing polish, I have nothing else like it!

Bornprettystore - Chameleon Polish

Who would have thought BPS had such amazing polishes?!

Domani Color - Twinkle in the Night

Another new brand from 2016, I had the honor of swatching all of her polishes! She's currently on a break (new baby!) but will hopefully come back with a vengeance in 2017.

Fair Maiden Polish - Shift Just Got Real

I can't even with this polish. It's amazing.

GlitterDaze - You Were Mermaid for This

I was honored when Sana asked me to swatch each Daze of the Month all year! I loved every single one, but this one is my absolute favorite.

Joy Lacquer - Hikers or Heels

Seriously, how perfect is this? Joy makes AMAZING thermals.

Lilypad Lacquer - My Everything

UNF. Love this shade. When Lilypad asked me to swatch I may have done a little dance. Swatching dream come true!

Literary Lacquers - Raspberry Cordial

This shade of pink is EVERYTHING.

Literary Lacquers - Tonight's Adventure

A beautiful polished created for a great cause, OCD

My World Sparkles - Group Custom

Perfection in a bottle. I wore this many times this year.

My World Sparkles - Merchants of Venice

A beautiful pink filled with my favorite colors of glitters? Yes, please.

Nail Hoot - August birthstone

I mean seriously, could this green be anymore perfect?

Nail Hoot - July birthstone

Such a stunning shade of red!

Nail Hoot - September birthstone

UNF. SO MANY UNF'S. My favorite shade of blue.

Nail Tonic - Rainbowfish

Another new brand from 2016 that has taken the indie scene by storm! I expect great things from them in 2017.

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer - Green's Alexandrite Within Me

One of the most stunning polishes Julie has created, from the green Color Box

Great Lakes Lacquer - Manna's Magical Masterpiece

My green from The Color Box!

Polish M - Manna's Magnificent Masterpiece

My amazing grey from The Color Box!

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer - Manna's Majestic Masterpiece

My first polish from The Color Box!

Anchor & Heart Lacquer - Manna's Marvelous Masterpiece

My teal from The Color Box!

Zoya - Finley

One of the most stunning Zoya's in a long time

And there you have it! Can you tell what my favorite colors are?! What are some of your favorites from 2016, did any of yours make MY list?