Have you tried an aqua or teal polish for summer? If not, here are my five current favorites! What are yours? I’m always on the hunt for the next best teal!
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Man By Man is one of my favorites! It’s so pretty on the nail.
It is! So much dimension and depth.
Keepin’ It Teal by China Glaze will always be my favorite teal. The Illamasqua one looks lovely!
That name is cute!
I love the Illamasqua one! There is one from OPI called “Thanks a Windmillion” is an old favorite!
Oh that sounds pretty!
Beautiful!!!!
It’s a great color for nails!
Nice choices!
I tried layering Angel Kiss over Essie First Timer (dupe for Nomad) the other day, and thought it worked really well. Basically a greener version of Angel Kiss. And I love green. The formula for the color club holographic polishes (that I’ve tried) is so perfect.
Also, even though I have First Timer and like the formula, I am so tempted by Nomad. 🙁
It’s so hard to resist the original if you can get it 🙁 I have bought many dupes in lieu of the original but have wanted the original, too.
Those are all very nice!
Any personal favorites, Erin?
Zoya’s Zuza is one of my favorites! So pretty and Summery! The OCC one looks really pretty too. Would love to use it as an accent nail with Zuza!
That would be a great mani!
The Illamasqua one is my favourite!
It’s a great color!
Oh my, the first one is truly stunning, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a similar color!
It’s really cool! 🙂
My favourite teal polish is still Illamasqua Muse.
The ones in this list are a bit too green for me. I need a slight blue tone in my teals.
I can’t remember if I have Muse or not 🙁
Nomad <3 One of the best spring/summer polishes ever!
Agreed!
every time i see Five ways i am so excited but when it comes to nail polishes am hopeless case 🙁
my pick would be Butter London SLAPPER – the one and only TEAL i own .. its stunninggg
and am gonna hunt for Zoya if i can 🙂 i guess i will be able to get it …
looks so wonderful 😀
I hope you can get some Zoya!
Ack! So many pretty greens! 😀 it strikes me that I like most all of the Zoya things you post, yet I personally own no Zoya… I may have to remedy this!
I also love/don’t own any holos…May have to hit up Cirque at some point!
My favourites here are the first three!
If you can try Zoya, it’s a great brand – lots of colors and finishes, good quality overall, and not too pricey (at least, not here).
I love this color so much and all of these look fabulous! Thanks for sharing, I can’t wait to try them out!!!
What are your favorites, Daisy?
My favorites are a couple older OPI polishes…”ski teal we drop” and “cuckoo for this color.”
Fun picks, Alice!
Just came from Ulta with Giovanna in hand. It’s so beautiful. I also love Sephora by OPI Mermaid to Order and Butter London’s Thames. All gorgeous but slightly different.
YAY! So glad you love Giovanna! Thames is a great one, too.
These look great! My fave teal polish is China Glaze Custom Kicks. As a matter of fact, Custom Kicks is my absolute favorite nail polish period! I adore the shade, and honestly I could get rid of all my other polishes and just wear Custom Kicks everyday for the rest of my life. That’s how much I love it! 🙂
Custom Kicks is a lovely shade 😀
If I went for any, it would most def be Color Club Angel Kiss. 🙂
Yay! 🙂
The 2 Zoya polishes look absolutely stunning…I’m going to have to look for one or both of them. Doubt I’d wear them on my fingernails, but on toes- anything goes!
Haha! Toes are a great place to go for bolder colors for sure 🙂
Zoya Giovanna is one of my top picks, too!
It has so much depth!
First 3 are such gorgeous shades especially that illamasqua.. lovely compilation.. 🙂
Thanks, Poo!
I own the two zoya . I love Giovanna
Zuza is still waiting in my sister house 15 hours of flight away
I really want the color club
How the OCC nail polishes ?
OCC polishes are amazing!!