My Favorite UGLY Nail Polishes (Updated!) || KELLI MARISSA

[@EchoRe]

This video could almost be called "Kelli's Favorite Weird Greens" and I love that

[@KelliMarissa]

🤣 wait you are so right hahaha

[@meisbrenda]

Hahahahah😂

[@sarahakin]

I either love or hate every polish on this list.

[@KelliMarissa]

I feel like that's the perfect response to this video 🤣

[@sviolet892]

Haha yes! I definitely have strong feelings about all of them 😂

[@caiticorn]

With almost all of them, I involuntarily said "ok, ew" or "WHAT why?!," the latter because it was just pretty! 😅

[@HumbleWooper]

For the folks who WANT to like a jelly or crelly polish, but don't like the transparency of it, try 1-2 layers of a similar-colored opaque polish underneath. It doesn't generally need to be exact, "kind of close" will probably be fine once it's done and dried. It'll blend in with the jelly color and make it look like one solid thing. So think: clear base coat -> base color -> jelly/crelly -> clear topcoat (if desired). I've had what I think is my best success (your tastes may differ of course) if I go one step smaller on the sparkle size for my undercoat: - Cremes under crellies, shimmers, matte chunky glitters, or full jellies with no glitter/sparkly bits - Shimmers under glitters, iridescents, or flakies - Glitters under big chunky metallic glitters And this method often works for adding extra dimension to sheer and glittery toppers, too. Makes it look like one coherent fancy polish with interesting depths to it, instead of visible distinct layers.

[@Call-me-Al]

I love sheer toppers and jellies, especially jellies with shimmer or glitter in them, and I often layer them this way with an opaque color underneath. Sometimes similar, sometimes a notably different one for fun! Like for halloween I love using a light grey solid under a pink sheer/jelly with green shimmer, and stamping the line-art of a brain over it.

[@michellelyman7092]

undies!

[@that.neurodivergent]

So smart!!

[@Call-me-Al]

Sinful Colors "Bite" makes me think of uranium glass, in a good way! It's beautiful.

[@gunstarheroine5173]

Maze Craze reminds me of those open crates full of random tumbled semi-precious gemstones you get in gift shops. Idk but there's something about it that really hits a nostalgia note for me!

[@FrequentBreaks]

I was shocked when you included Preserved in Amber on this list. How could anyone think it is ugly? It’s so gorgeous! 🧡 Olive to Roar, on the other hand, I was not surprised at all 😂 for me that one is solidly in the ugly category, but I still want to own it!

[@kealikristine4066]

Seriously! I just commented this! How could anyone think preserved in amber is close to ugly???

[@leahgroess5361]

It's interesting how texture absolutely transforms a color, and that the reception is really love-hate! A super boring color can become really cool and unique and a pleasant shade can turn very alarming, and what qualifies as any of those aspects is utterly tied to an individual's tastes.

[@KelliMarissa]

Totally true! And it really is something I never would have expected from polish back when I first started painting haha, it's such an interesting idea. I remember when the OPI Liquid Sand formula came out, I was just blown away!

[@kealikristine4066]

I am extremely surprised to see China Glaze “preserved in amber” on this list! It is so beautiful I can’t imagine how it could be controversial!

[@MartianMeli]

As a Sinful Colors Stan their sugar collection was one of my favorites! Its one of the only collections where I own all of the colors and actually wear all of the colors

[@mariabuschard1763]

Frog nail art idea for "olive to roar" make the green the base, then apply a pink stripe (maybe a French tip) horizontally across four nails then on the fifth one make the line curl around a small black fly

[@lisagardiner7799]

Hi Kelli, would love to see you review Emily de Molly in your Small Brand Sunday series. It's an Australian Indie brand and they have so many amazing finishes and the formula is 👌

[@RG_Eph]

I would love to see that too! Also Dimension Nails…all their polishes are actually incredible. They have such a cool animal theme too

[@EchoRe]

Their reflectives are amazing!!

[@KateLB1027]

I really like a lot of these! Haha. The “Olive to roar” polish is a stunningly funky color…but yeah the random texture for me would cause me to only use it for accent nails. I wish it was named “alligator hide” or something to represent the bumps!

[@ikejiri]

These are the polish colors trending in Japan recently! There is a jelly version of the ORLY baby pupe one that its almost cult favorite😂 People love dusty yellowish green with shimmer…

[@elleng8359]

“Sometimes you wanna wear something weird.” YES! 😊

[@lurklingX]

15:54 maze craze is a LOT. reminds me of kaleidoscopes. or like a confetti party condensed into one nail. idk but it's pretty cool. maybe not an everyday thing you could get away with but pretty fun! trying to picture a full set of those lol.

[@melshugrue1917]

I honestly can't get over how gorgeous Preserved in Amber is!!! It is so pretty!!!

[@KelliMarissa]

Agreed, I just love it!!

[@sofie.h]

YESSSSS!! I’ve recently realized my ideal nail polish aesthetic is very in line with what you label ugly-pretty, so I’m beyond excited for this update :) Edit: the video just started and I’m obsessed with this eyeshadow look!

[@KelliMarissa]

Ahh thank you! I had to match my favorite "ugly pretty" color of all, which of course is chartreuse 😂😂

[@sofie.h]

Ugh I love chartreuse so much too!

[@continuallycountingchicken7338]

Same. All of your comment. 😂❤

[@sektaufeis6139]

I love them all! "Olive to roar" is the only one i consider a true ugly polish. Beesknees Lacquer "tooty stinkfoot" is my go to prugly polish, bonus points for the hilarious name: it's a green yellow-gold very textured reflective glitter polish and i love it!

[@DLFH]

I love Groove Thing and bought it after you swatched that collection. I put Groove Thing on top of other greens, multi-color greens like Artemis by Starrily gold/oranges, and black, and I get such different results. I thought Wait For Me reminded me of a naturally occuring white quartz with metallic flakes in it that makes it rather interesting, and totally fine for a wedding.

[@joannemcneill156]

My favourite ugly/pretty is Enjoy the Fall by Emily de Molly - which is a brand you should absolutely try for your small brand Sunday. They're Aussie but have a US stockist. I use 'vibe' a lot too, like "this polish is a vibe" or "I can't get lunch with you, I've just come off nightshift. It's not a vibe."

[@clancymullins5316]

Except for the greenish brown by Orly I think they are all gorgeous!

[@BeckyANails]

My fave on the list is Cirque Colors “Groove Thing”!! I wore that on so many looks over the Fall! People think I’m nuts because I love it so much but that just makes me love it more!! 😍

[@saragillihan484]

Small brand Sunday recommendations: Bluebird Lacquer, Night Owl Lacquer, Moonshine Mani, Polished For Days, Wildflower Lacquer and Polish Molish.

[@DaenysT]

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who loves ‘Groove Thing’! My bf looks at me like I’m crazy when I put it on 😂 something about those two shades together is just 🤌🏻

[@robinisok]

If you put cirque colors Lumiere over Elysian Fields it's a decent scattered holo match to holo taco Amber Apathy. Those 3 look so good together. 🙏✨️

[@lurklingX]

8:51 amazing green!! i think i'd like the versatility of going for the texture OR the topcoat. intriguing one there!

[@concombre6113]

Some of these are so so pretty!! 🥺 pick of the patch is gorgeous, its like all of autumn and halloween in a single bottle. Thank u for uploading, i really love your videos!! 🫶

[@KelliMarissa]

I'm so happy to hear that 🥰🥰 Thank you!!

[@pigakitty]

cirque groove thing is BEAUTIFUL! i dont think its even ugly pretty its just plain pretty!!

[@gurlinacoma]

You’re eye makeup looks amazing 😍 It really makes your eye color pop !

[@ashleyj0]

Cirque groove thing is amazing! I get the best reactions whenever I wear it. 💚🧡

[@ezragoggles2460]

I love ugly polishes because they’re unique ❤ especially the greens. Green is my favorite color. I really did like bite by sinful colors but it was really hard to take off lol.

[@beep-beepwatermelon4203]

I think some of these are sooooo beautiful! Some of them don’t excite me, but I don’t find any of them ugly. I love the creativity behind all of the polishes… so refreshing.

[@KelliMarissa]

Honestly I gotta agree with you! I think people need to be more open-minded about polish colors, especially since they're so temporary anyway!

[@lit0202]

All of these are gorgeous, olive green-brown color on nails is something insanely underrated. My favorites definitely would have to be Orly Elysian Fields and Cirque Colors Groove Thing :)

[@Kastil]

I absolutely love indie polishes. Most of my collection leans that way. I think we expect the heavy flakies in the indie brands and the weird. You should try more! I suggest Wildflower of Night Owl Lacquer. My favorite ugly pretty is still Beatnik from Cirque Colors.

[@Gotaluvpolish]

I loved this video and how you give the out of the box colors a shout out! This is why I turned to indie polishes in 2018 because I was SO bored with mainstreams at the time (started collecting in 2009) I love that some mainstreams still try to do something fun and different

[@ritarabaa8338]

I love sweet cherry drop and preserved in amber ❤

[@nicoleandre1657]

Salon perfect she's a star, shine and dandy, make it flashy, flash dance, dream gleam! All awesome polishes

[@lindabialowas2800]

My favorite is Road Lacquer Maze Craze. I really enjoyed this video! It was so much fun! I love unique and different and that's exactly what you have me!! As always, thank you for introducing me to new lines of polish and teaching so much!! 💟💟

[@bellemieux]

I love that red and I'm sad I missed that collection. I have good luck finding the sinful color polishes at the grocery store Meijer, which I believe is a Midwest chain.

[@grosebud4721]

I feel like all of these have a chance to shine SOMETIMES. Like that "baby poop" color would look great as long as you coordinate your outfit or what you wear with it, or also depends on your skin tone. I think that all of the "ugly" polishes can be pretty under certain circumstances. Like for example, the pumpkin one too, I think that one is perfect for fall! I wouldn't just go to it for a random February day, but like it has a time and place.

[@toxicginger9936]

2:55 'Sugar coated' finish from Sinful Colors, I think I've seen that kind of finish style before. Sally Hansen Gem Crush. I've had mine for 10 years. Love them.

[@gray_7]

I think a collection of polishes in that Sweet Cherry Drop finish for summer would be fun! I’m into more sheer and jelly polishes

[@jenniferbaker5167]

I had watched your last Ugly Polish video, so I was looking forward to this one. I agree about the greenish/yellows and how they look on paler skin. I wear my yellows in the summer with tanned skin and it is still a little weird to me lol. My faves here are Maze Craze, Olive Grove, Wait for Me and Sweet Cherry Drop.

[@wylizzler]

Omg groove thing is absolutely stunnnn 💚💚💚

[@juliakelley8317]

A very fun video! I looked up synonyms for vibes and found some that might work for you though I don't think any quite hit the mark as well as vibes: feeling, impression, mood, sense, ambience, aura, and atmosphere. These videos are so helpful to me. I've tried Orly, Cirque, and Holo Taco polishes since first hearing about those brands from you.

[@gray_7]

I love that Turnt-quoise finish too! Bring it back 😭 It looked like it had a nice formula too

[@talon_craft4734]

I got Groove Thing because of you, and she did not disappoint. I love pretty ugly colours and texture

[@KelliMarissa]

There's just something MESMERIZING about that color!!

[@blueclarity]

Yay! I love ugly pretty polishes too - I'm so excited to see whatcha got! It's weird that it's been so long since your last ugly/pretty video, seems like last year. I have a love/hate relationship with Sinful Colors - I don't understand why they make them so hard to find and forget finding an entire collection. My over said phrase = Right on ✌️

[@MoodysMood-lt6wh]

I don’t see the ‘ugly’ at all! These colors are beautiful! I’d say my least fav was probably the first one but knowing me, I’d try it.

[@jillmeyer4383]

Like your explanation for why you dig jellies. They have grown on me for ease of application and the fresh look. I also have a new appreciation for the Orly Futurism collection which fits spring surprisingly well!! Throwing them back in the rotation again

[@_jayehicks]

Animalistic is SO gorgeous!!

[@glittermoondust]

Olive Grove is one of my favs!!!!!!!!!! I should use it for my next mani, its been awhile. As well, no one has ever told me it was ugly.

[@kaffhocker]

Because it's not. That whole collection is so beautiful.

[@charisamartin2152]

That first nail polish is 💯 those sugar coated orange slice gummies 😂 Spot on!

[@cassiehenry550]

I love the idea of textured polish but the reality is I would pick at it. I feel the same way about rhinestones or other embellishments. I want a smooth manicure, but I love colors that aren't traditionally pretty!

[@mcstuffs]

I love the Sinful Colors sneaker collection! I normally don't like texture polishes but, those were awesome! You should try Polished For Days, and Glam Polish on your Small Brand Sunday series, amazing indie brands!

[@susannahammond2033]

I loved the colors and texture of the collection but they chipped so fast on me! Within hours my mani had to be touched up :(

[@continuallycountingchicken7338]

I have Elysian Fields and absolutely can’t handle its beauty!!! I’m with you, Kelli! The collection is also top notch!

[@jen8778]

ILNP's Olive Grove and China Glaze's Preserved In Amber have my ❤ I adore them. What started my Cirque obsession was a "prugly", it was Beatnik and it was described as "pea soup" and can we say, accurate? It's my favorite to this day. I'm always down for a funky baby poopy yellow polish (and have too many of those to name 🤣) but I think the ugliest shade I own is this wonderfully hideous Sally Hansen color called Holla-Gram that looks like a festive bruise on my nails, lol

[@KelliMarissa]

A festive bruise sounds right up my alley, I need that 😂😂😂

[@ggggglllll7129]

I got a chuckle out of your overused word answer because I absolutely don’t hear you saying the word “vibes” that much but you absolutely use the word “absolutely” absolutely all the time. 😘

[@KelliMarissa]

HAHA honestly... You're absolutely right about that 😂 I need a thesaurus

[@celesteyeisley6315]

Painted polish just came out with a color called gilded gerkin. It's a pickle color with gold flakies. I am adding it to my pugly collection.

[@TracyD2]

I love similar grunge colors in eyeshadow as well.

[@nine9nines9s]

just: yes. all of it! ha we have several of these. the whole concept of beauty needs such an overhaul. right? salute to all weirdness. love the Vibe!

[@dianaweatherford5005]

This is my fav kind of nail polish videos, and especially your videos. I also love weird polishes (probably bc of u lol) but yeah, do more updates of your favs.

[@heatherreich2687]

I LOOVE sinful colors…..It’s actually the first nail polish that you use that I have heard of. I live in Colorado and you can find them everywhere!!!

[@lurklingX]

10:43 wow, groove thing is WILD. fascinating. i can't say that i love it OR that i don't. that battle would probably wage forever. MAN is it interesting.

[@angelagenx6629]

I don’t have any of these colors, so my favorite ugly-pretty polish is Beatnik from Cirque. I’ve loved weird polishes since my first Urban Decay polish way back in the ‘90s. It was a grungy green color and I remember my mom hating it. After that polish, I was always on the hunt for the odd colors, I could usually find them at Maurice’s way back when, and Bath and Body Works had nail polish with some weird colors. I usually gravitated to the out there green polishes, they were and still are my favorites.

[@elsem-nz8ks]

Femme Fatale Cosmetics is the BEST at “ugly pretty” colours. They are my top pick for finding really unusual combos. Sophie has such a beautiful and unique way of combining colours and textures that I am really into! RN I’m wearing a dusty/dirty green that reminds me of dead grass, with gold reflective glitter and an intense purple shimmer called Sector 7-G. It might actually be my new favourite polish. It’s incredible! I’m obsessed with the colours most people consider unpretty, odd, unusual, or weird.

[@a.z.p.]

I’m wearing one of the Sneaker Texture collection right now!! (Trainers.) I love how weird it is, but it looks really good too!

[@theseinstrumentals]

Based on swatches I’ve seen I feel like the new peeps collection from Sally Hansen may be similar to the sneaker texture. It appears to be the same colors as last year’s peeps collection but textured this year. Loved the cremes last year and won’t be getting the textured lol. Love the makeup look to match the video, but I just think it looks pretty 😊

[@KelliMarissa]

Ooh I definitely need to check out the textured version lol!!

[@kelsiehogan576]

Preserved in Amber made a huge lightbulb go off in my head! I love that shade, but it would look yucky on me, because I have more pink/red in my skin. That led to the realization that my favorite nail colors to wear are greens, which counteracts red!

[@KelliMarissa]

Funny you say that because I was just wondering if I lean more towards certain colors because they suit my undertone better haha!

[@kelsiehogan576]

#ColorTheory 😍 Because my favorite color, IRL is purple, but there are only certain purples that look good on my nails. Like, I love a jewel tone purple top, but only like lighter lavender type shades on my nails

[@graymonk5972]

my favorite color is green so lemme tell ya i loved basically every polish on this

[@KelliMarissa]

Haha! Green really is the best!

[@PirateFrodoPotter]

I have the “electric yellow” Subaru crosstrek, and I think the Zoya Eunice one is a dupe for the car paint color 😂 this was such a fun/ interesting video!!

[@melissapeirson7000]

I love all of the funky greens! I am wearing Elysian Fields right now! I am going to source that ILNP polish, so gorgeous. 💚

[@samantharader5582]

my reactions: "preserved in amber" yep, own it, expected. "elysian fields" yep, bought it for van gogh nail art, expected. "animalistic" - what? there's nothing ugly about it! look at that sage! i also have "bite" and anyone who thinks it's ugly has not worn it over black. it's such a beautiful blue green shimmer.

[@wendywatkins-ragan6758]

I LOVE this entire collection.. LOL. I own a lot of them and immediately searched, found and bought Sinful Colors Bite as soon as you showed it. I'm looking for PP Pick of the Patch right now... 🤣🤪😜 CG Preserved in Amber is AMAZING! It's so beautiful. One of my besties, who is a classic look nail polish gal, even commented on it and asked to use it for her New Years mani. That entire collection was brilliant.

[@luvtinamc]

Sinful Colors Double Time, kicking myself for not getting more than one bottle. This blue is the best, and when I don't want the texture I'll just put a really good top coat on it to smooth it out.

[@nailsbyabagail]

Lol I have Animalistic on my nails and Olive to Roar on deck. Glad they are appreciated!

[@nickbeilschmidt411]

Great video as always! I have Bite too and I highly recommend also trying one coat of it over black, as it brings out the blue shimmer in it and it's gorgeous!

[@continuallycountingchicken7338]

You mentioned Zoya’s Pixie Dust polishes recently. Well, in a video I watched recently. It may not be a recent video. Anyway, I bought some and …… I’m obsessed! I looooooove the texture!!

[@sugarbabyangel479]

I loved all of your choices except the China Glaze "Olive To Roar."

[@_maxgray]

I was so surprised to see Olive Grove on here! I am not a fan of "ugly pretty" polishes personally, but love that one. To me it's dark/saturated enough in classic greens and golds with that gorgeous metallic finish that it doesn't really fit with the rest of these, but ugly pretty is in the eye of the beholder 😂

[@amandastillman8352]

A decade ago I had a wool pea coat that was the same olive green color as ILNP Olive Grove. People thought it was a questionable style choice but I loved it. I get a little nostalgic each time I wear Olive Grove.

[@susanmiddlebrook5882]

I loved that ILNP shade and the entire collection! My jaw nearly hit the floor the first time I laid eyes on them!!! I really love olive greens and sage greens, too. Green is my favorite color so I really never met a green that I didn’t love! I say you were right in style with your beautiful pea coat. Even a fashionista trail blazer! 💚💚💚

[@amandastillman8352]

@@susanmiddlebrook5882 Green is my favorite color as well! There are so many different shades of loveliness. The ILNP Harvest collection was one of my favorites of the year.

[@adriannes294]

Hi! I found your channel a few days ago & im hooked. Please do a video on best chrome polishes/toppers

[@aquariaaustin2077]

Oh man-I totally ADORE most of the greens: Elysian Fields, Eunice, Groove Thing, Olive to Roar, Urban Landscape--either have those, or they're on my To Buy list. Turnt-quoise is one of the few sheers I really liked.

[@unsafetypin]

ILNP's Olive Grove reminds me SO much of my all time favourite ugly pretty polish, China Glaze Zombie Zest! These olive greens are my absolute favourites 💚

[@susanmiddlebrook5882]

Well, Kelli, you and I share rarified air! I love the ugly-pretty colors you showcased today…even Elysian Fields, which I must confess I loathed at first but it has actually grown on me. I got that Orly Surrealist Collection and loved all of those polishes and finally even Elysian Fields! It was good to be reminded of all these great polishes. You are not alone! There are a lot of us who adore those ugly-pretty colors and give them a lot of love! I think the word VIBE is almost the only word to adequately describe many of the polishes/collections you show us! I don’t think you overuse the word at all. It perfectly describes so many polishes I have seen on your vids! ♥️

[@KelliMarissa]

Haha I'm glad you grew to like Elysian Fields because I think the whole color story of that surrealist set is just so stunning together! And EF is just underrated 😁

[@bethannabanana]

Sally Hansen’s Peeps collection is textured this year!

[@charlatanandthief]

these are hands down my favourite nail videos, not just from you, but anyone ever. 💖

[@bethanybutelectronic9846]

Maze Craze looks like a perfect Mardi Gras shade 🎉

[@meeprific]

Why do people hate green?? I love these colours!!! I tend to agree with the masses about textured polishes though, don’t like em. 😂

[@KelliMarissa]

I have no idea, I think it's such a pretty color but now that I think about it, green seems to be a rare color for other stuff too like cars 🤔

[@kathyperkov5939]

I love the vibe of this video xoxo😂

[@KelliMarissa]

Hahaha! Glad you're digging the vibeeee

[@gray_7]

I wore a glitter crelly for my wedding! A gray with red-orange flakies, it was like crushed up autumn leaves 🍁

[@BrittMFH]

Ppppfffftttt ... That last Cadillaquer is gorgeous!!!! All of these are.

[@AngelaSmith_1970]

I love weird colors 🤣🥰 and Cirque Colors Groove Thing has to be my favorite out of your collection so far 😎🙌🏽✊🏽

[@treatsntrinkets]

I have Bite by Sinful Colors, and I love wearing it over a black base. I do find it a little sheer on its own, but it makes a really pretty topper

[@rhondaorberson9664]

Awesome video, Kelli! Like you, I just cannot resist a green polish. I was all set to declare Groove Thing and Lynx as my personal favorites, until I saw Olive Grove - WOW

[@KelliMarissa]

Thank you!!! There really are so many pretty greens out there 😅

[@nine9nines9s]

olive grove is a blackened forest treasure. you gotta get it! xo

[@RougeRey]

3:19 that polish would look awesome with Hello Kitty stickers

[@pinkfeet518]

having yellow undertones makes me not want to try yellow polishes or most warm colors in general. but man, most of these polishes i LOVE!

[@cat_623]

Wow -- a record number of comments on this video!! Honestly, after more than 10 years enjoying this hobby, I really don't think there are any ugly colors. My mind has been opened to varied artistic avenues and it's actually fun to have that variety!

[@HK-po9fb]

Very surprised about the amber one! I used to work in a jewellery store and the amber pieces would sell so well. As soon as I saw the polish, I thought they nailed the brief and assumed it would be equally as popular as the jewellery Definitely not expecting it to be on this list

[@thewitchef]

I like most of them except Zoya's and that unholy China Glaze toad-skin looking polish. Nuh-uh. I'd also like to recommend an indie polish brand I think you'll love, their specialty are jelly polishes with glitters in them: they're called Swamp Gloss.