My Top 20 Nail Polishes of 2020 - Mainstream and Indie! || KELLI MARISSA

[@ashleycraig7752]

The Unicorn Skin collection came out in 2020? Man 2020 was such a long year!

[@crissysims4357]

Yep

[@shaumia82]

The longest yet fastest year ever 😫😫

[@sr.braydondo]

omgsh it did😂

[@lindabohan6244]

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[@crissysims4357]

@@lindabohan6244 1

[@simplynailogical]

🦄💞🤠💅

[@abhisiktagupta]

OMG, love you Simply 😍😍

[@thelibbyli2362]

hi my holo mom

[@DebraKadabra]

Hi Cristine!

[@jessicarubio2736]

Hi Cristine 🤓

[@octowuss1118]

Cristeeeeeen! I felt like I was cheating on you until I saw you come here, too, lol!

[@emme4129]

Heh...I saw the thumbnail and was like "why are they all black or grey?!" And then I realized I'm an idiot.

[@KelliMarissa]

LOL why is this making me laugh so hard 😂😂😂

[@Akitnaya]

Omg me too. Two idiots ahahaha. 😂

[@houseofschenck6230]

I had the same reaction!

[@kayenjee]

I thought the same thing 😆

[@srahim0611]

This comment is “me to me” meme lmaoooo

[@snotele]

If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend wearing ILNP's Eclipse with Holo Taco's Solar Unicorn Skin. I'm wearing it now and it's like fire on my nails!

[@sr.braydondo]

i love solar unicorn skin so much for that exact same reason!

[@picturepolish]

Aww Kelli you are too kind, you made me cry. We appreciate everything you do so thank you as alwasy. HNY Cheers Jules xox

[@madisonjoseph5056]

I just changed from salon visits to doing my own nails this years I started with holo taco, but I grabbed some ILNP because of your videos. I have to admit, I thought I’d be saving money this way and I’m not and I’m ok with that. So many lovely colors to try.

[@chikachic817]

I do this too to justify my purchasing more expensive nail polishes. I look at it from the view that I am able to use a polish multiple times vs just once. But that's just me since I never get my nails professionally done. Like you said, there's so many different/unique polishes to buy that wouldn't be available at salons.

[@kiterika3393]

"and I'm not and I'm ok with that". The sign of a true nail artist. Kuddos lol

[@MelissaK133]

Me! Because my rationing of owning 200 nail polishes is 'cheaper than a professional mani' doesn't really hold up when I only had my nails done around once or twice a year 😅

[@sam6459]

china glaze really setting the bar high for mainstream brands, so many unique indie-like releases lately from them.

[@AmY-if9ci]

Agreed! I just got a big haul. They had a really good sale going on last week. Under $7 a bottle.

[@lindseybotelho]

I bought Celebri-tree a couple months ago and I'm SO impressed with it!

[@KelliMarissa]

It's AMAZING!!!

[@laurac86]

@@KelliMarissa - The Christmas tree nail art you did with it was soo good!! It’s literally the PERFECT color and formula for a tree 😆

[@denise_the_economist]

@@societycrumbles try nail polish direct if in the UK

[@stephaniemartinez1806]

I never read rainbow fish as a kid, but one day a friend of mine was having a really rough day and was day drinking and asked if I had ever read that book. She read it over the phone for me and I loved it so much.

[@laurabolen4809]

greens, ugly pretty colors, bar glitters, even the sneaker texture - I am with you!

[@KelliMarissa]

Weird polish is the best nail polish lol

[@laurabolen4809]

@@KelliMarissa I totally agree!

[@twilafreek25]

I love it too! I wish the store near me still had the sneaker polishes. I need more! 😭

[@laurabolen4809]

@@twilafreek25 in the past i have some on ebay. i always check at walmart sometimes they just show up in the sinful boxes on the side of end caps.

[@Kaemea]

Bar glitter is the bombdiggity. I have 3 backup bottles of the OPI Nikki Menage (I know that's spelled incorrectly. Sorry) Save Me. Considering a 4th bottle.

[@HaliaArtisan]

I just got into indie nail polish this year, before I only wore black creme lmao, and my favorite without a doubt is ilnp eclipse 👌🏻 it's SO good. Thank you for sharing it with us

[@TheJDSeibel]

I'm there with you on reds! I have so many reds and pinks and hardly ever wear them. I have too many other fun colors to try out! But I really do like reds and pinks! The strugglllllleee lol :D You have swatched some really beautiful reds this year though! I got celebri-tree at your recommendation and I LOVE IT!!!! I love the sneaker texture polishes!! :D lol I deffffinitely need to get that sci-fi one!!

[@greencarlson4657]

I love Sinful Colors polishes and I have that sneaker texture collection and thought they were great. Thanks for including "Werk Out."

[@KelliMarissa]

It was ahead of it's time haha! One day more people will appreciate it.

[@barose1]

Zoya Eunice is one of my favorite green polishes of all time. I love how it both contrast and emphasize my skin tone.

[@joysenn]

The reason I decided to follow you is your use of your own words in your descriptions of the polishes and that is amazing! I absolutely love your videos.

[@natalieshelton8704]

Fantastic review! We literally have the same "weird" taste in "ugly" nail polish colors! I so get it!😂❤️

[@KelliMarissa]

Haha!! Love a good ugly polish 😂😂

[@saranovaa]

I liked that you picked a lot of quirky ones!! My top favorites this year were zoya-nisha and cuccio-brownie points ☺️

[@KelliMarissa]

Ooh yes both amazing faves!!

[@MartinaIlg]

Love your choices and I agree with many of them! Especially with Eclipse and Orly ones🤩 Rainbow fish is such a wonderful book! It's a favourite in the kindergarden where I work and we had it as our yearly theme even! Definitely a great choice 🥰🥰

[@amyschoeppich]

This was my first year collecting nail polish! These were my top five favourite releases: 1. A fiori - Cirque Colors 2. Harbor - Zoya 3. Have your panettone and eat it too - OPI 4. Maldives - Picture Polish 5. Superfreak- Cirque Colors

[@hazelruin2908]

After leaving the nursing field for eight years, one of the first things I did was throw out all my nail polish and makeup. I was super happy to see that from the six brands in the thumbnail I had four of those brands in my limited collection. I will have to come back to this video when I am ready to expand or look for more cool polishes.

[@sharonaliza8984]

Eunice is Grinch Green to me - my favorite Christmas Story, so I LOVE it, too!

[@a.a659]

I'm so happy to see ILNP Eclipse on your list!! It's my new favorite polish of all time and it introduced me to the indie nail polish world!!

[@Kaemea]

Isn't ILNP awesome? I think it's my favorite indie tied with Starrily.

[@lorettabray1483]

I started to lol when you mentioned, “The Rainbow Fish”! I read that book to my grandchildren all the time. It’s one of there favorites. Since the pandemic started last year I haven’t seen my grandchildren in person, so we FaceTime and I read to them often and they always ask for that book! By the way, my favorite color is “Bluebird” by Picture Polish. Where can I buy that brand? I’ve never heard of it before. Thanks for a the fun videos!

[@lisathomson3057]

She listed the link above for us 😊

[@lorettabray1483]

@@lisathomson3057 thank you.

[@livelove2381]

I knew Celebri-Tree will be one it’s so different! That one is a new fav of mine 🌲💚

[@corbitt61]

That "Celebri-tree" color would be awesome for Spring with decorated Easter egg art.

[@caitlinbrowniee]

i was doing my skincare routine while watching this, and when you were talking about your favorite book to read as a child and you said Rainbow Fish, i literally stopped in my tracks lol loved that book so much! as well as The Hungry Caterpillar! glad to see we have similar tastes in not only nail polish, but children’s books 😂

[@soniaavila4988]

Kelli, like you I’m also drawn to green nail polish and ugly nail polish. I don’t know what it is but when I wear them I feel edgy/original.

[@KelliMarissa]

YES! It just feels so interesting. It's like a conversation piece lol!!

[@otakuautumn5128]

2020 was my breakout into nail polish! Like I’ve been painting them for years but this year I’ve really done a lot of experimenting and my collection has exploded! For 2020 though here are my tops! Enchanted polish ‘cranberry forest’, easily one of my tops reds just ever. Starrily ‘Jupiter’, the whole planets collection is awesome but this one is my fave. Zoya ‘Eunice’ for same reasons you covered! Cuccio ‘brownie points’. I love this whole collection but I’ve worn this one the most! ILNP ‘eclipse’. ILNP has become a favorite brand of mine and I can’t wait to get even more of their polishes!

[@KelliMarissa]

Ooh yes SO many great favorites here!! I love them ALL!!

[@EchoRe]

"The 90's" really reminds me of those like cliche old arcade carpets. ugh I miss childhood

[@IxziRose]

*fangirl squeal* You used my question! Yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed the question I posed. Also, another wonderful video. I have the Holo Taco Unicorn Skin collection and I picked up a few of your Starrily collabs, including Phobos. I really want to pick up more of your Starrily collabs and the Planets collection. Other polishes I want to pick up are China Glaze Celebri-tree & ILNP Eclipse. I plan to try some Orly polishes too, since I love the Bonder base coat.

[@m.n.d5949]

Your tip of getting nailpolish thinner to save thick nailpaints helped a lot. Didnt knw such a thing existed. Thanks a lot

[@CrownedLily]

I Bet Starrily AU would look kind of amazing with a matte topcoat. Matte metallics IMO are just so pretty!!

[@nhillborn2]

Saw your podcast yesterday. It was nice to hear how you got started and how you found your way to creating your awesome channel.

[@Lese203]

Love that the first favorite polish is dollar store! I like the brand Kiss nail polish that they carry and go back each season to pick up new ones!

[@laurasprenger5512]

I love the sneaker texture! As soon as I saw your review I went out and bought them all. I also have Celebri-tree. I agree it would be awesome in other colors.

[@violarobert4489]

That is so cool, my son read and drew 'The Rainbow Fish' for his elementary school English as a second language project last year, I loved the book and had lots of fun playing with glitter for the drawing!

[@quinaquen298]

The 90's is such a perfect polish to represent the 90's. It gives me heavy composition note book with Lisa Frank sticker vibes.

[@cristinanderson5021]

Eunice is like the EXACT color of my mom's old trailer that had shaggy green carpet. And I just don't know how that makes me feel about it. 😂

[@KelliMarissa]

It means you neeeeed to have shag carpet nails!!

[@cristinanderson5021]

@@KelliMarissa if Celebri-tree was more of a chartreuse green then I could achieve that! 😂

[@WonderfulHayden]

Red nail polish is very flattering on you! It especially pairs well when you've dyed your hair red. For me, I find that I'm bolder and have more energy in general when I'm wearing red nail polish. Tons of great shades, but I find a good fallback is OPI Big Apple Red.

[@karindwarswaard]

i fell in love with ilnp last year

[@LV4233]

Phobos is just so beautiful! Phenomenal creation Kelli!

[@DeirdreSM]

So glad you finally got to experience Enchanted Polish in 2020. They've been a favorite of mine for years, especially being from a small town in California. In cremes, I like Sweet Mint, Nightswimming, and One Headlight, though I think Grass Stain is more your cuppa. In multichromes, I love the Imagine collection, but Kids is probably what I wear most.

[@KelliMarissa]

I definitely want to get that collection next, the photos online look gorgeous!

[@MGK-je8lf]

I treated myself to Orly Color Pass, and to my surprise, ordered in time for the Metropolis Collection. Spring 2021 mailing next week... I can’t wait! I really enjoy Orly, too. Also, Spell the Tea would be a fun base for a Valentine mani!

[@Number4Rulez]

Kelli, thanks much for your recap of 2020; I absolutely love this format. You do a very thorough job and I appreciate it. Also, I like the idea of compartmentalizing and separating main brands from the indies: makes it easier for those who are more partial to this or that category. And I 💜🤍❤️ how at the end of your vlog you put the pic of ALL nail polishes with the names under: it helped me to identify my absolute top picks for trying. Again, as a self-identified nail polish fanatic and a perfectionist to top it, your vlogs are my favorite to go to if I need to “shop before shopping”. So glad someone like you makes it easier, and fun. And who helps to eliminate the sense of being overwhelmed with all the colours that are out there. 💎⚓️🎨✨💅🏻💅🏻💅🏻🙇🏻‍♀️ Finally, a request: can you do the review of so-called “healthier” version polishes that claim to be less toxic but look good and stay longer? Wishing you and all your followers the Healthy and Glittery and ColorFULL 2021👏🏻👋🏼🌟🎨⚓️❣️💖

[@melissapeirson7000]

I love all of the greens and I was also surprised that the Orly Retrowave collection wasn’t in you favourite collection video! I don’t have great access to many of the indie brands but that probably saves me some money. I will live vicariously through you. Thanks for the video! 💚🖤

[@heatherharvey9154]

Rainbow Fish was my favorite too! Also Goodnight Moon and Madeline.

[@KelliMarissa]

Ooh yes I remember both haha

[@triciag3311]

I love ALL the greens. That's my favorite color, and the "uglier" the better! Actually, I love all your choices! Green is my favorite color, but blue is my favorite nail polish color, so I love the blues you picked. So pretty!

[@artchimera]

Kyber Crystals and Sci Fi were my first purchases from Enchanted Polish and they're two of my absolute faves in my collection. Sci Fi is such a weird one, I didn't think I'd love it as much as I do. The tiny little holo sparkle scattered throughout is what really makes it, and it's so much prettier in person.

[@babygotbrax]

Great picks Kelli! You are always so positive - great polishes to start out a new year! Love it! 💅🏼

[@tarawalker7193]

KELLI MARISSA - For when your trying to figure out what to spend the last few low balances of your holiday gift cards on! lol! Love your picks. Happy holidays, sweetie!

[@SH-wk6po]

Love love love these videos!! Can you imagine if a brand came out with just these 20 polishes in 2 collections. My gawd!! 😱😱 Also this moment 24:22 when Kelli pulled up her sleeve to announce Rainbow Fish. You know she means business LOL!!🌈🐟

[@KelliMarissa]

I had to prepare 😂😂😂😂

[@SH-wk6po]

@@KelliMarissa It added the perfect dramatic pause for sure! 🤣🤣

[@cricket8595]

i'm a huge fan of mint money from holo taco 🥰 it's so stunning

[@carolgerstmann4852]

You had introduced me to Eclipse and Celebri-tree and I love them! Might try stephie soon. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[@KelliMarissa]

Happy new year, Carol!!

[@pippicandy]

Oh, wow. The Rainbow Fish. I had completely forgotten about that book. I used to read it to my boys and LOVED IT. Thanks for that memory.

[@CristinaPerez-xq2qs]

Me hating sci-fi but completely falling in love with it when you mentioned the passion fruit 😂😂

[@KelliMarissa]

Hahaha now you see it in a whole new light!

[@silent_day]

I am obsessed with ILNP's Eclipse and Holo Taco's Unicorn skin.... They're some of my favorite polishes

[@randomharts]

Wow, such a unique grouping of polishes, colors and textures! I actually really like the purple textured polish! However, my favorite out of these swatches is the Picture Polish-Ahoy...so pretty!!! Thanks for sharing your top 20 of 2020🥰❤️💅🏻

[@saraelrayes]

Oh my gosh! Rainbow Fish is one of my favorite children's books as well, the art and story are just so lovely, I highly recommend it

[@KelliMarissa]

It's so good!

[@chickenwiretire]

Each polish that I own in this line up I cheered for! 2 of those three I got because of Kelli's recommendations! LOVE THESE! Thanks Kelli for all of your insightful and thoughtful reviews!!!! 💜

[@lorifrank9813]

Omg!! I love the Zoya Eunice! I love the Sinful sneaker collection!! I think you’re my long lost nail polish daughter lol except I really love OPI Pineapples Have Peelings Too! So we differ there 😉 (Although I’ve never actually worn it 😂)

[@amykingston3133]

This video is such a treat to watch! Thanks for making it. I feel like I need that Loud Lacquer topper... I think Pining for you and Canyon Clay by Orly, Bluebird & Sunday by ILNP, Bisque and A Fiori by Cirque and Zoya’s Harbor are a few of my favorites from 2020.

[@DestinyJ.Tappin]

These are great picks! I also saw your podcast interview yesterday and it was cool learning about how you got started. It was very inspirational to me. 😀

[@meesbees]

I have Enchanted Polish’s The 90s and I love it! I bought it after I saw it on their website when shopping for other colors you swatched. It also lasts forever on the nails!

[@DebraKadabra]

I just KNEW that Eclipse was going to make it in the favorite 2020 indie polishes. I agree that multi-chromes don't technically have much of a palette to go with but the palette for Eclipse is just super stunning. I still need to get a bottle (or 2 >.> ) for myself, I really love the direction that ILNP is going in. That said, 2020 was really the year of Holo Taco for me. Except for that Zoya purchase I made that included Tasha and Soleil thanks to your swatch and review of that Fall 2020 collection. Those browns were too gorgeous to pass up. I really can't choose polishes but I think my favorite collections were ILNP's Fall/Halloween, Holo Taco's Rainbow Collection, and the Holo Taco Frosted Metals collection (I literally cannot believe how good Mint Money looks on my nails, holy moly).

[@jackieestarellas1523]

Thanks for doing this. It's amazing how many polishes came out in 2020. I think I have some of the polishes.

[@CFirst1]

Phew! I've already bought most of them 🤣

[@KelliMarissa]

Hahaha! Wallet is safe!

[@elainaveasey5831]

Oh god same. I clicked on this video terrified of what I was about to do to my Jan budget

[@jaycassel2218]

Kelli... I freakin love your content gurl! I just started getting into painting my nails. I found you because of your Holo Taco review, and I haven't stopped watching. Thanks for the great swatches, and your older how to's. I'm not past the point of feeling comfortable painting colors except black and white until I get the technique of not flooding my cuticles down, but I'm on my way and you're helping a LOT! Thanks for the great videos.

[@jaycassel2218]

PS. I found your "how to square your nails" video at the perfect time! I started wearing nail polish to stop biting my nails. (Do you know how scary it is to bite your nails during a global pandemic?) Anyway, now that they are growing out I can start forming them from the beginning. THANKS AGAIN!

[@virginiat2966]

Amazing!!!!I love rainbow in every little thing🌈.By the way...I love your hair and your eyeshadows too

[@littlemiss131]

Could you do a MOST stunning/remarkable/most compliments nail polish video!!?? 👌🙌😉

[@chandystarkey]

LOVE the rainbow fish!! My daughter actually had a stuffed rainbow fish and her baby bedding was all rainbow fish. 😁

[@sharongibilisco1303]

I am in love with toppers too, I think that if you are on a polish budget, it can increase your collection by leaps and bounds by combining a few toppers with the polishes you already have. I don't know if you have ever tried Whimsical Polish by Pam but she is so good at toppers. I just found her polish in Oct so I only have a few but I believe what she does is has a collection of around 5 glitter toppers, a jelly polish with glitters and then a creme or shimmer.

[@KelliMarissa]

Ooh I've heard of that brand before, I'll definitely check her out!

[@alwaysglistening]

Just got Eclipse in the mail today after a month 😅😅. I can’t wait to try it. Good picks Kelli!

[@riverAmazonNZ]

OPI fall-ing for Milan was my fave, it’s so perfect for my skintone and makes a great base for nail art. The whole OPI fall collection was fantastic.

[@riverAmazonNZ]

Cirque Hygge really spoke to me this year too

[@ThePisceanDragon]

I bought the 90’s and vintage candy shoppe because your videos introduced me to Enchanted Polish. I can’t wait for them to come in 😁😁😁

[@KelliMarissa]

Oh man you're gonna fall in love with this brand!

[@DoctorJellicle]

That China Glaze one was insane. Really cool effect

[@KelliMarissa]

I just love it!

[@itsacarolbthing5221]

Always love watching you. Wishing you all good things for 2021, lots of love xxx

[@taylorlynn5345]

Finger Paints has some very interesting toppers I enjoy, and I bet you'd love them - especially Th-Ink Outside the Box, which is black and white hexes all different sizes. Looks RAD over hot pink or any bright color

[@elizabethmartinez7828]

Great video, Kelli! It’s funny, you called Zoya Eunice a Shrek green and I see that but I call it a Tinker Bell green. 😘

[@keliclinton4164]

I'm so glad you did this. I have purchased several polishes based on your videos. I love Zoya Regina and I get lots of complements when I wear it. (I bought it after watching you swatch it)

[@TheRVRD]

Looooove Loud Lacquer’s Suspish and Stephie. Awesome topper. I also hope they keep this up. And my go to chi,dress book is Dr. Seuss Oh the Places You Will Go. I bawl like a baby when reading it out loud.

[@MsAngrybutterfly]

Agreed! Bar Holo Glitter nail polish is what helped me stop biting my nails!

[@michellestrydom2454]

People don’t like the sneaker texture polishes? WHAT?! That is crazy, they are so cool!!

[@grespinosa]

I’m afraid it wouldn’t suit my middle-aged hands! :)

[@maritta2504]

I think they look like the polish has bubbled up, which indicates bad technique, so I understand why people dislike it. I am not a fan of his texture myself too :D.

[@MegaSis2]

I love the sneaker texture polish! Neons aren't my fave, but I found the coral/pink color to be super cute and unique!

[@stillalyssa]

Leonardo's Model Color is such a good one! I wore it over and over last year. Loved it!

[@k-manm7946]

My top favorite this year is definitely Phobos over white creme polish! I normally only wear polishes for a couple of days because I want to change it up but that combo lasted for over week! 🤩😊

[@SpindlesEnd2]

LOVE Rainbow Fish! So good, though I was disappointed to find out our current copy is an edited version. Definitely need to find the original.

[@amoura9586]

I'm wearing the 90s right now. I got it as a Christmas present and I have to say it is one of my fav polishes along with Cyber Crystals

[@KelliMarissa]

Oh man YES that shade is stunning too!!

[@melessamekis6970]

It’s always a challenge not to buy every polish that comes out and to restrain myself... I feel like I made it through the challenge in 2020, but now I might just have to give in and get some of my favorites I never purchased 🤪🤗. Yay!

[@Kaivijs]

The 90s is def my favourite from these. It is just so fun and seems like really easy to use.

[@KnightOfCydonia18]

Honestly this year has been a really enchanted polish year for me, i used to have literally one polish from them, it was nice but so expensive that i didn’t really turn to them, and then this year i thought hell with it i’m getting them anyways they’re too pretty and that first rainbow collection made me fall in love with them like reaaaallly 😅😍 But ILNP is still in my heart and my fav this year was the spring speckled collection 🥰

[@caitlinstone596]

Awww The Rainbow Fish is such a classic! Definitely in my top 5 for children’s books

[@bunnyhop1784]

I love the green tree polish, gorgeous. Listened to the rainbow fish on KZbin. Very great book. He gave his shiny scales to others, so cool. Janet 💅💅💅💅💅🐟🐠🐡

[@WildMoonLacquer]

Fun picks! I liked China Glaze - Spell the Tea, I somehow missed that whole collection! I did a top 20 of 2020 as well, but I'll try to narrow it down to my fave 5! lol 😅 I did include colors from any year, so long as I wore them in 2020 😋 Fair Maiden - Force of Nature, Bee's Knees - For the Koalas, Pure Ice - En Vogue, Noodles Nail Polish - 6 Years, & Orly - Act Your Shoe Size 😍 ~Caroline

[@laurensrandomthoughts]

I hadn’t seen Ahoy before but it looks really pretty and I love Neptune and the planets collection it is from. Eclipse is also really cool too and I love Phobos. I also love Green Taffy from Holo Taco, it made me realize I like green nail polish too. I have it and a few others in that collection and I have cosmic unicorn skin too and I am wearing it now on white. It is so pretty.

[@Iizdax]

I bought quite a few of these this year because I saw them on your channel. Thanks, enabler 😂😍

[@ritarabaa8338]

Wow beautiful 💚 and I really love Zoya ‘Eunice ‘ and Orly ‘ Far out’💙

[@nda7154]

OMG I can’t believe you didn’t include (blankety-blank-blank)!! 😄 I love a lot of your picks...now I need the Loud lacquer glitter topper LOL

[@KelliMarissa]

LOL. My life 😩😂

[@chezamoonangelaiemma497]

Loved the picks of colors😍

[@OladBeauty]

Exciting so much. Thanks

[@jillixo17]

Matt back glitter is life!😍 can't wait to get pp,jeans dusty blue version of ahoy..

[@KelliMarissa]

Wait till you see Picture Polish Red Room!

[@dianagarcia9752]

Will you ever review lights laquer?!