You're the Top: School Series- Top 5 Nail Polishes for School

We're back to the You're the Top series but this time, it's school themed and all about nails.  I have polishes for people who can wear bright colors and colors for people whose schools don't allow bright nail polish.  Don't fear, my dear girls/guys, you have options and I'm going to give you my top five! So let's begin.

If I could only use five nail polishes for the rest of my life...

I saw another blogger I follow do I post just like this and it spurred me to do my own.  It made me think about which polishes were truly my favorite, and then narrow it down from there.

NOTD: Red and Gold

In the holiday spirit, I decided to paint my nails since school is done and I don't have to worry about my work chipping them.  I used two of my all time favorite OPI colors which are from the James Bond Skyfall collection: The Spy Who Loved Me (red) and Goldeneye (gold).  I love OPI nail polish because it is such a high quality and goes on so smoothly, some of their colors I only need one coat because they are so pigmented.  I really like this red because it has subtle gold running through it, which gives it more dimension.  I did a red base with a gold french tip.  The gold tip isn't super noticeable but that's the way I like it because if it chips, people are less likely to notice.  I think this is a nice change from the usual red and green holiday polish.  Do you do any special nail designs or colors for the holidays? XOXO

NOTD: Color Block!

Color blocking has become big in fashion this year, and I saw this nail design in my aunt's In Style magazine and wanted to try it.  This was so super easy to do!! I used a Sinful Colors lilac purple as the base, I painted the whole nail this color and then built upon it.  I didn't use any tape or special brushes to do the horizontal stripes, it was really easy to do it with the brush provided with the polish.  I used a coral-y pink from the Nicole OPI collection, sadly I don't think they carry the color anymore, and I picked an angle and painted the polish over top the purple at an angle from one side to the other.  As you can see it doesn't have to be corner to corner- it can be how large of a block, or how sharp of an angle you choose.  I just did whatever happened with each nail!  Once that dried I took what I call Tardis Blue, and did the other angles the same way.  The blue is by Essie and is called Mesmerized if I can recall correctly.  This is a really easy design to do, and if you mess up it still looks really cool!

Have you tried this trend yet? XOXO