the Hannah Hardy

I’m a firm believer in wearing whatever shade of nail polish or lipstick that you want to, regardless of season. However, there are certain colors that I am more drawn to different times of the year.

Y’all know I share my Monthly Manis each month and nail polish is where my love of all things beauty started. My grandma got her nails done every 2 weeks and I went with her a lot. I remember going in the salon and seeing rows and rows of nail polish and LOVING it. I was exposed at a young age and clearly inherited the gene. When my grandma went into labor with my mom, she was sitting at the table painting her nails and she wouldn’t let my grandpa take her to the hospital until she was finished. Again, I got it honest.

Out of the 160ish (at last count) shades that I own, I managed to narrow it down to 36 shades across 5 color categories.

—Essie Merino Cool: Autumn mulberry
–Essie Hot Coco: Tawny sepia
—China Glaze Dope Taupe: Soft greige
—OPI How Great is Your Dane?: Cinnamon coffee
—Glisten & Glow Dukeberry: Purple tone brown
—KL Polish Point Zero: Cool toned grey brown

—Essie Petal Pushers: Smokey stone rose
—Essie Cashmere Bathrobe: True flannel grey
—Glisten & Glow OG Snowman: Dusty, grayish blue
—Essie Twill Seeker: Enchanting pewter with sage luster

—Essie Turn N Pose: Dramatic, deep plum
—Essie Sexy Divide: Bold deep purple with hints of shimmer
—Essie No More Film: Creamy, seductive deep violet
—KL Polish Mozart: Dusty purple
—OPI Kerry Blossom: Plum

–OPI We’ll Always Have Paris: Vampy, darkened plum
—OPI What’s The Hatter With You?: Rich burgundy
–OPI Bastille My Heart: Deep burgundy with violet shimmer throughout
—OPI Black Cherry Chutney: Dark black-red
—Essie Touch Up: Softest mauve pink
—Essie Bubbles Only: Classic burgundy creme
—Essie Recessionista: Savvy brick red
—Essie Shearling Darling: Rich, plush ebony red

—Milani Mauving Forward: Lighter mauve with purple undertones
—KL Polish Zoey: Essential mauve
—KL Polish Lumiere: Mauve pink
—KL Polish Alyssa: Soft pink

—Essie After School Boy Blazer: Academy blue-black
—Essie Bobbing for Baubles: Deepest darkest sapphire
—Essie Surrounded By Studs: Bejeweled blue
—China Glaze Jagged Little Teal: Deep teal blue
—OPI Alpaca My Bags: Blue-green
—OPI Less Is Norse: Dark ice blue
—KL Polish Gumption: Dark navy blue
—KL Polish Cozy In There?: Dusty blue with gray undertones

I thought about some others after I took these pics and I’m too lazy to go back and take pics and a few I don’t have in my collection any more. We’re going to call these honorable mentions
—OPI You Don’t Know Jacques
—OPI Russian Navy
—Essie Wicked
—Essie Smokin Hot
—Essie Mochacino
—OPI Miami Beet

My friend Meghan just shared her fall favorites here. We have a lot of similar favorites, but she mentioned a few that I don’t have in my collection and that needs to change ASAP.