My favorite nail products

Hey! Sorry about not posting for like 2 weeks, I've been VERY busy :]

So today I thought I'd give you guys the scoop on my favorite brands, products, tips and tricks, and styles that you can use on your own at home.

FAVORITE NAIL BRANDS:
-OPI
     My ABSOLUTE favorite. Their brushes are magical, they are so soft that with one stroke you can cover an entire nail! Also, they have really rich colors and only require 1 or 2 coates. To make them even better, it takes virtually no time to dry and still keeps a luminescent shine for a long long time :]
-Color Club
     An iffy brand, but good enough to be one of my favorites. I love the variety of colors they offer, and a lot of their colors are really bold and smooth. Only problem is that it takes forever to dry :/
-Sally Hansen
     Now let me explain myself here. The quality of Sally Hansen's products are very sparatic. Some are amazing, and some are God awful. For instance, SH's nail art pen, terrible cheap product that lasts for about 4 days before either breaking or running out of "polish". But SH's Maximum Growth Cuticle and Nail Moisture Treatment Pen, works like a charm and is easy to use, and smells like almonds :D
Be careful when picking products from this brand, avoid SH's Instant Dry polish, it's of terrible quality.

FAVORITE NAIL POLISHES:
-OPI: At First Sight
-Color Club: Flair
-Wet N' Wild Wild Shine: Dream poppy
-OPI: Lucky Lucky Lavender
-Essie: Autumn Leaves
-Confetti: Wedding White

FAVORITE NAIL PRODUCTS:
~Polish Remover
    -Up&Up Nourishing Nail Polish Remover (it's a blue liquid with a blue gem on it)
~Cuticle Moisturizer
    -Sally Hansen's Maximum Growth Cuticle and Nail Moisture Pen
~Nail Clippers
    -I'm not really sure, they're black with blue grips haha
~Topcoats
    -Sally Hansen's Super Shine Shiny Top Coat (it has a nice soft brush that coats your whole nail in one swipe. i like that, as you can tell haha)

FAVORITE ART BRUSHES:
Anything that comes from "Kiss Nail Art Paint"
That stuff is absolutely amazing. It comes in a pack of 3 usually, and with the pack you get two sets of stencils. They work SO well, I reccomend it to every single one of you. It is by far the best nail art paint I have ever found. Period.

FAVORITE NAIL TIPS AND TRICKS:
-If you want to make a design with a color you already have, but you don't have an art brush, use either a toothpick or cut a paintbrush  so it's thin enough. Works like a charm every time! **Beware of the toothpick, getting the polish right on the tip can be tricky. Try pouring some of your polish out onto a paper plate and dip the toothpick into that instead**
-If your brush isn't soft enough to coat your nail with one swipe, use the 3 stroke technique. You first make one stroke right in the center of the nail, re-dip your brush, do a second stroke on the left side of the nail, re-dip again, and finish with a third stroke on the right side of the brush. This evenly coats your nail with a rich color throughout, and also prevents those pesky streaks.
-If your nail polish is hard to get open, try some of the following!
     1) Tie a rubber band around the cap, and then twist it off.
     2) Dip **THE CAP ONLY** in hot hot hot water (if you dip the whole thing in the water, the polish will thin out)
     3) Pliers work wonders.
-When using a stencil, make sure the base coat is completely dry before applying it. Otherwise the stencil paper will take off all your nail polish and you will be a very unhappy camper
-If you have small toenails like me, instead of swiping the brush up your teeny tiny toenails, swipe it across. If it gets messy, dip a Q-Tip into polish remover and clean up all the excess. Remember to splash on some cuticle oil to prevent drying.
-When cutting your nails, instead of using the clipper to shape them, clip your nails straight across (this may hurt a little as your nail will bend) and file them to shape
-People say not to shake your nail polish and to roll it gently between your fingers, screw them. It's okay to shake your nail polish. It does nothing to the quality of the color or the texture.

I hope you guys took some of this mumbo-jumbo and put it to good use! I'll see y'all later :]

<3 Lizzy