I was shopping at Target, when I found this 14 piece nail polish set from e.l.f. I have NO need for more nail polish, but it was so cheap (only 10 bucks!) and I liked so many of the colors that I bought it. I am so glad I did, because I ADORE this set!

You can find it online here:

• e.l.f. Nail Polish Cube – 14 pc : Target
• e.l.f. Nail Cube 14 piece Holiday Set

All the colors are VERY pigmented, and I put only ONE coat on my nails for these photos. They were as buttery as Essie polish and covered without streaking as well as OPI polish does. Best of all, the entire set cost less than two bottles of Essie or OPI (as cheap as one bottle of OPI if you don’t know the good places to shop).

This set would make a great Christmas present to anyone who needs the basics. There are a bunch of wonderful neutrals in it and the colored polishes are perfect. Every woman needs a good red, a good neutral and a good edgy color. This set has a great selection of all three, so if you think it might be a good present, IT WILL!

I have only two complaints about the entire set. Firstly, the lids are asymmetrical, so it’s difficult to get them back on the way they were when I bought them. I hate how they will be sideways on the bottle and I’ve never figured out how to get them back on properly. Secondly, the glitter polishes aren’t quite glittery enough for me, but if you’re conservative with your glitter, you’ll love them.

My absolute favorite in the group is Glamor Girl. It’s a creamy neutral, but when you catch it in the right light, there is a pop of glittery gold that makes it stunningly glamorous.

Glamor Girl is just one of 14 beautiful colors in that set and I can’t believe how much I love them ALL! You can see the rest of the swatches after the break…

Glamor Girl

Glamor Girl

ELF Violet Velvet

ELF Violet Velvet

ELF Violet Velvet

ELF Taupe of the World

ELF Taupe of the World

ELF Taupe of the World

ELF Smoky Brown

ELF Smoky Brown

ELF Smoky Brown

ELF Sea Escape: This color look almost black, but there is a hint of green to it and a smash of green glitter undertones that really make it a beautiful color.

ELF Sea Escape

ELF Sea Escape

ELF Red-y or Not

ELF Red-y or Not

ELF Red-y or Not

ELF Misty Haze

ELF Misty Haze

ELF Misty Haze

ELF Green Machine: I would have never thought that I would like a cream green polish like this, but I adore it.

ELF Green Machine

ELF Green Machine

ELF Desert Haze: This is another color I would have NEVER bought on my own, but I LOVE how it looks. It’s the absolute PERFECT neutral.

ELF Desert Haze

ELF Desert Haze

ELF Dazzle Diva

ELF Dazzle Diva

ELF Dazzle Diva

ELF Cherry Bomb

ELF Cherry Bomb

ELF Cherry Bomb

ELF Blushing Beauty

ELF Blushing Beauty

ELF Blushing Beauty

For the two glitter polishes, I swatched one coat of ELF Green Machine (forefinger), Smoky Brown (middle), Desert Haze (ring), and Cherry Bomb (pinky) for the base.

ELF Green Machine (forefinger), Smoky Brown (middle), Desert Haze (ring), and Cherry Bomb (pinky).

ELF Gold Star over Green Machine (forefinger), Smoky Brown (middle), Desert Haze (ring), and Cherry Bomb (pinky). I prefer my glitter polishes to be more glittery, so I would need three coats to make it look like I wanted. Here is what it looks like with ONE coat, however.

ELF Gold Star over Green Machine (forefinger), Smoky Brown (middle), Desert Haze (ring), and Cherry Bomb (pinky).

ELF Gold Star over Green Machine (forefinger), Smoky Brown (middle), Desert Haze (ring), and Cherry Bomb (pinky).

ELF Chic Confetti over Green Machine (forefinger), Smoky Brown (middle), Desert Haze (ring), and Cherry Bomb (pinky): Just like the Gold Star, I would prefer this polish to have more glitter in it, but it DOES look good with only one coat.

ELF Chic Confetti over Green Machine (forefinger), Smoky Brown (middle), Desert Haze (ring), and Cherry Bomb (pinky).

ELF Chic Confetti over Green Machine (forefinger), Smoky Brown (middle), Desert Haze (ring), and Cherry Bomb (pinky).

Did you really do FOURTEEN manicures in one day?!

Why, yes, yes I did… kinda… I actually only painted the four fingernails on my left hand for each of these swatches (if you look closely at some of the photos, you’ll see that I didn’t even bother to do the thumb). Oh, and it’s WAY easier to take polish OFF when it hasn’t fully cured yet. The whole swatch process took about two hours including painting and photography. Editing the photos took another hour.

Did you get paid by e.l.f. to do this?

No, no I didn’t. I bought the set with my own money and loved it so much that I had to tell you about it. I don’t get any money if you click over to Target or e.l.f. to buy them.

I found a video on YouTube from another girl who loves the set as much as I do. It’s hard to see the color variations on her swatches (video is never really good for that), but it’s nice to hear her gush about them.