Health Beauty Awards: 3 Best Nail Products

We're all about stand-out nails. Here are the best nail products of the year, hand-picked by Health editors and a team of pros. (You can also check out their other absolute favorite beauty products for the face, body, makeup, and hair).

Expert tip: Before you take off bright polish, brush cuticle oil onto skin. It prevents color seep and reduces remover rub-rub-rub time.

Essie Sleek Stick collection

($11 each; essie.com)

From lace to animal prints, all the designs are chic. "I've seen everyone from high-powered executives to trendy 20-somethings wearing these," reports beauty blogger Polly Blitzer.

OPI Euro Centrale collection

($9 each; ulta.com)

"The vivid colors have a pearliness that makes them a standout in a sea of polishes," says Blitzer.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure collection

($8 each; at mass retailers)

"Klutz-approved," as Blitzer puts it, this combo base coat, polish, and topcoat makes color "impervious to scratches for over a week."