What Real Beauty Editors Are Buying This May

I've never once yelled, "WHAT THE . . ." to my entire office before. (At least not polish wise. They definitely heard more where that came from when Zayn left One Direction.) But as I sat testing polishes at my desk one day, I couldn't hold back the sheer thrill I got after applying just one coat of SpaRitual GOLD Flexible Color ($18). The color was not only vibrant but opaque. That's my hand in the photo, and that's just one coat of each polish on each phalange! The Flexible Polish could easily replace gel manicures, given it dried on my hand within a minute of application and was hard to the touch — no smudges to be seen, even after opening a box within five minutes of applying. There's no heat lamp needed, and the lacquers are 5-Free and vegan. What isn't there to love?

— KJ