Year after year, we ask professional nail manufacturers to nominate themselves for NAILS Readers’ Choice Awards so you, our esteemed readers and nail professionals, can vote for your favorites. Our awards are the only nail product awards chosen by YOU, the professional nail technician who works with the products on a daily basis.

These are not “editor’s picks” or a “best of” roundup; they’re simply a snapshot in time telling us the products you and your peers love most at this very moment. We’ve counted up the votes and are happy to announce the winners of the 2014 NAILS Readers’ Choice Awards. We are listing the top five favorites in each category, as well as the top 20 favorite new products for 2014.

_{Now for the small print: We sent out nomination forms to every major product manufacturer in the nail industry. They nominated themselves (NAILS did not select the products for voting). In August and September, we sent readers online to vote for their favorite ­products. If your favorite products weren’t listed, you could write them in. Readers were not required to vote for every category. If you have any comments or would like to see additional categories in the future, please let us know. You can e-mail Erika.Kotite@bobit.com.}