I Love Fall!

One of my favorite bloggers ever, Jess at Love for Lacquer, tagged me to do this Fall Favorites post and I thought you guys might enjoy it, so here we are!

Lip Product:
The Fresh Sugar lip balm that I got as a free gift over the summer from Sephora is still, without doubt, my favorite lip product ever. It's even more fabulous now that cold weather is coming and my lips are getting chapped!

Nail Polish:
I've worn A England Jane Eyre the most so far this fall, so obviously that one had to make it into this list, but Naild'it Candy Corn has been my pedicure accent since the beginning of September so I definitely had to include that one too. I don't think there's a more perfect fall combo of glitter than Candy Corn!

Starbucks Drink:
I don't go to Starbucks (overpriced caffeinated beverages aren't my cup of tea, so to speak), but my favorite fall drink in general is warm apple cider (with or without rum!) ;P

Candle:
Without doubt, Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin by Slatkin & Co. I'm of the firm belief that Bath and Body Works carries THE best candles and I've been obsessed with the Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin scent for a few fall seasons now.

Scarf or Accessory:
The leopard scarf that is the backdrop in these photo has been one of my favorite accessories this fall, but my hands down favorite is this leopard ring I made a few weeks ago. I wear it all the time and always get compliments on it.

Haunted House, Hayride, or Corn Maze:
I'd definitely have to pick the corn maze here. I don't like being scared, so haunted houses and hayrides are out of the picture for me, but I used to love doing corn mazes as a kid!

Halloween Movie:
This is tough too since I don't really like scary movies, so let's go with The Addams Family! I haven't watched it in years, but I remember watching it with my dad and pretending to be Cousin It.

Candy to eat on Halloween:
Lately I'm loving these pumpkin spice Hershey Kisses. They're perfect for when I'm craving a little bit of pumpkin and chocolate. But honestly, any chocolate candy will do for me.

What are you dressing up as on Halloween?
My boyfriend and I aren't sure yet if we will be able to attend any Halloween parties this year, but last year we went as Allie and Noah from the Notebook, since Joe gets told annoyingly often that he looks like Ryan Gosling. :P 

What are you favorite things about fall?
Let's see, other than the things I mentioned here... boots and sweaters, having soup on a chilly day, the gorgeous foliage around here as the leaves change and fall, and pumpkin flavored everything.

So share with me, what is your favorite thing about fall?

Gorgeous Swatch Spam from A Rhyming Dictionary

Good morning! Today I have some more swatches from A Rhyming Dictionary. You can view the first installment of swatches from ARD here. Tottenhots is a mix of pink, purple and blue glitter that looks fabulous over Zoya Natty. 

Trick River is a very pretty mixture of mainly white glitter with shards of multi-colored glitter. I layered one coat here over China Glaze Purrfect Plum.

Diksey Horner is a unique mixture of tiny red and yellow glitter with larger hex blue glitter. I layered it over Zoya Evvie.

I also layered Prince Bobo over Zoya Evvie as well. Prince Bobo is a flakey gold glitter polish. I really, really love this combo!

King Gos is the last polish I have for you, two coats here layered over Zoya Skylar. This is a mermaid polish; the iridescence it has reminds me of shimmery fish scales underwater.

You can purchase A Rhyming Dictionary polishes from the ARD etsy shop. Which polish is your favorite? Mine is Tottenhots! :)

*Products in this post were provided for my honest review.*

Butter London Autumn/Winter 2012 Polish & Lippy Swatches & Review

Hey everybody! Today I have some swatches of a few of the new Butter London polish/Lippy sets for Autumn/Winter '12. I put the polishes and lip glosses next to each other so you can see what they look like together. The Lippys (Lippies? I don't know..) have a slanted doe foot applicator that makes them really easy to apply. The color is also very rich and pigmented on all of them and they are decently comfortable to wear, although slightly sticky.

The first set here is Come to Bed Red. The polish is a rich, bright, siren red that is going to get attention without a doubt. It had a great formula as well, needing only two easy coats. Not going to lie, I was nervous about the Lippy. However, once I started applying it, I realized it wasn't as scary as I thought! It was really easy to get nice, clean lines with it and I'm actually really happy with how it looked on me.

The next set is Tea With the Queen, a pink-leaning nude shade. I like the Lippy better than the polish in this case, to be honest. Same formula on the Lippy as mentioned above, but the polish needed three coats instead of two.

Lastly we have La Moss, a deep, dark burgundy shade just in time for the impending fall season. If the Come to Bed Red Lippy scared me, La Moss had me shaking in my boots. This is a BOLD color and I'm not sure that I could pull it off outside of swatching it, but it's neat to have it in my stash in case I'm ever feeling really brave. The polish is fabulous though, needing three coats but applying like a dream. I went pretty easy on the Lippy since it was so dark and actually really liked it.

These nail polishes and Lippys can be purchased through Butter London's website or in stores such as Ulta. The sets retail for $25 on Ulta's website I believe, whereas the Lippys themselves are $17 and the polishes are $14. What are your thoughts? Do you rock bold lips?

Autumn Leaves French Manicure

I guess that I should have named this week Festive Fall Nail Art Week! :P Today I have a festive french mani for you to enjoy. I always forget how much I love fun french mani designs like this; I did one around the holidays last year and swore to myself that I would wear them more often, but alas, I never did.

I started with two coats of Confetti Pink Paradise and used Milani Chocolate Sprinkles to create my french tip by painting it right on the tips of my nails. I didn't use any kind of tape or anything since I knew the edge would be covered by the leaves anyway. After that was totally dry, I stamped some leaves randomly with a bunch of different colors: Essie Very Structured, Milani Rapid Cherry, Orly Luxe and Rescue Beauty Lounge Santa Fe. I think I'm going to do this again as my Thanksgiving mani! :)

Festive Autumn Tree/Foliage Nail Art

I know I mentioned this in Monday's post, but I was really inspired this past weekend to do some nail art. I realized when I was working on my guest post for Let Them Have Polish that I have done barely any nail art recently and it made me sad! So to remedy the lack of nail art situation, I looked at some of the recent photos that I have taken and drew inspiration from them! This mani was inspired by a photo of the fall foliage at the lake behind my house; you can see that photo at the bottom of this post.

I started out with two coats of Rescue Beauty Lounge Bella for my base and sponged the "leaves" with Rescue Beauty Lounge Santa Fe, Zoya Elisa, and Illamasqua Scarab. Once I was satisfied with the color variety for the trees, I drew the actual tree on with a thin brush and Milani Dark Coffee. I thought the design was missing something, so I sponged Shimmer Tracy on the rest of the space. I'm glad I did; the gold glitter reminds me of leaves blowing around in the wind!

Lastly, here is the photo that inspired these nails! I took it with my iPhone and added a filter to make it a bit more pink so that it would match my phone case when I used it as a background. I hope you guys enjoyed this mani; I know I did! :)

Shades of Autumn Water Marble

Hey everybody! I was just thinking over the weekend how I haven't done a water marble in a while, so I worked on one yesterday with some seasonal colors. I'm pretty happy with it considering that I haven't practiced in a long time.

For this marble, I used Rescue Beauty Lounge Santa Fe, Milani Dark Coffee, Zoya Elisa, and OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons. This marble wasn't as easy as some of my previous ones; Elisa did not spread well at all and Don't Pretzel My Buttons was temperamental, but Dark Coffee and Santa Fe worked great.

And here's a little family photo of the colors I used for this mani. So what do you think? I hope you guys like it! I have a couple more fall nail art manis to show you that I'm really excited about! :)

Trind Moist & Shiny Kit Review

Hey everyone, I have a nail care review for you today instead of the usual polish swatches. :) I have been using this nail repair kit from Trind for the past month and I am absolutely in love with it. I received the Moist & Shiny Kit to review; it came with the Trind Nail Balsam, Nail Repair, and Nail Magic buffer file, which is a two sided smooth file, meant to make your nails nice and shiny.

The Nail Balsam is, hands down, my favorite nail care product in the history of nail care products. You brush it on your nails just like polish and let it soak in for a minute or so, then massage what is left into your nail and cuticle. It serves to moisturize and hydrate your nails, but it also preps them for polish, meaning that you don't have to wash it off or clean your nails any further!

After the Nail Balsam soaks in completely, I apply a coat of Nail Repair and use it as my base coat for polish. It seems to work just as well as any other base coat I use. After I do a lot of swatching, my nails tend to split and get peely, but I've noticed that they have been a lot better since I started using this Trind system.

The only downside to these products is that they are a bit on the expensive side, but trust me, they are totally worth it. I would definitely recommend at least picking up the Nail Balsam to try if you are wary! You will be completely won over. You can browse all of the Trind products on their website: www.trind.ca.

*Products in this post were provided for my honest review.*