Riveting + Punkins!

Happy October everybody! To kick it off, I have 2 seriously gorgeous polishes to show you that fit in perfectly with this month:] So my first step was to put on 2  coats of China Glaze Riveting from the Hunger Games collection:

This polish is AMAZING. It just glows so perfectly and that shimmer is jaw dropping. I'm sure that you've seen this a million and a half times already, but I figured I'd show it again:] So then, I put on one coat of Lacquistry's Pickin' Punkins' in the Patch:

Jenna's description: "in a clear base I plopped in a myriad of different hued oranges for the punkins’ including matte, metallic, and holo in a burnt orange fine glitter. We even have a bit of varying greens to bring in the beautiful vines and leaves of the pumpkin plant. The predominant size in this polish is a mini-hex, so it will work well on little fingers as well!"

This polish was a dream to apply, not too thick at ALL. I know that thickness has been somewhat of a problem with Lacquistry in the past [I personally didn't have too much of a problem]. But that seems to have been completely taken care of, the formula is great and a lot easier to work with. I love all that orange in there and the little hints of green really remind me of a pumpkin:] I thought this mani was perfect to ring in the month of Halloween and fall and changing leaves and pumpkins! 

Falling for Fall Polishes

So.. I think I went a little overboard on these;] The lovely Ash from Art Evolve got together a little group of girls to show their favorite summer to fall transition polishes. And basically what happened last night is that I started swatching and I just couldn't stop! So you get a ton of pictures today..

KBShimmer No Whine Left: I love the vampy base with the sparkly blue glitters, it really combines summer and fall for me.

Orly Emberstone: This orange is amazing! And the touch of coral makes it perfect for this time of year. Also, look at that shimmer!!

Zoya Toni: So Oxblood is the big color this season and this is a little bit of oxblood, a little bit of purple. It's one of my new favorites, I love it so hard.

NOPI For Gold Time's Sake: The 3 shimmering polishes in this collection are so so pretty. The color shifting shimmer is just ridiculous! And I love the olive-y base color too.

OPI Ski Teal We Drop: This was the polish that got me in to nail polish & blogs!! Clearly it's in a special place in my heart. Also, it's just flat out pretty.

China Glaze Exotic Encounters: I think this color is so great for transitioning from summer to fall. It's bright, but a little dutsy, and on the greener side of teal.

BB Couture Busty Bombshell: Olive green shimmer with that signature BB Couture micro glitter? Yes PLEASE. Love.

Alta Costura Vernis Tigress: This is a fun and happy orange, but the mix of black glitters in there also really works for Halloween!

Essie Cocktail Bling: I really like this polish, it makes me feel so calm and cozy :] Great for the incoming chill in the air!

Orly Smolder: I'm already predicting that this will be my most worn fall polish this year. I couldn't stop staring at it when I swatched it!! It literally GLOWS. I'm almost positive I'll be wearing this during Thanksgiving. And probably every other week. Gah!!!

Nostalgic Lacquer Date at Midnight with Nosferatu: The name is kind of dumb and long, but the polish is really great. I love the shade of those magenta glitters in there,  and combined with the grey jelly base, it's like a sneaky glam.

Joe Fresh Moss with Dollish Polish Urban Camo: YESYESYES. I can't even begin to tell you how much I LOOOOVE Urban Camo and I think Moss is the perfect underwear polish. Just.. Neon green, gold, white, & black glitter perfection. I can't even. I need to wear this again now. I was actually upset I had to take this off.

KBShimmer Witch Way?: This is like a purple holo version of Essie SSN. So it's better in my book. It just looks like space to me, if space were purple. [Sidenote, I read somewhere that space tastes like raspberries. I seriously want to taste space so bad right now.]

Lacquistry Leaf Piles Make Me Smile: If Smolder is gonna be my Thanksgiving mani, this would definitely be a close second. Such a pretty shimmery base, and the whole feel of this is really autumnal.

Pahlish Ace of Fours: This took a little more loving to get on the nail [about 3 heavier coats], but I think it's worth it. There's a shimmer in there that, added to those teeny shard glitters, make this whole polish twinkle, like snow.

Essie Bobbing for Baubles: Dark blue-grey perfection. I always feel stylish when I'm wearing this.

China Glaze It's Alive: This is the most perfect Halloween polish basically ever. I love how this looks on me, but also, it's so well executed. Amazing formula and so. packed. with glitter.

Cult Nails Spontaneous: A greyed-purple with seriously gorgeous purple tiny glitters. The addition of glitter definitely makes it unique, and the shade really says fall to me.

So there you have it! My top 18 picks for fall. I can't wait to wear the crap out of these polishes, they make me so ridiculously happy. But seriously, go right now and get Smolder and Urban Camo and It's Alive and Emberstone. You'll be a happier polish-er;] Which of these was your favorite??

Twinsie Tuesday: Color Blocking!

I'd like to preface this post by saying that I liked this mani WAY more before I looked at the pictures on my computer... Yeah.

So, this week, our TT challenge is color blocking! I thought I'd do something simple for this, though it definitely could have turned out better. I did a little funky french, freehanded. Tape doesn't work out with me very well haha. Anyway, I did a base of China Glaze Surfin for the Boys and did the tips with Nails Inc Baker Street. I adore orange and blue together! And I'm a big fan of the shimmer vs creme thing going on here.

Uneven tips...

I promise it looks better at an arms-length haha.

I seriously can't wait to see what colors my Twinsies have put together!

Amanda at Amandalandish
Anna at Going to the Showing
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...
Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Top Coat It

Tara at Polishy of Truth

Fire!!!!

..in Taco Bell? Not gonna lie, I don't completely get the name of this, but I REALLY love the color! 2 coats of Fire in the Taco Bell from Pahlish

The color combinations in this make my heart melt! And that chunky gold shimmer, just look at it. I do have to say, Pahlish polishes are among my favorite indies both in the color and formula categories. They're generally really pigmented and have a terrific glitter payoff! So no complaints here:]

Beach Day = More Orange

Hello! I've scheduled this post because as you read this, I'll be at the beach with my friends from school, HOPEFULLY getting a tan [finally!]. So in honor of beach day, you get to see more orange polish, because it's just about the most summery thing I can think of.

It looks so citrusy to me:] This is 2 coats of OPI Ya'll Come Back, You Hear? and 2 coats of BB Couture Horned Devil. The OPI has a terrible, terrible name. Just.... why?? Buttttttttttt, it's a pretty, squishy, shiny jelly, and it looks great under Horned Devil. Speaking of which, that iridescent microglitter? Makes me want every single BB Couture in the planet.

What is everyone up to today?? Anyone get that Zoya Pintrest Trio last night?

The Color of the Year

Ever since Pantone , announced their Color of the Year, Tangerine Tango, I've been hoarding orange things. Polishes, shoes, blazers.. I'm in love with it. Also, I'm basically the dream consumer, advertising really gets to me, so it's no wonder I'm loving orange haha. I have 2 oranges to show you today, a mainstream polish and an indie:] First up to bat is Essie's Orange, It's Obvious!

So first of all: I hate the name. However, this polish is really really gorgeous, so I'm willing to overlook the awkwardly long and dumb name;] The formula was amazing, almost a one coater but I put 2 coats on to smooth everything out. And it was really self leveling, too. Plus, the color looks great on my skin [not to toot my own horn or anything], AND I wore it for over 3 days. For a creme to hold my attention so long is a feat! Plus, I got no chipping and barely any tipwear!

Now, Alta Costura Vernis' Drama:

I believe this was 2 coats, but I've worn it out with 3 when I just wanted more glitter! Haha. The hearts in this are my absolute favorite part, I love it. And the orange jelly base is squishy and perfect and shiny. I had to search a little for the hearts, but nothing too bad. Plus, the maker of these is such a sweetie. And I have a LOT of ACV polishes, and I really love them all. You'll be seeing them a lot, hopefully in the next month:] 

Paris Sparkles Review! [So. Many. Pictures.]

Mondays are no fun, so my solution is to show you a ton of glitter;] I recently ordered 4 polishes from Paris Sparkles, and they are veritable glitter BOMBS. All of these are shown at 2 coats [except Copper Sunset, which was 3 coats]. Formula on all of these was good, especially for thick, full-coverage glitters. 

Cobalt Surprise

I'm a huge, huge fan of this. It's crazy vibrant, and super sparkly, and has a lot of depth to it. The second picture shows how insanely glowy it is. This is a little thicker than the rest, but not too bad. My favorite part is the larger hex glitter in it. It was a nice surprise in the polish:]

Pesto

Heeheehee, love this name. It's the best! This is a really nice glitter, definitely an unusual color. There's some large hex glitter floating in there, but I didn't get any in this swatch. 

Copper Sunset

This is what's on my toes right now:] The gold glitter is REALLY reflective and I'm obsessed with the square glitter in it. I loooove the color of the jelly base, it looks nice on my skin tone and in my opinion, it's a great shade for summer!

Mardi Gras

This is definitely the most different of ones I've tried, it has a shimmery base instead of a jelly and the glitters are really really reminiscent of Mardi Gras. I need to swatch this over a dark purple, I wonder how it'll look!

In order of favorites: 1. Cobalt Surprise 2. Copper Sunset 3. Pesto 4. Mardi Gras. Which ones do you like most??