The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn: Autumn Treats!

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I am back with my final look for Digit-al Dozen Autumn Week! I am squeezing in by the skin of my teeth, but at least I made it! I asked a friend to name things she thought of when she thought of Autumn besides changing leaves and she mentioned s'mores and I ran with that idea for this look.

The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn: Plaid

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Hello lovelies! I'm sorry I haven't posted the last couple of days. Life threw me some unexpected curve balls so I am behind on my Digit-al Dozen posts, but I'm back with another Autumn manicure today! I really love how this one turned out!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn: Day 1 - Autumn Colors and Branches

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It's a brand new Digit-al Dozen Week and this week our theme is Autumn! I love autumn, it is my favorite season. That being said, I don't really have autumn here. It was 102 degrees today in AZ, and will continue to hit triple digits all week. I decorate for autumn and enjoy the cool (for here) mornings, but I know it's not the same as living somewhere with 4 seasons and gorgeous changing leaves. I hope I get to live somewhere with 4 seasons some day, but until then I will pretend.

My mani today was created from the perspective of standing under trees and looking up where the leaves are changing above. I wasn't sure I loved it when I finished it, but it has grown on me today as I've worn it!

Indie Inlinkz: Favorite Fall Color (Plus Nail Art)

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Hello and happy first day of fall! To celebrate the first day of the best season of the year several of us decided to get together and show off our favorite fall colors. The problem is I don't have just one favorite fall color! LOL! I love rich browns, vampy reds,  deep purples and rusty oranges and wear all of them year long, but especially in autumn!

I received the fall CbLs that I ordered on Monday (which I had just ordered exactly one week before on pre-order, that's super fast shipping!) and immediately put on Mocha Grande and have not wanted to take it off. It is so beautiful! So, I decided I would post it today, along with some autumn nail art.

Autumn Trees for Thanksgiving

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Happy (almost) Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans! I have a quick post for you tonight. I did this Autumn nail art about a week ago and wore it for a few days, I really loved it! I still haven't done my Thanksgiving mani, and I'm not sure what it will end up looking like, so I figured I would at least share this with you.

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Subtle Autumn Gradient

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Good morning! I thought it would be nice to kick off the week with a subtle but pretty gradient perfect for Fall. 

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Zoya Entice Collection for Autumn 2014 - Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Happy Friday everyone! Today I have the Entice Collection from Zoya. I showed you the shimmer half of the Autumn release, the Ignite Collection, yesterday (my post can be found here if you missed it). This is the creme collection!

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Zoya Ignite Collection for Autumn 2014 - Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Good morning! Zoya has released two new collections for Fall  - Entice and Ignite. Today I have the Zoya Ignite Collection to show you! (I will have Entice for you tomorrow!) 

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Above the Curve Akiko ♥

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Happy Saturday! Tonight I am going to show you a polish from Above the Curve's Falling for Autumn Collection  - Akiko. Akiko is one of my favorite polishes of the year!

    

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Liquidus Nail Gloss Autumn 2013 Collection ♥

Press Sample

Good evening! I have the Fall 2013 collection from Liquidus Nail Gloss to show you tonight!

Stay tuned until the end of the post for a discount code from Liquidus!

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Liquidus creator, Danielle, loves geology and all of the polishes she creates are inspired by rocks, gems and minerals. They are 3-Free and all polishes ship in ecofriendly packaging that can be composted and is 100% biodegradable. You can tell a lot of love and thought goes into this brand!

The polishes I have for you tonight are Arsenic, Copper and Blue Diamond Turquoise.

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Autumn Theme Week Day 5 - Acorn and Leaves Stamping ♥

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Happy Friday! Today is the last day of Autumn Week and I have my first (and only) stamped mani of the week. I received my new Bundle Monster holiday set in the mail last night and couldn't wait to try it out!

Today is also my 2 year blogiversary! I can't believe I have been blogging for 2 years! Stay tuned later today for a surprise! :)

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Autumn Theme Week Day 4 - Pumpkin Time! ♥

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 Happy Thursday! It's the next to the last day of Autumn Week and I finally have a pumpkin mani to show you!

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Autumn Theme Week Day 3 - Autumn Branches and Leaves ♥

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I'm late getting this posted but better late than never, right? I received my Above the Curve order in the mail last night and could not wait to get Akiko on my fingers! It does not disappoint! Such a perfect color for Autumn, but also great for year 'round wear as well. 

Akiko is an autumnal copper holographic polish that sometimes looks deep gold, depending on the light. It had a formula as perfect as a crisp autumn day. No issues at all. I thought it would make the perfect base for today's nail art and added some simple branches and leaved on top of it. 

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Autumn Theme Week Day 2 - Autumn Flowers ♥

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Autumn Week continues with an Autumn Flowers Theme! I did a skittelette featuring and flower on 2 of my fingers. I honestly don't know if there is a flower that looks like this (since I live in the desert and we don't really have "Autumn"), my guess is no since I couldn't find any when googling. But I found several that are close enough!

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Dior Nuit 1947 (970) - Swatches and Review ♥

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Happy Friday! I have a brand new Dior to show you today! Dior Nuit 1947 is from the Rouge Dior Collection for Autumn 2013 which also includes three other nail polishes - Rouge, Trafalgar and Darling. I don't have any of the others - yet. 

                                                                                   

As much as I have always loved red, and red nail polish, this is my first true vampy red crelly and I am head-over-heels in love! I had a "nail mishap" last night and had to cut my nails very short. I was very sad about that, especially since I had just gotten this polish and couldn't wait to put it on. Well, surprise, I actually love it on my super nubs! (I still wish they weren't quite so short but luckily they have been growing pretty quickly lately.) 

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Daphine Polish Goddess of the Two Lands Collection - Swatches and Review ♥

Press Sample

Happy Saturday! I am kicking off the weekend with a brand new collection from a relatively new indie brand, Daphine Polish. She launched her fall collection, The Goddess of the Two Lands Collection, yesterday (Friday, August 23rd) and I will be showing you all 6 polishes today! 

This is a beautiful collection and perfect for autumn! (I seem to be saying that a lot lately, I am so ready for summer to be over!) Anyway, this collection is inspired by goddesses (which you probably already figured out by the collection name) and is full of very rich and shimmery colors. They all had very nice formulas. I had no issues applying these and I only needed 2 coats for full opacity on all 6. These are not "top coat hungry," but I do suggest that you use a top coat for them as the glitter in them makes them slightly bumpy. I used one coat of Poshe in all of the photos unless otherwise noted in the caption.

Make sure to read until the end to find out about a sale going on from Daphine Polish right now!

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Maya Cosmetics Smolder - Swatches and Review

Hello lovelies!

 I have another Maya Cosmetics polish to show you tonight - I am really loving this brand! Kat, the creator of Maya Cosmetics, thoroughly tests her polishes and she has wonderful customer service. I haven't had any issues with the formula on any of her polishes. 

Smolder is described by Kat as, "Blackened plummy brown with pink/red/bronze shimmer." I think that is a perfect description and this polish certainly does smoulder! This polish has many moods and I tried to capture them all in my photos. 

This polish is a little on the thin side and it is best to make sure to let the first coat dry before putting on the second. Kat told me this when she shipped my polish but I forgot when I was applying it so I didn't let the first coat completely dry and, as a result, did get some cuticle drag. I let that dry and added a third coat and it completely evened it out. BUT, if you let the first coat dry then this polish should only need two coats to be even and opaque. It was very smooth to the touch after I finished, no special top coat needed - I topped it with one coat of Poshe.

Maya Cosmetics Smolder

Maya Cosmetics Smolder

Maya Cosmetics Smolder

Maya Cosmetics Smolder

Maya Cosmetics Smolder

Maya Cosmetics Smolder

Maya Cosmetics Smolder

Maya Cosmetics Smolder

Maya Cosmetics Smolder

Maya Cosmetics Smolder

Isn't she gorgeous? Such a rich and sexy polish.

Maya Cosmetics polishes sell for $8 for a full size 15 ml bottle. You can purchase through her website here. Also make sure to follow via Facebook, Twitter and her blog to stay up-to-date on stock and collection information!

You can see my other Maya Cosmetics posts at the links below!

What Kind of Party? Collection (Shindig, Gathering and Hootenanny)
Tranquillis
Kung Fu Treachery
VooDoo
Hex


Thanks for reading and happy polishing! ♥



*PR Samples provided for my honest review

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Enchanted Polish Hot Chocolate - Swatches and Review

Happy Thursday everyone! I have a very lovely fall-appropriate polish for you tonight!

Enchanted Polish Hot Chocolate is a gorgeous brown linear holographic polish. The holo effect is quite strong in this one, it is definitely a "need" polish. This one can be worn alone or layered - I have it both ways in the photos. I have layered it over Zoya Petra on all nails except my ring finger where I used 3 coats by itself. Formula was FAB, absolutely no issues whatsoever. 

Enchanted Polish Hot Chocolate

Enchanted Polish Hot Chocolate

Enchanted Polish Hot Chocolate

Enchanted Polish Hot Chocolate

Enchanted Polish Hot Chocolate

Enchanted Polish Hot Chocolate

What do you think of this one? I think it is perfect for autumn! 

Check out Pointless Cafe's post on this one (here) to see this one layered over a different color with a comparison to the original OPI My Private Jet!

Enchanted Polish retails for $15 for a full .5 oz bottle and can be purchased through Enchanted Polish, MeiMei's Signatures,  Harlow & Company and Llarowe. Make sure to follow at the links below to stay up-to-date!  

Enchanted Polish on Facebook 
MeiMei's Signatures on Facebook 
Harlow & Company on Facebook 
Llarowe on Facebook
Enchanted Polish on Twitter
MeiMei's Signatures on Twitter  
Harlow & Company on Twitter 
Llarowe on Twitter


Thanks for reading! ♥

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Enchanted Polish Falloween Collection - Limited Edition for Autumn 2012

Happy Tuesday everyone! I have a VERY picture heavy post for you tonight - the complete Falloween collection from Enchanted Polish. I love these polishes (and the names!!)

I am going to speak of formula here because they were all pretty much the same. I used 1-2 coats of each one. (My nails are so short and these are so densely packed that one coat covered pretty perfectly with all of them. I used two with the polishes with larger glitter pieces to "place" them - yes, I must have organized glitter.) Application was smooth on all of them, I didn't have to dig to get the glitter out of the bottle. I used one coat of Poshe to top them and it was *almost* smooth to the touch. Normally I would use Gelous but I am out (and of course I forgot to grab some when I was at Sally's a couple of days ago). 

There is absolutely NO curling of the glitters, not even the large ones, and NO bleeding either. These are very complex glitters, there is no way I could pick out every single type of glitter in the polishes so I am going to let the pictures do most of the talking. Let's get to it, shall we....

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Beetle Juice - This one is primarily green, holo and black hex glitters with micro glitters but it also has  holographic shimmer in the base. It is a stronger holo in person than it shows in the photos but not super strong. I layered this one over Zoya Caitlin on the index and ring fingers and Nails Inc. Westminster on the middle finger and pinky.

Enchanted Polish Beetle Juice

Enchanted Polish Beetle Juice

Enchanted Polish Beetle Juice

Enchanted Polish Beetle Juice

Enchanted Polish Beetle Juice

Enchanted Polish Beetle Juice

Enchanted Polish Beetle Juice

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Dexter - this one has black and red matte glitter in a clear base. I did not have to place the larger glitters, they were very easy to get on the nail. I layered this one over Darling Lovey Dovey and I think it really pops over the light grey.

Enchanted Polish Dexter

Enchanted Polish Dexter

Enchanted Polish Dexter

Enchanted Polish Dexter

Enchanted Polish Dexter

Enchanted Polish Dexter

Enchanted Polish Dexter

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Finger Lickin' Good - this one has a lot going on. Black, white, yellow, orange, purple - and that's just what I can spot easily. LOL I really like how it pops over the red. This is over Zoya Sooki. 

Enchanted Polish Finger Lickin' Good

Enchanted Polish Finger Lickin' Good

Enchanted Polish Finger Lickin' Good

Enchanted Polish Finger Lickin' Good

Enchanted Polish Finger Lickin' Good

Enchanted Polish Finger Lickin' Good

Enchanted Polish Finger Lickin' Good

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Igor - Another polish with a lot going on. I layered this one over Darling Lovey Dovey and a plain black creme (Milani Black Swift) on my accent nail. I really love how the colors pop over the black but there are black glitters in this polish, which show up well on the grey.

Enchanted Polish Igor

Enchanted Polish Igor

Enchanted Polish Igor

Enchanted Polish Igor

Enchanted Polish Igor

Enchanted Polish Igor

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Practice Safe Hex - this one is primarily lavender, silver, white and black and also has the holo shimmer in the base! I layered this one over China Glaze Westside Warrior in my index and ring fingers and Nails Inc. Westminster in my middle finger and pinky.

Enchanted Polish Practice Safe Hex

Enchanted Polish Practice Safe Hex

Enchanted Polish Practice Safe Hex

Enchanted Polish Practice Safe Hex

Enchanted Polish Practice Safe Hex

Enchanted Polish Practice Safe Hex

Enchanted Polish Practice Safe Hex

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Pumpkin Gutz - this *might* be my favorite out of the collection, but it's really hard to choose just one. This is orange, green and black glitters and also has the holo shimmer. This one just screams pumpkin gutz to me! I layered this one over Nails Inc. Goodge Place on all nails except my accent nail, that's over Darling Lovey Dovey. I really love it over the green!

Enchanted Polish Pumpkin Gutz

Enchanted Polish Pumpkin Gutz

Enchanted Polish Pumpkin Gutz

Enchanted Polish Pumpkin Gutz

Enchanted Polish Pumpkin Gutz

Enchanted Polish Pumpkin Gutz

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Witchful Thinking - This one is pink and coppery glitters in a clear base and it also has the holo shimmer. I layered it over Ulta Vampire Kiss (a raspberry creme) and Darling Lovey Dovey on my accent nail. 

Enchanted Polish Witchful Thinking

Enchanted Polish Witchful Thinking

Enchanted Polish Witchful Thinking

Enchanted Polish Witchful Thinking

Enchanted Polish Witchful Thinking

WHEW! That was a lot of photos. What do you think of this collection? Which ones are you going to need??

This collection is available  through Llarowe but I am not sure when the next re-stock will be. Be sure and like Enchanted on Facebook and Llarowe on Facebook to stay up-to-date on openings, releases, availability and new collections!

Thanks for reading! ♥

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