Fall (Autumn) Nails!!!

I'm not the biggest nail fan ever (I bite mine.... I know, it's like a beauty sin or something but I can't help it). I did a little research and now I bring you Fall Nail Trends (some will be cheap and some from the more expensive lines).

My inspiration for this post came from Missglamorazzi's video on Fall Nails. Check out her video here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1iSnMiBwTA&feature=feedu  

Here are my favourites of  her picks:

Essie Lady Like:

Miss Glamorazzi suggested wearing this under Deborah Lippmann's Some Enchanted Evening, which is a great pinky glitter polish.

On the Essie website the colour is descirbes as an elegant soft mauve colour, but it's currently unavalible for purchase online (on their website at least)

The second of my favourites from her selection is:  Zoya Jem.
The zoya website definatly gives more information about the polish than the essie site.  So here's what the site said:
It's described as a "dark red toned puple base with metallic dark pink highlights and subtle gold duochrome flecks. It's said to be a bold colour with vampy drama with bright sparkle and a glam rock persona. It's in the red and purple colour family and the finsih is most definatly metalic. The colour intensity is 5. The site five a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 is sheer and 5 is opaque. The colour tone is listed as cool and the polish came out in the mirrors collection.

OPI (as im sure most nail brands are doing) are releasing a fall collection this year and obviously these colours are going to be bang on trend. Check out the art work and the whole collection at this link (here) The collection is called "Touring America" and here are  some of my favourites:

Color To Diner For:

 This colour is inspired by Tucson, Arizona. The OPI site says "Rain? What's that? Boasting an average of 350 sunshine filled days a year, Tucson epitonmizes the warmth and beauty of the American Southwest..."

The colour is said to be "rosy red with a side of awesome".

Honk If You Love OPI:

This colour is inspired by Baltiore, MD. The site says "Theres something eternally nostalgic about a good ol' American roadside diner. We say skip the fast food when Touring America, and opt for some countertop dining instead. This is your time to indulge, so try the grilled cheese or a slice of pie. but dress sexy (just in case).  The colour is descirbed as "delicious dark grape".


Road House Blues:

This colour is inspired by Jackson Hole, WY.  It says "These jaw dropping peaks have been called the most spectacular and awe-inspiring mountain ranges in America. with heights reaching over 7000 feet into the sky, the Teton Range is something you have to see when Touring American. This colour is said to be "R&B", OPI stating that it now stands for "Really Blue".

French Quater For Your Thoughts:

Inspired by New Oreleans, LA. The OPI site says "Also known as Vieux Carre, the French Quarter is New Orleans' oldestande most famous neighbourhood. Touring America wouldn't be complete without surrounding yourself in its elegant mix of Spanish, French, Creole and American architechture. It's enough to take your breath away. This colour gives you those "sexy grey nails".

Some of the colours in this collection don't scream fall to me but most of them do. The colours that seem sort of lost in here would have to be:

• Are We There Yet? 
• I Eat Mainly Lobster
• My Address is "Hollywood"

These colours are quite bright and for fall I would stick to the darker, more "vampy" shades that always seem a staple in any fall collections. 

One final colour screams fall to me from what I've seen and that is not just in nail polishes but in clothes and just general fall colours. That colour is Mustard.

Two polishes that stand out to me personally are Butter London in shade Bumster. The images can be seen below with the China Glaze polish in Trend Setter. These are what I call "Marmite" colour and you either love them or hate them. On the right skin tone... I love them!

My Amazing Discovery

Now I'm sure than many people have figured this out but I'm sooo excited about this new lipstick that I have discovered. I was shopping in my local superdrug and I was looking at the Barry M stand that they have in there. Now, bar the Nail Paints that Barry M offer I have always seen this brand as more "dress up" make up that you would use for something like fancy dress. This was further inspired by the green lipstick that I saw in their lipstick range.
I always asked myself "who would wear this?" because it's sooo green it's just not even right. So, I was with my friends and I decided that I was going to have a little look at this green lipstick, and I swatched it on my hand. I was amazed at what I found. It came out pink on my hand... I was shocked. I tried it multiple times and it came out pink everytime, I then tried it on my friends hand and it came out on her skin as a lighter pink, peachey colour. I was impressed to say the least. So, after standing their, deciding wheather I should get the MUA professional palette I had already picked up and the lipstick that I was amazed by.
Well, I choose the lipstick and here it is. The package is just plain black as you can see in the image below.

The next image that you can see if the colour that it appears out of the tube and the last image is the colour that it swatches on my hand.

Am I the only one impressed by this? because I really didnt expect it to come out pink or a similar colour. It comes out slightly darker on my lips, and is slightly to instense for my liking but I dulled the colour down with some clear lip blam which left the colour on my lips and shiny to.

Overall = Impressed