Zoya | Sophisticates

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Hey everyone! Well, it has been a ridiculously long time since I've written a blog post. I am definiltey a little bit out of practice but hoping to get back into the swing of things. I've moved, I'm working like crazy, and I'm studying for a crazy test at the end of October...but I needed a bit of a break from all that so I finally got to swatch the Zoya Sophisticates to share with you all :)

Zoya Urban Grunge: One Coat Cremes - Swatches & Review

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Hi again! I've got another favorite brand to share today - Zoya! This is the first half of their Fall 2016 Urban Grunge Collection and are an extension of their One Coat Creme shades. The shades in this collection are very reflective of the colors I've been seeing all fall and I like that! Let's take a look!

LVX Fall Winter 2016 - Swatches & Review

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Hey everyone! Well, I have been MIA for awhile now because I GOT MARRIED WHAT!? :D My husband (okay, still so weird to call him that!) and I have been together for 11 years and now we've been married for almost 2 weeks! Pretty exciting next step of our lives :)

I've been super busy with wedding stuff and wasn't able to share swatches but I'm making up for that now! So today, let's take a look at one of my favorite brands, LVX, and their new 2016 Fall Winter Collection. LVX is easily one of my favorite brands and I never fail to be impressed by the beautiful shades they curate each season. So, get to it!

KBShimmer - Fall 2016

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Hello, hello! Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend :) I have another Fall collection to share with you today, this time from KBShimmer! It never fails, each season I love seeing what Christy and her crew have dreamed up this time. They really excel at capturing the feel of the different seasons and I'm always swooning over their crellies. Always just the right amount of glitter to creme.

Anyhow, I'm always excited for the KBS collections as they help me feel like the seasons are changing. So, let's dig in!

China Glaze - Rebel: Swatches & Review

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Hello, all! I have a great set of polishes to share with you today from China Glaze! Fall collections are by far my favorite - partly because I love the fall season so much, but also because it's an opportunity for brands to create vampy, moody, edgy, beautiful shades.

Cue the China Glaze Rebel collection. *insert heart eyes* :D as one of the first fall collections I saw this year, I was immediately drawn to the colors but was then even more excited for the inspiration. I was born in 1990 so I wasn't quite old enough to appreciate a lot of the good (and bad!) things about the 90s. But even still, I know almost many of the references made in this collection which made the Rebel collection all the more fun. As always, there are 12 shades in various finishes in this collection so let's take a look!

KBShimmer - Fall 2015: Swatches, Review & Nail Art

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Hello, again! I've got a special double post for today seeing as the fantastic KBShimmer is releasing their beautiful Fall 2015 collection today! KBS is one of those brands that has been around forever yet still manages to stay fresh and on trend. Their formulas are always so easy to work with and their polishes are stunning. You really can't ask for more from a brand.

For Fall, there are 4 cremes and 8 glitter shades for a total of 12 beauties. I have 2 of the cremes and 4 of the glitters to share with you today as well as a couple nail art looks that I'm loving so let's dig in!

Barielle - Jetsetter Fall Collection: Swatches, Review & Nail Art

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Hello, all! I've got another great collection from Barielle to share with you today! I'm really excited about some of the shades in this collection and think the colors as a whole look wonderful together. Let me know what you think about this as a fall collection - I personnally quite like it! If you missed it, I posted Barielle's other Fall collection, the Me Couture collection, a few weeks back and was so in love with that one. I'm excited that they've got two great fall collections to choose from!

The Beauty Buffs - Fall: Autumn Leaves Nail Art

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Hello, all! It's Beauty Buffs time again! I wasn't able to partake two weeks ago because of life, but I couldn't pass up doing something for the Fall theme. Fall is my favorite. Like, I would contemplate marrying fall if someone could figure out how to do it. Just the thought of leaves changing color and temperatures dropping makes my heart happy!

For today, I wanted to do something that had a quintessential "fall" feeling to it...and what better way than straight forward leaves, acorns and cranberries?

Fall into Fall

Happy first day Fall!!! I am so excited for the weather to start changing, for the rains to come, for the smells of great cooking, for bundling up in warm clothes, for snuggling by the fire with a book and for the family oriented holidays - not to mention my birthday and anniversary are all during the Autumn months! Everything about fall makes me happy. So, to celebrate, I thought I'd do a mani to help me get some of the excitement that I'm feeling over this time of year out of my system. 

Doing a google search for "fall" made me really jealous of people that get to experience the very drastic changing seasons where all the trees turn bright shades of red, orange and yellow. Additionally, apparently everyone lives next to an awesome foot bridge surround by these beautiful colors because every other image had a bridge or an old wooden fence in the image ;) I decided to be inspired by one such image and created my very own picturesque foot bridge amidst the changing fall trees. I apologize that the pictures are all so similar...I just wanted to try and match the bridge up!