While I love fall colors and fall clothing and everything about fall, it does make me a little bummed out. Instead of looking ahead to a long summer we're now looking ahead to Labor Day and everything that comes with it. To this day, when I see a back-to-school shopping commercial on television I get a little twinge of anxiety, even though it's been years since I had to worry about any of that.
Anyway. There are three shades that I have my eye on from OPI's Touring America Collection, but I can pretty safely say that I don't feel compelled to buy anything from Essie, Misa or Finger Paints, and I never buy anything from China Glaze so that's a non-issue. I liked some of BB Couture's recent release, but I'm not positive that I'm sold on their formula and wear; I also skipped Cult Nails' fall colors and missed out utterly on Lynderella.
Thus far I've picked up two from Chanel's fall release (Peridot and Graphite, which I've shown you), two from Zoya's Smoke and Mirrors collection (Neeka and Yara; it's possible I may get Jem at some point) and I pre-ordered Piu Mosso from Rescue Beauty Lounge.
This could of course all change when I start seeing the colors crop up on more blogs and in more pictures on MUA. With nail polish, the decision not to buy is always Subject To Change.
Since it's not a post without pictures, here are the fall Zoyas I purchased during the pre-order.
Yara and Neeka. These are both heavily pigmented creamy polishes with what has been described as "brocade shimmer" - it looks like little threads of embroidered gold running through fabric.
These polishes feel very rich and very "fall" to me. The base colors feel very autumnal. I love them! I'd like Zoya to put out a collection of this type of shimmer in every color.
Neeka.
Crazily, crazily pigmented. Pretty nearly opaque in one coat.
Yara. A gorgeous olive-y green.
If you have tried Zoya's formula in the past and didn't like it, these may be worth another go. I absolutely loved them! One thing to remember with Zoya, though, is that they generally don't play nice with Seche Vite. I've had much more success with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in the red bottle. You can also use Zoya's Color Lock system, though I've never tried it. I use Palladio Fuse bonding base coat and it works fine.
What are you getting for fall? Are there any releases you're really excited about?
2 comments:
Well crap, I want them both.
I just ordered four polishes from Barielle (at buy one get one 50% off, it was hard to stop at just two). As far as fall collections I really like Skyscraper and Trendsetter from the China Glaze Metro collection. I thought I liked some of the OPIs but I just looked at them again and I'm not terribly impressed. I am looking forward to the Muppets collection though. Come on, one of them is named Meep Meep! How could I possibly resist that?
They do have really cute names. I do not really go bananas for their glitters but again I can't make any promises.
The Zoyas are really great. :-D
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