My Top Five Favorite Fall Polishes

I know we're still a few weeks out from it being "technically" autumn, but lately I've been so in the mood for fall colors that I decided to put this post together. These are my top five absolute favorite polishes to wear during the fall. I do have a lot of other shades that I enjoy wearing around this time, but I find myself reaching for these five very frequently every year.

OPI Every Month is Oktoberfest is a super dark, super shimmery blackened shade of garnet. The formula on my bottle is incredible and covers great in two coats.

Essie Very Structured is kind of my "wild card"; I never expected to like this dark pumpkin spice shade, but I actually love it! I'm wearing two coats.

A England Dorian Grey is an absolutely stunning gunmetal grey metallic. Two easy coats are all you need.

Zoya Monica is a stunning aubergine crème. I have such a thing for purples and I wear this all the time, fall or not. The formula is fantastic and it covers perfectly in two coats.

A England Tess D'Urberville is one of my all time favorite shades. This deep, dark shimmery green is absolutely breathtaking! I'm wearing two coats.

What's your favorite fall polish? Did it make my list?

TDOCNAS 2014: Day 4: Fair Isle Snowflake Pattern Nail Art

Every year since I can remember, my mom has either made or bought special Christmas pajamas that my siblings and I got to open on Christmas Eve. When I moved out, Joe and I decided to keep the tradition and he got me these awesome gray and white fair isle fleece pajama bottoms from Old Navy last year. I was thrilled to find a matching pattern on one of my new stamping plates!

I started with a base of two coats of Zoya Carey and then stamped over that using one of the patterns from stamping plate QA57 and Konad special white polish. I can't even tell you how many times I had to re-stamp these because I couldn't get them straight! It was so frustrating but they turned out okay in the end.

Do you do the Christmas Eve pajama tradition with your family? I love it!

SquareHue November 2014 Box Swatches & Review

Look who is all caught up on SquareHue boxes! I didn't get October's box, so we are going to skip right to November (the current box!). Yay! This box was influenced by Prague and has three incredible shades that I'm dying to share.

Na Prikope is a beautiful sage green that is so unique in my collection! As always with SquareHue, the formula was amazing. This is two coats.

Vaclavske Namesti is a stunning smokey plum with silver microshimmer. This is so incredibly gorgeous in person! I'm wearing two coats.

Parizska is an awesome medium gray with silver glitter. It dries a little gritty, so expect to use one to two coats of top coat to even it out. This is two easy coats of color.

I know I sound like a broken record every month, but I am seriously so impressed with SquareHue. I absolutely love all three of the shades this month and can't wait to wear them throughout the winter! Usually there's one shade each month that I don't really care for, but this month I'm loving them all. What about you? Did you get this box and love it? Are you jealous that you missed it? You can sign up for your own SquareHue box by visiting their website, www.squarehue.com!

The products in this post were provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

KBShimmer Winter 2014 Collection Swatches & Review

Look who is posting a season-appropriate collection! Ha! I got the KBShimmer Winter collection in the mail last week and knew there was no way I could wait to swatch it. Once again, KBShimmer has totally nailed it!

Flake Dance is a glitter topper that is totally packed with holographic glitter and snowflakes. The snowflakes come out of the bottle so easily! I'm wearing one coat over China Glaze What Are You A-Freight Of?.

White Here, White Now is an awesome white textured polish that has white glitter in it to look like snow. KBShimmer pulled this off way better than China Glaze did last year... just sayin'. This is two coats.

Let's Sleigh Together is a creamy light gray with green and blue glitter. I absolutely love these opaque, light-colored bases with glitter! This is two coats.

Pine-ing for Yule is a fabulous little glitter topper with holographic glitter, green triangles, and red stars, meant to mimic a Christmas tree. It's also the 2014 Toys for Tots charity polish. This is two coats over China Glaze Don't Get Derailed.

Kringle All the Way is a repromoted polish and one of my favorite ever from KBShimmer. This glitter topper is packed with red, green, silver, and gold round glitter (you know how I love my round glitters!). This is two coats over China Glaze Well Trained.

Spot Sign is the coolest glitter topper I've ever seen! It has leopard spots you guys! The spots are super easy to get out of the bottle and the base also has some holographic silver glitter. This is one coat with some spots dabbed on over China Glaze All Aboard.

Mauve On Over has a beautiful mauvey lavender base with blue and orange glitter. This is such a unique combination! I'm wearing three thin coats.

Deja Brew is a stunning milk chocolate holographic polish. Formula and coverage is amazing; this is two coats.

Turnip the Beet is a berry pink glitter polish that dries to a textured matte finish. I haven't really been crazy about the textured polish trend, but these are executed so well! The base is tinted, so you can get opaque coverage in two coats.

Dressed to Gild is packed with gorgeous gold glitter interspersed with green and purple that dries to a textured matte finish. This one wound up a little sheer around the tips and could probably have used a third coat to be safe.

Too Cold to Hold is a stunning icy blue polish packed to the max with glitter. This is my favorite of the textured polishes in this collection; I'm wearing two coats.

Fallen Angle is rich medium blue jelly polish with pink, purple, and blue glitter. There are also triangle glitters in there but unfortunately I didn't wind up with any on my nails. This is three thin coats.

Merry Pinkmas is a repromote from last year, a baby pink base with holiday-colored glitter. I'm wearing two coats.

Sugar Plum Faerie is a medium purple with pink, green, and blue glitter and is also a repromoted shade. This is three thin coats.

All Decked Out was brought back too and for good reason! This deep forest green jelly is the perfect holiday shade, with glitter mimicking ornaments and gold stars to top it off. I'm wearing three thin coats.

Snow Way is the most fantastic winter shade ever. This baby blue is filled with small and large white hexagon glitter and a little bit of silver holographic shimmer. I'm wearing two coats.

Holly Back Girl is my hands down favorite! This white-based polish with red and green glitter just screams Christmas spirit to me and I can't wait to wear it once it gets closer to Christmas. This is three thin coats.

Are you as totally in love with these shades as I am? KBShimmer NEVER disappoints me and this collection is so fabulous and festive! As if the polishes aren't awesome enough as it is, KBShimmer is also offering the following deals for the holiday shopping season:

• Free shipping on all orders over $40 on www.KBShimmer.com. No code needed. Good from 11/01-12/31.
• Free bottle of Holly Back Girl with $70+ purchase. Use code HBGFREE to receive free polish and free shipping with $70+ purchase. Runs from 11/01-12/31.
• Free samples in each and every order. Samples may include scrubs, lotions, vinyl nail decals, soaps, etc. Orders will also include a branded emery board. (While supplies last).
• Free snowman glitter! The first 400 orders will receive a bag of 1000 snowmen glitters perfect for winter nail art.

So what are you waiting for? Head over to www.KBShimmer.com to purchase your favorites from this collection (or the whole thing, nobody's judging!). But tell me first, if you were to receive one of these shades in your stocking, which would it be?

The products in this post were provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

OPI DS Tourmaline and Titanium Swatches & Review

Hello hello! I'm sharing with you today the two new DS shades from OPI. These are seriously blingy shades in a jelly-like formula that you could either wear on their own or layer over similar colors.

DS Tourmaline is a beautiful medium pink that is absolutely packed with holographic and iridescent glitter. I'm wearing three coats but will definitely layer this over another polish when I wear it again.

DS Titanium is a stunning charcoal jelly with holographic and iridescent glitter. I'm wearing three coats here as well, but I'm betting this would look more incredible over a plain black polish. I can tell you for sure that I'll be making a nail polish ornament out of this one!

These shades are available now wherever OPI is sold. I'm a little disappointed that they weren't full coverage; I think I would have enjoyed them a lot more if they were. Will you be picking them up?

The products in this post were provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

Cirque Metropolis Collection Swatches & Review

Happy Wednesday everyone! Are you happy that we're halfway through the week? You'll be happy when you see the beauties I have to share today! The Cirque Metropolis is an ongoing collection of creme shades released on a monthly basis and I can't wait to share them with you.

Concrete Jungle is the perfect medium gray creme. The formula was a little thick and could benefit from a few drops of thinner, but it covered well in two coats.

NYFW is an absolutely stunning ultramarine blue. For some reason, Blogger blew this shade out when I uploaded the photo, so it's not quite as eye-burningly bright as it looks here but it is bright! The formula is great and I'm wearing two coats.

La Vie Boheme is a fabulous bruised berry shade that is absolutely perfect for fall. Formula was fantastic; I'm wearing two coats.

Last but not least, Knickerbocker is a dark, creamy chocolate brown with a perfect two coat formula.

Are you as in love with cremes as I am? Don't get me wrong, I love a good holo or glitter, but there's just nothing like the perfect creme! You can purchase these shades directly from Cirque (www.cirquecolors.com/) or you can visit their stockists page (www.cirquecolors.com/stockists) for a full list of brick and mortar and online sellers.

The products in this post were provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

Zoya Yuna and Sansa Swatches & Review

Good morning! Today I have my two must have shades from Zoya's Ignite collection from Fall 2014 to share with you and let me tell you, you guys are in for a treat! Zoya is one of the brands that hardly ever disappoints me and once again, they've released two stellar fall collections. I only got my hands on two of them thanks to a fabulous friend, but I'm confident that these are the best two, so enjoy!

Yuna is an incredible greenish gray shade packed with golden glitter. Seriously, I just can't even deal with how gorgeous this is. Of course, the formula is perfect and this is two coats.

Sansa is a gorgeous, deep royal plum/purple with golden shimmer. I'll admit that I wanted this one mainly for the name (hello, fellow Game of Thrones addicts! Please tell me I'm not the only one!), but the color is absolutely stunning. I got at least three comments on this from different people while I was wearing it, including older men! You know it's a stunner when old dudes comment on it. :P

So what do you think? Did I pick well? Check out the Ignite collection at www.zoya.com and tell me if you would have picked your top two differently!

KBShimmer Spring 2014 Collection: The Glitters Swatches/Review

Good morning everyone! Today I have the glitter part of the KBShimmer Spring 2014 collection to share with you. As always, it's amazing! Take a look...

Prism Break is the perfect silver holographic top coat. You could use this on any color to create a holographic polish. The effect seems subtle here, but it truly comes to life in bright sunlight. This is one coat over KBShimmer A Touch of Glass.

Quick and Flirty is a rich, royal purple holographic polish. This is two coats and as you can see, the holographic effect is fabulous.

Rush Hour Flower is a glitter top coat in a clear base. It consists of blue, yellow, green, and pink glitter and teeny tiny micro glitters. This is two coats over KBShimmer Sky Jinks.

Laugh Myself Lily is another one of my favorites, a jade base with pastel glitter and micro glitter for depth. Beautiful, beautiful polish. This is three coats.

Make My Gray is an awesome pale gray base with turquoise, coral, and black glitter. This is two coats.

Belle of the Mall is a squishy crelly coral with silver glitter. This is three coats because I wanted as much opacity as possible, but two was okay if you don't mind a little bit of visible nail line.

Full Bloom Ahead is a white-based polish with a multi-colored mix of glitter. This is two coats and as you can see, it has great coverage.

Daisy About You is a pale green polish with translucent green and flower shaped glitter. This is two coats.

These have fantastic formulas, but of course, that shouldn't surprise you by now. These glitters are available now on the KBShimmer website, along with the creams that I shared on Wednesday. And again, give their Facebook page a like if you want to stay updated!

The products in this post were provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

KBShimmer Spring 2014 Collection: The Creams Swatches/Review

Guysssssssssss!! KBShimmer has done creams! I hope you are as excited about this as I am! I've never been disappointed in a KBShimmer polish yet and these are just absolutely awesome. I'll get on with the photos though and stop blabbing. Formula notes will be at the end.

My Life's Porpoise is a lovely medium gray. It leans a little too blue in this photo; it's more of a neutral gray in person.

Chick Me Out is a bright, cheerful yellow. This polish is a testament to KBShimmer's polish-making abilities: it has none of the formula issues that yellow polishes typically have.

A Touch of Glass is my absolute favorite, a dreamy pale aqua reminiscent of sea glass. I wore this to work for four days with only one minor chip on one nail (my manicures usually last less than a day there). 

Honeydew List is a pale spring green. Not really my shade, but a great polish nonetheless.

Pansy-Monium is an amazing royal purple. This is a fabulous, rich color.

Sky Jinks is a saturated deep sky blue. Think middle of the summer, big fluffy white clouds type of sky blue.

Eclipse is exactly what it looks like, the perfect black polish.

Life Rose On is a raspberry shade of pink with a blue undertone. It's very wearable and flattering.

Now, the formula for all of these polishes is fantastic. The yellow goes on slightly streaky on the first coat, but evens out perfectly for the second. Each of these swatches shows two coats of polish and as you can see, they reach opacity beautifully. I'm only hoping that there are plenty more to come!! These polishes are available now on the KBShimmer website. As always, make sure you like their Facebook page to keep updated with all of their incredible new collections! Stop back here on Wednesday morning to see the glitter part of the Spring 2014 collection!

The products in this post were provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.