Zoya Channing

Hi, you guys! Hope you're having an awesome Sunday! :-) For me, I'm just about to die of anticipation. NSYNC, my favorite band from my teen years, is rumored to be reuniting for a performance at the VMAs tonight!! Eeeek! I couldn't be more excited. Seriously, I haven't felt this giddy since the last time I waited for an NSYNC performance more than 10 years ago lol. :D

Today, I want to kick off the Zoya Satin Fall 2013 Collection. It's a set of vibrant jewel-toned colors, and you guys know how much I love those hehe. So first up is Channing, a rich, rustic, copper-y red with lots of golden shimmers that dries to a metallic finish.

Right from the first strokes onto my fingers, this color just wow-ed me! I think this shade epitomizes the color of fall and its fiery, hue-changing foliage. This is probably my favorite shade from the collection, bound to become a staple in my fall polish wardrobe. The formula is fantastic, coming out in smooth and even coats with minimal streaking. It's also nicely pigmented, so you need just two quick coats and you're ready to go.

You can find Channing on Zoya.com for $8 for 0.5 fl oz. If you are new to Zoya, you can get your first two bottles of Zoya for $8 - $9 total and free shipping! More info HERE.

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Butter London Bit Faker

Hi, you guys! Happy start of the new week! :-)

I've got another two colors from the Butter London Summer Holiday 2013 Collection to share with you. You may recall that I had showed you Sunbaker and Marbs a while back. The lovely folks at Butter London PR originally had sent over Bit Faker too, but I had some issues with my bottle and so I wasn't able to show you the color. They sent me a replacement bottle of Bit Faker and also another color from the collection, so I'm happy to have them to share with you. First up is Bit Faker, a bronze-y, brassy glitter polish filled with gold, bronze, copper, and brown glitters in a sheer base.

This is so sparkly, warm, and gorgeous in person. :-) As is often the case with glitters like this, the first coat is a little patchy, but the second coat fills in all the gaps for a complete coverage. It does dry gritty, so you'll need to add top coat for a glossy shine.

You can find Bit Faker on butterlondon.com and at select retailers such as Nordstrom and Ulta for $15 for 0.4 fl oz.

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OPI A Woman's Prague-ative

Hi you guys! I've got another favorite of mine from the OPI Euro Centrale Collection to share with you today. A Woman's Prague-ative is a shimmery reddish copper with tons of gold and bronze shimmers.

If you've been following me for a while, you'd know that this color is totally me. It's so shimmery and sparkly that I can't help but love it! :-) It has a great formula. It applies smoothly, and the shimmers distribute evenly across the nails. I did two coats for the swatches above. At that point, it's 95% of the way there, but it's still a little sheer under bright lights. I'm totally ok with it, but you may need a third coat if you want that last 5%.

This reminded me of Sprung from the Mariah Carey by OPI Collection, so I dug that out for a quick look. They are actually quite different, I'm happy to report. Sprung is a few shades darker and much more brown, while Prague-ative is lighter, more red in base, and has more golden shimmers. Both are lovely, and I think they are different enough that you'll be fine in having both.

You can find A Woman's Prague-ative at your local nail salons and beauty stores for $9 for 0.5 fl oz.

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OPI Sprung

Hi, you guys! Today, I have the last of the four 'studio' shades from the Mariah Carey by OPI Collection to share with you. Sprung has a reddish/brownish copper base filled with tons of sparkling multi-colored shimmers.

The shimmers sparkle wildly in a bunch of colors when the light hits it; I see predominantly gold, bronze, and pink. As is typical for this type of micro-glitter finish, the first coat tends to be a little sheer with some bald patches, but not to worry. The second coat really helps to fill in and even everything out, achieving a good opacity. This is definitely one of my favorites from the collection, and I foresee myself wearing it a lot during the summer and fall (and maybe even spring if I can't wait that long :P).

You can find Sprung at your local nail salons and beauty stores for $9 for 0.5 fl oz.

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Julep Minka

I'm super excited to show you Julep Minka, one of the suede polishes from my November Classic with a Twist Maven Box. Minka is a reddish, brownish copper with lots of silver shimmers that dries to a matte finish.

This is a gorgeous fall color and I fell in love with it the second I put it on. As with all mattes I have used, application can be just a little tricky. It dries fast, so you need to work fast. Use thin coats because there isn't a lot of time to smooth over any extra polish once it's on the nails. You can tell exactly when this polish is dry to the touch because the finish changes from the initial wet metallic finish to the matte finish once it's dry. It's nicely pigmented, and I needed just two thin coats for opaque coverage.

Butter London Shag

Hi and happy Friday, lovely readers! :-)

Today is my 4 year wedding anniversary with my husband. I just wanted to take a moment to share with you how wonderful of a support he has been for me and this blog. Not only does he proofread all my posts, but he has accompanied me on numerous polish-shopping trips and sat patiently with me through hours of weekend swatching after I have rearranged our weekend plans around the daylight I need for taking pictures. He is also the one to shake me awake at night when I fall asleep on the couch while editing pictures or writing a post, reminding me that I must finish my next day's post. <3

I have my favorite color from Butter London's Autumn/Winter 2012 Collection to show you today. Shag is a warm, copper-toned, reddish brown with lots of gold, orange, and red shimmers in a metallic finish.

The formula on this is just perfection. It is smooth and easy to apply, with no dragging or pooling. The pigmented formula achieves opaque coverage in two quick coats. And even though it is a metallic, it's not plagued by any discernible brush strokes. This color just epitomizes fall for me. It is the color of vibrant autumn leaves and apple cider, and just looking at it warms me up and helps to fight off some of the autumn chill in the air.

You can find Shag on butterlondon.com for $14 for 0.4 fl oz.

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Pomegranate Lacquer Autumnesque

Hi, lovely readers! Pomegranate Lacquer recently released their fall collection, and I have my personal favorite from the set to show you today. Autumnesque is a mostly reddish copper with tons of golden shimmers in a metallic finish.

The exact shade of this color is a bit hard to describe because it seems to draw from a lot of different colors. While it is predominantly red and copper, it also contains some brown, orange, gold, rose, and plum in it. The golden shimmers in the bottle translate well onto the nails without getting lost in the darker base. The formula is great. It applies smoothly and evenly, and is opaque in two thin coats. This gorgeous color really embodies fall and all of its warm vibrant shades.

You can find Autumnesque on PomegranateLacquer.com for $9 for 0.56 fl oz.

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Butter London The Old Bill

Ah, work has me really stressed out this week. I have so much to do and my progress has been so slow that it's discouraging, which makes it even harder for me to concentrate and continue to make progress. Have you ever felt like that? *sigh*

Thank goodness I have a new pretty polish to cheer me up! Butter London's The Old Bill is a copper bronze with a smooth metallic finish.

Sometimes when you think of bronze, there is a rose influence that goes with it, but I can't detect much rose tint at all in The Old Bill. It is a burnished copper, more brown than pink. Depending on your skin tone, this color can blend into your skin, but in a good way. It comes across subtle and elegant, but still with a flash of color.

The formula on this is amazing! So smooth and buttery, it flows onto the nails without any issues. It has great color payoff and is opaque in two coats. Often with metallics, you will see brush strokes, but not so much here. Once it dries, almost all the brush strokes are gone, and all that is left is the perfect copper sheen. This really is just liquid metal-on-nails perfection! :-)

You can find The Old Bill on butterlondon.com for $14 for 0.4 fl oz, or as part of the Heavy Medal Collection of three polishes for $36.

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China Glaze Harvest Moon

Hi lovely readers! Hope everyone had a relaxing weekend! <3

Today I have Harvest Moon, the second of two polishes I recently got from China Glaze's Capitol Colours Collection (inspired by The Hunger Games). Harvest Moon is full of gorgeous copper shimmer embedded in a brown base, invoking feelings of autumn and a plentiful harvest.

While Harvest Moon's base is brown, it does not look very much so on the nail due to its abundant shimmer. The shimmers are predominately copper, but they also flash gold and red, depending on the angle. Just like with Riveting, Harvest Moon is another where the shimmer is so strong that the polish looks like it's glowing from within. This is the perfect color for autumn, when the leaves have changed colors and I'm snuggled up in a warm furry sweater.

The formula on this is lovely. It's smooth and buttery, and it goes on the nail without any dragging or pooling. It has great color payoff and is opaque in two coats. Wait time between coats is reasonably short due to its fast dry time.

It's hard not to love this color. It's unique and glowy, and it's got the most awesome name! Do any of you guys remember the Nintendo game series with the same name? You could raise farm animals like sheep and cows, and depending on how well you brushed them, they would give you various quality wool and milk, which you could then spin into yarn and make into cheese. Ah, such an adorable game! After reminiscing, I'll have to find it and play it again. :-)

You can find Harvest Moon (the polish) at your local nail salons, at beauty stores such as Ulta and Sally Beauty, and online at select beauty retailers.

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