Fall Nail Art

Being utterly bored yesterday, I took some fall nail polish colours, and some tin foil (we didn't have any toothpicks!) and did some fall nail designs. They're not very good, but I figured someone might be interested despite my lack of art skills (I am a science major, I'm not in art for a reason!).

I used:

• Wet n' Wild coloricon Night Owl (black-dark purple shade)
• Wet n' Wild Craze Polish in Inferno (Orange with Gold reflect)
• Sephora by OPI Sample Sale (Candy Apple Red)
• Sephora by OPI Leaf him at the Altar (Shimmery midtone green)

L-R: Bat, Maple Leaf, other Leaf

Horn of Plenty

Pumpkin

L-R: Apple, Black Cat

Top: Maple Leaf, Bottom: Bat, Right: Other Leaf

I know they're not great like some nail art I've seen done, but I thought they were very in theme with the time of year. (Inferno is stunning isn't it?! And Sample Sale is my favourite Red I own! :D)

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Illamasqua Art of Darkness Collection

Illamasqua's jewel toned Art of Darkness collection is up for pre-order on the Illamasqua site with pictures of all the items in the collection along with character profiles. The Character profiles deserve a look if you've got the time, even if you're not interested in the collection because they are absolutely stunning! Here's a couple of pictures of the characters:

I love the dark blue lipstick!

The monochromatic look of this entire image (including eye colour!) is really soft, I adore it.

Here are some items in particular that have caught my attention:

Nail varnish

The jewel tones in this are so lovely! I'm a particular fan of gem colours in general and especially for fall. The dark hunter green-turquoise polish, Viridian, is so close to my favourite colour I'm longing for it! *grabby fingers* The set of four is 39.50 GBP or each polish by itself is 13.00 GBP.

Fake lashes No. 26

I personally don't wear fake lashes, as in I've never actually had them on (I know shocking for a beauty blogger to admit it, but it's true!) but I'd love love to try these. The feathery ends of these honestly makes me think of really elegant black swans and ballet dancers pretending to be black swans. Anyways, these beauties are also part of the collection and retail for 17.50 GBP.

Dark Blue Lipstick: Disciple by Illamasqua

This dark blue lipstick called Disciple is something I'd wear once in a blue moon but isn't it awesome! I love the idea of dark almost navy blue lips. If only I could wear such colours to class at school without gaining strange looks. The only lipstick in the Art of Darkness collection, Disciple cost 15.00 GBP.

These are just my picks from the collection from what I've seen online, but there are more really unique "alter ego" items on the Illamasqua website here! What do you think about the collection? Really cool? Totally stupid? Let me know! :D

The Body Shop: Autumn Smoke and Fire Collection 2010

Is anyone else drooling? I just think this is gorgeous! Part of the new Body Shop Fall collection these Autumn Leaves compacts are limited edition and come in the two colours shown here, Berry and Chestnut. They are going to launch Tomorrow and will retail at $21 CND/USD. From what I can tell from descriptions, the leaves are not just overspray and the blush will have a shimmer to it. Personally, I think these are going to sell like hot-cakes, as to me they really embody all the things I love about fall, even with the shimmer reminding me of the slightest bit of frost on grass in the mornings. The compacts are said to contain marula oil and nut oil which is suppose to soften the skin.
The Smoke and Fire collection also includes three Kajal liners in Charcoal (black), Steel (blued silver), and Evergreen (dark green) which retail at $10 CND/USD.
What do you think?

I have a Review up now if you're interested!

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