the falls

dress: GYPSY 05, gifted - jacket: DOMA chocolate leather - necklaces: etsy - clutch: american apparel - nails: essie; coat azure

mr bradley :)

wearing a gifted GYPSY 05 mini dress at the Two Point Oh! LA pre-fashion week party!!  favorite LA brand because every time i slip on one of their dresses i feel like i am on a beach in tahiti.  {which i would LOVE right now}  the party was at The Falls Lounge downtown LA complete with fancy cocktails and a wonderful boyfriend on my arm!!!  super excited for the craziness of next week to start! stay tuned! xx

dark side of fall

okay, i'll admit it, i've become kind of a nail polish junkie.  as i said before (here), my fascination with enamel coated nails is primarily due to my best friends in college, but now that i have discovered these gems, Lacquer Laine and Vampy Varnish, my hobby has turned almost obsessive.  as my wonderful boyfriend pointed out, i have painted my nails more this week (4x) than i have washed my hair (2x).  whatever, i just want to try out every polish that looks interesting!! 


anyway, i took some pictures.  these are two colors in the Essie fall 2010 collection.  the first color is Little Brown Dress.  the color in the bottle is quite dark and honestly when the two polishes i ordered came in the mail at first i couldn't tell the difference.  anyway, this is a dark dark brown that looks chocolate-y in the sun and blackish indoors.  i think it would be absolutely perfect for cloudy days in november.  i tried to get the brown to show through as much as i could!

pictured first just outside in the sun and then outside with the flash.  after wearing this color for about 30 hours it started to get too dark so i (tried to) spice it up with some Essie "Matte About You" - i have always loved the reverse moon manicure -- so i attempted to recreated it free-hand.  i am actually really embarassed to post this picture but whatever im in to the imperfect so oh well! (suggestions on how to actually do this would be LOVED)

the second color i tried out was Velvet Voyeur.  it is a very dark purple that indoors has a lot of depth and outdoors resembles one of those dark purple grapes (don't ask me where that came from).  it is a pretty shade that again, will look lovely once the southern california sun goes away!  i am going to go out and find a glitter polish to put over it for now though.  enjoy! 

pictured first outside and then inside with no flash -- you can see the purple now!!  all in all, i think i am going to have to stick with my bright colors (and khakis, DUH) for now but come those wintery days i will be more than happy to pull these out! xo

khak-a-laq

this post is inspired by some of my closest friends and their passion for nail art that apparently has rubbed off tremendously on myself!  i would like to draw everyone's attention to the FANTASTIC nudes coming from the best polish producers for this upcoming fall.  these calming colors (very much matte) will look awesome with all the neutral fabrics we've seen on the runways for late 2010 - early 2011.  scoop these guys up before they disappear!! 

les khakis de chanel - created especially for NYC's fashion's night out, these colors are camo-cool and i cannot wait to get my fingers on each color! (from left, khaki brun, khaki vert, khaki rose)

chanel: paradoxal - the new rage in chanel colors, this mystic purple/brown shimmer is sure to be sold out within a day so snatch yours up asap!

OPI: you don't know jacques - actually THE color i am sporting right now this little guy will take you straight from summer to fall! it's pretty, brownish indoors and lavender in the sun = LOVE.

essie: merino cool - a lovely shade of dirty little sheep (merinos?) this guy's a little more slate colored and perfect for those gloomy gloomy days of fall.

essie: sew psyched - greeeeeeen! i have to admit the first time i saw green nail polish on a friend of mine - i was not a fan - but then i went to the aforementioned friend's house where she had multi shades of green and have since been smitten (mind you this was last thursday haha) 

essie: velvet voyeyr - fall always calls for a dark mysterious not-quite-black color...and this is IT for this year. the light will pick up the purple shades while inside they will turn into a neat little black!

xo

images from various and makeupandbeauty, all polish available on amazon.com