Fall Nails

Fall Nails by elbonner featuring essie nailpolish

Fall nail polishes are always so nice. They just make you look polished (hur hur) and put together. In the summer I tend to have LSD enthusiast  Malibu Barbie nail colors that are very bright and in your face. In the fall I come down from my neon high and wear a lot of nudes, grey, and blacks because they go with almost everything and can make you look chic or edgy. These colors above are my favorite falls colors as of now. Who the hell knows if something might come along and rip all of these a new one, but these are my flavors of the moment:

Oyster Shell-MAC (fall 2011 color)
Lincoln Park After Dark- OPI
My Private Jet- OPI
Taint- Illamasqua
Samoan Sand- OPI
School Of Hard Knocks- Essie
Chinchilly- Essie
Storm Bird- NARS

My Love Affair With Samples: Glossybox

There are few things in life that are truly satisfying: finding a loving partner, eating warm bread/chocolate chip cookies, visiting a beautiful place, and free samples. With sample testing services such as Glossybox, you can try high-end products without committing to a giant bottle or something you might not end up liking. I think this is a genius idea because I am a beauty junkie. I like to try all sorts of cool new stuff, but sometimes I get stuck with products I don't really care for and feel the need to use up even though I hate them. Companies like Glossybox take that anxiety away and send me a cute box full of surprises every month! EVERYONE LIKES PACKAGES AND SURPRISES; it's a law of nature! This month's came with some awesome samples:

 Above: Nicely packaged and so much fun to open

My stash for this month including Ole Henriksen's Truth Serum which I've wanted to try FOREVER, but didn't want to risk spending a bunch of money on a big one. This will be the perfect travel size which is what I use a lot of my Glossybox stuff for.

 Now this is what I'm talking about. A full-sized Illamasqua nail polish in "Taint" (whoa now) that will be great for fall. I have no brown polishes and this one reminds me of Nutella (never a bad thing).

With services like this, you often get to try brands you've never encountered before. I've never heard of Ellis Faas, but I love with bullet shaped lipstick (please excuse my Vienna sausage fingers). It might even be pointy enough to hold of an attacker: win-win!

There are so many  companies doing this same sort of thing for all different budgets and interests. There are only limited quantities of Glossybox and they differ between countries. Either way, get yourself on their newsletter list and treat yo'self to some samples!