It's AUTUMN! Fall Nail Art Ideas

Fall Nail Art Ideas

Hi guys! Yes, I'm still alive. Still sporting #nekkidnails but I grabbed a few of my past autumn nail art manis to celebrate the season.

You can check them out and link to the individual blog posts from my Pinterest Board.

I tried to leave out the Halloween Specific manis for now but you can check out my BuzzFeed Post on "24 Spooky Nail Art Ideas for Halloween" here!

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Show me your AUTUMNAL MANIS on my Facebook Page and I'll share them!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn: Day 5 and Another Easy Drybrush

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The Digital Dozen Does Autumn

Day 5 Drybrush and a Bonus Toothpick Marble

It's FRIDAY! So happy to see my old friend Friday, except that it means another Digital Dozen week is coming to an end - and one of my favorite themes - Autumn. So I'm happy and sad.

I have another quick and easy drybrush for you for day 5 and, as usual, I have an extra. Not sure it's necessarily a "fail" this time but it doesn't get its own blog post either.

For this mani I used Elevation Polish The Arches 2 as a base and Zhenjin and a plain black creme for the drybrush. Followed with a coat of Zoya Matte Velvet top coat.

And a full sun shot with top coat...

And here is the toothpick marble I did with Elevation Polish The Arches 2 and a green Zoya. I don't hate it because it sort of reminds me of caramel apples in an abstract sort of way.

What do you think?

Please check out all the other day 5 Autumn manis from the rest of the Digital Dozen crew below! See you back here next month when our manis will all be inspired by Pinterest!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn Day 4: Falling Leaves

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The Digital Dozen Does Autumn

Falling Leaves

Hi guys! Day 4 already? We just started! Today I have a sort of "abstracted" version of falling leaves done with simple dots.

I started with a simple gradient and as has been the issue all week, I really don't remember what I used. "Oh I don't need to write this down, I'll remember!" Um...yeah maybe when I was in my 20s. The base for sure is Elevation Polish Mount Ventoux and the tips are Zoya. Then I used acrylic paints to create the rest - just simple dots for the falling "leaves."

Be sure to check the links below for the other great Autumn manis!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn: Autumnal Drybrush

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The Digital Dozen

Autumnal Drybrush

Happy Wednesday! It's day three of the Digit-al Dozen Autumn week and I have a really easy dry brush anyone can do!

Just pic 3 shades that say AUTUMN to you and have fun!

I honestly wish I hadn't gotten suddenly all cleany and organizy and stuff and, you know, put things back where they belonged. *faint* I'm not sure what got into me. But I honestly have no idea which polishes I used for this mani. I know the base and the green were both Zoyas and the black was Wet n Wild Wildshine Black Creme. Really though, this technique is so easy and will work with any shades you pick out.



A better look...

And you know I had to matte it. Because MATTE!

Be sure to check out what the other Digital Dozen members have for you today in the links below!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn: Autumn Pine Cone

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn

Autumn Pine Cone

Good morning! Back for Day 2 of Autumn Week and I'm loving it...today I have a simple autumn look with a pine cone. I missed TREES so much for the last 32 years in South Texas - not many pine trees around. Not much except palms and scrub oaks actually. So I thought I'd give a pine cone a shot since I'm HOME and practically IN Hoosier National Forest.

I have it shiny and matte...

For this mani, I started with a base of OPI My Vampire is Buff and did a quick gradient with one of the Zoyas from last year I believe, but I've put away all the polishes since then - without writing anything down, of course.  The rest is done with acrylic paints.

Check out the other Autumn manis from the rest of the Digit-al Dozen gang in the links below!

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The Digit-al-Dozen Does Autumn! Cider Season

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn

Apple Cider Season!

It's time again for another Digital Dozen theme week! This week we are all doing AUTUMN! So you know I did lots of these - so many that I've already posted other autumnal manis here on the blog, but I saved a few back for The Digit-al Dozen, of course!

This one is inspired by Apple Cider. I'm not opposed to yummy homemade pumpkin bread but I am NOT a "pumpkin all the things" person at all. I generally don't like many pumpkin things except pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread.

But I do love a lovely mug of hot mulled apple cider. I could post a fancy, involved recipe for you but truth be told? I don't like cloves. So I take store-bought apple cider (about 10 cups) and simmer it on the stove (in a large pot) with 3 to 4 cinnamon sticks, the peel of a large orange (or 2 if they're small) and about 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg. Simmer at least 30 to 40 minutes. If I have company, I garnish with cinnamon stick and orange slice, otherwise I don't. Sometimes, if creative friends are making sachets of the mulled spices, I will have them make me some without cloves and use those.

For this, I used a base of Elevation Polish Mount Ventoux with Zoya Rocha dry brushed on top. The accent nail is OPI My Vampire if Buff with acrylic paints for the freehanded apple.

Check out the other Autumn manis from the rest of the Digit-al Dozen gang in the links below!

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HPB Presents: Autumnal Leaves - Fall Nail Art

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Happy Monday everyone! This week the members of Hobby Polish Bloggers will be presenting an Autumn-themed mani for you and mine is freehand leaves and an acorn.

I put down a base of OPI My Vampire is Buff (purchased by me) and used acrylic paints to do a conglomeration of random leaves with an acorn.

With a shiny top coat before the acorn...

With Girly Bits matte top coat (purchased by me)...

And finally with the acorn...

Be sure to check out the links below throughout the week to see the other great autumn-inspired manis!

You can also check out #HPBSeptFall on social media to check them out!

For more Fall/Halloween nail art ideas, click here!

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Colors by Llarowe: Doctor Bombay's Potion, Exclusive for the October A Box Indied

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Colors by Llarowe: Doctor Bombay's Potion

for the Bewitched-themed October A Box Indied

Happy Sunday! Tonight I have one of the October Bewitched themed polishes for A Box Indied. This one is CbL Doctor Bombay's Potion.

Yep, I said the theme is Bewitched!!!

Full swatches and review after the jump!

HPB Brings You: Our Fall Favorites

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Today I have another Hobby Polish Bloggers monthly link-up! The theme for this month was Fall Favorites. So of course,  I'm focusing mainly on what I think is On Trend for Autumn in nail polish, but also shades in general.

I'm sharing my post from September...

For fashion I'm seeing lots of the patterns I love and I can't wait to see how they'll be translated from the runway this year to real life. But below are the shades I think will be HOT for Fall this year - for nails anyway. I see nail art continuing to grow in popularity as well, but for now, we'll just tackle the shades of the season...through my eyes.

Continued after the jump...

Autumn/Thanksgiving Gradient Nail Art

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Happy Wednesday! I can't believe it's mid-November already! I was playing around with a few autumnal shades and did a quick gradient using some Different Dimension polishes.

I will have the Winter Collection from Different Dimension for you soon, but in the mean time, Happy Autumn!

Autumn/Thanksgiving Gradient Nail Art

For this mani I used a base of Werewolves of London (orange from the Spooky Spooky Collection) and did a quick gradient with that, All That Glitters Is Not Gold (from the Heavy Metals Collection) and TREEmendous (one of the new shades from the Winter 2014 collection that I will have for you soon.) All holos and all gorgeous but together I think they're just striking!

Please feel free to share your autumnal/Thanksgiving manis on the Pointless Cafe Facebook page!

These can be purchased at the Different Dimension Store here and at the following e-tailers once stocked. (Except TREEmendous, which launches with the Winter 2014 Collection on November 15th.)

Llarowe
Edgy Polish
MeiMei's Signatures
Le Doux Nuage
Rainbow Connection

You can also follow Different Dimension on Facebook here and Instagram here for all the news, information and more lovely swatches.

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