5 Great Fall Nail Polish Ideas

Although we have just began Fall, and our toes will be covered with boots, very stylish ones I hope, we can still paint our nails... Here are 5 great nail polish ideas to try this season.


1. Water Marbled

2. Partial Gloss on Matte

3. Checkered

4. Variety Squares

5. Argyle

Polished Ambers NOTD: Smush

In a previous NOTD post I told you I went crazy in Urban Outfitters and purchased as many nail polishes as my little hands could hold. Here are pics from one of my favorite summer trend colors, mint called Smush. At first I wasn't sure I could pull off such a light color, but after 2 coats I loved it. I do have to say that when this color starts to fade it doesn't look that great on me. So if I wear it, I'll have to keep it fresh or reapply in a few days.

Makeup Trend: Animal Print

Recently I came across a few makeup artists and beauty bloggers that have been creating animal print lips, nail polish and eyeshadow effects... I thought it was very creative, but beyond the nail polish, I have not quite figured out a way to make this fit into an everyday look. Here are a few pics. Tell me what you think of this new trend! If you have any comments or suggestions leave them in the box below. Also, don't forget to subscribe, follow, and tweet.

Source: BeautyDrug

Source: ViolentLips.com

Source: itKeepsGettingBetter

Polished Amber's NOTD: Grape Vine

Polished Amber's NOTD: Nude Blue

Check out my nails! Painted with Nude4 from Urban Outfitters and Blue from the Forever 21 brand Llove & Beauty

Polished Amber's NOTD: Wet Cement

Sally Hansen Wet Cement

Sally Hansen Wet Cement

Sally Hansen Wet Cement

Polished Amber's NOTD: Raspberry Beret

Continuing with the Prince and purple theme... I decided to paint my nails a raspberry color. Check 'em out!

Wet n Wild Fast Dry FushiaRama

Wet n Wild Fast Dry FushiaRama

Wet n Wild Fast Dry FushiaRama

Wet n Wild Fast Dry FushiaRama

Polished Ambers NOTD: Orange Slice

Wet n Wild: Megalast - Club Havana

Review: This polish took about 4 or 5 coats to make it opaque, but it changed the color from a more subtle orange to a hot coral. I believe the first picture is a true depiction of the color in the bottle. At first I thought this color was way too bright for my liking, but it has grown on me.

Polished Amber's NOTD: Feeling Blue

Savina in Marine Life (Matte)

Forever 21's Love & Beauty in Dark Blue (Matte)

Polished Ambers: Summer Trending Nail Colors

Yellow and Nude

Mint Green and Nude

Your My Sunshine by Savina, Nude 4 by Urban Outfitters, Mint Sorbet by Sally Hansen

My NOTD: Pink and Yellow

Katy by Zoya and Your My Sunshine by Savina

Polished Ambers: 2011 Holiday Nail Trend Animal Print

Animal print is always a favorite winter print.  Warm your hands up with the 2011 hot holiday nail trend. Which polish print would you rock on your nails?

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Polished Ambers!

The name Polished Ambers actually came from the African American cosmetic collection under Revlon headed by Creative Director Alfred Fornay.  It is the inspiration for starting Blushing Ambers, only the name "Polished makes me think of nail polish... With that said, the Polished Ambers label of this blog will refer to reviews of nail polishes that I like. (Just a little history to introduce the new label).

If you follow @BlushingAmbers on Twitter then you saw the retweet I sent out about the 50% off already sale items at the Evanston Urban Outfitters. (I tweet sales, giveaways and contests about fashion and beauty often)  Well, while standing at the register I happen to glance at the nail polish rack and grabbed two colors (Gray 4 and Nude 4) which I absolutely love!  Not only did the colors catch my eye, but the square containers did also.  Packaging and presentation are soooo important! I put on two coats and I was good to go. They are very matte (looks like the paint on walls) so adding a clear coat for shine is good too, but after a day or two there seemed to be a natural sheen.  The paint lasted about a week with no cracks or chips, but on the 6th day I did start to see the paint fading (again, no top clear coat was added).  I believe if I had added a top clear coat, this would have sealed the nail polish and it would have lasted a lot longer.  I would def recommend Urban Outfitters nail polishes.

Photo from: http://grayhood.com/?p=371

Photo from: http://grayhood.com/?p=371