Fall & Thanksgiving Nail Art Samples

When you have clients who are interested in Thanksgiving nail art,  it's hard not to fall into the typical realm of turkeys with orange, red and yellow gobbles, or pumpkins without faces. I really racked my brain for ideas, and since it's such a food holiday, I found myself stuck there for inspiration. Nonetheless, I think I came up with some pretty fun Thanksgiving-specific and fall nail art samples for guests to choose from at the salon.

They're all done freehand, and all with regular polish. However, if you're reading this and considering an appointment with me, I can make these work in gel as well!

Which is your favorite?

Zoya Party Girls Winter/Holiday 2017 Collection and a Party Icon

If you follow me on Instagram, a little while ago I shared this massive package from Zoya I'd received, bewildered about what could possibly come from a nail polish company that required that big of a box! Then, after opening it, I realized I'd been sent the Party Girls collection, in unique packaging I hadn't seen from Zoya before.

Party Girls is a full, 12-piece collection with lots of shimmer to sport for occasions that call for a little razzle dazzle. The shimmers are gorgeous, but my favorite color stood out right away...Danielle. I used that as my primary inspiration for this look I'm calling "Party Icon", named for the icon art created by Made by Made on Creative Market.

Party Icon

Party Icon - thumbnail

I used accents of a few shades from Party Girls, including Fallon, Nadia, Isadora, and Kelsey. Even though the thumb turned out a little bit more like a ketchup bottle than a champage bottle, I still like it. Patterns make me happy!

Swatches

Zoya - Blake

Blake (2 coats) is a dark navy creme with fine green shimmer accenting it in the right light. 

Zoya - Danielle

Danielle (2 coats) is a very pretty purple creme, with a deep finish that has an almost neon blue appearance. I adore this one!

Zoya - Delaney

Delaney (2 coats) is a chrome purple with subtle blue and green duochrome. I didn't capture it well on my nails, but the effect is there, albeit subtle.

Zoya - Fallon

Fallon (2 coats) is a light magenta, and at the same time, dark pink duochrome. The light magenta has a bit of iridescence to it.

Zoya - Isadora

Isadora (2 coats) is a dark shimmering purple chrome with blue iridescent sheen to it. 

Zoya - Kelsey

Kelsey (2 coats) is a bright, medium pink creme. Nice opacity with this pink!

Zoya - Landon

Landon (2 coats) is a darker medium purple creme. 

Zoya - Ming

Ming (2 coats) is a very bright cherry red creme. It's almost a crelly. You can see my nails through the polish ever so slightly.

Zoya - Nadia

Nadia (3 coats) is a coppery gold shimmer that's semi sheer. I needed 3 coats for the coverage shown  here.

Zoya - Sheri

Sheri (2 coats) is a darker, more brick-like red creme...like fresh blood.

Zoya - Solstice

Solstice (2 coats) is a coral creme with pink and gold shimmer.

Zoya - Tawny

Tawny (2 coats) has copper microglitter sprinkled in a dark red chrome base. 

If you're looking to add something to a holiday wishlist, then Party Girls might be just the thing for all the upcoming holidays and celebrations. Grab the colors from the Zoya shop, or wherever you normally find your Zoyas!

The products in this post were given for review purposes. The reviews are based entirely on my experience with the products and were in no way influenced by anyone.

China Glaze - Happily Never After and The Enchanted Forest

I know that Christmas has already reared its beautifully snowy head around most of the US. In fact, the MORNING after Halloween, I went to Target to see what sort of Halloween candy wasn't picked over yet. To my complete surprise, not only had the Halloween section been ravaged of everything other than pretzel sticks, all but one aisle had already been transformed to Christmas-mode. Full blown Christmas mode. 

Let's pay tribute to Halloween's memory tonight with China Glaze's Halloween 2017 collection, Happily Never After. The theme is a little more "evil queen" and a little less "gloom and doom", but the shades are a little spooky when they're put together in this 6-piece collection. You could make an argument for some as winter colors. 

I was stuck for ideas the night I did the nail art for Happily Never After. I started with a falling leaves and floral look, but as I got going, I thought my tree was looking a little more fauna than flora, so I call this look "Enchanted Forest" because the tree could be a deer, and the leaves could be birds. It's a spellbinding mystery you're welcome to solve yourself. 

Enchanted Forest

The forest green shade is Life's Grimm, and you're seeing Sin-derella layered with Queen, Please! for the thumb and background. Isn't it enchanting? ;)

Swatches

China Glaze - Crown for Whatever (with Seche Vite top coat)

China Glaze - Crown for Whatever (with no top coat)

Crown for Whatever (2 coats) could have probably been a 1-coat color, and as you can see, it dries much differently than a normal polish. The bottom swatch is NO top coat. It's completely matte! Then, when you add a top coat (top picture) the polish gains interesting dimension with gold and purple shimmer over the deep navy/purple base.

China Glaze - Do You, Boo!

Do You, Boo! (2 thick coats) is a sheer base with black matte glitter (thick bar glitter and larger hex glitter) and gold glitter (thin bar glitter and hex glitter), plus tiny specs of both. 

One character immediately came to mind when I saw the name of the polish too...

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China Glaze - Life's Grimm

Life's Grimm (2 coats) turned out lighter than I thought it'd be after seeing it in the bottle. That's what swatches are for! Though it's a black base, the poisonous green shimmer catches the light and reflects it back.

China Glaze - Lookin' Gore-geous

 Lookin' Gore-geous (2 coats) is a lushious deep dark mulberry creme. This did not dry matte like Crown for Whatever, though it's almost as dark. 

China Glaze - Queen, Please!

Queen, Please! (3 coats) is a great topper option to change up any color (for example, used in my nail art on top of Sin-derella), but needs lots of layers to cover the nail underneath. I only used 3 coats for this shot, and I liked the effect. You're not really going for full coverage with a glitter polish like this. 

China Glaze - Sin-derella

Sin-derella (2 coats) is a really interesting shade! There's so much dimension, but it's almost a grey base with pink shimmer? But there's more...the pink shimmer is iridescent, so the grey/pink shifts to gold/teal in the right light. 

Whether you get the whole collection or not, you can't deny there's some show-stopping shades to tide you over until the China Glaze winter's collection...which I'll have up here shortly! 

The products in this post were given for review purposes. The reviews are based entirely on my experience with the products and were in no way influenced by anyone.