Press Release: Fall 2017 ZOYA SOPHISTICATES

It's that time again....Zoya is flooring me with their Fall collection! Take a look:

ZOYA SOPHISTICATES COLLECTION – FALL 2017

Meet the Sophisticates, Zoya's latest palette of smoldering nudes, wine reds, and shadowy hues in pearl, metallic and cream nail polish finishes

 Mckenna (ZP904): a refined pearl in soft almond. 

 Beth (ZP905): a soft, sandy, rose gold metallic. 

 Presley (ZP906): a smokey, mauve taupe cream. 

 Joni (ZP907): a deep, dusty plum cream 

 Hera (ZP908): a muted, red mauve cream. 

 Padma (ZP909): a deep, vermillion red cream. 

 Yvonne (ZP910): a rich, bordeaux red cream. 

 Mona (ZP911): a deep, burgundy plum cream. 

 Elaine (ZP912): a dark, umber brown cream. 

 Hadley (ZP913): a smokey, midnight blue cream. 

 Tabitha (ZP914): a refined pearl in a deep hunter green. 

  Gal (ZP915): a smokey, iridescent, peridot gold metallic.

These are available August 1st on Zoya.com. I hope I am lucky enough to get a few to swatch for you.  Are you as excited as I am to see the first taste of a fall collection?  

~ Hayley ~

Fall Fun Series and Color Club

*nothing to disclose*

Hello! I am combining 2 topics into this post to catch up on the Fall Fun Series.  

The first was a fall music highlight. I wanted to highlight a fall polish that went along with the music theme. I chose Color Club We'll Never Be Royals from last year's Oil Slick collection.

This was an untried for me and I LOVE it! It's a multi chrome, so no surprise...but the formula was a winner too! I love the shift between magenta, royal purple, and brick red.
This is 2 coats, no streaks and well......

I have been loving that Mumford and Sons folk-type music. These songs feel pretty fall-like to me! I want to be on a walking through fallen leaves or snuggled up with a latte (oh that's always!). On repeat this week has been:

Mumford and Sons - Wilder Mind album 

Gregory Alan Isakov - Virginia May 

Head and the Heart - Lost in My Mind

Kings of Leon - Waste a Moment

Scents:

- I gave my BBW Leaves candle a go this week. Great throw and not headache inducing. :) Yay!

- I still cannot stop melting my Everyday Luxe Azure Sands leftover wax - I never showed it so this is what it looks like.  I'm going to be seriously sad when it's gone!

- I also tried Phury from Ten Digit Creations. Great scent! Comparable to the scent when you walk into an A&F store. Has a medium throw.  I'm impressed with my first indie wax.

The second post was a fall craft. I have had zero time to be crafty other than this blog, so sadly I had no craft of my own. But my friend Amanda at Thrifty Polished crocheted these adorable pumpkin coffee cup cozies and sent us each one! I was SO excited when I opened my package and saw this since my love for coffee and pumpkin spice knows no bounds.

Her post is linked if you want the tutorial on how to make your own!  Amanda, will you please move to AZ so you can teach me to crochet, we can be BFFs, drink coffee and paint our nails?  :)

Phew! So, that's what I have been up to this week! I purchased the entire Color Club Oil Slick collection when I got We'll Never Be Royals, so now I'm off to try the rest of the shades. Hope you have a great 'officially fall' weekend!

~ Hayley ~

Fall Fun Series

Hello there friends! It's been a bit since I have posted but I joined some friends in a fall tag - so I'll be much more consistent!  This will be a new post series that myself, and a bunch of old and new blogging friends will be engaging in this autumn season.  We will be covering fall wax melts, candles, polishes, and more. If you are a blogger and would like to join please let us know and we will send you a schedule of posts. I will still be incorporating polishes, but I thought this would be a fun way to get into the festivities of the best season!  

Please welcome the following bloggers and check out their posts as well which will generally post on Monday and Friday starting September and ending the day after Thanksgiving.  I'm not going to be able to do all of these, but will do all the ones I can do!

Amanda at ThriftyPolished

Ashley at The Bohemian Sassenach

Deb at It's Always Something

Hayley at Polished at Heart

Jessica at The Meltdown Blog

Julie at The Redolent Mermaid

Lauren at LoloLovesScents

Lindsey at Little Bit of Lindsey

Liz at Furianne

Sandra at Finger Candy

Stephanie at Imperfectly Painted

Sunnee at Our Sunny Life

To kick off the first post we will do a Fall Tag!

1. What is your favorite thing about fall?

Cooler weather so I can wear boots, scarves and other fall fashion.  Copper colored polishes.  I wouldn't be honest if I didn't say PSLs too. 

2. Do you get fall colors where you live?

Unfortunately, only in the mountains here in AZ. I am from Pittsburgh so I grew up with the most beautiful fall foliage....I miss it so much!

3. Favorite fall scent (wax, or anything)?

I love the smell of wood fire in the air at night! For candles, I have some very specifics I recommend if you can find them: 

- Tailgate by Bath and Body Works - they discontinued it but was amazing!  

- Also, I adore the Farmer's Market (apple cider scent) candle by Everyday Luxe - the best fall apple scent EVER!

4. Favorite fall food or drink?

Pumpkin everything! Pies, PSLs, etc... Does Halloween candy count too?

5. Football.....yay or nay?

Huge YAY! 1000% 

6. Do you rake, jump in, or burn piles of leaves?

Not applicable in Arizona :(

7. Haunted house or corn maze?

Corn Maze

8. Have you ever gone on a hayride?

Yes!

9. Cider or hot chocolate?

PSL! Between these...probably cider

10. Carve a pumpkin or eat pumpkin pie?

Eat pumpkin pie. I'd rather just design the pumpkin.

11. Do you dress up for Halloween?

Yes! If I could still Trick or Treat I honestly would.

12. Candy corn.....yay or nay?

Disgusting. No.

13. Favorite Halloween movie?

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.  It's the only one I bother to watch in between football days.

14. Scariest movie?

Hmm not a big fan. I know there is another Blair Witch coming out and I remember that was the ish when I was a teenager and it freaked me out.

15. Halloween or Thanksgiving?

Halloween since family is across the country. But the past two years we have done a Friendsgiving and that is super fun.

16. Do you watch the Macy's parade?

Usually some of it.

17. Apple pie or pumpkin pie?

Pumpkin pie

18. White or dark meat?

White meat

19. Jellied or real cranberry sauce?

Jellied but I'll take either.

20. Will you host or travel for Thanksgiving this year?

Plan is to travel this year.

How about you? I would love to hear some of your fall tag answers! Our next post will feature some fall scents / first fall sightings in a store and I'll be back with a pretty polish too! Happy Fall, y'all!

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