Fall fashion is known to include cozy sweaters, tall boots with bold hardware and supple leather handbags in rich earth-toned palettes. However, if you really want to enhance your fall outfit-of-the-day, add one of these luxurious nail lacquers as a go-to accessory on your style list.
The Fall 2015 Contradictions line from CND features deep hues such as “Peacock Plume”, “Tartan Punk” and “Rouge Rite”, which complement the reds, greens and blues we adore during this season and even includes soft cream and neutral colors. CND’s Shellac® line maintains your manicure for 14+ days while their VinyLux® line carries the same shades as the Shellac line yet eliminates the need for a base coat and lasts up to a week.
Hot on the heels of New York Fashion Week, Micho luxury nail lacquer has released its Fashion Week collection which contains “Backstage Beauty” and “Front Row” in vamp hues of red along with “Invite Only” and “Lincoln Center” (an homage to the former venue of NYFW) in shades of grey. However, the standout color, “Empire State of Mind”, is a bold blue reminiscent of an aquamarine mixed with a sapphire. Just about each set in their Fashion Week collection includes the signature color, a top coat and a base coat.
Sugarloom Cosmetics adds a bit of texture and brightness to its fall collection while keeping in line with the palettes of the season. “Creep” is a gorgeous green with a gray undertone, “Fuzzy Sweater” features a rich plum with a hint of sparkle and “Orange Peel” adds a plump citrus kiss to your nail.
OPI has created 15 colors for “Venice” their fall 2015 collection. Along with the traditional deep hues, OPI added some lighter colors such as “Grand Opera-tunity” in a soft peach color and “Gelato on my Mind” in a minty-blue shade to round out the line.
LVX is following suit with the Marsala color craze this season in addition to adding five other colors to their fall collection. “Monarch” inspires nail royalty with its opulent gold tone while the “Nu” and “Rhone” are the ultra-dainty sheer nude lacquers.
This season, while you’re holding your spiced latte, catch a glimpse of your manicure using one (or all) of these standout nail color collections. CND, Micho, Sugarloom and LVX boasts 5-FREE formulas (they contain no Formaldehyde, no Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), no Toluene, no Formaldehyde Resin, and no Camphor) and OPI is a 3-FREE nail color formula.
**You can see a version of this post in the September issue of Ebony Magazine online.**
