Hello Nailphiles, hope your having a great weekend!

As you’ve read previously, I am not quite ready for fall… well, as always, Michigan decided to throw everyone a curve ball and went from the mid 90’s to the mid 60’s in less than a week and shock us all into fall. So, I figured it was finally time to give up on summer and start playing with all my new fall polishes. First up is Zoya’s Naturel Deux collection! I was super excited for this collection when it was announced in July – I loved the first Naturel collection in January, and couldn’t wait to try these fall nude/neutral polishes!

… So Lets Get started! This collection is split into two groups, three chocolate-toned polishes, and three mauve-toned polishes.First up are the mauve-toned polishes!

From left to right:

Madeline – described as a ‘Muted Rose’, mauve cream polish

– described as a ‘Muted Rose’, mauve cream polish Aubrey – described as a ‘Medium Mauve Cream’ polish

– described as a ‘Medium Mauve Cream’ polish Marnie – described as a ‘Deep Warm Plum’ cream polish

Next are the chocolate-toned polishes:

Spencer – described as a ‘Camel Cream’ cream polish that reminds me of a caramel color

– described as a ‘Camel Cream’ cream polish that reminds me of a caramel color Chanelle – described as a ‘Toasted Almond’ cream polish, which looks more like a milk chocolate to me

– described as a ‘Toasted Almond’ cream polish, which looks more like a milk chocolate to me Emilia – described as a ‘Dark Chocolate’ cream polish

Overall, I loved this collection! Between Zoya’s Naturel Deux and Entice/Ignite (post coming soon), I am going to be a very busy girl this fall with all of these beautiful fall polishes!

Even though I still needed to swatch Zoya’s Entice & Ignite collections, I just couldn’t get over the Naturel Deux polishes. I decided to play around with some nail art, using polishes from both Naturel and Naturel Deux collections. I was inspired by a spring rose mani originally done by Polished Elegance, but decided to give it a fall twist. So here is my Vintagey Fall Rose mani!

For this mani, I used the following polishes:

Zoya – Spencer (Naturel Deux)

(Naturel Deux) Zoya – Chantal (Naturel)

(Naturel) Zoya – Rue (Naturel)

(Naturel) Zoya – Brigitte (Naturel)

(Naturel) Zoya – Madeline (Naturel Deux)

(Naturel Deux) Zoya – Aubrey (Naturel Deux)

(Naturel Deux) Zoya – Hunter

So heres how i got the look:

I started with two coats of Zoya – Chantal over my regular treatment/base coat

over my regular treatment/base coat Next, I used Zoya – Spencer to create a vintagey background using the dry-brush technique (video tutorial here)

to create a vintagey background using the dry-brush technique (video tutorial here) Then, i sued a dotting tool with Zoya – Madeline and Zoya – Audrey to make the base of the roses

and to make the base of the roses While the rose polishes were still wet, i went in with Zoya – Rue and Zoya – Brigette on a nail art brush to create the rose petals

on a nail art brush to create the rose petals Once dried, I used a nail art brush with Zoya – Hunter to create the leaves

… And that’s it! Just a quick coat of Out The Door Quick-Dry Top Coat and I was all set! I wish I could have got some better photos of these, but by the time they were done, it was dark and I only had my desk lamps. Luckily, I have a brand new light tent on it’s way to me this week – that way I can get better pics for you! Hopefully I can keep these in good shape until Tuesday so I can reshoot them for you!

Thanks for stopping by! As always, any comments or tips are welcome!