Category: nails

Le Métier de Beauté for John Barrett Nail Lacquer Collection

I adore this image of the Le Métier de Beauté for John Barrett Nail Lacquer Collection – I keep drooling over the colors, trying to pick which to try first. Let me say this partnership is a match made in heaven. After visiting the John Barrett Salon (in Bergdorf Goodman), I understood why beauty partner, Le Métier de Beauté, is a perfect match. Both are focused on luxury, with a sincere drive for excellence.

Just in time for New York Fashion Week, they have launched the Le Métier de Beauté Professional Nail Lacquer Collection. These polishes are hand-picked by John Barrett Salon’s top manicurists and developed solely for the John Barrett Salon clientele. You can only get these at the salon in New York or on www.johnbarrett.com. You can count on high-quality polish that:

  • is fortified with strengthening proteins and hydrators
  • delivers rich, glossy and long-­‐wearing color
  • is formulated specifically without formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl phthalate (DPB) for long-­‐lasting, chip resistant, protective color and shine
  • is resistant to chipping for up to 14 days
  • won’t fade, dull or streak – even in strong sunlight

Each bottle retails at $18. Keep a look out for more limited edition shade.

Size Matters by Essie

Size Matters by Essie is that perfect mix of vampy and classy. I love the blue undertones that make this a real blood-red. At first, I wasn’t quite to sure about the name of this polish. But today, I did walk around with a bit of swagger. So maybe size does matter after all.

Essie continues to be high quality polish with staying power and easy application. Size Matters was part of the Essie Winter 2011, so if you fancy a bottle, pick one up here now.

Dior Spring Lips & Nails

I feel like I need a lip and nail color cleanse after a holiday season full of deep red and dark jewel tones. Anticipation of spring makes me want to wear something delicate, feminine and pretty. So, no better place to turn than Dior’s Spring 2012 Garden Party Collection. Inspired by a party in a Norman rose garden, the collection features soft pink, purples and pinks – plus a scented, mint-green nail polish I am dying to get my hands on.

Also by Dior, my new Spring lip color, Dior ‘Rouge Dior’ Lip Color in Versailles, is a hydrating, semi-opaque, coral. I like that it isn’t such a deep color that you can’t whip some on without a mirror. The golden shimmer has a gloss-like effect. And the finish has staying power but still has shine.

New Years Nails!

Can’t think of a more appropriate name for the polish used in my New Years Nails: Essie Cocktail Bling with a coat of Set in Stones to top it off.

Happy New Year to all my readers – so grateful for a fabulous 2011 and what I know will be a beautiful 2012.

Essie Bobbing for Baubles and other news

I am definitely on an Essie kick and have another favorite from the winter collection: Bobbing for Baubles and Set in Stones from the Luxeffects collection for glitter effect. I like the starry night look of these two layered. But word of caution, this glitter is not easy to remove.

A bit of celebration is in order because my fashion blog, SU-PERB, is featured today at College Fashionista. Check out my interview here.

And don’t forget to enter to win a metallic scarf from Express and a five-bottle set of polishes from Cult Nails here!

 

Essie Winter Collection Nail Color – School of Hard Rocks

This shade is sneaky – it doesn’t look like anything special among the other brillant Essie winter shades. And it is easy to get distracted by the new Nail Polish Essie Luxeffects Glitter Top Coat collection. But I am glad a simple look was on my mind last night. I didn’t reach for that festive cherry red, “Size Matters”. I wasn’t tempted by layering glitter (hangover from struggling to get that last glitter manicure off). I went for the subdued (what I thought was) green.

Talk about a pleasant surprise! I was guessing this was going to be a evergreen shade, but on my nails it is a charcoal, green/teal. School of Hard Rocks is unique but relatively understated compared to all that glitter out there. My manicure is mysterious and attention-getting – I’ve had loads of compliments. But not overly done or in your face. I love it.