Tis’ the season for a festive red and there isn’t one quite as perfect as Le Metier de Beaute Fall/Winter Mini Nail Lacquer in Dynasty. The shade was part of the limited edition nail lacquer collection for Fall/Winter 2011 and is still available in stores. The collection was inspired by jewels, spices and luxurious fabrics traveled along the Silk Road, just like the accompanying Fall/Winter Kaleidoscope Eye Kit. What color are you rocking for the holiday season?
Love the holiday colors from Essie:
Luxeffects will be available wherever Essie is sold in December. You can also check out Essie’s entire shade wardrobe at www.essie.com.
I’m feeling festive! I get to see one of my oldest and best friends this weekend. Digging through my polish drawer, I found NARS Desperado. The bottle was virtually unused even though it was purchased months ago. I was thrilled to discover, it is a perfect bronzy, gold.
I am definitely on the glitter bandwagon, but I hadn’t quite mastered how to pull it off on my nails. Happy Birthday by Deborah Lippmann has been in my collection for over a year. From time to time, I pull it out. But it usually only stayed on my nails for a couple days. After messing around with combinations quite a bit, I discovered this look and think it is quite perfect. I used my favorite nude (Naked) as a base. For a true opaque, it required three coats. And then I used Happy Birthday on roughly the top 1/3 of my nails. What do you think?
This week I was reunited with some old favorites and discovered new gems. Here’s a taste of some of the highlights in honor of the weekend.
1. Butter London – Limited Edition 3 Free Lacquer in Bluey (in lamplight looks like a holiday evergreen)
2. W3LL People Cosmetics (more to come on them in the near future – local Austin company)
3. Honeybee Gardens Truly Natural Mascara (a natural mascara that actually works for $10.99)
4. Solar Rx Cosmetic Moisturizer Sunblock (uses simple natural ingredients to get maximum physical protection)
butter London is one of my new favorite polish lines. Their colors are unique and diverse – with a 3 free formula (NO Formaldehyde, NO Toluene, NO DBP). In true form, their new nail skins are the prettiest I have seen. That leopard is so cool. $10 and not available in the UK.
