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Lancôme Pop Petrol Swatches, Review & GIVEAWAY

By on January 13, 2010
in Giveaway, Green, Lancome, Spring 2010 with 93 Comments
lancome-pop-petrol-le-vernis-o-my-rose Fanatics, take a second and glare at the bottle of green Lancôme gorgeousness on the left.  That’s right, I said glare! Why?  Because for some inexplicable reason Lancôme has decided to NOT release Pop Petrol from the Spring Ô My Rose collection in the US.

You see, I got all sorts of giddy when I saw promo pics of this collection popping up on beauty blogs left and right.  I raced to get more details from the reps at Lancôme only to find out that Pop Petrol would not grace us with its presence.  Oh the humanity!  So, you lucky, lucky European Fanatics, this time you win!

However, thanks to my friends at Lancôme I not only have the chance to tease share this baby’s beauty with you, I am able to send a bottle of Pop Petrol to live with one lucky Fanatic.  Find out more after the jump!

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Mannequin Hands with Mavala Liberty

By on January 13, 2010
in Mannequin Hands, Nude with 14 Comments

Mannequin Hands is a new series featuring ALU Fanatics showing off their “mannequin hands” shade. The one polish that best gives that elongated, flesh-toned look to their hands.

Today Lipglossiping has shared her mannequin hands with us using a Swiss brand, Mavala.  I’m not overly familiar with Mavala’s colors though I’ve received some of their treatments in swap packages before.  Lipglossiping chose Liberty as her perfect flesh-toned shade. She describes her skin tone as MAC NW15 saying, it “is a bit orange on me, but pale enough.”

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Where are Lipglossiping’s hand twins? Have you tried Mavala’s nail polish before? Since their US site only has product info about the treatments, do any of you have a good US based resource for their nail polish?

Don’t forget, you have until January 15th to share your Mannequin Hands with the group. CLICK HERE for more details.

Mannequin Hands with Sally Hansen Café Au Lait

By on January 12, 2010
in Mannequin Hands, Nude, Sally Hansen with 8 Comments

Mannequin Hands is a new series featuring ALU Fanatics showing off their “mannequin hands” shade. The one polish that best gives that elongated, flesh-toned look to their hands.

Today we’re taking a look at KarenD‘s mannequin hands. She used three coats of Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in 220 Café Au Lait since she’s, “still learning to work with that funky wide brush.”  She also showed it mattified with China Glaze Matte Magic (below). Karen is primarily a drugstore woman using Revlon Colorstay Ivory foundation and has shared some additional images on MUA (click here).

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If you found your color match in KarenD, let us know. Have you tried the new Sally Hansen line? What do you think of the brush?

Don’t forget, you have until January 15th to share your Mannequin Hands with the group. CLICK HERE for more details.

CND Monday – Introducing Sweet & Sugar Sparkle

By on January 11, 2010
in CND, CND Monday, Pink, Spring 2010 with 25 Comments
alu-cnd-monday-sweet-sugar-sparkle Welcome to CND Monday, a regular series here on ALU. Each week I’ll be sharing a new layering combination from CND Colour & Effects to show you the versatility and creativity of the line.

Fanatics, today I have a special edition of CND Monday for you featuring Sweet and Sugar Sparkle; “The Look” for Spring 2010.   A few months ago I talked about CND’s new concept for releasing seasonal colors (check out CND Colour & Effects… What’s Next? for a refresher) and how each Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter they’ll release a new LE Colour and Effect to reflect the trends.  This season CND is taking us to the “Candy Shop” with two sugary confections.  Check them out!

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Rescue Beauty Lounge Spring 2010 Swatches & Review

rescue-beauty-lounge-spring-2010-bottles For Spring ’10 Nail Colors, Rescue Beauty Hangs Ten With Proenza Schouler’s cool surfer girls.

“Let’s go surfing now, Everybody’s learning how, Come on and safari with me!” – The Beach Boys.

Being a Midwest girl that never saw the California coast until a few years ago, the Cali surf culture brings up flashes of Gidget, Frankie & Annette flicks, The Beach Boys and Dick Dale’s “Misirlou” which any Pulp Fiction fan would recognize.

I’m sure that’s not at ALL what Proenza Schouler had in mind when they created their Spring ’10 collection.  They envisioned a much hipper surf girl.  One that can ride the big waves with the best of them, then slip on a chic, colorful dress and party all night.  It’s the modern surfer girl that inspired Ji Baek’s Spring collection for Rescue Beauty Lounge.

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