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Coming Soon – The All Lacquered Up Collection from Barielle

Exciting news fanatics! I’ve been dying to share this beyond thrilling development with all of you. For the past I don’t know how many months, I’ve had the good fortune to collaborate with top Celebrity Manicurist, Barielle Spokesperson and Shades by Barielle Creative Director, Elle, to create their fall and winter collections!! Can you even? Seriously, it’s like a dream come true. Believe me, if you had told me that someday I’d be dreaming up polish colors for a major brand like Barielle, I would have slapped you silly.

After spending a week backstage at New York Fashion Week and talking trends with Elle, we came up with 12 amazing straight-from-the-runway shades that will blow your mind. We just finalized the names last week and I’m hoping to have the finished polishes to show you soon. I’ve seen samples and let me tell you, they’re GORG.

Now you know because it’s named after ALU that there’s a green, right? And if I said gray, would that surprise you? Well, you haven’t seen a gray like this. And if I told you I named a color Falling Star could you imagine what that might look like? I wish I could spill more but I’ll let you salivate on that for now. More deets to come soon. I promise!

Pop Beauty Nail Glam News

By on May 19, 2009
in News, Pop Beauty with 4 Comments

Did I just make an amazing discovery or am I a little slow on the uptake? Beauty.comicon is carrying Pop Beauty Nail Glams!! No need to pay international shipping on the Pop Beauty site, head on over to Beauty.comicon where the shipping is FREE!!

I just ordered Orange, Ocean and Mandarin for $14/ea. I was sad to see they don’t carry Lilac but hopefully that will change soon. If you missed my post about their gorgeous Grass and Berry shades, check them out HERE.


Beauty.com also carries butter Londonicon, Lippmann and NARSicon polishes so it’s a total one stop shop.

The Lancome Blog & Giveaway

By on May 8, 2009
in Giveaway, Lancome, News with 7 Comments

Have you visited The Lancome Blog yet? What are you waiting for? Take a peek and you’ll find VP of Public Relations, Kerry Diamond, sharing the latest on Lancome product launches, behind the scenes info from photo shoots and tips from Lancome artist Aaron De May in addition to scoop on brand spokespeople Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway and Clive Owen. It’s a fun insider look at the brand.

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Kerry at the Lancome boutique in Manhattan and backstage at NYFW and she’s a delight to be around. As a former beauty director at Harpers Bazaar and WWD and the author of Kevyn Aucoin a beautiful life, she knows beauty so having her ask me for nail tips is more than flattering.

Recently, Kerry got my take on black nail polish for a blog article, Black Nails: Trendy or Timeless, and as a thank you she’s offering up a fun giveaway to the ALU readers. You remember that gorgeous Piha Black lacquer Lancome released for spring? Well one of you can win a bottle of the limited edition shade by entering my contest below.

EDITED: The Twitter widget wasn’t very user friendly so I switched to a simple email based entry.

Lancome is giving away a bottle to their blog readers as well so head on over, leave a comment and good luck!

Check Out My New Column

By on May 5, 2009
in News with 2 Comments

Exciting news fanatics! Yours truly is the new beauty columnist for StyleBakery Teen. I’ll be posting new features each Tuesday and Thursday and I hope you’ll pop over for a sec and take a peek.

Even if you’re a bit past your teen years, aren’t we all young at heart? Besides, my first column is on Sun Smart Beauty for Skin Cancer Awareness Month and regardless of age, we should all be more conscious when it comes to sun exposure. Head on over to StyleBakery Teen and tell me what you think!

Nail Polish Remover Recall

By on April 29, 2009
in News with 3 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — April 29, 2009 — Personal Care Products of Bingham Farms, MI is voluntarily conducting a nationwide recall of all lots of Personal Care non-acetone nail polish remover, conditioner enriched with gelatin, 6 fl. oz., UPC 4815592076, because it does not meet product specifications and has the potential to cause chemical burns to the fingers of users.

The product has been sold nationwide in small discount retail stores and retailers are being instructed to remove the product from sale and to return it to Personal Care Products.

Personal Care has received two complaints of burns to the fingers resulting from the use of the product.

Any person who purchased a bottle of Personal Care non-acetone nail polish remover, conditioner enriched with gelatin is urged to return it to the store of purchase for a refund. Consumers with questions may contact Personal Care Products at 1-248-258-1555, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. EDT.

I’ve never seen this brand in stores but it looks like a brand that you might see at a dollar store. Be sure to check your bottles!

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