Fall 2010
Exclusive – Illamasqua Nail Varnish Competition Winners
Exciting news Fanatics! As you know Illamasqua hosted the first ever Nail Varnish Competition giving nail fanatics worldwide the chance to create their own signature shade of nail polish. Talk about an amazing opportunity!
Over 6,000 entries were received and those were pared down to a Top 100 for a panel of experts to vote on. The panel consisting of Sophy Robson, Alex Box, Pixiwoo girls and David Walker Smith of Selfridges were given such amazing choices that they selected not just one winner but THREE!! Thanks to Illamasqua, ALU is one of the first to bring you the news of the winning shades and the inspiration behind them. Have a look-see! |
Orly Plastix Satin Finish Nail Polish Swatches & Review
“Gretchen, stop trying to make FETCH happen! It’s not going to happen!” – Regina George leader of “The Plastics” in Mean Girls.
For the past year now nail polish brands have been trying to “make fetch happen” with a seemingly never ending barrage of matte nail polishes. My lazy, always-running-late self loves mattes for their quick dry time and I know I’m not alone but the detractors seem to be in the majority. I get it. The wear issues and flat wall paint finish aren’t exactly selling points and most certainly deal breakers for a lot of you.
Enter Orly’s twist on the game, the Plastix Collection, a set of four satin lacquers. Like their Nails For Males and now discontinued Matte Top Coat these polishes dry with a semi-gloss “plastic” finish. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this type of finish but it hasn’t come in fun colors until now. The Fall runways featured lots of satin nails as well which is why I’m declaring Satin is the new Matte.
Coming Soon – Chanel Paradoxal and A New Blue
Back in March during the Chanel Fall 2010 runway show we learned that Chanel Global Creative Makeup Director Peter Philips was bringing back Jade Rose from the Jade Collection this Fall.
Jade Rose was kind of lost in the craze over Jade last year so it gets a second chance at stardom. Though thanks to my girl Izzy from Musings of a Muse we see that Jade Rose has some stiff competition in the murky purple-tinged Paradoxal. I know I can’t wait to get my hands on it! |
In other Chanel news, the Cruise 2010-2011 collection made its runway debut this week with the models sporting both Jade Rose and an unnamed baby blue nail polish that will be released sometime in the future. If history tells us anything, I’m thinking we may see this as part of a limited edition collection a la the Paris Shanghai and Paris Moscou collections.
OPI Swiss Collection for Fall 2010 Preview
China Glaze Vintage Vixen Fall 2010 Preview
Fall?? Already?? I know, I know we’re not even into summer yet but aren’t we always looking on the horizon to see what’s next? It’s time to unleash your inner Dita Von Teese with the 40s inspired Vintage Vixen Collection from China Glaze.
Sultry Fall Colors Entice The Fashionable Palette For Fall 2010, the China Glaze Vintage Vixen Collection captures the vivid and saturated hues of the 1940’s with this seductively complex palette. These classic shades of the season recreate the timeless tableau of movie land mystique, perfect red pouts and steamy nights where swing was the scene! You know all it takes is a gorgeous green, blue or purple to get me interested but there’s a lot more than that going on in this collection. We’re talking micro glitter in silver, copper and gold. Have I got you intrigued? Well then check out up close bottle images and color descriptions after the jump! |
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