The ALU Archives – Models Own Slate Green
The ALU Archives focuses on older, beloved shades from the All Lacquered Up stash.It’s time for another installment of the ALU Archives. I’ve been reorganizing my stash, what a labor intensive project, and I came across a polish I’ve been meaning to share with you. I’ve been on a greyed blue & green kick ever since I got my hands on the spring RBLs and there’s a blue-green stunner from Models Own that I just adore.
Check out Slate Green from Models Own after the jump! |
Going Green for St. Paddy’s Day 2010
Happy Green Nail Polish Lover’s, er, St. Patrick’s Day!!
l-r: Sally Hansen Mint Sprint, China Glaze Four Leaf Clover, Nicole Make Mine Lime, Nubar Meadow Sparkle, SOPI Leaf Him At The Altar, Sparitual Yes I Can, OPI Jade Is The New Black, Orly Wandering Vine
To those of you who go all out to celebrate St. Paddy’s, I hope you’re having a festive and safe time. I’ve personally never made it to a parade or “kegs & eggs” though one year I was in the Finger Lakes during the holiday and that was fun. One of the wineries I visited hosted a contest where you sampled their wines and then tasted one dyed green. If you could guess which wine was the green one, you got a discount on your purchase. That’s pretty much the extent of my St. Paddy’s Day participation outside of my nails.
You know it’s funny, I wear green polish a LOT (big surprise!) and most of the time no one says anything, yet last weekend I was asked at least three times if I was “getting ready for St. Paddy’s Day” because I had on Nicole Make Mine Lime (pictured above). I’ve had the same thing happen when I was wearing black polish around Halloween. Odd.
Anywho, with so many amazing greens out for spring it was hard for me to choose a color for today. Want to see what I picked? Find out after the jump and see some of my fave greens of the season!
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China Glaze Poolside Collection Swatches & Review
I have a love/hate relationship with brights and neons. I LOVE wearing them in the summer but I HATE photographing them. They are just so hard to capture. Neons just never translate on screen so it’s really hard for me to show you what you’re getting.
Regardless, I took the new China Glaze Poolside collection for a spin. Poolside consists of six bold, in-your-face neons that are bound to attract attention. From the shimmery blue Towel Boy Toy to the hi-lighter yellow of Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, if you want to make a bold color nail statement, this collection has it. Check out my swatches after the jump! |
Essie Resort Collection Preview
Every year since we’ve met, The Boyfriend and I have taken a vacation in the Spring. We’re about to hit 11 years in April, that’s a lot of travel. It’s usually to a tropical destination though we’ve had a few cold weather vacays as well. Anyway, this year we talked about heading to Cancun for a week of laying by the pool with endless fruity drinks but due to my inability to pull the trigger on a deal I found in January, that didn’t happen.
Instead we’re taking a trip to the Finger Lakes (one of our fave destinations) for a week of wine tasting so it’s not all bad but then I open my email to find THIS info from Essie. It’s like she’s teasing me with these colors. I just want to dive into Turquoise & Caicos and not come up for air.
Beach bound jetsetters can now reach the pinnacle of resort-inspired style with this newest limited-edition collection by essie. The Resort Collection was created to mimic the sights and sounds of the world’s most exotic destinations. The four colors are must-have accessories for any tropical vacation and the only escape for your hands and feet that doesn’t require a passport.
Lapis Of Luxury – a dreamy ocean blue
Splash Of Grenadine – a playful magenta pink
Playa Del Platinum – an elegant and sheer sandy gray
Turquoise & Caicos – a flirty and pretty tropical aqua
“I wanted to create colors that would reflect a passion for all-things paradise,” says Essie Weingarten, founder and president of Essie Cosmetics, Ltd. “Chic vacationers are known for their island-inspired style and these nail colors add the final fashionable touch to that look.”
Vibrant and trendy, these bold colors are a must-have accessory for every beach goer and for those with no vacation plans in sight, they’ll bring a ray of sunny paradise into the day.
The Essie 2010 Resort Collection launches in May on essie.com and in salons nationwide.
Lapis of Luxury is calling my name. What about you?
Color Club Rebel Debutante Swatches & Review
One of Color Club’s three, yes I said three, new collections is Rebel Debutante. The collection introduces nine new creme polishes that for the most part are very chic and subdued but it’s the stand out blue and green that caught my eye.What an unexpected twist to add such bright pops of color to the palette. I suppose they are the rebels in the group. Though what I like about this collection as a whole is that even though the majority of the shades are neutrals, they are what I’d call “new neutrals.” They have an updated feel to them. See what I mean after the jump! |
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