Today I’m wearing Yves Saint Laurent: LA LAQUE COUTURE Nail Lacquer in color “12 Rose Renaissance” which Sephora describes as a “bold rosy pink” and nails inc. Feathers Effect Nail Polish in Edinburgh which Sephora describes as a “pastel orange and blue”. Swatch Gallery Review of Yves Saint Laurent’s Rose Renaissance What it is: A highly pigmented nail lacquer to suit your every mood. What it does: Created by Yves...
How to Create French Corset Nails (Nailpolish Tutorial)
Materials Striper brush Scotch tape Toothpick Beige, Pink, White & Glitter Nail polish though you may substitute any colors Steps Follow the steps for a french manicure but make the tips longer and paint them with pink, and then add glitter Before removing the scotch tape, paint the sides beige with a curvy edge Make three white dots on each edge of the beige sides Connect the dots with a...
Sephora’s VIB Preview Day: Thursday, April 11, 15% off Event
What: Sephora VIB Members Preview Day 15% off event! When: Thursday, April 11 – All Day How: Bring a friend to enjoy the savings. Get spring makeovers. Take home a limited-edition tote bag and free samples at your local Sephora store. Not a VIB? Attain VIB status by spending $350 at a Sephora store, sephora.com, sephora.ca, or in a Sephora inside jcpenney within a calendar year (January-December). VIB status is...
Cross-Pattern Nails (Simple Criss Cross) Tutorial
How To Tutorial Colors you will need:Dark Pink NailpolishLight Pink NailpolishWhite Nailpolish You can substitute your first two colors if you wish! Step 1: Apply Dark Pink Base Coats over Nails Step 2: Paint Two Pink Triangles, you can help yourself by making an outline with a striper brush Step 3: Paint two parralel lines with a stripper brush Step 4: Add two more lines in the other directions...
Chanel launches makeup line inspired by classic cinematic beauty
French luxury house Chanel has released a new line of lipsticks and nail polishes inspired by classic cinematic beauty. Awards season might be over, but after the Oscars, Golden Globes, Baftas and Césars, Chanel is clearly still buzzing from some traditional red-carpet beauty looks. The new collection of matching nail polishes and lipsticks sticks to traditional pigment-rich tones in pink, bright scarlet, fuchsia, aubergine and coral. There are eight Rouge...
Celebrity Trend Alert: Deep Citrus Lips
Nude lips may be the makeup trend du jour — but Miley Cyrus, Solange and Bella Thorne are starting their spring with tangy tangerine pouts. Even though nude lips were the beauty trend to beat during this year’s awards season and on the Paris runways in February, nothing makes spring feel official quite like a bright tangerine lip. And though a color-saturated pucker isn’t exactly a warm weather revelation, the...
Gwyneth Paltrow Teams Up With Butter London Again
Because being ridiculously good looking, a cookbook author, Beyoncé’s BFF, and a lifestyle mogul weren’t enough for our fair Gwyneth, she’s moving on to the beauty biz. After launching a successful collaboration with British nail brand Butter London last year, Paltrow and her Goop empire have teamed up with them yet again for a new slew of Gwyneth-approved offerings. For this go round, you’ll have three different polish trios to...
Leona Lewis’s Body Shop Collection
A year after The Body Shop’s successful partnership with actress Lily Cole, the cruelty-free beauty retailer has tapped another Brit “it-girl” to be its brand activist: X Factor winner Leona Lewis. As part of her partnership, Lewis has teamed with the brand to create her own limited-edition makeup and fragrance collection, launching in the U.S. on April 15 — and we’ve got a first look here. Lewis’s line includes four...
Sephora by Opi: I Don’t Bite (Safari Luxe Collection)
“I Don’t Bite” is a light blue-purple shimmer nail polish with a frost finish. I Don’t Bite is from the Safari Luxe line. Sephora officially describes this shade as “opaque soft purple with fine holographic glitter.” Swatch/Photo Gallery MICRO SHOT OF I DON’T BITE The last shot was taken with my iphone using a Micro lens to get a really CLOSE UP shot. Review While this shade is advertise as...
OPI Bond Girls Liquid Sands Collection
OPI announces the launch of Bond Girls, a collection of six new Liquid Sand nail lacquers featuring a textured, matte finish infused with reflective sparkle fitting the allure surrounding the Bond Girls. In hues of white, pink, blue, purple, gold and coral, Bond Girls offers a range of shimmering shades with the distinctive Liquid Sand finish. “OPI is extremely excited to partner again with EON Productions,” says Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI...